The Alphabet: "B" -- 1/11/22

Join us weekly on Tuesdays for an online Story Time featuring books read by Miss Amy.  The video will be available to view for a week before a new online is uploaded.

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Birds by Kevin Henkes
Where Is Bear? by Jonathan Bentley

Books: 

Baby Bedtime by Mem Fox
Bears in the Bath by Shirley Parenteau

Big Bad Bubble by Adam Rubin

The Button Book by Sally Nicholls

Not a Box by Antoinette Portis

Take Me Out to the Ballgame by Maryann Kovalski

Waiting for Wings by Lois Ehlert
Where Is My Balloon? by Ariel Bernstein

Craft: B Is for Butterfly

- Draw a letter "B" on heavy paper or cardstock and cut out.  (Do not cut out the centers of the B.)

- Glue the B's back to back to make butterfly wings and color.

- Cut out a long oval for butterfly's body.  Color.

- Glue body to center of wings.

Extension Activities:

- Enjoy a "B" snack -- Bugs on a Bed.  Use a piece of toasted Bread for the bed.  Spread nut Butter on the bread for the sheets.  Then add Blueberries for the bugs.

- Make a drawing using only colors that start with the letter B -- brown, blue, black, etc.

Orange & Yellow Story Time: March 9-10, 2020

Books:
Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds *
The Happy Day by Ruth Krauss *
In My New Yellow Shirt by Eileen Spinelli *
Yellow Copter by Kersten Hamilton

Craft: Monarch Butterfly
The children colored a pair of monarch butterfly wings or they glued on orange and black paper squares to the wings.  The wings were then glued to a jumbo craft stick.  Half a pipe cleaner was twisted around the top of the craft stick to make antennae.

Extension Activiites:
- After reading In My New Yellow Shirt, ask your child to "write" their own version of the story using a different colored shirt.
- Learn more about various types of butterflies by taking a trip to the Butterfly House.


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Eric Carle Story Time: June 26-27, 2017

Books:
From Head to Toe by Eric Carle *
Little Cloud by Eric Carle
The Mixed-Up Chameleon by Eric Carle *
"Slowly, Slowly, Slowly," Said the Sloth by Eric Carle
The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle *

Craft: Butterfly
The children colored eight teardrop shapes before gluing them to a jumbo craft stick to make a butterfly.

Literacy Extensions:
- The Very Hungry Caterpillar tells the story of a caterpillar that eventually turns into a butterfly.  Use the book as a starting point to learning more about caterpillars and their transformation to butterflies.  There are several great books at the library for young children on this process.
- After reading The Little Cloud, spend some time outdoors looking at the clouds.  Encourage your child's imagination by having them find shapes and objects in the clouds.