LMITNSU

Books:
Clara Ann Cookie Go to Bed by Harriet Ziefert
Heatwave by Helen Kettleman
If You Take a Mouse to the Movies by Laura Numeroff
Not now!” said the cow / by Joanne Oppenheim
Pickles to Pittsburgh: the Sequel to Cloudy With a
Chance of Meatballs by –Judi Barrett
Popcorn by Alex Moran
Popcorn at the Palace by Emily Arnold McCully
Popcorn Dragon by Jane Thayer
The Popcorn Shop by Alice Low
The Popcorn Tree by Carolyn Marie Mamchur
12 Ways to get to 11 by Eve Merriam
Stella and Roy by Ashley Wolff

Songs:
Popcorn in the Popper
(Tune: The Farmer in the Dell)
Popcorn in the popper
Popcorn in the popper
Pop, pop, pop, pop (jump up & down)
Popcorn in the popper
Butter in a dish
Butter in a dish
Melt, melt, melt, melt (sink to the floor)
Butter in a dish
Pop! Goes the Popcorn
(Tune: Pop! Goes the Weasel)
All around the microwave
The smell fills the kitchen
When the bag is nice and hot
Pop! Goes the popcorn
(Or try this version if you pop popcorn in the old fashioned way)
Sizzle goes the popcorn oil (wiggle fingers overhead)
Click, clack goes the kernels (snap fingers)
Now we’re waiting, when will it start? (squat lower and lower)
Pop! Goes the popcorn. (Jump up with arms outstretched)
Pop, Pop, Pop the Corn
(Tune: Row, Row, Row Your Boat)
Pop, pop, pop the corn
Pop it big and white
Popping, popping, popping
Popping ‘til it’s right
I’m a Little Popcorn
(Tune: I’m a Little Teapot)
I’m a little popcorn in a pop
Heat me up and watch me pop
When I get all fat and white-I’m done
Eating popcorn is lots of fun!
Found Some Popcorn
(Tune: Clementine)
Found some popcorn, found some popcorn
Found some popcorn right now
Right now I found some popcorn
Found some popcorn right now.
It was rotten…
Ate it anyway…
Got a stomach ache…
Poppin’ Popcorn
(Tune: Muffin Man)
Do you know how to pop popcorn?
Pop popcorn, pop popcorn?
Do you know how to pop popcorn?
Pop, pop, pop.
Make it hot and watch it pop
Watch it pop, watch it pop
Make it hot and watch it pop
Pop, pop, pop.
Pour it in a bowl and share with a friend
Share with a friend, share with a friend
Pour it in a bowl and share with a friend
Yum, yum, yum.

Finger plays and acting out:
I’m a Little Popcorn
I’m a little popcorn kernel
(Sit on floor with arms around your knees in a ball)
Shaking to an fro
(Rock back and forth)
When the oven gets hot enough
(Uncurl slowly)
Pop! I go!
(Jump up)

Popcorn
Pop! Pop! Pop!
(Clap as you say pop)
Put the corn into the pot.
(Act out motion)
Pop! Pop! Pop!
(Clap as you say pop)
Shake and shake it until it’s hot
(Shake)
Pop! Pop! Pop!
(Clap as you say pop)
Lift the lid, what have you?
Pop! Pop! Pop!
Popcorn!
Popcorn Sizzlin’
5 little kernels sizzling in the pot
The grease got hot and one went pop!
4 little kernels…
3 little kernels…
2 little kernels…
1 little kernel…
No little kernels sizzling in the pot
The popcorn’s ready, let’s eat!
Popcorn Popping
One little kernel (hold up 1 finger)
Sleeping in a pot (curl up and pretend to sleep)
Turn on the heat (pretend to be hot)
And watch it pop (jump in the air)
Popping, hopping popcorn (hop around)
A munchy, crunchy treat
Pour on the butter and let me eat! (pretend to eat)
POP-corn
Popcorn, popcorn, sizzling in the pan
Popcorn, popcorn, bam, bam bam
Popcorn, popcorn, now it’s getting hot
Shake it up, shake it up
Pop, pop, pop
ACTIVITIES:
Catch a Fly
Objectives
Students catch and count popped corn; compare which number is the largest.
Materials
popcorn popper and popcorn
sheet to place on the floor
various utensils to catch the popped corn: sheet rolled into a cone, large
spoons, box
Procedures
The children pretend to be spiders who are going to catch flying insects
(the popped corn).
1. Place sheet on the floor to catch the popped corn.
2. Pop the corn in the center of the sheet to avoid the corn falling
on the floor.
3. The students sit around the popper on the edges of the sheet.
4. As the corn is popping out, the students stay seated and from
where they are, try to catch the popped corn with the different utensils or
objects they selected. They cannot catch the corn that has fallen on the
floor — only the corn that falls into their utensils.
5. After the popper has popped all the corn, the students count the
number of “insects” each caught. They compare to see who caught the most.
6. The students can compare to see who got the most “insects” by
either counting and comparing to see who has the largest number or by
matching the corn, kernel by kernel, to see who has the most left over.
Snowman: Cut three construction paper circles, small for the head, medium
for the tummy and
larger for the bottom. Glue popcorn onto the circles. Using a marker or
construction paper, make the eyes, nose, buttons and man’s hat, and twigs
for the arms; scrap of material makes the scarf.

