City of Mountain View, CA MVCPA, 12 May 2020

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From YouTube: A special story time about COVID-19 for kids

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Mountain View Public Library put together a special story time to explain COVID-19, how the community may look and behave differently, and how to do your part to protect everyone.

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Hello, everyone and welcome to a special storytime, all about cope at 19 and some simple facts and practical advice for helping young children and families deal with this time. My name is sharon. My name is Alex and we're children's librarians at the City of Mountain View. Thank you so much for joining us today for this special storytime.

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Let's get started with singing a hello song. This one is called hello. Everybody can you clap your hands and, let's sing it all together, we'll count one two three go and sing all together. When you join me, let's do it one two three go hello: everybody. Can you clap your hands, clap your hands, clap your hands, hello!

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Everybody! Can you clap your hands, clap your hands, Oh such a great way to say hello. Thank you. Everyone for singing along at home I want to introduce you to someone special. This is a friend of mine and his name is Simon. Hi Simon I, miss Alex, hello. Oh, you know miss Alex Simon had something he wanted to ask you really Simon. What did you want to ask me?

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Well. Miss Alex um I was wondering hmm you know: I haven't been able to go to school lately and I can't see my friends. Do you know why that's happening yeah Simon! It's because there's a sickness going around called koban 19 and it spreads when people are too close together. So your family and other families are just staying apart from each other right now, so they don't spread the sickness.

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It's all just to keep people safe, oh well, I'm am I gonna get sick, probably not most kids aren't getting sick, but the important thing to remember is that if you did get sick, your family's there to help make sure that you get better actually when anyone gets sick, there are lots of helpers, doctors, nurses and so many other people who are helping us all get better okay. Well, why is everyone wearing masks when I, when I go outside sometimes and take walks everyone's wearing a mask?

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What's why that's a really important question, Simon and I want you to meet someone who can explain that to you and answer your question, his name's Skylar and he's a paramedic, that's someone who helps someone if they get hurt or sick? Do you want to meet my friend Skylar? Yes, I do okay,.

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Here he is now hello, Skylar.

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Hello, miss Alex, love, Sharon, hi Simon did I overhear. You want to know what people are wearing masks now Simon. Would you like to see my mask? Yes.

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I would well.

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Here it is, this, is the one I wear at work, and this is how I put it on and, as you can see, underneath, it's still me and I'm wearing a mask and other people are wearing masks right now, so that we don't spread the germs that make people sick. We're doing this for something called the common good. Do you know what that is.

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No I don't well.

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Some things are good for just you right, like your ice cream. Cone is just yours, but sometimes we do things that are good for everyone like picking up litter or planting a tree that everyone can enjoy. That's doing something for the common good. Something that's good for everyone not spreading germs is something we do for the common good too. It makes everyone healthier. We keep germs from spreading by wearing masks by staying inside a lot now and by washing our hands.

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Oh right and, like um my mom, tells me when we go outside to like make like an imaginary bubble around me. uh That's like stretch out my arms and make an imaginary bubble. That's to keep everybody from getting germs right. Yes,.

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And that's a good idea: your mom sounds very, very smart. She.

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Is she she tells me to wash my hands for 20 seconds, but sometimes I rush? You know, Simon I have a really fun song. That I can teach you that if you sing it through twice once normal and once fast it spreads out 20 seconds and it makes your hand-washing so much fun. Do you want me to teach it to you, yeah yeah Skylar? Do you want to do it with us? Of course,.

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I would I love singing great.

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And everybody show me: your hands are gonna, get ready to watch them. Alright, it goes like this tops and bottoms tops and bottoms in between in between brought them all together, brought them all together. Now, they're, clean squeaky, clean one more time fast, tops and bottoms, tops and bottoms in between in between rub them all together, rub them all together now they're clean squeaky, clean and that's it you're done.

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Well, seeing you all today, I've done get back to work now, but keep being awesome and doing your part keeping everyone healthy, Simon, you're kind of the superhero bye for now.

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Thank you so much for joining us today.

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Skylar said that I'm kind of a superhero I think he's a superhero. You know what you're both superhero Simon. When you wear your mask outside you even look like a superhero and we can all be superheroes by wearing our masks and keeping a bubble around us. So we don't spread germs, we're sure busters. You know what actually know a song about.

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Buster's, do you want me to teach it to you? Yes, okay, so we're gonna pretend like we're walking, and it goes like this. You ready ready when you're, taking a walk in your neighborhood, who you gonna be germ buster when you're doing your part for the common good who you gonna be Buster.

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Let's wash your hands wash our hands now we're getting rid of those germs wash our hands now we're getting rid of those germs wash our hands. Now we're gonna rid of those germs. What again, when you're, taking a walk in your neighborhood who you're gonna be germ buster when you're doing your part for the common good? Who are you gonna, be buster, wash our hands now we're getting rid of those germs wash our hands now Wiggin rid of those germs wash our hands now we're getting rid of those germs?

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No more turns good work, germ Buster's, oh so much fun. Did you like that song, Simon dude I owe you for teaching it to me, Oh Simon.

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You know what um I love that song, what a cricket song to sing when you're out in the neighborhood right mm-hmm was there anything else you wanted to ask was Alex today. Well, no, but I do want to ask you something to Sharon. You did well. What did you want to ask me Simon well, I wanted to say: could you read me a story I sometimes I feel kind of nervous or scared or jumping inside and I. Remember once you read me a book about how your tummy is a good place to do your breathing.

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Do you remember that book I do remember that book. It's called belly, breathe, yeah! That's it! That's it to read it to you now! Yeah, okay and I bet miss Alex can help. Can you help with? Maybe do you have some help? I would love to help I have a whole bag of puppets. That I would like to join with you today. Okay, okay, Simon, I'm gonna, put you down right here, so you can list it okay and do some belly breathing really good way to calm down right, mm-hmm just relax.

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So this book is called belly and breathe and it is by Leslie Kimmelman. So, let's share it all together.

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When you're scared or sad or mad, put your hands over your tummy slowly, breathe in through your nose and out through your mouth, feel your belly move up.

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And down belly, breathe belly, breathe, belly, breathe, jelly free, here's, the jellyfish look, miss alex has a jellyfish.

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Feather breathe.

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And then there's furry breathe.

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Scaly breathe like the lizard.

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And purring free like a kitty cat.

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Breathe in through your nose or snout.

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Or trunk, if you're an elephant.

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Breathe out the bad breathe out the junk.

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Just breathe free.

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Love that book so much. Thank you for reading Emma Sharon. Did you like that book Simon? Oh, my goodness, I mean liked it. He looks really calmed. It's like he did. Oh Simon yeah. It's a good time to breathe. Take a breath. Yes, yes, so miss Alex, I. Think it's time for us to say goodbye um yeah, um you know Simon and I are gonna, go, take a walk. How fun that's a great idea! I should take a walk today too well.

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Simon's got his mask. I have.

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This mask on you've got your mask. I have my mask.

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But before we go, let's, let's sing a goodbye song; okay! Yes, that's a great idea; okay, so let's sing it all together. um It's just now, it's time to say goodbye, okay, so let's sing it all together, we'll count one two three go to sing all together. One two three go now: it's time to say goodbye, say goodbye, say goodbye. Now, it's time to say goodbye, we'll see you all next time.

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It was so good for all seeing all of you today. Thank you so much for joining us for this special storytime. If you have any questions, feel free to call the library about questions or concerns and we'll get back to you as soon as we can we'd love to hear from. You really would thank you, everyone for joining us today. Please take care. We miss you miss you bye! Thank you! Miss Sharon! Thank you. Miss Alex, bye-bye. Everyone yeah like by.