Shapes Story Time -- 8/30-31/2021

Outdoor Story Times are held weekly on Monday mornings at 10:00 am and 11:00 am.  (Registration is required to attend.)  Online Story Times will be posted weekly on Tuesday mornings at 10:00 am.  (The video is available to watch for one week before a new one is uploaded.)

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Shape by Shape by Suse MacDonald
Shapes Are Everywhere by Charles Ghigna

Books:

Bear in a Square by Stella Blackstone

Circle Dogs by Kevin Henkes

A Circle in the Sky by Zachary Wilson

Go, Shapes, Go! by Denise Fleming

Love, Triangle by Marcie Colleen
Mouse Shapes by Ellen Stoll Walsh

Shape Shift by Joyce Hesselberth

Shapes That Roll by Karen Berman Nagel

Tangled by Anne Miranda

Craft: Shapes Collage

- Cut out shapes from colored paper

- Ask child to make pictures from those shapes

- Optional:  Glue shapes as picture onto a piece of large paper

Extension Activities

- Play a game of "I Spy" focusing on shapes.

- Give your child a handful of pretzel sticks.  Ask them to arrange the pretzels into various shapes.

Opposites Story Time: August 23-24, 2021 (Outdoor & Virtual)

Outdoor Story Times are held weekly on Monday mornings at 10:00 am and 11:00 am.  (Registration is required to attend.)  Online Story Times will be posted weekly on Tuesday mornings at 10:00 am.  (The video is available to watch for one week before a new one is uploaded.)

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You and Me: We're Opposites by Harriet Ziefert
Triceratopposite by Bridget Heos

Books:

Big Bear, Small Mouse by Karma Wilson

Black? White! Day? Night! by Laura Vaccaro Seeger

Dogs by Emily Gravett

Good News, Bad News by Jeff Mack

Magic Opposites by Patrick George

The Opposite Zoo by Il Sung Na

Pomelo's Opposites by Ramona Badescu

Stop, Go, Yes, No! A Story of Opposites by Mike Twohy

What's Up Bear? A Book about Opposites by Frieda Wishinsky

Craft:  Little Bunnies Opposite Match

- Print out template on heavy paper or cardstock.

- Color bunnies.

- Cut on dotted lines to make cards.

- Mix up cards and try to find matching opposites.

Extension Activities:

- Make a beaded necklace using small pony beads and large wooden beads.  Ask your child to do a pattern of small and large beads.

- Play a game where the kids do the opposite of what you say.  An example would be bending down if told to stretch up high. 

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Colors Story Time: August 15 (Outdoors) - August 16 (Virtual), 2021

Outdoor Story Times are held weekly on Monday mornings at 10:00 am and 11:00 am.  (Registration is required to attend.)  Online Story Times will be posted weekly on Tuesday mornings at 10:00 am.  (The video is available to watch for one week before a new one is uploaded.)

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

Books:

Bear Sees Colors by Karma Wilson

Dog's Colorful Day by Emma Dodd

Freight Train by Donald Crews

The Hidden Rainbow by Christie Matheson

I Know a Wee Piggy by Kim Norman

Mix It Up! by Herve Tullet

Monsters Love Colors by Mike Austin

Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin

Warthogs Paint: A Messy Color Book by Pamela Duncan Edwards

Craft: Tissue Paper Elephant
- Print and cut out template on heavy paper or cardstock

- Cut multiple colors of tissue paper into small squares

- Color elephant

- Glue tissue paper squares to elephant

Extension Activities:

- Go on a color scavenger hunt.  Have each child pick a different color.  Then have them count the things they find that are their chosen color.

- Make colored ice cubes by adding a drop of food color to water before freezing.  (Optional - Stick a popsicle stick in each cube before freezing for easy holding.)  Then use the ice cubes to "paint" on either paper or outdoor sidewalk.

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Counting Story Time: 8/9/21 (Outdoors) & 8/10/21 (Virtual)

Outdoor Story Times are held weekly on Monday mornings at 10:00 am and 11:00 am.  (Registration is required to attend.)  Online Story Times will be posted weekly on Tuesday mornings at 10:00 am.  (The video is available to watch for one week before a new one is uploaded.)


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Let's Count Goats! by Mem Fox
My Little Sister Ate One Hare by Bill Grossman

Books:

Bear Counts by Karma Wilson

Chicka, Chicka, 1, 2, 3 by Bill Martin Jr.

Count the Monkeys by Mac Barnett

Dinosaur Countdown by Nicholas Oldland

Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree by Eileen Christelow

One Little Chicken: A Counting Book by David Elliott

The Right Number of Elephants by Jeff Sheppard

Soup for One by Ethan Long
Stack the Cats by Susie Ghahremani

Ten Pigs: An Epic Bath Adventure by Derek Anderson

Warthogs in the Kitchen: A Messing Counting Book by Pamela Duncan Edwards

Craft: Turtle Count
- Print out template (at left).

- Color turtles.

- Tear construction paper into small pieces.

- Glue the number of construction paper pieces to the turtles as indicated by the numbers on the shells.

Extension Activities:

- Practice counting throughout the day.  Examples include counting the number of chips on your plate for lunch, counting how many cars pass your house in a certain amount of time, counting the number of toys on the floor, etc.

- Sing various counting songs such as "Hundred Bottles of Rootbeer on the Wall", "Ten in a Bed", "The Ants Go Marching", etc.

Alphabet Story Time -- 8/2/21 (Outdoors) & 8/3/21 (Virtual)

Outdoor Story Times are held weekly on Monday mornings at 10:00 am and 11:00 am.  (Registration is required to attend.)  Online Story Times will be posted weekly on Tuesday mornings at 10:00 am.  (The video is available to watch for one week before a new one is uploaded.)


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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr.
ABC School's for Me by Susan B. Katz

Books:

ABC Dream by Kim Krans

Achoo! Bang! Crash! The Noisy Alphabet by Ross MacDonald

Animal ABC by Marcus Pfister

Bad Kitty by Nick Bruel

The Bookstore Cat by Cylin Busby

A Busy Creature's Day Eating by Mo Willems

Click, Clack, Quackity-Quack: An Alphabet Adventure by Doreen Cronin

Jeepers, Creepers: A Monstrous ABC by Laura Leuck

My Little Sister Hugged an Ape by Bill Grossman

Old Black Fly by Jim Aylesworth

Sign Language ABC by Lora Heller

Craft: Name Tree
- Color a half sheet of cardstock or heavy paper and then glue into a cylinder to make the tree' trunk

- Cut green paper into 1"x4" strips

- Write name on strips -- one letter on each strip

- Glue strips to top inside of trunk for the tree's leaves.  Make sure to glue strips in order so name is spelled out.

- Curl green strips/leaves down

Extension Activities:

- Play the Alphabet Game.  Look for the letters of the alphabet in order.  A variation is to look for items that start with the letters.

- Sing the ABC song.  Then for fun see if you can sing it backwards Z to A.