Shapes -- 9/1/26

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 virtual Story Time.

Bear in a Square by Stella Blackstone
Kitty & Cat: Bent Out of Shape by Mirka Hokkanen

Books:
Circle Dogs by Kevin Henkes
A Circle in the Sky by Zachary Wilson
Go, Shapes, Go! by Denise Fleming
Mouse Shapes by Ellen Stoll Walsh
Shape by Shape by Suse MacDonald
Tangled by Anne Miranda

Craft: Shapes Collage

- Cut various shapes (triangles, circles, diamonds, etc) from colored paper

- Glue onto a sheet of paper to make a picture

Extension Activities:

- Have some shapes fun with food.  Fold a soft tortilla in half then cut shapes into it.  To make it into a fun snack to eat brush it with butter and sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon before baking.

- Go on a shapes scavenger hunt.  Find items that are different shapes.

Back to School: Art -- 8/22/23

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.

I Dream of an Elephant by Ami Rubinger
Warthogs Paint by Pamela Duncan Edwards
Mouse Shapes by Ellen Stoll Walsh

Books:
The Dot by Peter Reynolds
I'm the Best Artist in the Ocean by Kevin Sherry
It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles G. Shaw
Seen Art? by Jon Scieszka
When Glitter Met Glue by Karne Kilpatrick

Craft: Shapes Collage
- Cut out various shapes of different sizes from colored paper
- Glue shapes onto a piece of white paper to make a picture

Extension Activities:
- Play a game of I Spy or go on a scavenger hunt asking your child to find items of different colors.
- Visit the St. Louis Art Museum. What kind of art there did your child(ren) like?