Family Story Time: My Little Sister Ate One Hare -- 5/10/22

Story Times are held weekly on Monday and Tuesday mornings at 10:00 am and Tuesday evenings at 6:00 pm.  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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My Little Sister Ate One Hare by Bill Grossman
Five Creatures by Emily Jenkins

Books:

Because I Am Your Daddy by Sherry North
The Evil Princess vs. the Brave Knight by Jennifer Holm
Family Reunion by Chad Richardson

How to Welcome a New Baby by Jean Reagan

Mama and Mommy and Me in the Middle by Nina LaCour

Mama's Coming Home by Kate Banks

Craft:  Hare
- Print template onto heavy paper or cardstock

- Color pieces of template (body, ears, paws) and cut out 

- Glue ears to top of Hare

- Glue big paws to bottom of Hare for feet

- Glue small paws to sides of Hare for hands

Extension Activities:

- With your child, write your own version of Five Creatures based on your family.

- Be adventurous and try a new food together as a family.

Template --

Counting Story Time: 8/9/21 (Outdoors) & 8/10/21 (Virtual)

Outdoor Story Times are held weekly on Monday mornings at 10:00 am and 11:00 am.  (Registration is required to attend.)  Online Story Times will be posted weekly on Tuesday mornings at 10:00 am.  (The video is available to watch for one week before a new one is uploaded.)


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Let's Count Goats! by Mem Fox
My Little Sister Ate One Hare by Bill Grossman

Books:

Bear Counts by Karma Wilson

Chicka, Chicka, 1, 2, 3 by Bill Martin Jr.

Count the Monkeys by Mac Barnett

Dinosaur Countdown by Nicholas Oldland

Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree by Eileen Christelow

One Little Chicken: A Counting Book by David Elliott

The Right Number of Elephants by Jeff Sheppard

Soup for One by Ethan Long
Stack the Cats by Susie Ghahremani

Ten Pigs: An Epic Bath Adventure by Derek Anderson

Warthogs in the Kitchen: A Messing Counting Book by Pamela Duncan Edwards

Craft: Turtle Count
- Print out template (at left).

- Color turtles.

- Tear construction paper into small pieces.

- Glue the number of construction paper pieces to the turtles as indicated by the numbers on the shells.

Extension Activities:

- Practice counting throughout the day.  Examples include counting the number of chips on your plate for lunch, counting how many cars pass your house in a certain amount of time, counting the number of toys on the floor, etc.

- Sing various counting songs such as "Hundred Bottles of Rootbeer on the Wall", "Ten in a Bed", "The Ants Go Marching", etc.

Food Story Time: October 3-4, 2016

Books:
Badger's Fancy Meal by Keiko Kasza
Bear Wants More by Karma Wilson
How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food? by Jane Yolen
I Really Like Slop! by Mo Willems *
My Little Sister Ate One Hare by Bill Grossman *
Sylvie by Jennifer Sattler *
Worms for Lunch by Leonid Gore

Craft: Flamingo
The kids colored a cardstock flamingo cutout before taping on a pipe cleaner that was folded in half to the back of the flamingo for its legs.

Literacy Extensions:
- Teach your child to be adventurous and try a new food with your child.
- After reading How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food? have your child practice good table manners while eating

Numbers & Counting Story Time: August 3-4, 2015

Books:
Count the Monkeys by Mac Barnett
Let's Count Goats by Mem Fox *
My Little Sister Ate One Hare by Bill Grossman *
Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons by Eric Litwin *
Ten Terrible Dinosaurs by Paul Stickland

Craft: Flower Counting Picture
Our craft this week was based on the photo to the left.  We revised it to be a craft.  The kids colored a sheet with five stems and leaves on it.  They then glued on the appropriate number of circles according to the numbers written at the top of the stems.

Literacy Extensions:
- Practice counting while eating.  Have your child count the number of bites it takes to eat a sandwich, the number of chocolate chips in their cookie, or the number of chips they have, etc.
- Have your child come up with their own counting rhyme like Ten Terrible Dinosaurs where they count down as items disappear.

Siblings Story Time: May 19-20, 2014

Books:
Another Brother by Matthew Cordell
The Boy Who Wouldn't Share by Mike Reiss *
I Will Never NOT Ever Eat a Tomato by Lauren Child
Mail Harry to the Moon by Robie H. Harris *
My Little Sister Ate One Hare by Bill Grossman *

Craft: Straw Rocket
Children glued together two rocket cutouts along the sides and top leaving the bottom open.  A straw stuck in the bottom of the rocket.  We had made these before and they worked -- shooting off when blowing into the straw.  However they did not work this week.  I think the straws might have been too narrow.  The children still enjoyed the rockets as puppets though.

Literacy Extensions:
- Have your child come up with new names and descriptions for food (i.e. I Will Never NOT Ever Eat a Tomato)
- Discuss how things change when a new brother or sister joins the family.  Then discuss how things stay the same.