Virtual Story Time: Halloween Pumpkins -- 10/27/20

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Pick A Pumpkin by Patricia Toht

Five Little Pumpkins by Iris Van Rynbach

Books: (Pumpkins)

Froggy Picks a Pumpkin by Jonathan London

Mr. Pumpkin's Tea Party by Erin Barker

P Is For Pumpkin by Kathy-Jo Wargin

Pick a Perfect Pumpkin by Robin Michael Koontz

Plumply, Dumply Pumpkin by Mary Serfozo

The Pumpkin Fair by Eve Bunting

Pumpkin Trouble by Jan Thomas

Sixteen Runaway Pumpkins by Dianne Ochiltree

Ten Orange Pumpkins by Stephen Savage

Craft: Jack-O-Lantern Tic Tac Toe

- Print and cut out templates

- Color pumpkin and game pieces

Extension Activities:

- Visit a pumpkin patch.  Select a pumpkin to make into a jack-o-lantern.

- Make roasted pumpkin seeds to snack on.

Virtual Story Time: I Am Going! by Mo Willems -- 10/20/20

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I Am Going! by Mo Willems

Lunch by Denise Fleming

Books: (Meals)

Badger's Fancy Meal by Keiko Kasza

Before We Eat: From Farm to Table by Pat Brisson

Click, Clack, Quackity-Quack by Doreen Cronin

Froggy Eats Out by Jonathan London

How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food? by Jane Yolen

I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato by Lauren Child

Little Pea by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Soup for One by Ethan Long

Summer Supper by Robin Pfeffer

Worms for Lunch! by Leonid Gore

Craft: Elephant & Piggie Comic Book

- Print template (at left)

- Draw / color the comic panels

- Cut on the lines

- Staple pages together to make a book

Extension Activities:

- Go on a picnic.  Let your child(ren) help prepare the food or gather the supplies.

- Practice color recognition by asking your child to name foods that are certain colors (i.e. - yellow = bananas).

Virtual Story Time: Fall Stories -- 10/13/20

 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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In the Middle of Fall by Kevin Henkes 

Fall Is Not Easy by Marty Kelley

Books: (Fall)

Every Autumn Comes the Bear by Jim Arnosky

Fall Leaves Fall! by Zoe Hall

Fall Mixed Up by Bob Raczka 

I Know It's Autumn by Eileen Spinelli

I See Fall by Charles Ghigna

In November by Cynthia Rylant

The Little Yellow Leaf by Carin Berger

Moon Glowing by Elizabeth Partridge

When Autumn Falls by Kelly Nidey

Craft: Fall Tree

- Draw a tree trunk onto a piece of paper

- Cut orange, red, yellow, etc. construction paper into 1"x4" strips

- Color tree trunk, grass, and sky background

- Glue strips of paper into loops

- Glue loops onto paper as leaves

Extension Activities:

- Go on a nature walk or drive to look at the fall leaf colors.

- Collect fallen leaves and glue onto paper to make leaf pictures and collages.

- Discuss with your child how they know it is the season of fall.  What things do they see, feel, hear, etc.?

Virtual Story Time: What Will Fat Cat Sit On? by Jan Thomas -- 10/6/20

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What Will Fat Cat Sit On? by Jan Thomas

There's a Bear on My Chair by Ross Collins

Books: (Seating)

10 Little Hot Dogs by John Himmelman

Bears on Chairs by Shirley Parenteau

A Chair for My Mother by Vera Williams

A Couch for Llama by Leah Gilbert

He Came with the Couch by David Slonim

I Am Not a Chair! by Ross Burach

Is Everyone Ready for Fun? by Jan Thomas

That's (Not) Mine by Anna Kang

Craft: Fat Cat

- Print template onto heavy paper and cut out

- Color pieces of cat

- Glue head to top of oval (body)

- Glue tail to side of oval

- Glue paws to bottom of oval

Extension Activities:

- There's a Bear on My Chair uses a lot of rhymes to tell its story.  Do some rhyming practice.  Ask your child for rhyming words for "cat", "couch", "mouse", etc.

- Play a game of musical chairs.

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