Learning Concepts: All About Me -- 8/26/25

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.

I Ain't Gonna Paint No More by Karen Beaumont
We've All Got Bellybuttons by David Martin
How Are You Peeling? by Saxton Freymann

Books:
Bodies Are Cool by Tyler Feder
I Feel . . .  by D.J. Corchin
Look At You! A Baby Body Book by Kathy Henderson
My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss
Today I Feel Silly & Other Moods That Make My Day by Jamie Lee Curtis
Who Has Wiggle-Waggle Toes? by Vicky Shiefman

Craft: Sunny All About Me   
- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper

- Cut out pieces (center circle, rays)

- Color center with child's name or picture

- Decorate rays as directed and color
- Glue rays to center to make sun

Extension Activities:

- Make a self-portrait.  Have a variety of art and collage supplies for the children to use to make their portraits.

- Play a game of charades using emotions.  

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Picture Book Genres: All About Me! -- 6/7/22

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.

I Ain't Gonna Paint No More! by Karen Beaumont
I'm Bored by Michel Ian Black

Books: (Body Parts, Emotions, Self-Control, Self Esteem, etc.)

Chill, Chomp, Chill! by Chris Ayala-Kronos

Don't Hug Doug (He Doesn't Like It) by Carrie Finison

Happy in Our Skin by Fran Manushkin

I Feel . . . by DJ Corchin

Incredible Me! by Kathi Appelt

Looking Like Me by Walter Dean Myers
Parts by Tedd Arnold

Today I Feel Silly by Jamie Lee Curtis

When Sophie Gets Angry -- Really, Really Angry . . .  by Molly Bang

Craft: Flamingo

- Print out template on heavy paper or cardstock

- Color pieces (body, wing) and cut out

- Glue wing onto flamingo's body

- Hole punch at bottom of flamingo's body

- Thread pipe cleaner through hole and twist to stay in place.  Bend pipe cleaner so flamingo standing on one leg.

Extension Activities:

- Review body parts with your child.  Ask your child to name the different body parts as you point to them.  

- Sing some "ME" songs such as Head Shoulders Knees and Toes, If You're Happy and You Know It, etc.

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