Learning Concepts: Same, Different, Opposite -- 8/12/25

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.

One of These Is Not Like the Others by Barney Saltzberg
Different? Same! by Heather Tekavec

Books:
Always by Emma Dodd
The Foot Book by Dr. Seuss
Marta! Big & Small by Jen Arena
Same and Different by National Geographic Kids
The Same But Different Too by Karl Newson
You and Me: We're Opposites by Harriet Ziefert


Craft: Same/Different Puppets
- Print two of the template onto cardstock or heavy paper
- Cut out people
- Color people
- Glue people to craft sticks to make into puppets
- Have your child tell you how the puppets are the same and different


Extension Activities:
- Play a game of Simon Says using opposite actions.
- Read a book backwards.  Then read it forwards.  See how it makes a difference to the story.


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More Learning Concepts: 8/30/22

Story Times are held weekly on Monday and Tuesday mornings at 10:00 am and Tuesday evenings at 6:00 pm.  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 for this week's Story Time video.

Same Same by Marthe Jocelyn
Oops, Sorry: A First Book of Manners by Richard Morgan

Books:

Bear in a Square by Stella Blackstone

Hap-pea All Year by Keith Baker

Is Mommy? by Victoria Chang

Shout! Shout It Out! by Denise Fleming

Triceratopposite by Bridget Heos

Up, Down, and Around by Katherine Ayres

Which Is Round? Which Is Bigger? by Mineko Mamada

Yoo-Hoo, Ladybug! by Mem Fox

Craft: Animals Match

- Print out template at left onto heavy paper or cardstock

- Color the matching animals as similar as you can

- Cut the sheet apart on the straight lines to create twelve cards

- Play a game of Memory Match using the cards

Extension Activities:

- Throughout the day, ask your child to come up with how different items are the same.  (ex. peas and carrots, boots and shoes, etc.)

- Have some fun with measuring.  Give your child a tape measure and ask them to measure different items to see which are bigger and smaller.