Yoga Bunny

Super excited about this new set of felt bunnies. This week I read the book "Yoga Bunny" by Brian Russo and loved it…but it is a little to wordy for my toddler storytime. I’ve wanted to incorporate yoga into my program for a while, so it was a perfect opportunity to cut up some felt!

I’m going to have the kids try to imitate the poses of the bunny.

Tiger is Sneaking - Part Deaux

I am an old school member of the Tame Tiger Torganization, friends of the 

OG puppet Daniel Tiger before his fancy animated son took over. 

Daniel Jr is still pretty awesome, tho.

I had to make him out of felt, of course...

Use this simple rhyme at story time 

whenever the crowd starts to get a little cuckoo.

It's a shout out to all the nice tigers out there 

who do not want to eat people.

The tiger is sneaking...Shhhh!

walk around crouching and sneaky and then shush with finger on lips

The tiger is sneaking...Shhhh!

repeat action

They don't make a sound when their feet touch the ground.
touch ground gently with your front paws

The tiger is sneaking...Shhhh!

repeat action one more time and enjoy the moment of peace and quiet and then...
RAWR!
JUMP UP and roar!

A less jumpy version of this rhyme can be found here.

I met another "Tiger" while I was in St. Louis a couple weeks ago: Tiger Reed, the Youth Services Specialist at the St. Louis Central Library. He was hosting their first Drag Queen Storytime. The performers were great storytellers and Tiger did fun crowd control activities between stories. I was taking frantic notes, trying to remember all Tiger's great ideas. The auditorium was full of caregivers and children having a wonderful time! 

Here is a pic of the ladies.


And here is a bonus felt, keeping with the cat theme.


Thanks to my talented coworker, Carolanne, for drawing the original "Amish cat" image.