The Dance Recital

The Dance Recital

by

Patches the Story Dog

Patches the Story Dog

A story about Sharing

for your Preschooler

Preschooler Sharing

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Grace, a loving baby girl with bright eyes and a big smile, wiggles her bare toes on a soft rainbow-striped rug while sunlight streams through a window, tiny dust sparkles floating around her. In the background, a bright cozy playroom with wooden blocks stacked like tiny castles and a big shiny red ball.

Grace loves her playroom! The sun comes in and makes little sparkles dance in the air. Grace wiggles her toes on the soft rainbow rug. She is ready to play!

A round silver tambourine with tiny jingly bells all around its edge, gleaming in a beam of sunlight on the soft rainbow-striped rug. In the background, wooden blocks stacked like tiny castles and a big shiny red ball on the playroom floor.

Grace finds her favorite thing — a shaky tambourine! It is round and silver with tiny jingly bells all around. She picks it up. Shake, shake, shake! What a happy sound!

Grace, a loving baby girl with bright eyes and a big smile, spins joyfully while holding a round silver tambourine with tiny jingly bells high above her head, her feet moving on the soft rainbow-striped rug. In the background, sunlight streaming through the window making dust sparkles dance in the air.

Grace shakes the tambourine high. Jingle, jingle, jingle! She shakes it low. Jingle, jingle, jingle! She spins and spins. Grace dances and the tambourine sings!

A small magical music box with a carved wooden lid, open and glowing softly, sitting on the floor next to the big shiny red ball, with tiny musical notes seeming to float up from inside. In the background, the bright cozy playroom with sunlight and dust sparkles in the air.

Tap, tap, tap! Grace taps the magical music box. Tinkly tunes float out like little bubbles of sound. Grace shakes her tambourine along. Jingle, tinkle, jingle, tinkle! The playroom is full of music!

Grace, a loving baby girl with bright eyes, dances with her round silver tambourine with tiny jingly bells while a toddler boy with curly dark hair and round brown eyes stands in the playroom doorway, waving hello with a big eager smile. In the background, wooden blocks stacked like tiny castles and the soft rainbow-striped rug.

Knock, knock! A little friend comes to play. He waves hello. He sees Grace dancing. He sees the shaky tambourine. His eyes get big and round. He wants a turn!

Grace clutches a round silver tambourine with tiny jingly bells tightly against her chest with both arms, her body turned slightly away. In the background, a soft rainbow-striped rug and a big shiny red ball on the playroom floor.

"Can I shake it?" asks her friend. He reaches out his little hand. Grace holds the tambourine tight, tight, tight. "Mine!" says Grace. She hugs it close. The jingly bells go quiet.

A toddler boy with curly dark hair and round brown eyes stands with a wobbly lip and sad eyes, his small hands hanging empty at his sides, looking down at the soft rainbow-striped rug. In the background, the bright cozy playroom looking still and quiet, wooden blocks stacked like tiny castles.

Her friend's lip wobbles. His eyes look sad. The playroom feels quiet now. No jingles. No tinkles. No giggles. Grace looks at her friend. She feels a little funny in her tummy.

Grace, a loving baby girl with bright eyes, sits on the soft rainbow-striped rug looking up, listening carefully, still holding the round silver tambourine with tiny jingly bells in her lap. In the background, sunlight streaming through the window making dust sparkles dance in the warm playroom air.

Mama sits down on the soft rainbow rug. "It is hard to share," Mama says. "But let's try! You can shake it, then give it to your friend. We count together — one, two, three — then we switch! Ready?"

Grace, a loving baby girl with bright eyes and a brave little smile, stretches her arms out to hand the round silver tambourine with tiny jingly bells to a toddler boy with curly dark hair and round brown eyes who reaches for it with eager gentle hands. In the background, the soft rainbow-striped rug and the magical music box with a carved wooden lid on the playroom floor.

Grace shakes the tambourine. Jingle, jingle, jingle! "One... two... three!" says Mama. Grace takes a big breath. She holds out the tambourine. Her friend takes it gently. "Thank you!" he says with a big smile.

A toddler boy with curly dark hair and round brown eyes shakes the round silver tambourine with tiny jingly bells high in the air while bouncing on the soft rainbow-striped rug, his smile wide and joyful. In the background, the big shiny red ball and wooden blocks stacked like tiny castles in the bright playroom.

Her friend shakes the tambourine. Jingle, jingle, jingle! Grace claps her hands. They count together — one, two, three — switch! Back and forth, back and forth. The jingles get louder! The dancing gets sillier!

Grace, a loving baby girl with bright eyes and a huge joyful laugh, spins on the soft rainbow-striped rug with her arms out wide while the round silver tambourine with tiny jingly bells shimmers nearby, dust sparkles swirling around her like tiny stars. In the background, the magical music box with a carved wooden lid glowing softly and the big shiny red ball in the sunlit playroom.

Now they both dance! Shake, clap, spin! Shake, clap, spin! The tambourine jingles. The music box tinkles. The giggles are SO big they fill the whole room — bigger than before! Sharing made the fun grow and grow!

Grace, a loving baby girl with bright eyes and a warm happy smile, sits next to a toddler boy with curly dark hair and round brown eyes on the soft rainbow-striped rug, the round silver tambourine with tiny jingly bells resting between them, sunlight making dust sparkles glow golden around them. In the background, the bright cozy playroom with wooden blocks stacked like tiny castles, the big shiny red ball, and the magical music box with a carved wooden lid, all bathed in warm sunlight.

Grace looks at her friend. He looks at her. They are both out of breath and full of giggles. Tomorrow there will be new songs to shake and new dances to spin. And Grace knows now — the best music is the kind you make together.

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