Opposites -- 8/25/26

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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Black? White! Day? Night! by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Short Dog, Long Dog by Anna Hrachovec

Books:
Big Bear, Small Mouse by Karma Wilson
Dogs by Emily Gravett
Good News, Bad News by Jeff Mack
Opposites Attract by Mo Willems
You and Me: We're Opposites by Harriet Ziefert

Craft: Short/Long Dog

- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper

- Cut out pieces (front and back of dog)

- Color pieces

- Cut squares out of colored paper

- Glue squares in strip between dog's front and back ends to make either a short or long dog

- Optional: Once squares glued into place, accordian fold the squares so dog can be both long and short

Extension Activities:

- Designate an "Opposites Day" in which yes means no and no means yes.  You have to do the opposite of everything you are directed to do.  Can't last the whole day?  Designate a morning or afternoon.

- Play a game of Fast/Slow Freeze Dance.  Yell out fast or slow while the music is playing and freeze when the music stops.

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Colors -- 8/18/26

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 Dream of an Elephant by Ami Rubinger
Vincent Paints His House by Tedd Arnold

Books:
Bear Sees Color by Karma Wilson
Magic Colors by Patrick George
Mix It Up by Herve Tullet
Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin
The Rainbow Snail by Karin Akesson
Warthogs Paint: A Messy Color Book by Pamela Duncan Edwards


Craft: House
- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper
- Cut out pieces (house, door, windows, chimney)
- Color pieces
- Glue pieces together


Extension Activities
- Go on a Color Scavenger Hunt.  How many objects can you find for each color?
- Have fun with Bleeding Colors.  Set up two glasses or bowls of water with a couple drops of food coloring in each bowl (can use same or different colors).  Then place a ribbon of paper towels between the bowls making sure an end is in the water of each bowl.  Watch the color bleed across the paper towels to meet in the middle.


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Numbers & Counting -- 8/11/26

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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Mister Kitty Is Lost! by Greg Pizzoli
One Sheep, Two Sheep by Tammi Sauer

Books:
Bear Counts by Karma Wilson
Counting Chickens by Harriet Ziefert
Counting Our Blessings by Emma Dodd
Let's Count Goats! by Mem Fox
Mouse Count by Ellen Stoll Walsh
My Little Sister Ate One Hare by Bill Grossman


Craft: Counting Sheep Sheet
- Print templates onto cardstock or heavy paper.
- Cut templates into half sheets.
- Color sheet.
- Add number of sticker dots to each sheep as indicated by its number.


Extension Activities:
- As you go through the day practice counting different things such as number of commercials during a watched television show, number of chips eaten during lunch, number of buttons on shirt, etc.
- Using Legos or blocks, makes stacks using a set number of bricks.


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Alphabet -- 8/4/6

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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Animal ABC by Marcus Pfister
C is for Clown by Stan & Jan Berenstain

Books:
ABC Dream by Kim Krans

The Alphabet of Alphabets by Allan Sanders
B is for Bedtime Bananas by Carrie Tillotson

The Invisible Alphabet by Joshua David Stein
Owls Are Good at Keeping Secrets: An Unusual Alphabet by Sara O'Leary

Sign Language ABC by Lora Heller


Craft: Alphabet Dominoes

- Print template (below) onto cardstock or heavy paper

- Color dominoes

- Cut along lines to get domino cards

Extension Activities:

- Practice letter recognition by asking your child(ren) to point out all of a particular letter from the page you are reading.

- Play the Alphabet Game while in the car by asking your child to find the letters of the alphabet in order on license plates or road signs.

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Virtual Story Time: Learning Concepts -- August 2026

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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Shout! Shout It Out! by Denise Fleming

Books:
Bear in a Square by Stella Blackstone
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin
Dog's Colorful Day by Emma Dodd
Magic Opposites by Patrick George
Mouse Shapes by Ellen Stoll Walsh
Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons by Eric Litwin





Extension Activities:
- Practice letter recognition by asking your child to find all of a particular letter on a book page.
- Play a game of I Spy looking for items of particular colors or shapes.
- Have fun with counting.  Count various things throughout the day such as number of chips eaten with your lunch, number of dogs or cats seen on a walk in the neighborhood, and number of trucks that pass by.