Fairy Tales & Folk Songs: Week 4 -- 2/27/24

Story Times are held weekly on Monday and Tuesday mornings at 10:00 am. A monthly virtual Story Time is posted the first Tuesday of the month on the library's Facebook page.  It is available to view for one month before the next video is posted.

Click HERE for this month's virtual Story Time.

Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young
This Little Piggy by Tim Harrington
Do Your Ears Hang Low? by Jenny Cooper

Books:

The Brave Little Seamstress by Mary Pope Osborne

The Completed Hickory Dickory Dock by Jim Aylesworth

The Farmer in the Dell by John O'Brien

Jack and Jill by Daniel Kirk

Little Good Wolf by Janet Stevens

Mary Had a Little Lamb by Mary Ann Hoberman

One, Two, Buckle My Shoe by Jane Cabrera

Craft: Elephant

- Print template on cardstock or heavy paper

- Cut out pieces

- Color pieces

- Glue pieces together as shown in picture

Extension Activities:

- Have your child try to identify some common objects just by touch while blindfolded.

- Extend This Little Piggy by coming up with more activities the piggies could do.

Fairy Tales & Folk Songs: Week 3 -- 2/20/24

Story Times are held weekly on Monday and Tuesday mornings at 10:00 am. A monthly virtual Story Time is posted the first Tuesday of the month on the library's Facebook page.  It is available to view for one month before the next video is posted.

Click HERE for this month's virtual Story Time.

The Little Red Hen (Makes a Pizza) by Philemon Sturges
On Top of Spaghetti by Paul Brett Johnson

Books:

The Cheese by Margie Palatini

Hansel and Gretel by Bethann Wollvin

Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush by Jane Cabrera

Little Bunny Foo Foo: The Real Story by Cori Doerrfeld

The Princess and the Packet of Frozen Peas by Tony Wilson

Who Took the Cookies from the Cookie Jar? by Bonnie Lass

Craft: Little Red Hen with Pizza

- Print template at left onto cardstock or heavy paper

- Cut out

- Color 

- Fold wings to cover pizza

Extension Activities:

- After reading Hansel and Gretel, make a gingerbread house decorating it with various candies.

- On a trip to the grocery store, ask your child to point out foods while walking through the store that are in different folk tales, folk songs, and nursery rhymes.

Fairy Tales & Folk Songs: Week 2 -- 2/13/24

Story Times are held weekly on Monday and Tuesday mornings at 10:00 am. A monthly virtual Story Time is posted the first Tuesday of the month on the library's Facebook page.  It is available to view for one month before the next video is posted.

Click HERE for this month's virtual Story Time.

Hare and Tortoise by Alison Murray
The Itsy Bitsy Spider by Iza Trapani
Old Mikamba Had a Farm by Rachel Isadora

Books:

The Bear Went Over the Mountain by Iza Trapani

Frog Went A-Courtin' by John Langstaff
Old MacDonald Had a Farm by Gus Grimly

Peter and the Wolf by Christopher Raschka

Redlocks and the Three Bears by Claudia Rueda

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Simms Taback

Three Little Kittens (and One Little Mouse!) by Barbara McClintock

Craft: Tortoise

- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper

- Color pieces (body, shell circles)

- Glue together as shown in picture at left

Extension Activities:

- After reading Hare and Tortoise, hold some races.  Try different types of races (ex - relay race, hopping, complete activity, etc.).

- Learn about the different animals on farms in Africa versus the US.  Which animals are different?  Which animals are the same?

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Fairy Tales & Folk Songs: Week 1 -- 2/6/24

Story Times are held weekly on Monday and Tuesday mornings at 10:00 am. A monthly virtual Story Time is posted the first Tuesday of the month on the library's Facebook page.  It is available to view for one month before the next video is posted.

Click HERE for this month's virtual Story Time.

Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs by Mo Willems
The Wheels on the Race Car by Alexander Zane

Books:

The Cheese by Margie Palatini

The Cow Tripped Over the Moon by Jeanne Willis

Hush Little Digger by Ellen Olson-Brown

If You're a Monster and You Know It by Rebecca Emberley

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Simms Taback

The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig by Eugenios Trivizas
The Twelve Dancing Princesses by Rachel Isadora

Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star by Jane Cabrera

Craft: Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaur Puppets

- Print out template on cardstock or heavy paper

- Cut out pieces and color

- Glue cutouts to craft sticks to make into puppets

Extension Activities:

- Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs is a variation on the traditional Goldilocks and the Three Bears tale.  Have your child write their own variation of the tale using another type of animal.

- Come up with new verses for The Wheels on the Bus.  How many different actions can you come up with?

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Virtual Story Time: Fairy Tales -- February 2024

Each month, Miss Amy records a virtual Story Time that goes along with the monthly theme.  It 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 Story Time.

Ivan the Terrier by Peter Catalanotto
Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion by Alex T. Smith

Books:

1 2 3: A Child's First Counting Book by Alison Jay

The Chinese Emperor's New Clothes by Ying Chang Compestine

Endlessly Ever After by Laural Snyder

The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka

The Twelve Dancing Princesses by Rachel Isadora

An Undone Fairy Tale by Ian Lendler

The Very Smart Pea and the Princess-To-Be by Mini Grey

Extension Activities:

- In Ivan the Terrier, Ivan keeps interrupting the different fairy tales so the narrator can't finish them.  Have your child tell you the endings of those fairy tales.

- Create a "Story Hopscotch Board" to a classic fairy tale.  Have your child draw 8-10 pictures that tell the story of the fairy tale.  Then lay them out in a hopscotch board.  As you jump through the hopscotch describe that part of the story.