Maria Had a Little Llama - Storytime Online
- Leanna Chappell
- 1 day ago
- 3 min read
Hello everyone! We hope you are all excited for Maria Had a Little Llama / María Tenía una Llamita by Angela Dominguez.
We have put together a bunch of fun activities and crafts for the little ones. Starting today, Monday, February 2, the kits are available to pick up for our online storytime this month!
Enjoy a FREE copy of the book and more!
"Maria Had a Little Llama / María Tenía una Llamita" by Angela Dominguez
"Everyone knows about Mary and her little lamb. But do you know Maria? With gorgeous, Peruvian-inspired illustrations and English and Spanish retellings, Angela Dominguez's Maria Had a Little Llama / María Tenía una Llamita gives a fresh new bilingual twist to the classic rhyme. Maria and her mischievous little llama will steal your heart."
Visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SF4YeZamlk to watch Angela Dominguez read her story for #KitLitTV. Enjoy the activities! Everything is yours to keep!
Kits include:
a FREE copy of Maria Had a Little Llama
information page
colors game (5 colored schools)
rhymes/song pages with weblinks (instrument included)
2 activity pages
2 coloring pages
llama cottonball craft
3 magnets from the story
llama stickers
Here are the following pages that you will receive with your kit!
HANDOUT GAMES – play with included school handouts
Can You Show Me…?
(Tune: “Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush”)
Can you show me the purple school?
Green school, green school?
Can you show me the green school?
And wave it in the air?
Gray… pink… blue… red
Hold It High – Choose one school from handouts
Hold your school high and stand
Now wave it around in gestures grand!
Hold your school below your chin
Now hold it way up high again
Hold your school against your nose
Now touch the school to your toes
Touch your school to the ground
Now wave that school all around!
Hold your school in front of you
Now turn around – one time, two!
Hold your school and jump up high!
Now let your school fly fly fly (throw it in the air)
SONGS & INSTRUMENT – use included instruments
Llama Song by Pinkfong
Llama Song by ITS Music Kids
Mary Had A Little Lamb by ChuChu TV Nursery Rhymes & Kids Songs
Mary Had A Little Lamb by The Kiboomers
BOUNCE RHYME (bounce along with child in lap)
If You’re a Llama and You Know It
If you’re a llama and you know it
Bounce up high
If you’re a llama and you know it
Bounce up high
If you’re a llama and you know it
And you really want to show it
If you’re a llama and you know it
Bounce up high
bounce real fast…
bounce sloooow…
clap your hands…
wave goodbye
ACTION RHYMES
Llama Llama
Llama, llama reach up high.
Llama, llama blink your eyes.
Llama, llama touch your toes.
Llama, llama wiggle your nose.
Llama, llama stomp and pout.
Llama, llama jump about.
Llama, llama clap your feet.
Llama, llama take a seat.
Five Little Llamas
Five little llamas rolled in the mud
Squishy, squashy, felt so good
The farmer took one llama out
"Hmm, hmm, hmm!" the llama did shout!
Four little llamas…
Three little llamas…
Two little llamas…
One little llama…
No little llamas rolled in the mud
They all looked so clean and good
The farmer turned his back and then
Those llamas rolled in the mud again!
Ten Little Llamas
One little, two little, three little llamas,
Four little, five little, six little llamas,
Seven little, eight little, nine little llamas,
Ten little llamas jump!
Jump, jump, jump, jump, jump little llamas.
Jump, jump, jump, jump, jump little llamas.
Jump, jump, jump, jump, jump little llamas.
Sit down and go to sleep!
Llama Fingerplay
This little llama goes to town
(thumb)
This little llama jumps up and down
(index)
This little llama nods his head;
(middle)
This little llama butters his bread.
(ring)
This little llama smiles at me;
(pinky)
And he’s as happy as can be!
(wiggle all five fingers)
Hmm, Hmm, Llama
Hmm, hmm, llama,
Have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir,
Three bags full.
One for the master,
And one for the dame,
And one for the little boy
Who lives down the lane.
Hmm, hmm, llama,
Have you any wool?
Yes sir, yes sir,
Three bags full.
EXTRA LINK!
Angela Dominguez’s site:
We hope you enjoy these activities and would love to hear what you thought of the book! We also hope you enjoyed the extra links. Remember, you can comment here on this website, email us at swantonpl@gmail.com, or come in and turn in a physical copy!
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