First 5 Forever - Kids story time and song - ‘Guess How Much I Love You’ and ‘Twinkle Little Star’ transcript Start of transcript Description: The First 5 Forever logo, which has 5 stars on the left on the words ‘first 5 forever’, is in the centre of the screen. There is a pink animation showing a big frog and little frog talking, with the word TALK above the image. Next to this image is a yellow animation of a big frog and little frogs with their hands in the air, with music symbols around them. The word SING is above this image. Next is a blue animation with the big and little frog reading a pink book, with the word READ above them. The final animation is a green box with a big and little frog playing with blocks, with the word PLAY above them. The blue and yellow Logan City Council logo is in the top right-hand corner. Narrator: Talk, sing, read and play with First 5 Forever Description: Claire and Jenny are sitting on chairs in a library. Claire has a black First 5 Forever shirt on and Jenny is wearing a yellow First 5 Forever shirt. They have a table between them and on the table is a brown hare puppet, a small, rainbow xylophone, an orange and white spotted toy fish. Claire is holding the book ‘Guess how much I love you?’ in her lap. They are sitting in a library with boxes of picture books behind them. There are artworks displayed on the walls behind them. Claire: Hi everybody, I'm Ms Claire Jenny: And I'm Ms Jenny Claire: And we're here from Logan City Council Libraries’ First 5 Forever team. We'd love to bring you a story today and a little song and we'll have a little bit of fun. Description: The focus is brought to Claire, then focus on them both. Claire puts the book on the table. Jenny: First of all we'll do our Acknowledgement of Country though. So if you can do this along at home with us girls and boys that would be great. Here is the land Description: Claire and Jenny both move their hands in a flat circular motion. Jenny: and here is the sky Description: Claire and Jenny arch their hands above their head and move them down to their sides. Jenny: here are my people Description: Claire and Jenny move their right hand, palm up from their inside elbow out. Jenny: and here am I. Description: Claire and Jenny tap both their hands on their chest. Jenny: Give yourselves a big hug and we're going to acknowledge our elder’s past, present and emerging. Description: Claire and Jenny cross their arms over their chest and hug themselves. Claire and Jenny are smiling. Claire: Thank you Ms Jenny. Jenny: You're welcome. Claire Miller: Ok, can we start off with a song Ms Jenny? Jenny: We can. Description: Claire and Jenny laughing and smiling, looking at the items on the table. Claire: Where are your little twinkle hands? Jenny: Here! Description: Claire and Jenny lift both of their hands to shoulder height, palms facing the front and wiggling their fingers. Claire and Jenny are smiling and laughing. Claire: Awesome are we ready? Here we go. Claire and Jenny: Twinkle twinkle little star How I wonder what you are Up above the world so high Description: Claire and Jenny have their hands to shoulder height, palms facing the front and wiggling their fingers. Claire and Jenny are smiling and laughing. They are swaying from side to side in time with the song. Claire and Jenny: like a diamond in the sky Description: Focus on Claire using both pointer fingers and thumbs to make a diamond shape. Both Claire and Jenny making diamond shape with their hands rocking from side to side. Claire and Jenny: Twinkle twinkle little star Description: Claire and Jenny have their hands to shoulder height, palms facing the front and wiggling their fingers. Claire and Jenny are smiling and laughing. They are swaying from side to side in time with the song. Claire and Jenny: How I wonder what you are Description: Claire and Jenny have their hands to shoulder height, palms facing the front and wiggling their fingers. Claire and Jenny are smiling and laughing. They are swaying from side to side in time with the song. Claire: Good job everybody. Description: Claire is clapping while Jenny is looking behind the table. Claire: Okay! So Ms Jenny, today I've got a book it is called 'Guess How Much I Love You' by Sam McBratney. Jenny: I love you too Ms Claire Description: Claire pick up the book ‘Guess how much I love you?’ and Jenny puts on a brown hare hand puppet with long ears and soft fur. Claire: Thank you Ms Jenny. Ok so guys when you're reading, always read all day, all day, all night. You can actually read this as a bed-time story or during the day as well. Okay, Ms Jenny have you got a little friend for us today. Jenny: I do, he's gorgeous Description: Claire looks to Jenny who is holding up the hare puppet. Focus on the puppet, looking at its face. It has shiny black and white eyes, long brown and pink ears and the hare is holding its two front paws together. Claire: Very beautiful, look at his beautiful eyes. Gorgeous, alright. Here we go. Description: Claire opens the book to the first page, focus on the book. Claire: Little Nutbrown Hare who was going to bed held on tight to Big Nutbrown Hare's very long ears. Description: Focus on the book and the hare, Jenny is touching the hare’s ears. Claire: He wanted to be sure that Big Nutbrown Hare was listening. "Guess