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Showing posts with label beach. Show all posts
Showing posts with label beach. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 7, 2026

Beach -- 4/7/26

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.

Just One Wave by Travis Jonker
Crabby Crab by Chris Raschka
Barnacle Is Bored by Jonathan Fenske












Books:
Beach by Elisha Cooper
Big Family Beach Day by Nina Crews
Chu's Day at the Beach by Neil Gaiman
Duck & Goose Go to the Beach by Tad Hills
Here Comes the Ocean by Meg Fleming
Sandy Feet! Whose Feet? Footprints at the Shore by Susan Wood
Six Sandy Sheep by Judith Ross Enderle



Craft: Starfish
- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper
- Cut out starfish
- Color starfish
- Fold starfish so lap over each other and smile is one line and glue into place
- Fold legs along dotted lines so starfish will sit a little flat
- Optional: Glue on sparkles




Extension Activities:
- Have fun making waves in either a small kids play pool, bathtub, etc.  Try dropping different items to see how they make different types of waves.
- Try to walk like crabs.  Sit on the floor with legs bent and hand behind you on the floor.  Lift up onto your hands and legs.  Try walking sideways like a crab.  Maybe try racing each other.


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Tuesday, June 18, 2024

Adventures at the Beach -- 6/18/24

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.

Sea Rex by Molly Idle
Six Sandy Sheep by Judith Ross Enderle
Don't Worry, Little Crab by Chris Haughton









Books:
A Beach Tail by Karen Lynn Williams
Chu's Day at the Beach by Neil Gaiman
Duck & Goose Go to the Beach by Tad Hills
Sandy Feet! Whose Feet? by Susan Wood
Smug Seagull by Maddie Frost
Surf's Up by Kwame Alexander
Where the Ocean Meets the Sand by Beth Costanzo


Craft: Shell with Pearl
- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper
- Cut out template making sure to cut along solid heavy lines at ends of shell
- Color template
- Fold template on center dotted line
- Fold over shell over along the cut heavy line and glue into place.  This will allow the shell to become 3D and be able to "snap" shut.
- Optional: Glue a small pompom to inside of shell as a pearl


Extension Activities:
- Build a sand castle.  Don't live near a beach, visit a park with a sand box.
- Play a game with a beach ball.  


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