Merry Christmas! -- 12/23/24

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 year's Christmas online Story Time.

Decorate the Tree by Amanda Jane Jones
Cookiesaurus Christmas by Amy Fellner Dominy
Relish the Season by Katie Vernon

Books:
Christmas Cookies: Bite-Size Holiday Lessons by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Christmas Parade by Sandra Boynton
Dinosaur vs. Santa by Bob Shea
Mother Hubbard's Christmas by John O'Brien
Snowmen at Christmas by Caralyn Buehner
The Twelve Days of Christmas by Emma Randall

Craft: Gingerbread House

This week's craft was a purchased craft kit. 
Kids colored a gingerbread house and then folded it like a Chinese takeout box.  It was tied closed.

Extension Activities:

- After reading Cookiesaurus Christmas, make sure to add some dinosaurs to your holiday.  Make and decorate dinosaur Christmas cookies, add a dinosaur ornament to your tree, etc.

- Discuss with your child about their (and yours) favorite parts of the holidays.  What do they look forward to the most?  What do they dislike?

Christmas Story Time -- 12/20/22

Story Times are held weekly on Monday and Tuesday mornings at 10:00 am.  Online Story Times will be posted weekly on Tuesday mornings.  (The video is available to watch for one week before a new one is uploaded.)

Click HERE to view this week's Story Time video.

Cookiesaurus Christmas by Amy Dominy

The 12 Days of Christmas by Jane Cabrera

Books:

Christmas Parade by Sandra Boynton

Little Santa by Jon Agee

Six Snowy Sheep by Judith Ross Enderle

Snowmen at Christmas by Caralyn Buehner

Vegetables in Holiday Underwear by Jared Chapman

Craft: Dino-ROAR-mus Tree

- Print template onto heavy paper or cardstock

- Cut out pieces (tree, dinosaur)

- Color pieces

- Place glue onto tab of tree, roll into cone, and glue in place

- Glue dinosaur to top of tree

Extension Activities:

- Have a family carol sing-along.  Sing each family member's favorite holiday song.

- Make and decorate holiday cookies with your children.

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