Windows - Storytime Online
- Leanna Chappell
- Jan 2
- 3 min read
Hello everyone! We hope you are all excited for Windows by Julia Denos.
We have put together a bunch of fun activities and crafts for the little ones. Starting today, Friday, January 2, the kits are available to pick up for our online storytime this month!
Enjoy a FREE copy of the book and more!
"Windows" by Julia Denos
"Before your city goes to sleep, you might head out for a walk, your dog at your side as you go out the door and into the almost-night. Anything can happen on such a walk: you might pass a cat, or a friend, or even an early raccoon. And as you go down your street and around the corner, the windows around you light up one by one until you are walking through a maze of paper lanterns, each one granting you a brief, glowing snapshot of your neighbors as families come together and folks settle in for the night."
Visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03gLzH2p8Pg to watch Stonington Free Library’s read aloud. Then enjoy the activities! Everything is yours to keep!
Kits include:
a FREE copy of Windows
information page
colors game (5 colored dogs)
rhymes/song pages with weblinks (instrument included)
2 activity pages
2 coloring pages
window snowflake craft
3 magnets from the story
animal stickers
Here are the following pages that you will receive with your kit!
HANDOUT GAMES – play with included dog handouts
Can You Show Me…?
(Tune: “Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush”)
Can you show me the white dog?
White dog, white dog?
Can you show me the white dog?
And wave it in the air?
Brown… black… yellow… gray
Hold It High – Choose one dog from handouts
Hold your dog high and stand
Now wave it around in gestures grand!
Hold your dog below your chin
Now hold it way up high again
Hold your dog against your nose
Now touch the dog to your toes
Touch your dog to the ground
Now wave that dog all around!
Hold your dog in front of you
Now turn around – one time, two!
Hold your dog and jump up high!
Now let your dog fly fly fly (throw it in the air)
SONGS & INSTRUMENT – use included instruments
Walking Walking by Super Simple Songs
Let's Go Walk the Dog! by Treehouse Direct
The Little Window by Bob Zoom
Going In and Out the Window by Nursery Rhymes
BOUNCE RHYME (bounce along with child in lap)
Wind the Bobbin Up
Wind the bobbin up,
wind the bobbin up
Pull, pull,
Clap, clap, clap
Wind it down again,
Wind it down again
Pull, pull
Clap, clap, clap
Point to the ceiling,
Point to the floor,
Point to the window,
Point to the door.
Clap your hands together, one, two, three,
Put your hands upon your knees.
Wind the bobbin up,
Wind the bobbin down,
Pull, pull,
Clap, clap, clap!!
ACTION RHYMES
I Took a Walk to Town One Day
I took a walk to town one day
And met a cat along the way.
What do you think that cat did say?
Meow, meow, meow.
I took a walk to town one day
And met a dog along the way.
What do you think that dog did say?
Woof, woof, woof.
…bird…tweet, tweet, tweet
…owl… whooo, whooo, whooo
(What other animals might you meet on a walk?)
…friend… hello, hello, hello!
Ten Little Friends
Ten little friends
(hold up both hands.)
Went out to play
(wiggle fingers)
On a very bright
And sunny day.
And they took a little walk.
Walk, walk, walk.
(walk fingers in front of your body)
And they had a little talk.
Talk, talk, talk.
(put fingertips together)
The Windows in the Town
The windows in the town open and shut
Open and shut, open and shut
The windows in the town open and shut
All through the day
The windows in the town slide up and down…
The windows in the town go light then dark…
Tracks in the Snow
I see some tracks in the snow
I want to know, where do they go?
I follow them to a window
Can you guess? What do I see?
I see a kitty looking at me!
(meow!)
…I see a puppy looking at me! (bark!)
…I see a friend looking at me! (wave and say hello!)
EXTRA LINKS!
Julia Denos’s site:
Illustrator E. B. Goodale’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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