Virtual Story Time: Our Senses -- March 2025

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.) 

Click HERE for this month's Story Time video.

Mama in the Moon by Doreen Cronin
The Bear Went Over the Mountain by Iza Trapani

Books:
Bear's Busy Family by Stella Blackstone
Cold, Crunch, Colorful: Using Our Senses by Jane Brocket
Five for a Little One by Christopher Raschka
Have You Ever Seen a Flower? by Shawn Harris
I Hear a Pickle by Rachel Isadora
This Beach Is Too Loud! by Samantha Cotterill


Extension Activities:
- Play a game of I Spy using all the senses rather than just sight.  (ex - I Spy something that feels soft.)
- Try to have your child guess an item just be describing it using sensory words (feels, smells, tastes, etc).  
- Have fun with scented markers.  Make pictures that smell good.

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.

Click HERE for this month's virtual Story Time.

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.