Adventures on the Farm -- 6/11/24

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.

Farmyard Beat by Lindsey Craig

The Farmer in the Dell by John O'Brien

Books:

Aunt Minnie and the Twister by Mary Skillings Prigger

Chicken Wants a Nap by Tracy Marchini

Chickens to the Rescue by John Himmelman

Cock-A-Doodle-Doo-Bop! by Michael Ian Black

Farmer Brown Goes Round and Round by Teri Sloat

Farmer Duck by Martin Waddell

Go Sleep in Your Own Bed! by Candace Fleming

Craft: Horse Bookmark

- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper

- Cut out pieces (bookmark body, head, tail)

- Color pieces

- Glue head to top of horse's body

- Glue tail midway on back of horse's body so sticking off to side

Extension Activities:

- Review farm animals and their sounds with your child by singing "Old MacDonald Had a Farm".  Ask your child to come up with various farm animals and their sounds.

- Visit a working farm or petting zoo.

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Back to School: Reading -- 8/8/23

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.

Eating the Alphabet by Lois Ehlert
Little Plane Learns to Write by Stephen Savage

The Book With No Pictures by B.J. Novak

Books:

Animalicious: A Quirky ABC Book by Anna Dewdney

Big Words for Little Genuises by Susan Patterson

Dr. Seuss's ABC by Dr. Seuss

How Do Dinosaurs Learn to Read? by Jane Yolen

How to Teach a Slug to Read by Susan Pearson

I Can Read With My Eyes Shut by Dr. Seuss

Max Can Read by Rosemary Wells

Read the Book, Lemmings! by Ame Dyckman

Craft: Plane Bookmark

- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper and cut out pieces

- Cut cardstock into a 2-1/2" x 8-1/2" piece strip and color as sky

- Color plane and glue onto bookmark

- Write a word onto clouds (ex - name, READ, BOOK, etc)

- Glue clouds onto sky to spell out word

Extension Activities:

- Go on an alphabet scavenger hunt.  Try to find an object that starts with each letter of the alphabet.

- Practice letter recognition by asking your child to find specific letters on different pages of the book you are reading.

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Reading Story Time: August 8-9, 2016

Books:
A Is for Salad by Mike Lester
The Book with No Pictures by B.J. Novak *
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin, Jr. *
Jeepers Creepers: A Monstrous ABC by Laura Leuck *
Old Black Fly by Jim Aylesworth

Craft: Monster Bookmark
Kids colored a monster-shaped bookmark and glued on horns and sequins.


Literacy Extensions:
- Play the alphabet game while in the car.  Take turns finding the various letters of the alphabet on signs or license plates.
- There are a lot of fun foods that incoporate letters that you can have kids identify while they eat (i.e. Scrabble Cheezits, Alphabet Soup, M&Ms, etc.)