Sense of Smell -- 4/1/25

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.

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A Pet for Petunia by Paul Schmid

Books:
The Daily Sniff by Jane Cabrera
The Nose Book by Al Perkins
Something Smells! by Blake Liliane Hellman
Something Stinks! by Jonathan Fenske
Thank You, Omu! by Pat Mora

Craft: Flower
- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper

- Cut out pieces (flower, leaf)

- Color pieces

- Color a craft stick as stem

- Glue flower and leaf onto craft stick

- Fold along dotted lines of flower and glue down to make 3-D

- Optional -- Spray flower with a scent or perfume

Extension Activities:

- Visit a spicery/spice shop.  Let the kids explore the various scents on display.  Which do they like?  Which do they dislike?

- Have fun coloring with scented markers.  Can your child identify the marker scents?

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Sense of Sound -- 3/25/25

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.

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Animals Go Vroom! by Abi Cushman
The Terrible Plop by Ursula Dubosarsky
Bark, George by Jules Feiffer

Books:
Cat Says Meow by Michael Arndt
Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can You? by Dr. Seuss
The Noisy Way to Bed by Ian Whybrow
Slop Goes the Soup by Pamela Duncan Edwards
The Sound of Day, the Sound of Night by Mary O'Neill
What Sound Is Morning? by Grant Snider

Craft: Shaker Stick
- String jingle bells onto a pipe cleaner
- Wrap pipe cleaner around a jumbo craft stick
- Optional -- Color craft stick first

Extension Activities:

- Have fun with rhyming.  Ask your child to come up with rhyming words (ex - cat, bat, fat, mat, etc).

- Play with rhythms.  Have your child repeat a clapping rhythm after you.  Or find a body percussion video for kids on YouTube.

Sense of Sight -- 3/18/25

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.

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Duck! Rabbit! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Shark in the Park! by Nick Sharratt

Books:
All the Better to See You With by Margaret Wild
Bear Sees Colors by Karma Wilson
The Black Book of Colors by Menena Cottin
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin, Jr.
Douglas, You Need Glasses! by Ged Adamson
Where's Baby? by Anne Hunter

Craft: Binoculars

- Curl two quarter sheets of cardstock into tubes and glue

- Cut a long strip of paper (8-1/2" x 2-1/2") and glue it around the two tubes

- Optional: Add some tape to tubes and strip to make sure they stay in place

- Hole punch a hole at end of either side of tubes and tie yarn to hang around neck

Extension Activities:

- Play a game of I Spy or go on a scavenger hunt to find specific objects.

- Let your child(ren) experiment with binoculars, microscope, magnifying glass, or telescope.  

Sense of Touch -- 3/10/25

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.

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Press Here by Herve Tullet
Hugless Douglas by David Melling

Books:
How Do You Hug a Porcupine? by Laurie Isop
I Can Tell by Touching by Carolyn Otto
Same Love, Different Hug by Sarah Hovorka
Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young
Tickle Monster by Josie Bissett

Craft: Bear Hug

- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper

- Cut out pieces (head, arms)

- Color pieces

- Glue arms to bottom of head

- Fold arms to give a hug

Extension Activities:

- Do some blind touch tests.  Blindfold your child and then give them an object to try to identify just by touch.

- Ask your child to find things that fit different types of textures (ex - soft, rough, fluffy, itchy, etc).


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Sense of Taste -- 3/4/25

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.

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Thelonius Monster's Sky-High Pie by Judy Sierra
The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog! by Mo Willems

Books:
Badger's Fancy Meal by Keiko Kasza
The Cow Loves Cookies by Karma Wilson
I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato by Lauren Child
Scrambled Eggs Super! by Dr. Seuss
Yuck! by Mick Manning
Zombies Don't Eat Veggies by Megan Lacera

Craft: Sense of Taste
- Print out template at left onto cardstock 
- Cut out face
- Hole punch two holes onto tongue

- Color face as self

- Slide a sucker through the two holes so looks like eating it

Extension Activities:

- Have fun with various taste tests.  Some possibilities include different flavors of jello, cookies, Skittles, drinks, etc.  See if they can identify the flavor or which ones they like best.

- Use fruit loop cereal to make an edible bracelet or necklace by stringing them onto a piece of yarn or a pipecleaner.  Or make a birdfeeder using plain cheerios.

The Five Sense Story Time: Sight - April 22-23, 2013

Books:
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin, Jr.
Class Two at the Zoo by Julia Jarman *
Duck! Rabbit! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal *
It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles G. Shaw *
Tulip Sees America by Cynthia Rylant
You See a Circus, I See . . . by Mike Downs *

Craft: Paper Plate Clown
Children glued pieces of colored paper to a small paper plate and then colored to make into a clown's face.

Literacy Extenders:
- Watch the sky and see what shapes the clouds make as in It Looked Like Spilt Milk.
- Play "I Spy" with your child asking them to find objects in view starting with a certain letter or a certain color.

The Five Senses Story Time: Smell - April 15-16, 2013

Books:
Big Smelly Bear by Britta Teckentrup *
I Stink! by Kate & Jim McMullan *
The Nose Book by Al Perkins
Nosy Rosie by Holly Keller
A Pet for Petunia by Paul Schmid *

Craft: Trash Truck
The children were each given a picture of a trash truck to color.  They then added "trash" by gluing on crumpled up colored paper squares.

Literacy Extenders:
- With your child come up with lists of items that smell good and that stink.
- Use the book Big Smelly Bear to introduce ideas of good hygiene to your child such as brushing teeth, taking baths, etc.

The Five Senses Story Time: Touch - April 8-9, 2013

Books:
How Does It Feel? by Bobbie Kalman
Hugless Douglas by David Melling *
I Love to Cuddle by Carl Norac *
A Little Bit of Winter by Paul Stewart
Press Here by Herve Tullet *
Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young *

 Craft: Bear Hug
This craft was revised from a Valentine card.  Children colored a bear head and arms cut from cardstock.  They then folded in the arms so the bear could give hugs.

Literacy Extenders:
- List as many things you can think of that are soft and cuddly like in I Love to Cuddle.
- Place an everyday object in a bag and let your child try to figure out what it is just by feeling it like in Seven Blind Mice.

The Five Senses Story Time: Taste - April 1-2, 2013

Books:
The Cow Loves Cookies by Karma Wilson *
Crunch Munch by Jonathan London
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
Lunch by Denise Fleming *
The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog by Mo Willems
Worms for Lunch by Leonid Gore *
Yuck! by Nick Manning *

Craft: Sucker Flower
Children colored and then glued petals to a flat sucker.

Literacy Extenders:
- Discuss foods you and your child like and dislike and why.
- Talk about foods that go together (i.e. milk and cookies) like in The Cow Loves Cookies.