We’ll be celebrating the Chinese New Year this week on February 5th at 5:00 PM at the Bowman Library. It’s the year of the PIG!
To expand our celebration, we’ll be celebrating pigs all week at all three branches of the Handley Regional Library System. Head over to a storytime to hear some piggy stories and sing some piggy songs. While you’re there, you’ll want to search the catalog for the tag #oinkoink to check out some oinksome books.
Pigs are a very popular theme in many traditional children’s folk songs and finger plays. You can find some modern options below, then learn about the importance of finger plays and find even more piggy play on a blog post dedicated to Piggy Play Time!
Ten Little Pigs
Sung to: “Five Little Ducks Went Out To Play”
Ten little pigs rolled in the mud –
Squishy, squashy, felt so good.
The farmer took one piggy out.
“Oink, Oink, oink,” the pig did shout!
(Continue with nine, eight, seven so forth, then…)
No little pigs rolled in the mud.
They all looked so clean and good.
The farmer turned his back and then,
Those pigs rolled in the mud again.
Oink, Oink, Oink, Oink, Little Pig
Sung to: “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”
Oink, oink, oink, oink, little pig,
Can you do a little jig?
In the bright light of the sun,
Are you having lots of fun?
Oink, oink, oink, oink, little pig,
I think that you will grow big.
The Tail of a Pig
Sung to: “The Wheels on a Bus”
The tail of a pig curls round and round,
Round and round, round and round.
The tail of a pig curls round and round
All through the mud.
The mouth of a pig goes oink, oink, oink,
Oink, oink, oink, oink, oink, oink.
The mouth of a pig goes oink, oink, oink,
All day long.
The snout of a pig goes root, root, root,
Root, root, root, root, root, root.
The snout of a pig goes root, root, root,
All day long.
The hooves of a pig go run, run, run,
Run, run, run, run, run, run.
The hooves of a pig go run, run, run,
All day long.
The ears of a pig go twitch, twitch, twitch, twitch,
Twitch, twitch, twitch, twitch, twitch, twitch.
The ears of a pig go twitch, twitch, twitch,
All day long.
Additional Music and Movement at home:
Build a bridge from children’s films to classical music, all working on listening skills. After watching the movie, Babe, (psst… the library has the DVD and the original book!) listen to the music behind the “Gloria” and “If I Had Words”. It comes from Camille Saint-Saëns’ Symphony No. 3 in C minor final movement. You can find this through Freegal and download it free with your library card and pin number! Can you act out a scene from Babe while listening?