The Alphabet: PQ -- 3/29/22

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Chengdu Could Not, Would Not Fall Asleep by Barney Saltzberg
Little Penguin Gets the Hiccups by Tadgh Bentley

Books:
Chu's Day by Neil Gaiman
Hello, Puppy! by Jane Cowan-Fletcher

Little Penguins by Cynthia Rylant

The Night Pirates by Peter Harris

Perfectly Percy by Paul Schmid
Queen Panda Can't Sleep by Susanna Isern
Secret Pizza Party by Adam Rubin
Shorty & Clem by Michael Slack

Craft: Q is for Quail

- Print template on heavy paper or cardstock

- Color and cut out pieces (Q body, head, wing, tailfeather, feet, beak, and plume)

- Glue tailfeather to bottom of body along the Q's tail.

- Glue the head to the top of the body opposite the tail.

- Glue the plume and beak to the head.

- Glue the wing along body's back between head and tailfeather.

- Glue feet to bottom of body.

Extension Activities:

- Act out the rhyme Five Little Ducks with your child making sure to incorporate the "quacks".

- Get a little messy with some paints.  Finger paint a picture with your child.

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The Alphabet: NO -- 3/22/22

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Mosquitoes Can't Bite Ninjas by Jordan P. Novak
Naked! by Michael Ian Black
Baz & Benz by Heidi McKinnon

Books:
Hoot Owl, Master of Disguise by Sean Taylor
How to Put an Octopus to Bed by Sherry Duskey Rinker
I Want That Nut by Madeline Valentine
Mama Built a Little Nest by Jennifer Ward
The Nuts: Bedtime at the Nut House by Eric Litwin
Octopants by Suzy Senior

Craft: O is for Owl
- Print template on cardstock or heavy paper
- Color pieces of owl (O body, head with beak, wings, feet) before cutting out pieces
- Glue head to top of body
- Glue wings to sides of body
- Glue feet to bottom of body


Extension Activities:
- Make a Name Puzzle.  Write your child's name on a long piece of paper.  Have your child decorate the paper before cutting it into pieces so each letter is on a different piece.  See if your child can put their name back together again.
- Get messy by making some painted O art.  Place a small amount of paint in a shallow dish.  Then let your child stamp Os on a piece of paper using a variety of things (i.e. paper towel tubes, drinking straws, round plastic lids, etc.).


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The Alphabet: M -- 3/15/22

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Ernest, the Moose Who Doesn't Fit by Catherine Rayner
Mustache Baby by Bridget Heos

Books:
Bedtime for Monsters by Ed Vere
Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree by Eileen Christelow
It Came in the Mail by Ben Clanton
Moon Dreams by Ruth Martin
Mrs. Brice's Mice by Syd Hoff
Spunky Little Monkey by Bill Martin
This is a Moose by Richard T. Morris

Craft: M is for Monsters
- Print out template on heavy paper or cardstock
- Color pieces (M, teeth, eyes) before cutting out
- Glue eyes and teeth to M to make a monster
- Optional: Add sequins, pompoms, pipe cleaner, etc to further decorate your monster




Extension Activities:
- Dye macaroni noodles different colors.  (Directions can be found HERE.)  Once they are completely dry, you can do a lot of different activities including sorting by color, making pasta necklaces or collage art, etc.
- Have your child make a "Me" poster.  Draw a simple gingerbread person shape (or trace around your child if you have a large piece of paper).  Then have your child decorate the shape to look like them.  They can also add pictures or write things that describe who they are (i.e. what they like, what they do, etc.).


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The Alphabet: L -- 3/8/22

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Leaves by David Ezra Stein
She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain by Philemon Sturges

Books:
The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle
Lamby Lamb by Christopher Raschka
Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen
Lion Lessons by Jon Agee
Lizard from the Park by Mark Pett
Mary Had a Little Lamp by Jack Lechner
What Is Love? by Mac Barnett

Craft: L is for Lighthouse
- Print out template on heavy paper or cardstock
- Color pieces
- Cut out pieces
- Glue small house to top of L
- Glue big house to leg at bottom of L





Extension Activities:
- Have fun with Legos.  Ask your child to complete different challenges such as making a tower as tall as they can, building an animal, etc.
- Listen to music.  The library has lots of music CDs for children and adults that can be checked out.  Listen to your favorite songs and then listen to something new.


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The Alphabet: IJK -- 3/1/22

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The Little Ice Cream Truck by Margery Cuyler
King Bidgood's in the Bathtub by Audrey Wood

Books:
Groovy Joe: Ice Cream and Dinosaurs by Eric Litwin
If Only by Mies Van Hout
Jack and Jill by Daniel Kirk
A Kitten Tale by Eric Rohmann
The Little Island by Margaret Wise Brown
The Purple Kangaroo by Michael Ian Brown
The Tiny King by Taro Miura

Craft: J is for Jester
- Print template on heavy paper or cardstock

- Cut out pieces (J body, head, hat, hands)

- Color pieces

- Glue head to top of J

- Glue hat to top of head

- Glue hands to sides of J

Extension Activities:

- Take a field trip to an ice cream store.  Try a new flavor of ice cream.

- Practice counting and sorting with jelly beans.

- Make and decorate a kite.  Directions of several easy kites to make can be found online.

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