Virtual Story Time: If You Give a Cat a Cupcake by Laura Numeroff -- 9/29/20

Join us weekly for an online story time featuring a book read by Miss Amy on Tuesdays at 10:00 am.  The video is available to watch for one week before a new one is uploaded.

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If You Give a Cat a Cupcake by Laura Numeroff

Books:  (Sweet Treats)

Bunny Cakes by Rosemary Wells

Cookies: Bite-Size Life Lessons by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

The Cow Loves Cookies by Karma Wilson

Cupcake by Charise Mericle Harper

Everyone Loves Cupcake by Kelly DiPucchio

Groovy Joe: Ice Cream & Dinosaurs by Eric Litwin

I Really Want the Cake by Simon Philip

If You Give a Mouse a Brownie by Laura Numeroff

Warthogs in the Kitchen by Pamela Duncan Edwards

Who Ate All the Cookie Dough? by Karen Beaumont

Whopper Cake by Karma Wilson

Craft: Cupcake Magnet

- Print cupcake template and cut out.

- Decorate cupcake with crayons, sparkles, etc.

- Stick magnet onto back of cupcake.

Extension Activities:

- Make a dessert together with your child using a simple recipe (i.e. chocolate chip cookies, brownies, ice cream sundae, etc.)

- This week's story is all about cause and effect.  "Write" a story with your child by giving them the prompt "If you give a ____ a ____".

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Virtual Story Time: What's Your Sound, Hound the Hound? by Mo Willems -- 9/22/20

 Join us weekly for an online story time featuring a book read by Miss Amy on Tuesdays at 10:00 am.  The video is available to watch for one week before a new one is uploaded.

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What's Your Sound, Hound the Hound? by Mo Willems

Books:  (Animals)

Cat Says Meow and Other An-i-mal-o-poe-ia by Michael Arndt

Chicken, Chicken, Duck by Nadia Krilanovich

Farmyard Beat by Lindsey Craig

I Spy With My Little Eye by Edward Gibbs

If You're Hoppy by April Pulley Sayre

Oodles of Animals by Lois Ehlert

Pet This Book by Jessica Young

Row, Row, Row Your Boat by Jane Cabrera

The Seals on the Bus by Lenny Hort

What the Baby Hears by Laura Godwin

TumbleBook Stories: (Available through www.jeffcolib.org by clicking on E-Content.)

For Just One Day by Laura Leuck

One Duck Stuck by Phyllis Root

Craft: Picnic Puzzle

- Print out image at left onto heavy paper

- Color picture

- Cut on straight lines to get 20 puzzle pieces

Extension Activities:

- Pick an animal to learn more about.  Check out an informational book from the library about that animal.

- Play a game of animal charades.  Guess what animals are being acted out.

- Visit the zoo.

Virtual Story Time: Old MacDonald Had a Truck by Steve Goetz -- 9/15/20

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Old MacDonald Had a Truck by Steve Goetz

Books:  (Construction Vehicles)

B Is for Bulldozer: A Construction ABC by June Sobel

Construction Countdown by K.C. Olson

Demolition by Sally Sutton

The Diggers Are Coming! by Susan Steggall

Job Site by Nathan Clement

Little Excavator by Anna Dewdney

The Mixed-Up Truck by Stephen Savage

Roadwork by Sally Sutton

Where Do Diggers Sleep at Night? by Brianna Caplan Sayres

TumbleBook Stories: (Available through www.jeffcolib.org by clicking on E-Content.)

Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site by Sherri Duskey Rinker

Craft: Monster Truck

- Print and cut out template of truck on heavy paper

- Color truck

- Glue two CDs to truck for wheels

Extension Activities:

- This week's book is based on the popular children's song "Old MacDonald Had a Farm".  Sing the original with your children asking them to come up with animals for the verses.

- Visit a car or transportation museum to see the different vehicles.

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Virtual Story Time: I Really Want to See You, Grandma by Taro Gomi -- 9/8/20

This is a weekly online story time featuring a book read by Miss Amy on Tuesdays at 10:00 am.  The video is available to watch for one week before a new one is uploaded.

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I Really Want to See You, Grandma by Taro Gomi

Books:  (Grandparents)

41 Uses for a Grandma by Harriet Ziefert

At Grandma's by Rhonda Gowler Greene

Grandpa Loves by Rebecca Kai Dotlich

How to Babysit a Grandma by Jean Reagan

I Love You, Grandpa by Vivian French

Llama Llama Gram and Grandpa by Anna Dewdney

My Grandpa by Marta Altes

Tea With Grandpa by Barney Saltzberg

Whopper Cake by Karma Wilson

TumbleBook Stories: (Available through www.jeffcolib.org by clicking on E-Content.)

Castle on Hester Street by Linda Heller

Grandma's Pear Tree by Suzanne Santillan

Craft: Monster Hug

- Print out a monster template and cut out

- Color monster

- Cut out and accordian fold two strips of paper for arms

- Glue cut out hearts to one end of paper strips and other end of paper strips to the monster's body

Extension Activities:

- Make a card or "write" a letter to send to your grandparents for Grandparents Day (2nd Sunday of September).

- Ask your child to give you "directions" for getting to grandma or grandpa's house.