Baby Bear's Chairs -- 5/13/25

Each month, Miss Amy records a virtual Story Time that goes along with the monthly theme.  It will be posted monthly in the morning of the first Tuesday of the month.  (The video is available to watch for one month before a new one is uploaded.) 

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Baby Bear's Chairs by Jane Yolen
There's a Bear on My Chair by Ross Collins

Books:
Bears on Chairs by Shirley Parenteau
A Couch for Llama by Leah Gilbert
Down the Back of the Chair by Margaret Mahy
Frog on a Log? by Kes Gray
He Came with the Couch by David Slonim
I Am NOT a Chair by Ross Burach

Craft: Sitting Bear

- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper

- Cut out pieces (bear, strip) making sure to cut along the slits in bear's legs

- Color bear and write name/saying on strip

- Fold bear's arms and legs

- Slide paper strip into slits in legs to make bear sit up

Extension Activities:

- Play a game of musical chairs.

- Frog on a Log involves animals only being able to sit on things they rhyme with.  Have your child(ren) come up with what objects different family and friends can sit on.

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A Bear Sat on My Porch Today -- 5/6/25

Each month, Miss Amy records a virtual Story Time that goes along with the monthly theme.  It will be posted monthly in the morning of the first Tuesday of the month.  (The video is available to watch for one month before a new one is uploaded.) 

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A Bear Sat on My Porch Today by Jane Yolen
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Simms Taback
Chicken Story Time by Sandy Asher

Books:

Bark, George! by Jules Feiffer
The Farm That Mac Built by Tammi Sauer
Farmyard Beat by Lindsey Craig
Move Over, Rover! by Karen Beaumont
One Day in the Eucalyptus, Eucalyptus Tree by Daniel Bernstrom
Pigs Aplenty, Pigs Galore by David McPhail

Craft: Walking Bear
- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper

- Cut out pieces (body, legs)

- Color pieces

- Fold body along dotted lines so stands

- Glue tabs on head together into circle and then glue onto body

Extension Activities:

- Play a cumulative rhythm game.  Give a pattern of claps, stomps, etc. and have your child repeat it.  Continue repeating it back and forth adding more claps, etc. each round.

- Print out Jane Yolen's activity guide to her book A Bear Sat on My Porch Today.

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Sense of Touch -- 3/10/25

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.

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Press Here by Herve Tullet
Hugless Douglas by David Melling

Books:
How Do You Hug a Porcupine? by Laurie Isop
I Can Tell by Touching by Carolyn Otto
Same Love, Different Hug by Sarah Hovorka
Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young
Tickle Monster by Josie Bissett

Craft: Bear Hug

- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper

- Cut out pieces (head, arms)

- Color pieces

- Glue arms to bottom of head

- Fold arms to give a hug

Extension Activities:

- Do some blind touch tests.  Blindfold your child and then give them an object to try to identify just by touch.

- Ask your child to find things that fit different types of textures (ex - soft, rough, fluffy, itchy, etc).


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Adventures in the Mountains -- 6/25/24

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.

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Walk on the Wild Side by Nicholas Oldland
The Bear Went Over the Mountain by Jane Cabrera

Books:

The Boy and the Mountain by Mario Bellini and Marianna Coppo

Fritz Danced the Fandango by Alicia Potter

On Top of Old Smoky by B.A. Hoena

She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain by Philemon Sturges

When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant

Craft: Bear

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

- Cut out pieces (head, body, tail)

- Glue pieces together to make bear

Extension Activities:

- Watch a movie with a mountain setting -- Heidi, Mulan, Ice Age, Sound of Music, etc.

- Ask your child to build a mountain.  They could use Legos, books, etc.

When Winter Comes -- 1/3/23

Story Times are held weekly on Monday and Tuesday mornings at 10:00 am.  Online Story Times will be posted monthly in the morning of the first Tuesday of the month.  (The video is available to watch for one month before a new one is uploaded.)

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 When Winter Comes by Nancy Van Laan

Books:

Bear Snores On by Karma Wilson

If You're Snowy and the You Know, Clap Your Paws! by Kim Norman

Once Upon a Wintry Day by Lisa Woodruff

Sleep, Big Bear, Sleep! by Maureen Wright

Winter Lullaby by Barbara Seuling

Craft: Bear in Winter Sweater

- Print template onto heavy paper or cardstock

- Cut out pieces (bear body, arms)

- Color pieces

- Glue arms to back of bear's body

Extension Activities:

- Add some interaction to your reading of the stories.  Ask your child what you think will happen on the next page.  Or find an object on each page.

- Take a nature walk during the winter.  See what animals, plants, etc. you can spot on your walk.  Discuss with your child how things look different during a winter walk from a walk during other seasons.

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Building Block Award Nominees: Week 1 -- 9/6/22

Story Times are held weekly on Monday and Tuesday mornings at 10:00 am.  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.)

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Don't Hug Doug (He Doesn't Like It) by Carrie Finison
Find Fergus by Mike Boldt

Books: (2022 Building Block nominee books)

Bear Can't Wait by Karma Wilson

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

Find Fergus by Mike Boldt
It Is (Not) Perfect by Anna Kang

One-osaurus, Two-osaurus by Kim Norman

Roar: A Book of Animal Sounds by Katerina Kerouli

Sharky McShark by Alison Murray

Something Stinks by Jonathan Fenske

Swim, Swim, Sink by Jenn Harney

Wolfboy by Andy Harkness

Craft: Bear

- Print out template on heavy paper or cardstock

- Color template (arms, legs, head) and cut out

- Cut a piece of heavy paper or cardstock into quarters.  Color one quarter as the bear's body.

- Roll quarter sheet and glue into a tube

- Glue legs around bottom back of the tube

- Glue arms around center back of the tube

- Glue head to top of the tube

Extension Activities:

- Take a poll of your friends and family to see what their preferred greeting is -- hug, handshake, high five, etc.

- Play a game of Hide & Seek with your bear.

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Green: A Colors Story Time - March 11-12, 2013

Books:
Good Luck Bear by Greg Foley *
Grandpa Green by Lane Smith
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
Green Wilma by Tedd Arnold
Little Pea by Amy Krouse Rosenthal *
My Snake Blake by Randy Siegel
Snip Snap! What's That? by Mara Bergman *
Way Up High in a Tall Green Tree by Jan Peck
Where Is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox *

Craft: Shamrock Necklace
Children colored a shamrock cut out of cardstock before stringing it onto curling ribbon with pony beads.

Literacy Expanders:
- Learn more about the various animals in the Way Up High in a Tall Green Tree.
- Talk about how the sound effects and selected words (i.e. slithered, etc) helped to create tension in the book Snip Snap! What's That?.