Purple Day Episode #32: Mushroom in the Rain

This podcast episode includes a seasonal circle time with songs, poems, & fingerplays, followed by a gentle, nature-based story.

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About this Episode

This podcast episode includes a winter-themed circle time with songs, poems, and fingerplays, followed by a gentle, nature-based story.
 

Our Purple Day Podcast is the audio from Storytime’s Monday episodes. Storytime in the Schoolhouse® is designed for the screen, and some elements will transfer better to audio-only than others. Sample our video episodes, and see what it’s like!

In this week's episode of Purple Day, we will sing springtime songs and then hear a story about creatures who take shelter under a mushroom during a rainstorm. This Storytime episode will teach you and your child seasonal songs, poems, fingerplays, and a nature-based story.

Enjoy Storytime with your child and deepen your connection to each other and the world around you.

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Spring Circle Time Highlights

Songs, poems, and fingerplays about windy weather, falling rain, and blooming seeds.

This simple fingerplay is great for counting practice. I include it in my spring and summer circles each year.

Here is a beehive, unknown
Here is a beehive but where are the bees?
Hidden away where nobody sees.
Watch and you’ll see them come out of the hive.
One, two, three, four, five.

Here is a beehive but where are the bees?
Hidden away where nobody sees.
Watch and you’ll see them come out again.
Six, seven, eight, nine, ten.

About the Story: Mushroom in the Rain

This sweet story by Becca Lane lends itself well to a simple lap or tabletop puppet show.

One day, a honeybee was caught in the rain and sought shelter under a wee little mushroom. As the rain continued to fall, other creatures from the forest approached the mushroom, looking for a place to escape the rain. Each time another arrived, it didn’t seem there was possibly room for one more under the mushroom; the mushroom grew just a little bigger, and another creature fit. Before the rain stopped, a honeybee, mouse, squirrel, and hedgehog fit underneath the wee mushroom!

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