Hello friends! Welcome to Storytime with The Met.
My name is Christina and I'm so glad to see each of you. We're gathering every Thursday at noon for
a story and an activity so find a cozy spot and let's get started. We'll begin with our Storytime
song , it goes to the tune of "This old man" and we'll start on the count of three: one two
three. Welcome friends, get ready get set, for storytime at the met, where we love to
read and sing and look at works of art and picture books. We'll use our eyes to look and see, we'll
use our ears to hear stories, now we take a seat and give a shhh. Let's begin with our first book.
Great job everyone, thanks for singing along.
Our book for today is called Bee-bim bop! It's written by Linda Sue Park and illustrated by Ho
Baek Lee. I'll read the words but I'm going to need your help looking at the pictures.
Almost time for supper, rushing to the store, Mama buys the groceries, more Mama more!
Hurry Mama hurry gotta shop shop shop, hungry hungry hungry for some BEE-BIM BOP!
Home and in the kitchen, eggs to stir and fry, Mama catch the spatula, flip the eggs high!
What do you see everyone doing in the kitchen here?
Hurry Mama hurry, gotta flip flip flop hungry hungry hungry for some BEE-BIM BOP!
Rice is on the boil bubbling in the pot, white and sticky lickety steaming good and hot!
Hurry flurry rice, gotta pop pop pop hungry hungry hungry for some BEE-BIM BOP!
Do any of you like rice? I love the taste of rice.
Mama's knife is shiny, slicing fast and neat, garlic and green onions,
skinny strips of meat. What do you think the dog is thinking in this picture?
Hurry mama hurry, gotta chop chop chop, hungry very hungry, for some BEE-BIM BOP!
Spinach sprouts and carrots, each goes in a pan, let me pour the water in, yes I know I can.
What happens when she pours the water? Where is the water going?
Sorry Mama sorry, gotta mop mop mop, hungry in a hurry for some BEE-BIM BOP!
Bowls go on the table, big ones striped in blue, I help set the glasses out,
spoons and chopsticks too.
Hurry family hurry, gotta hop hop hop, dinner's on the table and it's BEE-BIM BOP!
What kind of family members do you see in this picture? Who do you see here?
Quiet for a moment, Papa says the grace, everybody says Amen, a smile on every face.
Rice goes in the middle, egg goes right on top, mix it, mix it like crazy.
Time for BEE-BIM BOP! The end, thank you for reading along with me.
When we saw in the book, the way that they sat down at the table and had all of the food in these
bowls it made me think of a bowl that's in The Met's collection, and this bowl is blue and white,
just like the bowl that we saw in the book. So looking at this bowl together, what do you notice?
What kinds of colors do you see? What animals or plants do you see on the bowl? If this bowl were
yours or in your home, what would you do with it? What kinds of food would you put in it?
So I have an activity we can try together, and it is based on the recipe that's in the back of
the book. So what we'll do is we'll start with a classic food song, Apples and Bananas. Let's
practice that together, we'll do two verses of it, one time. Start on the count of three one two
three. I like to eat eat eat apples and bananas, I like to eat eat eat apples and bananas.
All right, so now that we have that down, we can swap
in different words from the recipe in the book. Let's see what we have here.
There are so many ingredients we can choose from: rice, garlic, onions, sugar, soy sauce, carrots,
spinach, eggs, beef, so many options. Let's try our first time with garlic and onions. Are you
ready? We'll start on the count of three: one two three. I like to eat eat eat garlic and onions,
I like to eat eat eat garlic and onions. Great job! Let's try it again with different ingredients
let's try carrots and spinach this time. Are you ready? One two three,
I like to eat eat eat carrots and spinach, I like to eat eat eat carrots and spinach.
All right let's try one last round, we'll do rice and eggs. Okay, one two
three. I like to eat eat eat rice and eggs, I like to eat eat eat rice and eggs.
Great job, thanks for singing along with me! You can use that song when you're cooking
or eating your own food, and sitting down at the table and getting ready to eat.
Swap in all the ingredients that you're about to eat.
Thank you so much for joining me today and we'll see you again at the next Storytime. Goodbye!