Halloween Story Time: October 28-29, 2019

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

Craft: Vampire Treat Bag
This week's craft was loosely based on the picture at left.  The kids colored cutout hair, eyes, and bowtie before gluing to a paper bag.  They then drew on a mouth and fangs to complete their vampire.

Extension Activities:
- Go over safety tips before going trick or treating including wearing glow-in-the-dark at night to be seen, stranger safety tips, etc.
- Several of this week's books include counting as part of the story.  Practice counting with the treats received on Halloween.  Have your child separate the treats into the different kinds of food and then count them.

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Pumpkin Story Time: October 21-22, 2019

Books:
Five Little Pumpkins by Iris Van Rynbach *
Piggies in the Pumpkin Patch by Mary Peterson
Plumply, Dumply Pumpkin by Mary Serfozo *
Pumpkin Trouble by Jan Thomas *

Craft: Paper Plate Pumpkins
The kids were given a paper plate.  They drew a jack-o-lantern face in the center of the plate.  Orange squares of paper were glued around the edge of the plate.


Extension Activities:
- Visit a pumpkin patch.  Ask your child to describe the various pumpkins as they are in Plumply, Dumply Pumpkin.  (i.e. large, squat, sumptuous, etc)
- Decorate a pumpkin.  If your child is too young to carve the pumpkin, use finger paints or Sharpie markers.

Apple Story Time: October 15, 2019

Books:
All for Pie, Pie for All by David Martin
From Apple Trees to Cider, Please! by Felicia Sanzari Chernesky
The Starry Giraffe by Andy Bergman *
Tap the Magic Tree by Christie Matheson *
Ten Apples Up on Top by Dr. Seuss *

Craft: Standing Apple Tree
This week's craft is based on the picture at left.  The children colored a quarter sheet of cardstock, rolled, and glued it to make into a tree trunk.  I then cut two slits in the top of the roll.  The kids then colored a cloud shape and glued on red tissue paper pieces as apples.  This makes the tree top.  The top was slid into the slits so the tree could stand.

Extension Activities:
- Conduct a taste test.  Try several different types of apples to see which your child/family likes best.
- Visit an apple farm to pick apples.

Fall Story Time: October 7-8, 2019

Books:
Every Autumn Comes the Bear by Jim Arnosky
Fall Is Not Easy by Marty Kelley *
In the Middle of Fall by Kevin Henkes
Red Are the Apples by Marc Harshaman *
When Autumn Falls by Kelli Nidey

Craft: Paper Plate Leaf Wreath
The children were given a paper plate ring with a piece of yarn tied around it for a hanger.  They could glue small fall-colored die-cut leaves on the wreath.  They were also given 5 larger white die-cut leaves to color and glue on.  They could make it into a family wreath by writing the names of their family members on the larger leaves.

Extension Activities:
- Red Are the Apples talks about the different colors seen in the fall.  Play a game of I Spy using fall colors as you go on a fall walk.
- Create a leaf collage.  Collect various fallen leaves and glue them onto paper to make pictures.

Building Blocks Nominees Story Time: Week 4: September 30-October 1, 2019

Books:
Hello Hello by Brendan Wenzel *
I Just Ate My Friend by Heidi McKinnon *
Where Is Bear? by Jonathan Bentley *

Craft: CD Teddy Bear
The kids colored cardstock cutouts of bear's head and paws before gluing to a used cd-rom.




Extension Activities:
- Hello Hello introduces aspects as animals throughout the book.  Ask your child to come up with their own "Hello's" based on the aspects they see in the illustrations.
- Play a game of hide and seek with the CD Teddy Bear craft you make.  Hide the teddy bear and see if your child can find it.

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