 Hello, welcome to preschool storytime from the Long Beach Public Library. My name is Miss Shayna. Hello, Storytime Fairy. Is this for me? Thank you. Ooh, see you next time. Want to see what's inside? It's a little tiny duck, but this isn't any duck. This is a very special duck, something. Watch this. Wow, that is a lot of fun. I'm guessing Storytime is about ducks today. Good thing I brought along my friend, Ducky the Duck. Ducky, would you like to sing a very special song with me today? Yes. Okay, which song would you like to sing? Oh, all the little ducks. What do we need to know for this song? How to go upside down and put our tail feathers in the air? Okay, everybody, we're going to touch our toes. Woo. And what else? We need to snap our beak, snap, snap, snap. And what else do we need to know for this song? How to wiggle, waggle, wiggle? Okay. You guys think you can do those things upside down, snap, snap, snap, and wiggle, waggle, wiggle. All right, here we go. Ducky, ready? All the little ducks go upside down, upside down, upside down. All the little ducks go upside down as they dabble at the bottom of the pond. And all the little ducks go snap, snap, snap, snap, snap, snap, snap, snap, snap. All the little ducks go snap, snap, snap as they dabble at the bottom of the pond. And all the little ducks go wiggle, waggle, wiggle, wiggle, waggle, wiggle, wiggle, waggle, wiggle. All the little ducks go wiggle, waggle, wiggle as they dabble at at the bottom of the pond. All right, that was fun. Thank you, Ducky. I'm feeling ready for our first story. What do you say? Okay, today's story is called Ducks Away. Can you say that? Ducks Away. It's by Mem Fox and Judy Horacek, two of my favorite authors and illustrators. And this is a fun little math book you can use to practice counting to five. One fine day, a mother duck waddled onto a bridge. Waddle, waddle, waddle. And you guessed it. Her little ducklings weren't far behind. A fluffy yellow duckling followed right behind her. Actually, it was two little ducks. One, two, see? No, it was three little ducks. One, two, three. Wait, it was four little ducks. One, two, three, four. What? It was five little ducks, except just then, a sudden gust of wind swept the last little duck right into the river below. Sploosh, quack, mother duck. What should I do? Where should I go? With four on the bridge and one below. One of the other little ducks decided to take a look. And he toppled into the river below. Sploosh. What should I do? Where should I go? With three on the bridge and two below. Then another little duck peered over the edge. And she toppled into the river below. Squacked mother duck. What should I do? Where should I go? With two on the bridge and three below. Then another little duck peaked over the edge. And she toppled into the river below. Squacked mother duck. What should I do? Where should I go? With one on the bridge. And then the last little duck foolishly lost his footing and he tumbled into the river as well. Mother duck looked down. The five little ducks looked up. Right, said mother duck. I know what to do and I know where to go. I'll have to fly down to the river below. She steps slightly forward. She steps slightly back. The five little ducks said, quack, quack, quack. Then the first little duck said, ma, flew to the river below. Quack, said, you're back. That's not a cute little story. I love counting to five. Speaking of counting to five, would you guys like to count five little ducks with me? You probably know this song, don't you? Ducks went out to play, ducks came back. Ducks went out to play, hills and far out to play. I like to sing a song called Six Little Ducks. If you know it, please sing along. If you don't, flap your little duckling wings and quack along. Little ducks said, Thanks for joining me today for Storytime. I'll see you next time. Take care.