Naked! Story Time -- 6/27/23

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.

Naked! by Michael Ian Black
Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed by Mo Willems

Books:

Catch That Baby! by Nancy Coffelt

Cold Turkey by Corey Rosen Schwartz

Fred Gets Dressed by Peter Brown

How to Dress a Dragon by Thelma Lynne Godin

Maggie and Michael Get Dressed by Denise Fleming

No Pants! by Jacob Grant

The Skeleton in the Closet by Alice Schertle

Craft: Naked Mole Rat Paper Doll

- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper

- Cut out pieces (naked mole rat, clothes)

- Color pieces

- Glue clothes to naked mole rat

Extension Activities:

- Discuss the importance of clothes.  Talk about what clothes is appropriate for which situations.  Ask your child to create outfits for different occasions.  

- Make a tie-dye t-shirt with your child.  Have your child rubberband a t-shirt in various places.  They can do as much or as few rubberbands as they like.  Then dye the t-shirt using the directions on the dye packet.

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Froggy Gets Dressed -- 1/17/23

Story Times are held weekly on Monday and Tuesday mornings at 10:00 am.  Online Story Times 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 virtual Winter Story Time.

Froggy Gets Dressed by Jonathan London

Books:
Cold Turkey by Corey Rosen Schwartz

The Hat by Jan Brett

A Hat for Minerva Louise by Janet Morgan Stoeke

One Mitten by Kristine O'Connell George

Under My Hood I Have a Hat by Karla Kuskin

Craft: Mitten Match

- Print template onto heavy paper or cardstock

- Color mittens

- Cut on lines to make matching cards

Extension Activities:

- Discuss different items of clothing and the season it is most appropriate to wear them.

- Explain how frogs hibernate during the winter by eating sugar to help them "freeze" and then "thaw" in the spring.  A simple science experiment to demonstrate the concept would be to freeze a cup of water and then another cup of water with a 1 tbsp of sugar added to it.  Check it after an hour to see which is more frozen and which is more "slushy".

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Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes (Clothes) Sing-Along Story Time: June 18-19, 2018

Books:
Clothesline Clues to Jobs People Do by Kathryn Heling *
Hello, Sun! by Dayle Ann Dodds
How to Dress a Dragon by Thelma Godin *
The Nuts: Sing & Dance in Your Polka Dot Pants by Eric Litwin *
Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin *

Craft: Pete the Cat Headband
This week's craft was based on the picture at left.  The children were given a strip of cardstock with Pete's eyes and nose to color as well as two triangles for ears.  The pieces were then glued together along with another strip of cardstock to make into a headband.  Thin black strips of paper were then glue on for whiskers.

Literacy Extensions:
- Learning to dress yourself is an important skill for children to learn.  Have your children pick out their outfit to wear and practice dressing themselves.  Work on snaps, buttons, and ties.
- Extend Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes by asking your child to name more things that Pete can step in and then what color it would change his shoes.


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Pajamas & Coats Story Time: March 28-29, 2016

Books:
Here Comes Winter by Janet Craig
Joseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms Taback *
Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney *
Piggies in Pajamas by Michelle Meadows
Ruth's Pink Pajamas by Julie Gassman *
Ruthie's Big Old Coat by Julie Lacome

Craft: Llama Llama in Bed
This week's craft is pictured above.  The bed was made by folding a long half sheet of paper leaving about 1-1/2" inches at the top uncovered and then gluing the sides to make into a pouch.  The kids then colored a llama cutout and then stuck it into the bed pouch.

Literacy Extensions:
- After reading Ruth's Pink Pajamas, ask your child to come up with reasons why pajamas would not be appropriate attire for various places (i.e. school, library, store, etc.)
- After reading Joseph Had a Little Overcoat, talk about how various items of clothes could be made into a new item of clothes.

Costume Story Time: March 21-22, 2016

Books:
Alligator Boy by Cynthia Rylant *
Hoot Owl, Master of Disguise by Sean Taylor *
Turtle's Penguin Day by Valeri Gorbachev *

Craft: Owl Headband
The craft is pictured at left.  The children colored an owl head and two wings cut from cardstock before gluing to 1" strips of paper to make into a headband.

Literacy Extensions:
- After reading Hoot Owl, come up with various costumes you might use to catch different types of animals.
- Like Little Turtle in Turtle's Penguin Day, try various activities to simulate the animal you are currently reading about.


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Hat Story Time: March 14-15, 2016

Books:
Hooray for Hat! by Brian Won
I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen
The Magic Hat by Mem Fox
This Is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen
Which Hat Is That? by Anna Grossnickle Hines

Craft: Leprechaun's Hat
Our craft was based on the picture at left.  Using the template below, the center was cut out of a paper plate.  A paper belt / buckle was colored and glued to the colored plate.  The center of the hat was then folded up to make into the leprechaun's hat.

