Colors: August 16, 2022

Story Times are held weekly on Monday and Tuesday mornings at 10:00 am and Tuesday evenings at 6:00 pm.  Online Story Times will be posted weekly on Tuesday mornings.  (The video is available to watch for one week before a new one is uploaded.)

Click HERE for this week's Story Time video.

Dog's Colorful Day by Emma Dodd
Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin

Books:
Bear Sees Colors by Karma Wilson

The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt

I Know a Wee Piggy by Kim Norman
Mix It Up! by Herve Tullet

Monsters Love Colors by Mike Austin

My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss

Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert

Vincent Paints His House by Tedd Arnold

Warthogs Paint: A Messy Color Book by Pamela Duncan Edwards

Craft: Crayon

- Print out template on heavy paper or cardstock and cut out

- Color crayon your favorite color

- Cut out four black strips of paper

- Glue black strips onto crayon as shown at left (two at top and two at bottom)

- Glue on eyes

- Draw on face

Extension Activities:

- Practice color sorting by having your child sort a bag of M&Ms or Skittles by color.

- Go on a color scavenger hunt trying to find an object for each color of the rainbow - red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, purple.

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Facebook Story Time: Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons by Eric Litwin - 6/16/20

This is part of a series of weekly story times offered on Facebook during the time we are unable to do in-person story time at the library due to the current health crisis.  Each Tuesday, a recording of a story will be posted on Facebook.  It will be available to view for a week before a new story is posted.

Go to www.facebook.com/JeffCoLibMo and click on Videos to view the latest story.


Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin

Books:
Bruno, the Standing Cat by Nadine Robert
Cat Nap by Toni Yuly
Cat Secrets by Jeff Czekaj
Cat Up a Tree by John Hassett
Cats Are Cats by Valeri Gorbachev
Grumpy Cat by Britta Teckentrup
Kitty Cat, Kitty Cat, Are You Waking Up? by Bill Martin
Love That Kitty! by Jeff Jarka
Pete the Cat series by Eric Litwin and various other authors
Stack the Cats by Susie Ghahremani
They All Saw a Cat by Brendan Wenzel
          * Books can be placed on hold for checkout at www.jeffcolib.org and clicking on the link for the catalog.


TumbleBook Stories (Available through www.jeffcolib.org by clicking on E-Content.)
Caillou and Gilbert by Joceline Sanschagrin

Craft: Pete the Cat Puppet
- Color Pete's face before gluing to bottom of the paper bag
- Cut two strips of yellow paper (6.5 inches x 2.75 inches) and glue to side of bag for Pete's shirt.  (You can fold down the top inside corners to make a collar if you like.)
- Put on four stickers to hold shirt closed.



Extension Activities:
- In Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons, readers count the buttons on Pete's shirt.  Practice counting by having your child count various things on their clothes (i.e. stripes on shirt, pockets on pants/shorts, etc.).
- Practice dexterity and hand coordination by having your child practice buttoning shirts.
- Did you know Pete the Cat was a real cat?  Learn his story and how he came to be featured in books by visiting the website petethecat.com/pages/bio.


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Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes (Clothes) Sing-Along Story Time: June 18-19, 2018

Books:
Clothesline Clues to Jobs People Do by Kathryn Heling *
Hello, Sun! by Dayle Ann Dodds
How to Dress a Dragon by Thelma Godin *
The Nuts: Sing & Dance in Your Polka Dot Pants by Eric Litwin *
Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin *

Craft: Pete the Cat Headband
This week's craft was based on the picture at left.  The children were given a strip of cardstock with Pete's eyes and nose to color as well as two triangles for ears.  The pieces were then glued together along with another strip of cardstock to make into a headband.  Thin black strips of paper were then glue on for whiskers.

Literacy Extensions:
- Learning to dress yourself is an important skill for children to learn.  Have your children pick out their outfit to wear and practice dressing themselves.  Work on snaps, buttons, and ties.
- Extend Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes by asking your child to name more things that Pete can step in and then what color it would change his shoes.


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Row, Row, Row Your Boat (Transportation) Sing-Along Story Time: June 4-5, 2018

Books:
Bear on a Bike by Stella Blackstone *
McToad Mows Tiny Island by Tom Angleberger *
Pete the Cat: The Wheels on the Bus by James Dean *
Row, Row, Row Your Boat by Jane Cabrera *

Craft: Ship in a Bottle
The kids were given a bottle with a boat cutout to color.  They then glued on blue sequins and ocean-themed sequins for decoration.


Literacy Extensions:
- See how many different types of transportation your child can list.  Give them clues if needed.
- Visit the Transportation Museum in Kirkwood to view the different types of transportation.

Eric Litwin Story Time: July 31-August 1, 2017

Books:
Groovy Joe: Ice Cream and Dinosaurs by Eric Litwin *
The Nuts: Bedtime at the Nut House by Eric Litwin *
The Nuts: Sing and Dance in Your Polka Dot Pants by Eric Litwin
Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons by Eric Litwin
Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin *

Craft: Pete the Cat & His Shoe
This week's craft was based on the picture above.  The children colored a Pete the Cat head and a converse shoe before gluing it together.  If they wanted, they could then practice their lacing and tying skills with a piece of white yarn for a shoelace.

