Mysteries in the Stacks: The Shark Detective -- 5/7/24

Story Times are held weekly on Monday and Tuesday mornings at 10:00 am. A monthly virtual Story Time is posted the first Tuesday of the month on the library's Facebook page.  It is available to view for one month before the next video is posted.

Click HERE for this month's virtual Story Time.

Shark Detective! by Jessica Olien
Polar Bear's Underwear by Tupera Tupera

Books: 

Arthur Who Wrote Sherlock by Linda Bailey
Detective LaRue: Letters from the Investigation by Mark Teague

Have You Seen My New Blue Socks? by Eve Bunting

Hermelin the Mouse Detective by Mini Grey

Pet Detectives by Betty Ren Wright

Craft:  Shark
- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper

- Cut out pieces (body, flippers, fin)

- Color pieces

- Glue flippers to sides of body

- Fold fin in half and then on the dotted lines 

- Glue fin to top of shark's body

Extension Activities:

- One of the tools used by detectives is a magnifying glass.  Have your child "play" with a magnifying glass to see fine details of objects.  Use binoculars if you don't have a magnifying glass.

- Check out an I Spy book from the library.  Have your child search for specific items in the pictures.

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The Alphabet: TUV -- 4/19/22

 Join us weekly on Tuesdays for an online Story Time featuring books read by Miss Amy.  The video will be available for a week before a new online Story Time is posted.

Click HERE for this week's Story Time video.

It's a Tiger! by David LaRochelle
Polar Bear's Underwear by Tupera Tupera

Books:
Bug in a Vacuum by Melanie Watt
Do You Believe in Unicorns? by Bethany Murguia
Freight Train by Donald Crews
Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert
I Love My New Toy! by Mo Willems
Red Truck by Kersten Hamilton
The Umbrella by Jan Brett
What Uncles Do Best by Laura Numeroff

Craft: V is for Vulture
- Print out template on heavy paper or cardstock
- Color pieces of vulture (V body, head, feet)

- Cut out pieces

- Using scissors, make small snips along outer sides of V for feathers

- Glue feet at bottom of V body

- Glue head as shown in picture





Extension Activities:

- Play a game of Twister.  It is a great way to teach colors, left/right, and following directions.
- Do some drawing with the letter.  See what all they can turn a "U" into (i.e. umbrella, cup, etc.)

- During a trip to a grocery store, ask your child to identify the different vegetables they see in the produce area.  


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Polar Bears Story Time: January 27-28, 2020

Books:
Hush Little Polar Bear by Jeff Mack
The Lonesome Polar Bear by Jane Cabrera
No Place Like Home by Ronojoy Ghosh *
Polar Bear Morning by Lauren Thompson
Polar Bear Night by Lauren Thompson *
Polar Bear's Underwear by Tupera Tupera *
A Splendid Friend, Indeed by Suzanne Bloom

Craft: Polar Bear Picture
The children ripped strips of blue, green, purple, and pink paper into squares.  They then glued them onto a piece of paper with a polar bear on the center.  They glued the pieces around the polar bear leaving the bear white.

Extension Activities:
- When doing the craft, have your child rip the paper themselves.  This is a great activity for working on gross motor skills.
- When reading Polar Bear's Underwear, have your child guess whose underwear it is before turning the page.  Use the clues given with the underwear's imagery to help them figure it out.


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Underwear Story Time: February 16, 2016

Books:
Brief Thief by Michael Escoffier
The Frog Who Lost His Underpants by Juliette MacIver
Monsters Love Underpants by Claire Freedman & Ben Cort *
Polar Bear's Underwear by Tupera Tupera *
Underpants Dance by Marlena Zapf
Vegetables in Underwear by Jared Chapman

Craft: Monster in Underwear
The children were given a cardstock cutout of a monster to color and then glue on a pair of paper underwear.  (Template for monster below.  I had to draw the template for the underwear.)

Literacy Extensions:
- After reading Polar Bear's Underwear, have your child design underwear for various animals.
- Practice letter recognition by asking your child to identify the letters that make up the word "underwear".  Then ask them to find the various letters in the book you are reading.


Notes
Story Time was not held on Monday this week as the library was closed in honor of Presidents Day.

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