All You Need for a Snowman -- 1/24/23

Story Times are held weekly on Monday and Tuesday mornings at 10:00 am.  Online Story Times will be posted monthly in the morning of the first Tuesday of the month.  (The video is available to watch for one month before a new one is uploaded.)

Click HERE for this month's virtual Winter Story Time.

All You Need for a Snowman by Alice Schertle

Books:

The Biggest, Best Snowman by Margery Cuyler

The First Day of Winter by Denise Fleming

Froggy Builds a Snowman by Jonathan London

Martin MacGregor's Snowman by Lisa Broadie Cook

A Really Good Snowman by Daniel J. Mahoney

Sneezy the Snowman by Maureen Wright

Snowballs by Lois Ehlert

Snowmen All Year by Caralyn Buehner

Craft: Looped Snowman

- Print template onto heavy paper or cardstock

- Color pieces

- Glue strips into tear-shaped loops

- Glue small loop to back of snowman's head

- Glue larger loop to back of the smaller loop

Extension Activities:

- Snowmen All Year imagines what a snowman might do for fun.  Ask your child to imagine what a snowman might do throughout the day.

- Try an exercise in creativity by asking your child to find unusual items around the house that could be incorporated into a snowman.

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Froggy Gets Dressed -- 1/17/23

Story Times are held weekly on Monday and Tuesday mornings at 10:00 am.  Online Story Times will be posted monthly in the morning of the first Tuesday of the month.  (The video is available to watch for one month before a new one is uploaded.)

Click HERE for this month's virtual Winter Story Time.

Froggy Gets Dressed by Jonathan London

Books:
Cold Turkey by Corey Rosen Schwartz

The Hat by Jan Brett

A Hat for Minerva Louise by Janet Morgan Stoeke

One Mitten by Kristine O'Connell George

Under My Hood I Have a Hat by Karla Kuskin

Craft: Mitten Match

- Print template onto heavy paper or cardstock

- Color mittens

- Cut on lines to make matching cards

Extension Activities:

- Discuss different items of clothing and the season it is most appropriate to wear them.

- Explain how frogs hibernate during the winter by eating sugar to help them "freeze" and then "thaw" in the spring.  A simple science experiment to demonstrate the concept would be to freeze a cup of water and then another cup of water with a 1 tbsp of sugar added to it.  Check it after an hour to see which is more frozen and which is more "slushy".

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Winter Wonderland -- 1/10/23

Story Times are held weekly on Monday and Tuesday mornings at 10:00 am.  Online Story Times will be posted monthly in the morning of the first Tuesday of the month.  (The video is available to watch for one month before a new one is uploaded.)

Click HERE for this month's virtual Winter Story Time.

Walking in a Winter Wonderland by Richard B. Smith

Books:
I See Winter by Charles Ghigna

A Kitten Tale by Eric Rohmann
Once Upon a Winter Day by Liza Woodruff

Snow by Uri Shulevitz
Winter Is Here by Kevin Henkes
Winter Is the Warmest Season by Lauren Stringer

Craft: Snowglobe
- Print template onto heavy paper or cardstock

- Cut out snowglobe

- Color snowglobe

- Glue bottom strip into ring so snowglobe stands

Extension Activities:

- Discuss what makes the winter season unique.  What does your child like about winter?  What don't they like about winter?

- Practice folding and scissor skills by making paper snowflakes.

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When Winter Comes -- 1/3/23

Story Times are held weekly on Monday and Tuesday mornings at 10:00 am.  Online Story Times will be posted monthly in the morning of the first Tuesday of the month.  (The video is available to watch for one month before a new one is uploaded.)

Click HERE for this month's virtual Winter Story Time.

 When Winter Comes by Nancy Van Laan

Books:

Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson

If You're Snowy and the You Know, Clap Your Paws! by Kim Norman

Once Upon a Wintry Day by Lisa Woodruff

Sleep, Big Bear, Sleep! by Maureen Wright

Winter Lullaby by Barbara Seuling

Craft: Bear in Winter Sweater

- Print template onto heavy paper or cardstock

- Cut out pieces (bear body, arms)

- Color pieces

- Glue arms to back of bear's body

Extension Activities:

- Add some interaction to your reading of the stories.  Ask your child what you think will happen on the next page.  Or find an object on each page.

- Take a nature walk during the winter.  See what animals, plants, etc. you can spot on your walk.  Discuss with your child how things look different during a winter walk from a walk during other seasons.

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