How Do Dinosaurs Stay Friends? -- 5/27/25

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.

Click HERE for this month's virtual Story Time.

Waddle! Waddle! by James Proimos
How Do Dinosaurs Stay Friends? by Jane Yolen

Books:
Carrot & Pea by Morag Hood
How to Cheer Up a Friend by Stephanie Calmenson
Leonardo, the Terrible Monster by Mo Willems
My Best Friend by Rob Hodgson
A Splendid Friend, Indeed by Suzanne Bloom
Two Bunny Buddies by Kathryn O. Galbraith

Craft:  Velociraptor
- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper

- Cut out pieces (body, legs, arms)

- Color pieces

- Glue legs to bottom of body with one leg in front and one in back 

- Glue arms to front of body with one arm in front and one in back

Extension Activities:

- Make a Friendship Chain.  This can be done two different ways.  Kids can write a friends' names on strips of paper and then make into a paper chain.  Or they could write attributes they like in friends (ex - cheerful, like to play outside, etc) on paper strips to make into a paper chain.

- Make friendship recipes together.  These are recipes that can easily be adjusted to make individual mini foods for different people.  For example, make individual personal pizzas letting each child add the toppings they like.  


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Birds: Week 4 -- 1/30/24

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.

Mama Built a Little Nest by Jennifer Ward
Waddle! Waddle! by James Proimos

Books:

5 Little Ducks by Denise Fleming

Don't Copy Me! by Jonathan Allen

George Flies South by Simon James

Little Black Crow by Christopher Raschka

On the Wing by David Elliott

This Is the Nest That Robin Built by Denise Fleming

Time to Fly by George Ella Lyon

Craft: Duck

- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper.

- Cut out pieces (circle body and head with beak) and color.

- Cut a cupcake liner into four triangles.  (You will use two of them for the wings.)  Color them.

- Glue pieces together as shown in picture at left.

- Optional: Cut two small holes at bottom of duck to turn into finger puppet.

Extension Activities:

- After reading Mama Built a Little Nest, try making some of the different types of nests shown in the book. 

- Compete in some penguin waddle races to see who waddles the fastest.

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Facebook Story Time: Waddle! Waddle! by James Proimos - 6/9/20

This is part of a series of weekly story times offered on Facebook due to the current health crisis.  Each Tuesday, a recording of a story will be posted on Facebook.  It will be available to view for a week before a new story is posted.

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


Waddle! Waddle! by James Proimos

Books:
If You Were a Penguin by Wendell Minor
Little Penguin Gets the Hiccups by Tadgh Bentley
Little Penguins by Cynthia Rylant
One Cool Friend by Toni Buzzeo
Penguin by Polly Dunbar
Penguin Post by Debi Gliori
A Penguin Story by Antoinette Portis
Tacky the Penguin by Helen Lester
Whiteblack the Penguin Sees the World by H.A. Rey
        * Books can be placed on hold at www.jeffcolib.org by clicking on the link to the catalog.


Tumble Book Stories:  (Available through www.jeffcolib.org by clicking on E-Content.)
A Penguin Story by Antoinette Portis

Craft: Penguin Picture
- Print out penguin template.  (Template at end of post.)
- Color picture.
- Tear black, white, and orange construction paper into small pieces.
- Glue construction paper pieces onto template to finish picture.







Extension Activities:
- Try ice racing.  Use straws to blow ice cubes from one end of a cookie sheet to the other end.
- Practice counting.  Count the penguins in the book you are reading.  (If you don't have a book at home, use A Penguin Story on Tumblebooks.)
- Watch a penguin movie such as March of the Penguins, Happy Feet, or Mr. Popper's Penguins.



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Penguins Story Time: January 13-14, 2020

Books:
Baby Penguins Everywhere! by Melissa Guion
If You Were a Penguin by Wendell Minor *
Little Penguin Gets the Hiccups by Tadgh Bentley *
A Penguin Story by Antoinette Portis
Tacky the Penguin by Helen Lester
Waddle! Waddle! by James Proimos *

Craft: Folded Penguin
Kids colored a penguin face/belly before gluing it to a larger blue circle to make the penguin body.  They could then glue on a strip of orange paper for a scarf if they liked.  The sides of the circles were then folded in to make the penguin's wings.  (Note: If you want a chubby penguin, don't fold in the wings.)

Extension Activities:
- Practice letter recognition by asking your child to point out all the letter "P"s on the page as you are reading.
- Visit the Penguin and Puffin House at the zoo.


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