Bats -- 10/15/24

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.

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I Am Bat by Morag Hood
Hello, Bumblebee Bat by Darris Lunde
My New Friend Is So Fun! by Mo Willems

Books:

The Bat by Elise Gravel

Bat Jamboree by Kathi Appelt
Batty by Sarah Dyer

Stellaluna by Janell Cannon

Superbat by Matt Carr

Craft: Bat

- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper

- Cut out pieces (body, two wings)

- Color pieces

- Glue wings to side of bat's body

Extension Activities:

- Create a bat sensory bin using dry rice and dried bow tie pasta (bats).  Have kids search out and try to pick up the "bats" with tongs to practice hand-eye coordination.

- Make a bat out of a coffee filter and clothespin.  Color the clothespin as the bat's body.  Color the coffee filter for the wings.  (You could use washable markers on the coffee filter and spritz with a little water for some science fun.) Fold the coffee filter in half and then clip with the clothespin for the wings.

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Spiders -- 10/8/24

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.

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Aaaarrgghh! Spider! by Lydia Monks
Spider on the Floor by Raffi

Books:

Anansi the Spider by Gerald McDermott

Dreamweaver by Jonathan London

I'm Trying to Love Spiders by Bethany Barton

The Itsy Bitsy Spider by Iza Trapani

Miss Spider's Tea Party by David Kirk

The Spider and the Fly by Mary Howitt

A Spider Named Itsy by Steve Light

Craft: Spider

- Print template (at left) onto cardstock or heavy paper and cut out

- Cut 8 strips of paper (1/2" x 4")

- Color spider's body and fold along dotted line so head stands up

- Glue legs to spider's body

Extension Activities:

- Have a spider race using pompoms for the spiders.  Use straws to see who can blow their spider across the finish line first.

- Have your child make a spiderweb.  Cut out the center of a paper plate and hole punch holes around the edges of the plate.  Have your child string yarn or curling ribbon through the holes around the plate to make a spider web.

Building Block Award Nominees: Week 4 -- 10/1/24

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.

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I Am Stuck by Julia Mills
My Dad Is a Tree by Jon Agee

Books:
A Bear, A Bee, and a Honey Tree by Daniel Bernstrom
The Best Bad Day Ever by Marianna Coppo
A Good Place by Lucy Cousins
I Am Stuck by Julia Mills
I Was Born a Baby by Meg Fleming
Mister Kitty Is Lost! by Greg Pizzoli
My Dad Is a Tree by Jon Agee
NO Is All I Know! by Chris Grabenstein
Problem Solved! by Jan Thomas
Woo Hoo! You're Doing Great! by Sandra Boynton

Craft: Turtle

- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper

- Cut out turtle

- Cut along solid line on shell

- Color turtle

- Fold shell over so solid line is underneath shell going to dotted line and glue in place so shell "pops" up

Extension Activities:

- I Am Stuck is about a turtle that is stuck on his back.  Have your children pretend to be different animals and see how they would become "unstuck".

- Take a nature walk to look at different types of trees.  Note the animals (birds, insects, etc) that live in those trees.

- Visit https://molib.wildapricot.org/Building-Block-Award for information on voting for your favorite book for the Missouri Building Block Picture Book Award.  Or email aheld@jeffcolib.org with the title of your favorite book.

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Virtual Story Time: Spooky Stories -- October 2024

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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Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds
The Skeleton in the Closet by Alice Schertle

Books:
Bedtime for Monsters by Ed Vere

A Dark, Dark Tale by Ruth Brown

Go Away, Big Green Monster! by Ed Emberley

I Want to Be in a Scary Story by Sean Taylor

There's a Ghost in This House by Oliver Jeffers

Extension Activities:

- Discuss different fears with your child.  Come up with strategies to deal with these fears.

- Have a scavenger hunt with your child.  Hide several plastic spiders throughout an area and ask your child to find them.

- Hold a "scary" movie marathon with child appropriate movies.

Building Block Award Nominees: Week 3 -- 9/24/24

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.

Mister Kitty Is Lost! by Greg Pizzoli
Problem Solved! by Jan Thomas
A Bear, a Bear, and a Honey Tree by Daniel Bernstrom

Books:
A Bear, A Bee, and a Honey Tree by Daniel Bernstrom
The Best Bad Day Ever by Marianna Coppo
A Good Place by Lucy Cousins
I Am Stuck by Julia Mills
I Was Born a Baby by Meg Fleming
Mister Kitty Is Lost! by Greg Pizzoli
My Dad Is a Tree by Jon Agee
NO Is All I Know! by Chris Grabenstein
Problem Solved! by Jan Thomas
Woo Hoo! You're Doing Great! by Sandra Boynton

Craft: Porcupine

- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper

- Cut out body and color

- Cut spikes from colored paper

- Glue spikes to porcupine's body

Extension Activities:

- The narrator's dog is missing at the end of Mister Kitty Is Lost.  Ask your child "continue" the story in the same kind of format to find the dog.

- Work on problem solving.  Give your child examples of problems and ask them for the solution.

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