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Showing posts with label boat. Show all posts
Showing posts with label boat. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 10, 2026

Transportation: 20 Big Trucks -- 2/10/26

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 the February virtual Story Time.

20 Big Trucks in the Middle of the Street by Mark Lee
Elecopter by Michael Slack
Moo! by David LaRochelle















Books:
Along the River by Vanina Starkoff
Bears in the Snow by Shirley Parenteau
The Best Bike Ride Ever by James Proimos
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems
Planes Fly! by George Ella Lyon
Tiny Little Rocket by Richard Collingridge


Craft: Paper Plate Rocking Boat
- Color outer ring of paper plate blue for water
- Color inner circle of paper plate as bottom of boat
- Fold plate in half (color on outside)
- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper
- Cut out pieces (triangle sail, fish)
- Color pieces
- Glue sail to plate along fold
- Glue fish onto blue ring of water



Extension Activities:
- Elecopter is part of a series of books where animals are combined with types of transportation (ie - Monkey Truck, Turtle Tug).  Ask your children to design other animal/transportation combos.
- Use a small toy car to paint a picture.  Dip wheels into paint and then run it along a piece of paper.  Repeat with additional colors.


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Tuesday, January 13, 2026

Kids Song: Row, Row, Row Your Boat -- 1/13/26

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 online Story Time.

Row, Row, Row Your Boat by Jane Cabrera
Bear on a Bike by Stella Blackstone
















Books:
The Cars and Trucks Book by Todd Parr
A Long Way by Katherine Ayres
McToad Mows Tiny Island by Tom Angleberger
Old MacDonald Had a Truck by Steve Goetz
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Car by Kate Dopirak 
Two Dogs on a Trike by Gabrielle Snyder




Craft: Folded Boat Picture
- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper
- Color picture above the dotted line
- Fold up along dotted line
- Fold bottom corners diagonally up towards top of folded up piece
- Open back up and fold corners in towards center with bottom piece on the front side of picture
- Color bottom of fold as boat






Extension Activities:
- Play a game of Transportation BINGO on your next car trip.  Ask your child to find various types of vehicles (truck, motorcycle, RV, etc) and colors to try to get a BINGO.
- Try to build a simple boat our of recycled materials that will actually float.  Materials that might be useful include plastic lids, craft sticks, cardboard, etc.


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