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MANDEL PUBLIC LIBRARY
OF WEST PALM BEACH
CAN I GIVE YOU A SQUISH?
HOW TO USE CAN I GIVE YOU A SQUISH? STORYTIME KIT
Use the link on the Virtual Storytime Page to watch Can I Give You a Squish? Storytime.
This page is password protected. Password has been provided by the program administrator.
After watching the storytime, use the components from the class Storytime Kits
provided by the Mandel Public Library of West Palm Beach to:
1. Enjoy Rhyme Cards with your class.
2. Practice the Word of the Week with your class.
3. Complete this week's craft.
4. Introduce this week's Literacy Tip into your curriculum.
STORYTIME WITH MS. JILLIAN
Can I Give You a Squish? storytime is available on the Storytime Video Access page of this website. This page is password protected and accessible only to preschools participating in
the Mandel Public Library's Virtual Storytime and Kit program.
The password has been provided to you by the program coordinator.
BOOK:
CAN I GIVE YOU A SQUISH?
Kai is a little mer-boy who's big on hugs--or "squishes," as he and his mama call them. But not everyone's a fan of Kai's spirited embrace, which he discovers soon after squishing a puffer fish, who swells up in fright! Kai feels awful; but with the help of his friends, he figures out another way to show his affection, and then everyone demonstrates their preferred ways of being greeted. Because, as Kai realizes,
"Every fish likes their own kind of squish."
RHYME: HAVE YOU EVER SEEN A MERMAID
Have you ever seen a mermaid, a mermaid, a mermaid?
Have you ever seen a mermaid swim this way and that?
Swim this way and that way
And that way and this way?
Have you ever seen a mermaid
Swim this way and that?
Printable Rhyme Card Here
CAN I GIVE YOU A SQUISH? WORD OF THE WEEK
Use this week's Word of the Week, FRIENDLY, to extend your learning:
1. Say and trace each letter of this week's word.
2. Sound out the word letter–by-letter.
3. Think of other words that rhyme with friendly. These can be real words
or made-up ones that are silly and non-sensical!
CRAFT
Make a Clothespin Fish
Directions:
Each child will receive:
1 Fish Puppet
1. Use crayons to decorate your very own fish puppet.
LITERACY TIP
In Can I Give You a Squish? different characters have to maneuver their own emotions and understand those of their friends. The ability to label emotions is a developmental skill
not present at birth—it must be learned. It is also important to note that some
children’s ability to identify, understand, and label both their own and other people's emotions develop at a slower rate than others. Using books to help children explain how they feel about things, and understand other people's feelings, is a great way to foster
emotional literacy as well as enhance children's feeling vocabulary.