Rain -- 4/18/23

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.

Are You Ready to Play Outside? by Mo Willems
Puddles!!! by Kevan Atteberry

Books:
Come On, Rain! by Karen Hesse
Drip, Drop by Sarah Weeks
Hello, Rain! by Kyo Maclear
Raindrops to Rainbow by John Micklos Jr.
Singing in the Rain by Arthur Freed
Tap Tap Boom Boom by Elizabeth Bluemle
Who Likes Rain? by Wong Herbert Yee

Craft: Rainbow Cloud (with Name)
- Print template onto heavy paper or cardstock
- Cut out cloud and raindrops
- Cut long strips (1/2" x 8") of paper in red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and purple
- Color cloud and raindrops
- Optional: Write letters of name onto raindrops
- Glue strips of colored paper to bottom of cloud to make a rainbow

- Glue raindrops to cloud/rainbow making sure to spell out name if you chose that option

Extension Activities:

- Talk about rainbows and how they are made.  Experiment making rainbows by spraying water into the air on a sunny day or using a prism.

- Discuss safety and emergency preparedness measures to take during severe weather.  Hold some practice drills so your children know what to do in the event of bad weather.

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Elephant & Piggie: Are You Ready to Play Outside? Story Time: June 3-4, 2019

Books:
Are You Ready to Play Outside? by Mo Willems *
Not a Stick by Antoinette Portis
The Nuts: Bedtime at the Nut House by Eric Litwin *
Peek-A-Boo Bunny by Holly Surplice *
Please Play Safe! Penguin's Guide to Playground Safety by Margery Cuyler

Craft: Elephant & Piggie Rainsock
Children colored a half sheet with Elephant on it and Piggie cutout.  They glued the half sheet into a cylinder and glued 3 crepe paper strips to the bottom to make a windsock.  Cutout raindrops and Piggie were glued to the crepe paper.

Extension Activities:
- Take a trip to a local playground.  Go over playground safety beforehand (maybe by reading Please Play Safe).
- Not a Stick imagines all the different things you can imagine a stick to be.  Stretch imaginations by asking your child to come up with different things an object (i.e. - box, rock, ball, etc.) can be.


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Good Afternoon! Story Time: March 20-21, 2017

Books:
Are You Ready to Play Outside? by Mo Willems *
Buddy and the Bunnies in Don't Play With Your Food by Bob Shea
The Doghouse by Jan Thomas
Rex Wrecks It by Ben Clanton *
Winter Woes by Marty Kelley

Craft: Puzzle
The children colored a cardstock color sheet of a playground scene.  They could then cut the picture into 12 pieces of cutting on the lines on the back of the sheet.

Literacy Extensions:
- After reading Rex Wrecks It, have your children practice teamwork by working together to build something out of blocks.
- Play the alphabet game - trying to find all of the letters of the alphabet in a book.

Rain Story Time: April 11-12, 2016

Books:
Are You Ready to Play Outside? by Mo Willems *
Big Rain Coming by Katrina Germein
Rain by Manya Stojic *
Raindrops Splash by April Pulley Sayre
Who Likes Rain? by Wong Herbert Yee *

Craft: Umbrella
Children colored a paper plate cut in half and then glued it to a jumbo craft stick to make an umbrella.  Raindrops were then glued onto the umbrella.

Literacy Extensions:
- Learn about the water cycle.  There are several great books at the library about the water cycle that can be checked out.
- Have your child list things that can be done in various types of weather (i.e. rain, snow, sunshine, etc.)