Adventures on the Farm -- 6/11/24

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.

Farmyard Beat by Lindsey Craig

The Farmer in the Dell by John O'Brien

Books:

Aunt Minnie and the Twister by Mary Skillings Prigger

Chicken Wants a Nap by Tracy Marchini

Chickens to the Rescue by John Himmelman

Cock-A-Doodle-Doo-Bop! by Michael Ian Black

Farmer Brown Goes Round and Round by Teri Sloat

Farmer Duck by Martin Waddell

Go Sleep in Your Own Bed! by Candace Fleming

Craft: Horse Bookmark

- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper

- Cut out pieces (bookmark body, head, tail)

- Color pieces

- Glue head to top of horse's body

- Glue tail midway on back of horse's body so sticking off to side

Extension Activities:

- Review farm animals and their sounds with your child by singing "Old MacDonald Had a Farm".  Ask your child to come up with various farm animals and their sounds.

- Visit a working farm or petting zoo.

Template --

Horse Story Time: February 18, 2020

Books:
Are You a Horse? by Andy Rash *
Clip-Clop by Nicola Smee *
A Horse Named Jack by Linda Vander Heyden *
A Horse Named Steve by Kelly Collier
Horseplay! by Karma Wilson

Craft: Horse Puzzle
The kids colored a cardstock coloring sheet of a horse.  Then with adult permission they could borrow a pair of scissors to cut along "scissor practice" lines on the back of the sheet to make a 6 piece puzzle.

Extension Activities:
- Instead of doing a straight reading of Are You a Horse, have your child do some of the "reading".  Ask them to identify the animals and what makes them not a horse.
- We did scissor practice with our craft this week.  If your child is not ready for cutting on lines, just ask them to make a "fringe" around the paper.  If they are more advanced, draw lines on a paper and have them follow the lines while cutting.


Template -- (copy double-sided onto cardstock)

Horse Story Time: May 28, 2019

Books:
Are You a Horse? by Andy Rash *
Clip-Clop by Nicola Smee
Do You Believe in Unicorns? by Bethanie Deeney Murguia *
A Horse Named Steve by Kelly Collier
Noni the Pony by Alison Lester *


Craft: H = Horse
The children were given a lower case "h" cutout.  The neck of the "h" was folded near the top to make the horse's head.  The horse was then colored.  Brown raffia strips were glued on for the mane and the tail.  A small triangle was glued to the head as either the horse's ear or a unicorn's horn.

Extension Activities:
- Before reading the books, ask your child to describe a horse.  Ask them for different characteristics and how you would tell a horse from other animals.
- This week's craft is made from the letter "H" as that is what horse starts with.  Ask your child to find the "H"s in the book as you are reading.

H Story Time - Horses & Hats: February 23-24, 2015

Books:
Are You a Horse? by Andy Rash
Hidden Hippo by Joan Gannij *
The House in the Meadow by Shutta Crum
Hungry Hen by Richard Waring *
Hush, Little Horsie by Jane Yolen
The Magic Hat by Mem Fox *
Which Hat Is That? by Anna Grossnickle Hines

Craft: Letter "h" Horse
Our craft was based on the picture at left.  The children were given a lowercase "h" and a horse head to color and glue together.  They then glued on pieces of yarn for the horse's tail.

Literacy Extensions:
- See if your child can continue the book Which Hat Is That? by coming up with more descriptive riddles of different types of hats to wear.
- Explore the stages of building something.  See if you can make it into a song or poem with each step being a different verse. (i.e. The House in the Meadow)


Notes:
The book Hungry Hen by Richard Waring always goes over really well.  They tend to get very emotionally involved in the story so that the twist ending is a relief for them.