All About Food: Carrots & Peas -- November 22-23, 2021

Outdoor Story Times are held weekly on Monday and Tuesday mornings at 10:00 am, weather permitting.  (Registration is required to attend.)  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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Carrot & Pea by Morag Hood
Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert

Books:  (Vegetables)
Bob & Rob & Corn on the Cob by Todd McQueen
Every Color Soup by Jorey Hurley
Green Beans by Elizabeth Thomas
Nope. Never. Not for Me! by Samantha Cotterill
PAR-TAY! Dance of the Veggies (And Their Friends) by Eloise Greenfield
The Pea Blossom by Amy Lowry
Rabbit Food by Susanna Gretz
Rah, Rah, Radishes: A Vegetable Chant by April Pulley Sayre
Scarlette Beane by Karen Wallace

Craft: Carrot Patch (inspired by picture at left)

- Print out template on cardstock or heavy paper.

- Cut out rectangle, strip with dotted lines, and carrots.

- Color strip with dotted lines as dirt before cutting along dotted lines.  (Do not cut all the way across.)

- Glue strip with cut lines to rectangle.  Only glue the sides.

- Color carrots.

- Slide carrots between cut strips to "plant" them.

Extension Activities:

- Create a Mr. or Mrs. Potato Head out of a real potato.
- Have a family Carrot Crunch Contest.  See who can eat and crunch carrots the loudest.  (This can also work with celery.)

Template --

Facebook Story Time: Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert -- 6/23/20

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.


Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert

Books:
Edible Numbers by Jennifer Vogel Bass
Every Color Soup by Jorey Hurley
Fruit Bowl by Mark Hoffmann
Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! by Candace Fleming
PAR-TAY! Dance of the Veggies (and Their Friends) by Eloise Greenfield
Rabbit Food by Susanna Gretz
Rah, Rah, Radishes! A Vegetable Chant by April Pulley Sayre
There's a Pest in the Garden! by Jan Thomas
The Turnip by Jan Brett
Veggies With Wedgies by Todd H. Doodler
Zombies Don't Eat Veggies by Megan Lacera


TumbleBook Stories: (Available through www.jeffcolib.org by clicking on E-Content.)
The Lima Bean Monster by Dan Yaccarino
Little Pea by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Craft: Carrot Shapes Match
- Print off two copies of the template.  (Template at left.)
- Cut out the shapes (triangles, squares, and circles) of one of the templates.  Color shapes.
- Color other template.
- Glue cut out shapes to matching shapes on the whole page.



Extension Activities:
- Go over colors with your child by seeing what vegetables they can name that are different colors.
- Get messy by doing some veggie painting/stamping.  Some great vegetables to use for this are potatoes, corn, carrots, etc.).
- Go on a vegetable scavenger hunt in your pantry.  Ask your child to find various cans of different vegetables.