Cooking

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Our Cooking storytime was hot hot hot! :D

BOOKS:

We read Our Little Kitchen by Jillian Tamaki, Is That Wise, Pig? by Jan Thomas, and It Happened on Sweet Street by Caroline Adderson, illustrated by Stephane Jorisch.

This was a virtual stortyime, so I don’t have any audience reactions to the stories. I love the intricacy and details of Our Little Kitchen and both Is That Wise, Pig? and It Happened on Sweet Street are clever and funny. I did make this chef hat to wear during storytime and repurposed my lab coat to be a chef coat.

SONGS:

We did the call and response song “I Am Hungry” which I picked up from Jbrary. Yes, that did involve me repeating myself while pointing to the camera to indicate that the audience should join in with me. The things we do for virtual storytimes.

“I Am Hungry”
To the tune of “Frere Jacques”

I am hungry (I am hungry)
What should I eat? (What should I eat?)
Think I'll have some pizza (think I'll have some pizza)
Without any meat! (Without any meat).

I am hungry! (I am hungry)
What should I eat? (What should I eat?)
Think I'll have tomato soup (think I'll have tomato soup)
With lots of heat! (With lots of heat).

I am hungry! (I am hungry)
What should I eat? (What should I eat?)
Think I'll have some ice cream (think I'll have some ice cream)
Cold and sweet! (Cold and sweet).

I also grabbed some vegetables from kitchen along with a big stock pot to do the prop song “Stir, Stir, Stir the Soup” from the Pasadena Library.

“Stir, Stir, Stir the Soup”
To the tune of “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”

Stir, stir, stir the soup
Stir it all day long.
Add some (insert food name here),
Take a taste (slurrrp!)
Soup will make us strong. (flex arm)

I added carrots, onion, potato, and celery. One of my storytime moms commented that her son would have added sugar to the soup! :D Those are the interactions I miss.

CRAFTS:

Some craft ideas for this storytime: a simpler chef hat with strips of paper stapled together or even a chef himself!

DANCE BREAK: Our dance break song this week was the Cookie Monster classic “C is for Cookie!