Winter Scene: Using one piece of white construction paper, cut and paste
strips of brown construction paper around the four edges to create a frame.
Make a construction paper house and glue to white paper. Break up some
popcorn into smaller pieces and use to make Christmas trees and a snowman in
the yard, snow on the roof and on the lawn. Blue construction paper for the
sky and perhaps some fluffy clouds. Is it snowing? Glue teeny pieces of
popcorn all over the paper to create a snowy effect.

Popcorn Race
Sent in by: Leslie of Conrad, IA
Slick scoopers needed for corny racing.
This game is for 6 or more players and should be played outside or in an
open area.
To play, you need paper cups, rubber bands, paper clips, and popped popcorn.
Form two teams.
To set up the game, put two buckets on one side of the playing field and
have the teams line up on the other side.
All the players should attach a cup to their foot. To do this, poke a hole
in the bottom of the cup and push a rubber band through the hole. Now put a
paper clip through the rubber band on the inside of the cup. This will keep
the rubber band from slipping out.
Players should put the rubber band around their foot and fill it with
popcorn.
To play, players have to race to the bucket and try to dump the popcorn into
the bucket without using their hands. Then, they race back to their team and
tag the next person in line. The team with the most popcorn in their bucket
in one minute, wins.
POPCORN
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Objective:
Be the last person to have your ball on the parachute.
Categories:
Groups
Game type:
Active. A lot of movement may be required.
Players:
8 or more players
Needed:
A parachute – no strings – with a hole in the middle, and 20 or
more bouncing balls (the plastic kind in Toys-R-US)- one for each player
Rules:
Have all players surround the parachute on all sides. Number the
balls and assign one to each player. Every player places his/her ball on the
parachute and everyone grabs and lifts the parachute with two hands. Then
everyone starts (usually after the leader says “GO!”) pumping the chute up
and down to remove the balls. The player with their ball on the chute last,
wins.

Decorate paper bags for the popcorn.

Information sources:
www.popcorn.org www.perpetualpreschool.com/preschool_themes/popcorn/popcorn_songs.htm
www.canteach.ca/elementary/somgpoems94.html

Teen Blogging in Public Libraries
Based on responses from a PUBYAC inquiry December 2005
Teens these days are blogging in My Space, Live Journal, Blogger, Blogspot and others, where they have freedom of speech. Concerns to consider with a public library blog: Should the blog be monitored for content and who will monitor it? Would teens use the blog, especially considering that the content may be censored by a librarian?
Annotated Webliography
The following links are blogs started by librarians or authors.
http://yabookscentral.blogspot.com/
Written by YA authors. Sponsored by Blogspot.
http://fairfaxlibraryteens.blogspot.com/
Started in Oct. 2005 there are no comments by teens yet, acts more as an announcement billboard. Sponsored by Blogspot.
http://www.teenlibrarian.com/blog.html
News and information for librarians who work with teens put together by Miranda Doyle, a San Francisco librarian. Sponsored by Blogger.
http://www.blurty.com/users/librarina
Put together by Tweens Librarian, Chrissie Morrison at East Greenbush Community Library, New York. Sponsored by Blurty. *
http://goddesslibrarian.blogspot.com/
Put together by theYA Librarian at East Greenbush Community Library, New York.
Sponsored by Blogspot. *
http://jocolibrary.blogspot.com
Public library in Lawrence, Kansas. Sponsored by Blogspot.
http://www.ci.hickory.nc.us/library/blogs.htm
Hickory Public Library, North Carolina **
Virtual book clubs and other good stuff
http://ramp.torontopubliclibrary.ca/ (Click on Discussion groups)
Discussion boards for teens that are not monitored but there are a set of guidelines and some moderators.
http://www.atlanticlibrary.org/
Teen virtual book club
www.ipl.org/teen/
Teen Division, Internet Public Library
And, also from IPL, their teen blog link:
http://www.ipl.org/div/teen/browse/rw2000/
yahelp.suffolk.lib.ny.us/virtual.html
Vast listing of many libraries that have websites devoted to teens.
* Chrissie Morrison’s comments about blog activity:
“I have just started a blog for my tweens, and the YA librarian here also has a blog for her teens. The thing is, though, that we do not use the library’s website. She does hers on blogspot, and I do mine on blurty. I have only had one response to a post so far, but I know that some kids are just reading and not posting their own comments. Our YA librarian has even had authors respond to her posts! I think that the blogs, as we do them, are good tools to help kids who don’t know what to read.
There is a separate spot on the teen website for kids to post about books they have enjoyed — but they currently e-mail the YA librarian and she adds it to the website. She said that she is probably going to just make it an actual blog soon, but she hasn’t decided yet whether that would work best for her.
Chrissie Morrison
Tween Librarian
East Greenbush Community Library
East Greenbush, NY”
**Tamara Kraus’s comments about blog activity:
“I work in a moderate size library that serves approximately 150,000 people in the city and surrounding area. We recently added blogging to our website, www.hickory.gov/library. We have several types of blogs, including blogs for children, teens, adult fiction, and business, and the director does a blog also. The response has been abysmal, and we are very disappointed. The blogs have been publicized quite well, but if anyone reads them, they certainly don’t respond. Maybe we are not cool enough for the teens. We keep blogging on, however, and hope for the best. Good luck to you.
Tamara Kraus
Hickory Public Library
Hickory, NC”
Compiled by Crystal Niedzwiadek, 410-887-1919 Hereford branch, Baltimore County Public Library, MD