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Public Library Storytime
What's That Smell?
Stories we shared:
David smells! / by David Shannon
Look once look again: Animal Noses: by David Schwartz
I
Stink: by Kate McMullan
What’s that awful smell? By Heather Tekavec
Gladys
Goes Out to Lunch: by Derek Anderson
My Cat
Tuna: by Lynn Reiser
Benny: by Sieb Posthuma
Other "sense" ible books you may enjoy sharing:
David smells! / by David Shannon
Who put the pepper in the pot? by Joanna Cole
Hello, Ocean! / Pam Munoz Ryan
Look, listen, taste, touch, and smell / by Pamela Hill Nettleton
Touch the poem / poems by Arnold Adoff
Fuzzy, fuzzy, fuzzy! : touch, skritch, & tickle book / Sandra
Boynton
My cat Tuna/ by Lynn Reiser
The magic school bus explores the senses / by Joanna Cole
Busy bunnies' five senses / by Teddy Slater
Seeing is believing / written by Patrick Green
You can't smell a flower with your ear / by Joanna Cole
Touch / written by Mandy Suhr
Sense suspense : a guessing game / by Bruce McMillan
Taste / written by Mandy Suhr
My first look at touch
Smell / written by Mandy Suhr
Pizza and other stinky poems / by
Harriet Ziefert
Sight / written by Mandy Suhr
Stinky smelly feet : a love story
/ by Margie Palatini
Hearing things / by Allan Fowler
Peanut / by Heidi Kilgras
Seeing things / by Allan Fowler
Magic Matt and the skunk in the
tub / by Grace Maccarone
Tasting things / by Allan Fowler
The dirty cowboy / by Amy Timberlake
Smelling things / by Allan Fowler
Dirt Boy / by Erik Slangerup
Feeling things / by Allan Fowler
Smelly Socks / by Robert Munsch
Songs and rhymes to share:
Popcorn (bounce
child on lap) This
is Me
(touch parts named)
Popcorn, popcorn
Two little eyes
to look around
Sitting in the
pot Two
little ears to hear each sound
Shake it, shake it (wiggle
body)
One little nose to
smell what's sweet
Pop! Pop! Pop! (jump up or clap hands
loudly)
One little mouth that likes to eat
Dump Truck
(bounce child on lap)
Dump truck dump truck
Bumpin’ down the road
Spillin’ gravel as you travel
With your heavy load
Bumpety bumpety bump
Dump truck dump truck
Dump!
(tip child off of lap)
Where are your toes?
I Like My Nose
by Bruce Lansky
What a surprise, here are your eyes
From ” If Pigs Could Fly…and Other Deep Thoughts”
(point to eyes)
I’m glad
that my nose
And this I suppose is a nose
points down to my toes,
(point to nose)
and doesn’t
point up to the sky.
And right under here, I've discovered an ear
For now I can sneeze
(tickle ear)
just as much as I please,
But where oh where are your toes?
without getting goo in my eye
(tickle toes)
The
Five Senses Song
Tune: This Old Man
With my eyes, I can see robins nesting in a tree.
Chorus: I see and hear, smell, taste, and touch.
My five senses know so much!
With my ears, I can hear different noises sound quite clear.
Chorus
With my nose, I can smell lovely flowers in the dell.
Chorus
With my mouth, I can taste The minty flavored new toothpaste
Chorus
With my hands, I can feel bananas with a slippery
peel.
Chorus
Say it in Sign!
Use your hand to waft the smell of fresh baked bread to
your nose –do twice
Color the things that are good to smell
Springtime Song Tune: Did you ever see a Lassie?
My eyes can see it springtime, it's springtime, its springtime.
My eyes can see it springtime, the grass is so green!
The green grass, the
flowers,
the sunshine and showers.
My eyes can see it's springtime, and I am so glad.
My ears can hear its springtime, its spring time, its springtime.
My ears can hears its springtime, the birds sweetly sing.
The birds sing, the lambs bleat the frogs croak, the bees buzz.
My ears can hear it's springtime, and I am so glad!
My body can feel its springtime, it's springtime, it's springtime.
My body can feel it's springtime, the air is so warm.
The warm air, the breezes, no frost and no freezes.
My body can feel it's springtime, and I am so glad!
The Five Senses Song Sung to: "Old Mac Donald Had a Farm"
On my face I have two eyes;
Use them every day.
They are used to help me see
When I work and play.
With a look, look here,
And a look, look there,
Here a look, there a look,
Everywhere a look, look.
On my face I have two eyes;
Use them every day!
On my face I have a nose;
Use it all the time.
When I sniff it I can tell
Vinegar from lime.
With a sniff, sniff here,
And a sniff, sniff there,
Here a sniff, there a sniff,
Everywhere a sniff, sniff.
On my face I have a nose;
Use it all the time!
In my mouth I have a tongue;
Use it when I eat.
Tasting with it I can tell
Sour from the sweet.
With a lick, lick here,
And a lick, lick there,
Everywhere a lick, lick.
In my mouth I have a tongue;
Use it when I eat!
On my head I have two ears;
Listening all day long.
And if I didn't have them there,
I couldn't hear this song!
With a listen here,
And a listen there,
Everywhere a listen, listen.
On my head I have two ears;
Listening all day long!
On my body I have skin;
Feeling cold and heat.
It stretches from atop my head
Way down to my feet.
With a touch, touch here,
And a touch, touch there,
Here a touch, there a touch,
Everywhere a touch, touch.
On my body I have skin;
Feeling cold and heat!
Runaway
I have two eyes to see with,
I have two feet to run,
I have two hands to wave with,
And nose I have but one.
I have two ears to hear with,
And a tongue to say 'good day!'
And two red cheeks for you to kiss,
And now I'll run away.
Coffee Grounds Playdough
Ingredients:
• 1 cup coffee grounds (used, by dried out)
• 1/4 cup Salt
• 3/4 cup Cornmeal
• Warm water
Directions:
1. Lay grounds out on a cookie sheet to dry.
2. Mix grounds, salt and cornmeal.
3. Add warm water slowly while stirring until a dough-like
consistency is achieved (it will be a grainy
dough)
4. Play with it as you would playdough
Cinnamon Craft Dough
Ingredients:
• 1/2 cup Applesauce
• 3/4 cup ground cinnamon
• 3 Tbsp white school glue
• Extra cinnamon
Directions:
1. Combine glue and ground cinnamon in a bowl. Add applesauce,
stirring constantly until you have a stiff
dough. You may not need all the applesauce or you may need a
smidge more.
2. Remove dough onto the table and knead for 5 minutes until firm.
3. Let rest 30 minutes at room temperature.
4. Lay waxed paper out on the table.
5. Dust rolling pin with cinnamon and roll clay out on the waxed
paper to about 1/8 inch thick.
6. Cut out with cookie cutters of your choice.
7. Poke a hole in the top (if you like) with a straw.
8. Leave in a warm, breezy location to dry for about 48 hours to 1
week.
9. Turn over every 24 hours during the drying process.
10. They smell wonderful!
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