Virtual Story Time: I Really Want to See You, Grandma by Taro Gomi -- 9/8/20

This is a weekly online story time featuring a book read by Miss Amy on Tuesdays 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 video.

I Really Want to See You, Grandma by Taro Gomi

Books:  (Grandparents)

41 Uses for a Grandma by Harriet Ziefert

At Grandma's by Rhonda Gowler Greene

Grandpa Loves by Rebecca Kai Dotlich

How to Babysit a Grandma by Jean Reagan

I Love You, Grandpa by Vivian French

Llama Llama Gram and Grandpa by Anna Dewdney

My Grandpa by Marta Altes

Tea With Grandpa by Barney Saltzberg

Whopper Cake by Karma Wilson

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

Castle on Hester Street by Linda Heller

Grandma's Pear Tree by Suzanne Santillan

Craft: Monster Hug

- Print out a monster template and cut out

- Color monster

- Cut out and accordian fold two strips of paper for arms

- Glue cut out hearts to one end of paper strips and other end of paper strips to the monster's body

Extension Activities:

- Make a card or "write" a letter to send to your grandparents for Grandparents Day (2nd Sunday of September).

- Ask your child to give you "directions" for getting to grandma or grandpa's house.

Grandparents Story Time: May 30, 2017

Books:
April Foolishness by Teresa Bateman
Baking Day at Grandma's by Anika Denise
The Giant Hug by Valeri Gorbachev
Llama Llama Gram and Grandpa by Anna Dewdney *
Off We Go! by Jane Yolen *
Two at the Zoo by Danna Smith *
Raisin and Grape by Tom Amico
Whopper Cake by Karma Wilson

Craft: Hugging Child
The children colored a cardstock child cutout and then glued on extra long arms with hearts for hands.

Literacy Extensions:
- Spend some quality grandchild / grandparent time by reading books together.
- Find some photographs of your child's grandparents when they were young and show them to your child.  Ask them how the photos look the same and different from photos of them.


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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)