Spiders -- 10/8/24

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.

Aaaarrgghh! Spider! by Lydia Monks
Spider on the Floor by Raffi

Books:

Anansi the Spider by Gerald McDermott

Dreamweaver by Jonathan London

I'm Trying to Love Spiders by Bethany Barton

The Itsy Bitsy Spider by Iza Trapani

Miss Spider's Tea Party by David Kirk

The Spider and the Fly by Mary Howitt

A Spider Named Itsy by Steve Light

Craft: Spider

- Print template (at left) onto cardstock or heavy paper and cut out

- Cut 8 strips of paper (1/2" x 4")

- Color spider's body and fold along dotted line so head stands up

- Glue legs to spider's body

Extension Activities:

- Have a spider race using pompoms for the spiders.  Use straws to see who can blow their spider across the finish line first.

- Have your child make a spiderweb.  Cut out the center of a paper plate and hole punch holes around the edges of the plate.  Have your child string yarn or curling ribbon through the holes around the plate to make a spider web.

Bugs Story Time: June 30-July 1, 2014

Books:
Aaaarrgghh! Spider! by Lydia Monks
Can You Make a Scary Face? by Jan Thomas *
Some Bugs by Angela DiTerlizzi
Soup for One by Ethan Long
Tiny Little Fly by Michael Rosen *
The Very Clumsy Click Beetle by Eric Carle
Waiting for Wings by Lois Ehlert

Craft: Bug Headband
The headbands we made were very similar to those pictured at left.  The main difference is that we had paper strips for the antennae instead of pipecleaner.

Literacy Extensions:
- Discuss with your child the life cycle of a butterfly (i.e. Waiting for Wings)
- See how many different kinds of bugs your child can name (i.e. Some Bugs)