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Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Blue -- 7/1/25

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 Big Blue Spot by Dave Holwitz
Way Down Deep in the Deep Blue Sea by Peter Peck












Books:
Blue Boat by Kersten Hamilton
The Blue Table by Christopher Raschka
The Blue Umbrella by Emily Ann Davison
Blueberry Mouse by Alice Low
Dog Blue by Polly Dunbar
Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle
One Blue Gnu by Danna Smith


Craft: Bird with Birdhouse
- Color pieces (bird, wooden stick, birdhouse)
- Fold roof down to make overhang and glue at top point so stays in place
- Roll wooden strip into loop and glue
- Glue loop to birdhouse next to "hole"
- Glue bird to loop


Extension Activities:
- Have your child squeeze blueberries into water to create an edible paint.
- Create a blue sky picture by adding star stickers to blue paper.


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Virtual Story Time: Color Our World -- July 2025

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.

Color the Sky by David Elliott
My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss














Books:
Dr. Seuss's Book of Colors by Dr. Seuss
Green on Green by Dianne White
Mix It Up by Herve Tullet
The Rainbow Snail by Karin Akesson
Red Sings for Treetops by Joyce Sidman
Remixed: A Blended Family by Arree Chung


Extension Activities:
- Have fun decorating cookies or cupcakes with different colored icing.  Let the kids mix their own colored icing using food coloring and plain white icing.
- Play a game of I Spy using color clues.
- Ask your child to organize things by color (ex - their clothes in the closet, books on a shelf, etc).