Pinta tu mundo con los animales /
Color Your World with Animals
Books to Share
- Baby Coyote and the Old Woman by Carmen Tafolla.
- Un canguro en la granja by A. H. Benjamin.
- Los cinco patitos and Five Little Ducks by Pamela Paparone.
- Gorrión del metro and Subway Sparrow by Leyla Torres.
- La lana de Andi by Rhonda Cox.
- Pato está sucio and Duck is Dirty by Satoshi Kitamura.
- Pinta ratones and Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh.
- Quiero a los animales by Flora McDonnell.
Name Tags
Copy and cut out the bird and duck patterns and give them to the children as they enter storytime.
Refreshments
Serve animal crackers and milk.
Bulletin Board
Pinta tu mundo con los animales / Color Your World with Animals
Ask your patrons to bring pictures of their pets to display on the bulletin board. On an index card, write the pet's name.
Fingerplays
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Los maranitos |
The Little Pigs |
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(Tradicional) Este compró un huevo. |
(Translated by Rose Treviño.) This one bought an egg. |
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Los lobitos |
The Baby Wolves |
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(Tradicional) Cinco lobitos, |
(Translated by Rose Treviño.) Five baby wolves |
Rhymes
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Un ratoncito |
A Little Mouse |
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(Tradicional) Un ratoncito |
(Translated by Rose Treviño.) A little mouse ran |
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Saltar |
Jump |
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(Tradicional) Salto por aquí |
(Translated by Rose Treviño.) Jump this way |
Songs
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La granja |
The Farm |
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(Tradicional) Vamos a ver la granja, |
(Translated by Rose Treviño.) Let's go to the farm |
El Perro Is The Dog
(Sing to the tune of "The Farmer in the Dell.")
El perro is the dog, el perro is the dog,
Hi-ho the derry-o, el perro is the dog
El gato is the cat, el gato is the cat
Hi-ho the derry-o, el gato is the cat
El períco is the parrot, el períco is the parrot
Hi-ho the derry-o, el períco is the parrot
El canario is the canary, el canario is the canary
Hi-ho the derry-o, el canario is the canary
La tortuga is the turtle, la tortuga is the turtle
Hi-ho the derry-o, la tortuga is the turtle
La gallina is the hen, la gallina is the hen
Hi-ho the derry-o, la gallina is the hen
Reader’s Theater
The Goat in the Chili Patch
(Adapted by Rose Treviño from “The Goat in the Chili Patch” found in Multicultural Folktales: Stories to Tell Young Children by Judy Sierra and Robert Kaminski.)
- Narrator:
- Once, a man and a woman lived on a farm, un rancho. In their garden, el jardín, they grew all sorts of vegetables, but their favorite vegetables of all were the green chili peppers, los chiles verdes. One day, a big billy goat, un cabrito, broke through the fence and got into their garden and started eating all the ripe chiles. The man and the woman ran outside as fast as they could and tried to chase the billy goat out of the garden. They shouted and they pushed and they pulled, but they just couldn’t make him leave. So they asked the rooster, el gallo, to help them.
- Man:
- Please dear friend gallo, help us get el cabrito out of the chili patch.
- Gallo:
- (squawking and pecking) Cabrito, get out of the chili patch!
- Cabrito:
- Nooooooooo, you get out.
- Narrator:
- El cabrito kicked el gallo up into the air. And el cabrito went right on eating the chiles. So the man and woman walked over to the dog, el perro, and asked for help.
- Woman:
- Please dear friend perro, help us get el cabrito out of the chili patch.
- Perro:
- (barking and growling) Cabrito, get out of the chili patch!
- Cabrito:
- Nooooooooo, you get out.
- Narrator:
- El cabrito kicked el perro up into the air. And el cabrito went right on eating the chiles. So the man and woman went over to the bull, el toro and asked for help.
- Man:
- Please dear friend toro, help us get el cabrito out of the chili patch.
- Narrator:
- El toro snorted and pawed at the ground and gave el cabrito his meanest look.
- Toro:
- Cabrito, get out of the chili patch!
- Cabrito:
- Nooooooo, you get out.
- Narrator:
- El cabrito kicked el toro up into the air. And el cabrito went right on eating the chilis. Just then, a little red ant, una hormiguita, came along.
- Hormiguita:
- I think I can make el cabrito get out of your chile patch.
- Man:
- How can an hormiguita do something that el gallo, el perro, and even el toro could not do?
- Hormiguita:
- Just watch me.
- Narrator:
- La hormiguita walked over to el cabrito. El cabrito didn’t even see la hormiguita coming. La hormiguita walked up el cabrito’s back leg. El cabrito didn’t even feel la hormiguita walking. La hormiguita walked along el cabrito’s back. El cabrito still didn’t feel la hormiguita. La hormiguita walked across the soft skin behind el cabrito’s ear, and…bit him. El cabrito jumped up into the air, and ran out of the garden as fast as he could. And guess what? He never, ever, ever went near that chile patch again.
Pronunciation Guide
| Spanish | Pronunciation |
|---|---|
| un rancho | oohn RON choh |
| el jardín | el har THEEN |
| los chiles verdes | los CHEE less VAIR thess |
| cabrito | caw VREE toh |
| gallo | GUY yoh |
| perro | PEH roh (roll the r’s) |
| hormiguita | ohr me GUEE tah |
Craft
Animal Masks
Materials
Directions
Copy the animal mask patterns above onto construction paper and give them to the kids to color and decorate. Punch holes in the side and tie string to each hole.
Guest Presenters
Invite the local zoo or animal reserve to bring a petting zoo to the library and ask them to tell the children about animal care.
Audio Recordings
- “El gato Sam” on Un bosque hecho de espinacas by Lenny Graf.
- “Los elefantes se balanceaba” on Infantiles por Hugo Líscano y Javier Galué, volumen 3 by Hugo Líscano.
Videos
- Arthur: the Music Video. (30 minutes)
- Hola amigos, volumen 1. (55 minutes)
