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Tuesday, January 24, 2023

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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Tuesday, January 17, 2023

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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Tuesday, January 10, 2023

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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Tuesday, January 3, 2023

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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