Rain, Rain, Go Away! -- 2/11/25

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.

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Who Likes Rain? by Wong Herbert Yee
Puddles!!! by Kevan Atteberry

Books:

Hello, Rain! by Kyo Maclear

Move Over, Rover! by Karen Beaumont

Rain by Cynthia Rylant

Rain Drop Splash by Alvin Tresselt

Raindrops to Rainbow by John Micklos

Singing in the Rain illustrated by Tim Hopgood

Craft: Rain Mobile

- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper

- Cut out pieces (rainbow/clouds/sun and raindrops_

- Color pieces

- Cut either yarn, curling ribbon, or thin paper strips into three 1' long pieces

- Glue yarn, curling ribbon, or thin paper strips to bottom of clouds piece

- Glue raindrops onto the yarn, curling ribbon, or thin paper strips to hang underneath the clouds

Extension Activities:

- After it rains, go outside to go puddle splashing.

- Create rainbows using prisms.  

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It's Snowing! -- 2/4/25

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.

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Snow by Uri Shulevitz
Just One Flake by Travis Jonker

Books:

Grandmother Winter by Phyllis Root

A Kitten Tale by Eric Rohmann

The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats

Walking in a Winter Wonderland by Tim Hopgood
Winter Woes by Marty Kelley

Craft: 3-D Snowflake

- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper

- Cut out pieces (snowflake picture, strips)

- Color picture

- Fold strips in half and glue between snowflake's arms to give it dimension

Extension Activities:

- Make some paper snowflakes.  You can make the traditional paper snowflakes or to get perfect circular snowflakes make them out of coffee filters.

- Make some edible snowflakes out of pretzel sticks and marshmallows.

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Virtual Story Time: Weather -- February 2025

Each month, Miss Amy records a virtual Story Time that goes along with the monthly theme.  It will be posted monthly in the morning of the first Tuesday of the month.  (The video is available to watch for one month before a new one is uploaded.) 

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Hello, Sun! by Dayle Ann Dodds
Not Now, Cow by Tammi Sauer

Books:

Bear in Sunshine by Stella Blackstone

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett

From Season to Season by Ethan Long

Hello Lighthouse by Sophie Blackall

Soaked! by Abi Cushman

The Weather Girls by Aki

Extension Activities:

- Make a wind chime to hang outdoors using recycled and other materials such as a coat hanger, utensils, beads, etc.

- Ask your child to chart the temperature and weather (sunny, rainy, snowy, etc) each day.

- Go puddle jumping with your child.  No puddles outside?  Make your own by cutting out puddles from blue construction paper and taping it to the floor.

Arctic Animals -- 1/28/25

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.

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A Polar Bear in the Snow by Mac Barnett
What's That Noise? by Naomi Howarth

Books:

Baby Beluga by Raffi

Hello, Arctic! by Theodore Taylor

I'm a Narwhal by Mallory C. Loehr

Over in the Arctic: Where the Cold Winds Blow by Marianne Berkes

Polar Bear Night by Lauren Thompson

Read the Book, Lemmings! by Ame Dyckman

Walrus Song by Janet Lawler

Craft: Skating Polar Bear

- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper

- Cut out pieces (iceberg, polar bear)

- Color pieces

- Fold iceberg on dotted line and then glue bottom flaps together so stands

- Fold tab on bottom of polar bear on dotted lines and then glue to back of bear so stands

- Can glue polar bear to iceberg if like

Extension Activities:

- Make Polar Bear Snack Crackers.  Ice a graham cracker with vanilla frosting.  Place two mini-marshmallows in the top two corners for ears.  Place a large marshmallow along the bottom of the graham cracker in the center for its snout.  Place a brown M&M in center of large marshmallow using a little icing for glue to make the nose.  Place two M&Ms above the snout for eyes.

- Have an Arctic Animal Parade.  Ask your child(ren) to "walk" like various arctic animals such as polar bears, caribou, penguins, lemmings, etc.

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Penguins -- 1/14/25

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.

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If You Were a Penguin by Wendell Minor
Little Penguin Gets the Hiccups by Tadgh Bentley
A Penguin Story by Antoinette Portis

Books:

Baby Penguins Everywhere by Melissa Guion

Little Penguins by Cynthia Rylant

Nothing Ever Happens at the South Pole by Stan & Jan Berenstain

Penguin by Polly Dunbar

Pierre the Penguin: A True Story by Jean Marzollo

Vampenguin by Lucy Ruth Cummins

Craft: Penguin with Book

- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper

- Cut out pieces (penguin card, book cover, flippers)

- Color pieces

Bend wings along dotted lines and glue to either side of penguin

- Fold book cover slightly along the spine line and glue flippers to hold book

Extension Activities:

- Pretend to be penguins and waddle to walk.  Maybe have a penguin walk race.

- Visit the penguin exhibit at the zoo.  

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