how much I love you?" he said. "Oh I don't think I could guess that," said Big Nutbrown Hare. Description: Claire is looking at the book reading while Jenny is wiggling the puppet near the book. Focus on the book and the puppet, the hare is helping turn the page. Claire: "This much," said Little Nutbrown Hare, stretching his arms out as wide as they could go. Look, so wide. Description: Claire and the puppet stretch their arms out wide to the side. Jenny stretched her arm out wide. Claire point to the book illustration of the hare stretching his arms out wide. Claire: Big Nutbrown Hare had even longer arms. "But I love you this much," he said. Description: Claire is reading Jenny is holding the puppet. Jenny moves the puppet from side to side and then stretches its arms wide. Claire: That's a lot thought Little Nutbrown Hair. Description: Claire turns the page and Jenny giggles. Claire: "I love you as high as I can reach," said Little Nutbrown. Reach right up! That's the way. Description: Claire, Jenny and the puppet reach their arms high into the air. Claire turns the page, focus on book and puppet. Claire: "Well I love you as high as I can reach," said Big Nutbrown Hare. That's quite high thought Little Nutbrown Hare, I wish I had arms like that. Oh good Ms Jenny! Description: Jenny puts her arms high into the air. Claire and Jenny are smiling. Claire turns the page. Claire: Then Little Nutbrown Hare had a good idea, he tumbled upside down and reached up the tree-trunk with his feet. Description: Focus on the book and the puppet. The puppet is nodding its head and its ears are waving. The puppet is turned upside down. The puppet is looking at the book upside down. Claire: "I love you all the way to my toes," he said. Jenny: Maybe his little toes are here. Claire: I think so! Description: Jenny points to the hare’s toes would be. Claire and Jenny are laughing. Claire: "And I love you all the way to your toes," said Big Nutbrown Hare, swinging him up over his head. Description: Jenny moves the puppet, so it is the right way up. The puppet is looking at the book. Jenny swings the puppet from side to side, the up and around. Claire turns the page. Claire: "I love you as high as I can hop," laughed Little Nutbrown Hare, bouncing up and down. Good job. Description: Jenny mover the puppet up and down. Focus on the book and the puppet. Claire: "But I love you as high as I can hop," smiled Big Nutbrown Hare and he hopped so high that his ears touched the branches above. Description: Jenny mover the puppet very high. Jenny is smiling. Claire is looking at the book and points to her ears. Claire: That's good hopping thought Little Nutbrown Hare, I wish I could hop like that. Description: Jenny mover the puppet down towards the book. Focus on book and puppet. Puppet is moving, clapping its paws together. Claire turns the page. Claire: "I love you all the way down to the lane as far as the river," cried Little Nutbrown Hare. "And I love you across the river, over the hills," said Big Nutbrown Hare. Description: Puppet points to the book. Claire moves her hand up and down. He puppet moves up and down. Puppet looks at the book. Claire turns the page. Claire: That's very far thought Little Nutbrown Hare, he was almost too sleepy to think anymore. Then he looked beyond the thorn bushes out to the big dark night. Nothing could be further than the sky. Description: Puppet rubs its eyes. Focus on book and puppet looking upwards. Claire turns the page. Claire: "I love you right up to the moon," he said and he closed his eyes. Claire: "That's so far," said Big Nutbrown Hare. "That is very far." Description: Jenny shade her eyes with her hand had looks up. The puppet is looking up and the covers its eyes and bows its head. Claire turns the page. Claire: Big Nutbrown Hare settled Little Nutbrown Hare into his bed of leaves, he leaned over and kissed him goodnight. Description: Focus on book and puppet. Puppet is laying down on Jenny’s other hand, covering its eyes with its paws, tucking its head under. Claire turns the page. Claire: Then he laid down close-by and whispered with a smile. "I love you, right up to the moon and back." Description: Claire and Jenny smiling, puppet still sleeping. Claire: Did you love that story Ms Jenny? Jenny: I love that story so much. Claire: It's a very beautiful one. Alright thank you so much for joining us today. Jenny: Bye Claire: We'll see you next time, Bye! Description: Jenny places the puppet back on the table. Claire and Jenny smile and Claire puts the book back on the table. Claire and Jenny use both hands to wave goodbye. Description: The First 5 Forever logo, which has 5 stars on the left on the words ‘first 5 forever’, is in the centre of the screen. There is a pink animation showing a big frog and little frog talking, with the word TALK above the image. Next to this image is a yellow animation of a big frog and little frogs with their hands in the air, with music symbols around them. The word SING is above this image. Next is a blue animation with the big and little frog reading a pink book, with the word READ above them. The final animation is a green box with a big and little frog playing with blocks, with the word PLAY above them. Narrator: Talk, sing, read and play with First 5 Forever End of transcript