If You're Hoppy: Movement Story Time -- 6/6/23

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.

If You're Hoppy by April Pulley Sayre
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Christelow
Is Everyone Ready for Fun? by Jan Thomas

Books: (Movement)
Bounce by Doreen Cronin
From Head to Toe by Eric Carle

If You're a Monster and You Know It by Rebecca Emberley

Leap! by JonArno Lawson

The More the Merrier by David Martin

The Nuts: Sing and Dance in Your Polka Dot Pants by Eric Litwin

Stomp by Ian Aurora

Craft: Hopping Frog

- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper and cut out

- Color pieces -- plate (lily pad), flower, and frog

- Glue flower to plate to make lily pad

- Cut small strip of paper and accordian fold

- Glue frog to folded strip of paper

- Glue other end of strip to plate

- Frog should "hop" when pressed down

Extension Activities:

- This week's story time is all about movement.  So get outside and move around.  Take a walk in the park.  Some parks have posted movement boards that direct people to do certain exercises or moves.

- Have a jumping contest.  See who can jump the farthest, highest, longest, etc.

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Monkeys Story Time -- 6/22/21 (Virtual)

Outdoor Story Times are held weekly on Monday mornings at 10:00 am and 11:00 am.  (Registration is required to attend.)  Online Story Times will be posted weekly on Tuesday mornings at 10:00 am.  (The video is available to watch for one week before a new one is uploaded.)


Click HERE to view the latest Story Time video.


Warning: Do Not Open This Book! by Adam Lehrhaupt
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Christelow

Books:  (Monkeys)

Be Quiet, Mike! by Leslie Patricelli

Cecily G. and the Nine Monkeys by H.A. Rey

Count the Monkeys by Mac Barnett

Five Little Monkeys Wash the Car by Eileen Christelow

Grumpy Monkey by Suzanne Lang

The Monkey Goes Bananas by C.P. Bloom

Seven Spunky Monkeys by Jackie French Koller
Spunky Little Monkey by Bill Martin Jr.

Craft: Swinging Monkey

- Print out template on heavy paper or cardstock and cut out

- Cut out a small strip of paper (1/2" x 5")

- Color monkey, leaves, and tail (paper strip)

- Glue paper strip to bottom of monkey

- Roll and glue end of monkey's tail in a loose roll

- Glue leaves back to back on one end of a straw

- Slip monkey onto straw by tail

Extension Activities:

- Visit the monkey and ape exhibit at the zoo.  See if your child can identify monkeys vs. apes.  (Hint:  monkeys have tails and apes do not.)

- Make Frozen Banana Bites with your child.  Slice a banana into 1-2" pieces.  Spear with a toothpick or popsicle stick and freeze 1-2 hours.  Dip frozen banana pieces into melted chocolate and freeze until chocolate is set.

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Facebook Story Time: Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Christelow - 8/11/20

This is a weekly story time featuring a book read by Miss Amy on Tuesdays on Facebooks.  The video is available to watch on Facebook for one week before a new one is uploaded.

Go to www.facebook.com/JeffCoLibMo and click on Videos to view the latest video.

Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Christelow

Books:

Bear Counts by Karma Wilson

Chicka Chicka 1,2,3 by Bill Martin Jr.

Count the Monkeys by Mac Barnett

Counting Chickens by Harriet Ziefert

Fish Eyes by Lois Ehlert

Let's Count Goats by Mem Fox

Mouse Count by Ellen Stoll Walsh

My Little Sister Ate One Hare by Bill Grossman

Ten Pigs by Derek Anderson

TumbleBook Stories: (Available through www.jeffcolib.org by clicking on E-Content.)

Flight 1-2-3 by Maria van Lieshout

One Duck Stuck by Phyllis Root

One Is a Drummer by Roseanne Thong

Numbers Snake 

- Color oval piece of paper into as snake's head

- Cut 12 strips of paper and write the numbers 1-12 on them

- Glue strips of paper into paper chain putting the links in numbered order 1-12

- Glue snake's head to #1 link

Extension Activities:

- Play a game of hopscotch.  Draw a hopscotch board outside with chalk.  Ask your child to fill in the squares with the numbers 1-10.

- Practice counting while you eat.  Ask your child to count how many chips, apple slices, etc they have to eat.

- Practice counting and colors at the same time by asking your child to count how many shirts they have in their closet of a particular color.

Naughty or Nice? Bedtime: December 11-12, 2017

Books:
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Christelow *
Froggy Goes to Bed by Jonathan London
How Do Dinosaurs Say Good Night? by Jane Yolen
Kitty Cat, Kitty Cat, Are You Going to Sleep? by Bill Martin Jr.
Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney *
No Sleep for the Sheep! by Karen Beaumont *

Craft: Standing Sheep
This week's craft was based on the picture at left with a few changes.  The kids were given a sheep's head and cotton balls to glue to a recycled CD.  Two clothespins were then attached to the bottom to make the sheep stand.

Literacy Extensions:
- A lot of these books go through bedtime rituals before the characters go to sleep.  Talk with your child about the rituals they go through before bed.  Have them try to list all the rituals in order they do them each night.
- Bedtime is a great time to read stories together.  Make sure to pick books that will calm your child rather than get them excited.


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