Construction Worker Story Time: May 14-15, 2018

Books:
Busy Builders, Busy Week! by Jean Reidy
Construction by Sally Sutton
Dig! by Andrea Zimmerman *
Go! Go! Go! Stop! by Charise Mericle Harper *
Job Site by Nathan Clement *

Craft: Construction Puzzle
The kids colored a cardstock coloring sheet of a construction site.  They could then cut along the grid on the back of the sheet to make a 16 piece puzzle.

Literacy Extensions:
- Kids love construction vehicles.  Learn more about the different types of vehicles by checking out books at the library.
- As you read various construction books, see if your child can tell you what the different construction vehicles do.


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Trash Collector Story Time: April 23-24, 2018

Books:
I Stink! by Kate McMullan *
Supertruck by Stephen Saveage *
Trashy Town by Andrea Zimmerman *

Craft: Paper Plate Oscar the Grouch
The kids covered a small paper plate with green paper squares.  They then colored cutouts of Oscar's eyes/eyebrow and mouth before gluing them on the plate also to make Oscar's face.


Literacy Extensions:
- I Stink! gives an alphabetical listing of items found in the trash.  See if your child can come up with another alphabetical listing of trash items without using the same ones.
- Many trash companies also pick up recycling.  Discuss with your child things that can be recycled and things that should be thrown in the trash.


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Everyday Heroes - Construction Workers: July 27-28, 2015

Books:
The Construction Crew by Lynn Meltzer *
Dig! by Andrea Zimmerman *
The Little Dump Truck by Margery Cuyler
Monsters on Machines by Deb Lund
Old MacDonald Had a Woodshop by Lisa Shulman *
Work, Dogs, Work: A Highway Tail by James Horvath

Craft: Tool Belt
Our craft was based on the picture above.  We made one slight change in that instead of cutting slits for the tools to fit into, we instead folded a half piece of construction paper and glued it to make a pouch that the tools could sit in.

Literacy Extensions:
- Talk about different tools and their uses.  With supervision, have your child try some of the tools.
- See if your child can come up with the steps to build something (i.e. - table, house, etc.)

Everyday Heroes - Trash Collectors: July 6-7, 2015

Books:
I Stink! by Kate McMullan *
Smash! Mash! Crash! There Goes the Trash! by Barbara Odanaka
Supertruck by Stephen Savage *
Trashy Town by Andrea Zimmerman *

Craft: Trash Truck Picture
Children colored a coloring page of a trash truck that I found online.  They then glued on crumpled squares of colored paper for trash to the picture.

Literacy Extensions:
- In I Stink! it gives a list of items the trash truck eats.  See how many items starting with letter of the alphabet your child can come up with that they throw into the trash.
- After reading Supertruck ask your child to come up with a list of qualities that makes a superhero.

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".