Literacy Extensions:
- Groovy Joe is a great introduction to the topic of sharing.  Use the book to start a discussion about sharing.
- Extend the book Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes by coming up with more things for Pete to step in and the colors his shoes would change.


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Shoes Story Time: March 7-8, 2016

Books:
Baby Shoes by Dashka Slater *
Centipede's 100 Shoes by Tony Ross
Dog in Boots by Greg Gormley *
Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin *
Shoes for Me! by Sue Fliess

Craft: Family in a Shoe
Our craft was based on the picture at left and the nursery rhyme "The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe".  The children were given a cardstock boot cutout and small cardstock people cutouts.  They colored the boot and the people before gluing the people onto the boot.

Literacy Extensions:
- Continue reading nursery rhymes including One, Two, Buckle My Shoe.
- Practice lacing and tying knots.

Tops & Bottoms Story Time: February 22-23, 2016

Books:
Farmer Brown Shears His Sheep by Teri Sloat *
If Elephants Wore Pants by Henriette Barkow
In My New Yellow Shirt by Eileen Spinelli
The Nuts: Sing and Dance in Your Polka Dot Pants by Eric Litwin *
Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons by Eric Litwin *

Craft: Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons
The kids colored a card stock head, two arms and two legs cut from a template I drew.  They then folded a quarter sheet of yellow paper so that the edges met in the middle to make a shirt.  The upper corners could be turned down to make a collar.  They then picked for small stickers to use as groovy buttons to close the shirt.

Literacy Extensions:
- After reading Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons practice counting.  Have your child count various things on their clothes (i.e. stripes on their shirt, pockets on their pants, etc.)
- After reading My New Yellow Shirt have your child stretch their imagination by coming up with different things they could be in the outfit they are wearing.


Notes:
I originally thought to have the kids pick out the stickers they wanted to use.  However, this did not work very well.  We got a traffic jam at the sticker bowls.  We also had a lot of younger children who were not yet counting.

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Numbers & Counting Story Time: August 3-4, 2015

Books:
Count the Monkeys by Mac Barnett
Let's Count Goats by Mem Fox *
My Little Sister Ate One Hare by Bill Grossman *
Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons by Eric Litwin *
Ten Terrible Dinosaurs by Paul Stickland

Craft: Flower Counting Picture
Our craft this week was based on the photo to the left.  We revised it to be a craft.  The kids colored a sheet with five stems and leaves on it.  They then glued on the appropriate number of circles according to the numbers written at the top of the stems.

Literacy Extensions:
- Practice counting while eating.  Have your child count the number of bites it takes to eat a sandwich, the number of chocolate chips in their cookie, or the number of chips they have, etc.
- Have your child come up with their own counting rhyme like Ten Terrible Dinosaurs where they count down as items disappear.

Building Block Award Winners Story Time: September 2, 2014

Books:
Bubble Gum, Bubble Gum by Lisa Wheeler
Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons by Eric Litwin *
Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin
The Pout-Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen *
Press Here by Herve Tullet *
Who Took the Cookies from the Cookie Jar? by Bonnie Lass

Craft: Dot Collage
Children were given 12 dots to make a collage.  They could be used in any combination along with coloring to create their picture.

Literacy Extensions:
- Practice voting with your child. Have them vote for their favorite food, book, television show, game, etc.
- Visit the Missouri Building Block Picture Book Award website for links to activity sheets and Pinterest pages for all the past and current Building Block Award nominee books.

Cats Story Time: June 9-10, 2014

Books:
Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes *
Love That Kitty! by Jeff Jarka *
Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin *
Top Cat by Lois Ehlert
What Will Fat Cat Sit On? by Jan Thomas *

Craft: Long Tailed Cat
Each child colored a cat body cutout before choosing the color of diecut spiral tail they would like to glue to the cat.  The diecut spirals can also be made by cutting out a circle and then cutting it in a spiral pattern from an other edge to the center.

Literacy Extensions:
- Discuss characteristics of cats with your child.  Have then act out those behaviors and characteristics. (i.e. Love That Kitty)
- Extend the Pete the Cat story by having your child come up with additional things for Pete to step in.  They then also have to say what color his shoes would turn.

Colors Story Time -- Yellow, Week 2: March 31-April 1, 2014

Books:
Banana! by Ed Vere
Come Along, Daisy! by Jane Simmons *
Dig! by Andrea Zimmerman *
Dimity Duck by Jane Yolen
Dream Weaver by Jonathan London
Pete the Cat: The Wheels on the Bus by James Dean *

Craft: Paper Plate Duck
We made the duck as pictured except we only used on paper plate instead of adding the half plate as a head and we only glued on one beak instead of both the top and bottom.  The pieces beak, wings and feet were from yellow paper and was glued onto a small paper plate.

Literacy Extensions:
- Discuss simple good manners with your child (i.e. Banana!)
- Work on rhyming words.  See how many words your child can rhyme with the world "yellow".

Building Block 2013 Nominees Story Time: September 30, October 1, 2013

Books:
Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons by Eric Litwin *
Who's Who? by Ken Geist *

Craft Activity: Button Necklace
Children colored five buttons that were cut out from cardstock.  They were then strung onto curling ribbon to make a necklace.

Literacy Extensions:
- Do a color separating activity such as separating different colored buttons into piles.
- Practice simple math while eating a snack -- i.e. count how many fruit snacks you have versus how many of different colors, etc.