Halloween: A Trick or Treat Story Time: October 30-31, 2017

Books:
Click, Clack, Boo! by Doreen Cronin *
Jungle Halloween by Maryann Cocca-Leffler *
Six Creepy Sheep by Judith Enderle Ross
Ten Orange Pumpkins by Stephen Savage *

Craft: Mummy Bag
The kids glued two eyeball cutouts and strips of white paper to the front of a bag to turn into a mummy trick or treat bag.


Literacy Extensions:
- Halloween is a great time to talk about stranger danger with your children.  Make sure to discuss safety issues before going trick or treating.
- Learn more about the history and symbols of Halloween.  The library has a couple books on the topics for children.


Notes:
The children went trick or treating through the library after story time this week.

Leaves Story Time: October 23-24. 2017

Books:
Fall Is Not Easy by Marty Kelley *
Fall Leaves Fall! by Zoe Hall
Leaf Man by Lois Ehlert *
Leaves by David Ezra Stein
Little Tree by Loren Long
The Little Yellow Leaf by Carin Berger

Craft: Leaf Necklace
The children colored a leaf and two acorns before stringing them onto curling ribbon with pony beads to make into a necklace.

Literacy Extensions:
- Go on a nature walk or drive to look at the different color leaves.
- Encourage creativity by having your child create pictures out of leaves.


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Tip: Use curling ribbon when making necklaces with smaller children.  The ribbon is stiffer making it easier for children to hold it when putting on the beads.  It is also thick enough that the beads will not fall off the ribbon.

Apple Story Time: October 16-17, 2017

Books:
Apple Pie ABC by Alison Murray
Chicka Chicka 123 by Bill Martin Jr.
From Apple Trees to Cider, Please! by Felicia Sanzari Chernesky *
Tap the Magic Tree by Christie Matheson *
Ten Apples Up on Top! by Theo LeSieg*
The Terrible Plop by Ursula Durbosarsky

Craft: Apple
This weeks' craft was based on the picture above.  The children colored pre-cut apple tops and bottoms, leaf and stem.  They then glued them to ends three jumbo craft sticks making up the apple core.  Seeds could be colored on to the craft sticks.

Literacy Extensions:
- Go on a field trip to pick apples.
- Try different types of apples and see which kinds are your family's favorites.


Notes:
We found that the craft was easier to make if we taped the craft sticks together so they didn't move around while working with them.  We used masking tape at the top and bottom to tape them together.

Sasquatch Story Time: October 10, 2017

Books:
Are We There, Yeti? by Ashlyn Anstee
The Boy Who Cried Bigfoot! by Scott Magoon
Don't Squish the Sasquatch! by Kent Redeker *
Socksquatch by Frank W. Dormer *
Yeti, Turn Out the Light! by Greg Long *

Craft: Sasquatch
This week's craft was based on the picture at left.  The kids colored the sasquatch head before gluing on eyes and teeth.  It could be made into a bigfoot, sasquatch, yeti, etc. depending on how it was colored.

Literacy Extensions:
- The Boy Who Cried Bigfoot would be a great introduction for a conversation on telling the truth, lies, and exaggeration.
- After reading Yeti, Turn Out the Light make some shadow drawings.  Place various objects in front of a bright light and have your child try to trace the shadows.

Notes:
Story Time was not held on Monday, October 9, 2017 as the library was closed for a staff development day.


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Fall Story Time: October 2-3. 2017

Books:
Every Autumn Comes the Bear by Jim Arnosky
Fall Ball by Peter McCarty
I Know It's Autumn by Eileen Spinelli
Moon Glowing by Elizabeth Partridge *
Red Are the Apples by Marc Harshman *
When Autumn Falls by Kelli Nidey *

Craft: Bat Clip
The children colored a bat body and bat wings before gluing them together.  The bat was then glued to a clothespin to clip onto the child's clothes.

Literacy Extensions:
- Moon Glowing gives information on four different animals' preparations for winter.  Choose some additional animals to learn about and check out books about them from the library.
- Go on a fall nature walk.  Try to find different colored leaves, acorns, animal prints, etc.


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