Family Story Time: I Really Want to See You Grandma -- 5/31/22

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.)

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I Really Want to See You, Grandma by Taro Gomi
Who's Who? by Ken Geist

Books:

The Birthday Pet by Ellen Javernick
A Family is a Family is a Family by Sara O'Leary

The Fathers Are Coming Home by Eve Bunting
I Need My Own Country by Rick Walton

Russell Wrestles the Relatives by Cindy Chambers Johnson

Templeton Gets His Wish by Greg Pizzoli

Craft: Family Tree

- Print out template on heavy paper or cardstock

- Color tree sheet

- Color leaves and cut out

- Write family member's names of leaves

- Glue leaves to tree

Extension Activities:

- With your child, plan a trip to see family.  Discuss transportation needed, directions, supplies, etc.

- Look at family photos with your child.  See if they can identify the various family members.

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My Family Story Time: May 1-2, 2017

Books:
The Biggest Bed in the World by Lindsay Camp *
Jazz Baby by Lisa Wheeler
My Dog Is As Smelly As Dirty Socks by Hanoch Piven *
The Nuts: Sing and Dance in Your Polka Dot Pants by Eric Litwin *
Templeton Gets His Wish by Greg Pizzoli

Craft: Family Tree
The kids colored a sheet with a tree outline on it before gluing on leaves with their family member's names on them.


Literacy Extensions:
- After reading My Dog Is As Smelly As Dirty Socks, have your child create a family portrait using pictures from magazines as descriptive parts of the family.
- Discuss with your child the different types of family relationships and how those people relate to them (i.e. - parent, daughter, son, aunt, uncle, cousin, etc.)


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Grandparents Story Time: May 27, 2014

Books:
Grandpa Green by Lane Smith *
Just Grandma and Me by Mercer Mayer *
My Grandpa by Marta Altes
Raisin and Grape by Tom Amico
Two at the Zoo: A Counting Book by Danna Smith *
What's the Matter, Bunny Blue? by Nicola Smee
Whopper Cake by Karma Wilson

Craft: Family Tree
Children were given a coloring sheet with a tree trunk and branches.  They then got a green circle for each family member.  They could draw or write their family's members names on the circles before gluing them to the tree.

Literacy Extensions:
- Discuss with your child and their grandparent(s) how life was different when the grandparent(s) was a child.
- Discuss what your child should do if they ever get separated from their adult (i.e. What's the Matter, Bunny Blue)