Literacy Extensions:
- After reading Which Hat is That?, extend the book by coming up with more riddles for different types of hats asking your child to figure out what the hat's are used for.
- Practice rhyming by asking your child for words that rhyme with hat and cap.

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Shoes Story Time: March 7-8, 2016

Books:
Baby Shoes by Dashka Slater *
Centipede's 100 Shoes by Tony Ross
Dog in Boots by Greg Gormley *
Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin *
Shoes for Me! by Sue Fliess

Craft: Family in a Shoe
Our craft was based on the picture at left and the nursery rhyme "The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe".  The children were given a cardstock boot cutout and small cardstock people cutouts.  They colored the boot and the people before gluing the people onto the boot.

Literacy Extensions:
- Continue reading nursery rhymes including One, Two, Buckle My Shoe.
- Practice lacing and tying knots.

Socks Story Time: February 29-March 1, 2016

Books:
Duck Sock Hop by Jane Kohuth
Have You Seen My New Blue Socks? by Eve Bunting *
Lizette's Green Sock by Catharina Valckx
Sally and the Purple Socks by Lisze Bechtold *
Socksquatch by Frank Dormer *

Craft: Socksquatch
I traced the socksquatch on the cover of the book and blew it up a little bigger for a template.  The kids were given cardstock socksquatch cutouts to color.  They could then glue on 1" pieces of rust orange yarn for fur.

Literacy Extensions:
- After reading Socksqatch, have your child come up with reasons for why he was missing a sock at the beginning of the book.
- Make a sock puppet from an old sock.

Tops & Bottoms Story Time: February 22-23, 2016

Books:
Farmer Brown Shears His Sheep by Teri Sloat *
If Elephants Wore Pants by Henriette Barkow
In My New Yellow Shirt by Eileen Spinelli
The Nuts: Sing and Dance in Your Polka Dot Pants by Eric Litwin *
Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons by Eric Litwin *

Craft: Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons
The kids colored a card stock head, two arms and two legs cut from a template I drew.  They then folded a quarter sheet of yellow paper so that the edges met in the middle to make a shirt.  The upper corners could be turned down to make a collar.  They then picked for small stickers to use as groovy buttons to close the shirt.

Literacy Extensions:
- After reading Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons practice counting.  Have your child count various things on their clothes (i.e. stripes on their shirt, pockets on their pants, etc.)
- After reading My New Yellow Shirt have your child stretch their imagination by coming up with different things they could be in the outfit they are wearing.


Notes:
I originally thought to have the kids pick out the stickers they wanted to use.  However, this did not work very well.  We got a traffic jam at the sticker bowls.  We also had a lot of younger children who were not yet counting.

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Clothes Story Time: February 8-9, 2016

Books:
Animals Should Definitely NOT Wear Clothing by Judi Barrett *
Ducks Don't Wear Socks by John Nedwidek *
Froggy Gets Dressed by Jonathan London *
Hello, Sun! by Dayle Ann Dodds
I Love My Hat by Douglas Florian

Craft: Valentine's Necklace
The kids colored a cardstock heart that had been hole-punched.  They then strung it onto curling ribbon along with some pony beads.

Literacy Extensions:
- After reading Animals Should Definitely NOT Wear Clothing, ask your child to come up with more animals and reasons for why they would not be able to wear clothes.
- Have your child practice picking out outfits.  Give them occasions (i.e. - holiday, party, season, etc.) and then have them pick out an outfit that would be appropriate.


Notes:
I use curling ribbon we're making necklaces as it is easier for the kids to string things onto.  The ribbon stays stiff so it is easier to string things on.  It is also thick enough that pony beads will not slide off once they are on the ribbon.

Naked! Story Time: February 1-2, 2016

Books:
Naked! by Michael Ian Black *
Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed by Mo Willems *
You Can't Go to School Naked! by Dianne Billstrom *

Craft: Naked Mole Rat Paper Doll
The children were given a cardstock cutout of a naked mole rat.  They then also got a sheet of "clothes" that could be colored and cut out to put onto their naked mole rat.  The craft came from the Mo Willems website at http://www.pigeonpresents.com/teachersguides/molerat_event_kit.pdf.

Literacy Activtities:
- After reading You Can't Go to School Naked, ask your child to come up with more reasons why you need to wear clothes.
- The Mo Willems website has several more great activities to go with Naked Mole Gets Dressed at http://www.pigeonpresents.com/teachersguides/molerat_event_kit.pdf.


Notes:
Naked! by Michael Ian Black was just awarded the Missouri Building Block Picture Book Award for 2015 as the favorite picture book as chosen by preschool children.