Kids Song: Row, Row, Row Your Boat -- 1/13/26

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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Row, Row, Row Your Boat by Jane Cabrera
Bear on a Bike by Stella Blackstone

Books:
The Cars and Trucks Book by Todd Parr
A Long Way by Katherine Ayres
McToad Mows Tiny Island by Tom Angleberger
Old MacDonald Had a Truck by Steve Goetz
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Car by Kate Dopirak 
Two Dogs on a Trike by Gabrielle Snyder

Craft: Folded Boat Picture
- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper
- Color picture above the dotted line

- Fold up along dotted line

- Fold bottom corners diagonally up towards top of folded up piece

- Open back up and fold corners in towards center with bottom piece on the front side of picture

- Color bottom of fold as boat

Extension Activities:

- Play a game of Transportation BINGO on your next car trip.  Ask your child to find various types of vehicles (truck, motorcycle, RV, etc) and colors to try to get a BINGO.

- Try to build a simple boat our of recycled materials that will actually float.  Materials that might be useful include plastic lids, craft sticks, cardboard, etc.

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Following Directions -- 8/20/24

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.

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Can You Make a Scary Face? by Jan Thomas
If You're Happy and You Know It! by Jane Cabrera

Books:

Crunch the Shy Dinosaur by Circocco Dunlap

From Head to Toe by Eric Carle

Get Out of My Bath by Britta Teckentrup

Press Here by Herve Tullet

Touch the Brightest Star by Christie Matheson

Craft: Following Directions Sheet

- Print sheet template onto white paper 

-Print diamond templates onto colored paper -- either red, blue, yellow, orange, purple, or green -- and cut out

- Complete the sheet following the directions

Extension Activities:

- Play a game of Simon Says or Red Light, Green Light.

- Make a simple recipe together with your children.

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Adventures in the Mountains -- 6/25/24

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.

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Walk on the Wild Side by Nicholas Oldland
The Bear Went Over the Mountain by Jane Cabrera

Books:

The Boy and the Mountain by Mario Bellini and Marianna Coppo

Fritz Danced the Fandango by Alicia Potter

On Top of Old Smoky by B.A. Hoena

She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain by Philemon Sturges

When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant

Craft: Bear

- Print template (at left) onto cardstock or heavy paper

- Cut out pieces (head, body, tail)

- Glue pieces together to make bear

Extension Activities:

- Watch a movie with a mountain setting -- Heidi, Mulan, Ice Age, Sound of Music, etc.

- Ask your child to build a mountain.  They could use Legos, books, etc.

Christmas Story Time -- 12/20/22

Story Times are held weekly on Monday and Tuesday mornings at 10:00 am.  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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Cookiesaurus Christmas by Amy Dominy

The 12 Days of Christmas by Jane Cabrera

Books:

Christmas Parade by Sandra Boynton

Little Santa by Jon Agee

Six Snowy Sheep by Judith Ross Enderle

Snowmen at Christmas by Caralyn Buehner

Vegetables in Holiday Underwear by Jared Chapman

Craft: Dino-ROAR-mus Tree

- Print template onto heavy paper or cardstock

- Cut out pieces (tree, dinosaur)

- Color pieces

- Place glue onto tab of tree, roll into cone, and glue in place

- Glue dinosaur to top of tree

Extension Activities:

- Have a family carol sing-along.  Sing each family member's favorite holiday song.

- Make and decorate holiday cookies with your children.

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Virtual Story Time: Merry Christmas! -- 12/21/21

Join us weekly on Tuesdays for an online Story Time featuring books read by Miss Amy.  The video will be available to view for a week before a new online is uploaded.

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The Twelve Days of Christmas by Jane Cabrera
Have You Been Naughty or Nice? by Ethan Long

Books:  
5 More Sleeps 'Til Christmas by Jimmy Fallon

Click, Clack, Ho! Ho! Ho! by Doreen Cronin
Dinosaur vs. Santa by Bob Shea

Five Little Monkeys Looking for Santa by Eileen Christelow

The First Christmas by Phillips Brooks

Harold at the North Pole by Crockett Johnson

Mooseltoe by Margie Palatini

The Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke Moore

The Three Bears' Christmas by Kathy Duvall

What the Dinosaurs Did the Night Before Christmas by Refe Tuma

Craft: Cone Santa

- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper

- Color Santa

- Cut out colored cone with tab

- Glue along the tab before rolling into cone.  You may want to tape to reinforce the glue.

- Optional:  Glue pieces of cotton ball or tissue paper on Santa's beard

Extension Activities:

- Make Christmas cards for family and friends.  This allows your child to both practice their writing and be creative artistically.

- Go on a scavenger hunt for Christmas related items (ex - candy canes, ornaments, star, etc.).

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Virtual Story Time: Old MacDonald Had a Farm by Jane Cabrera -- 5/25/21

Join us weekly for an 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.


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Old MacDonald Had a Farm by Jane Cabrera
Stanley the Farmer by William Bee
Chicken Wants a Nap by Tracy Marchini

Books:  (Farm)

Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown

Click, Clack, Good Night by Doreen Cronin
Cluck O'Clock by Kes Gray

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

The Cow Loves Cookies by Karma Wilson

Duck! by Megan McKinlay

Duck to the Rescue by John Himmelman

Farm Flu by Teresa Bateman
Like Butter on Pancakes by Jonathan London
Only Cows Allowed by Lynn Plourde

Craft: Farm Animal Finger Puppets

- Print out template on heavy paper or cardstock

- Color farm animals

- Cut out animal puppets

- Glue band at bottom of puppet into ring to fit onto finger

Extension Activities:

- Visit a petting zoo or farm to see different farm animals.

- Engage in pretend play by acting like different farm animals.  Ask your child to move and speak like those animals.

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Virtual Story Time: Row, Row, Row Your Boat by Jane Cabrera -- 5/14/21

Join us weekly for an 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.


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Row, Row, Row Your Boat by Jane Cabrera
Bark, George by Jules Feiffer

Books:  (Animal Sounds)

Cat Says Meow by Michael Arndt
Chicken, Chicken, Duck! by Nadia Krilanovich

Everybody Says Meow by Constance Lombardo

Farmyard Beat by Lindsey Craig

Old Mikamba Had a Farm by Rachel Isadora
Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? by Bill Martin Jr.

What the Baby Hears by Laura Godwin

What's Your Sound, Hound the Hound? by Mo Willems

Craft: Folded Dog

- Cut out two 4" squares of paper

- Fold both squares in half to make triangles

- Fold corners of first triangle down to make face and ears

- Fold corners of second triangle towards center and back to outside to make body and legs

- Glue head to body

- Color dog

Extension Activites:

- Go on a field trip to a zoo, petting zoo, or farm.  As you visit the different animals have your child make the sounds of that animal.

- Play a game of Simon Says with animal sounds.

Virtual Story Time: One, Two, Buckle My Shoe by Jane Cabrera -- 5/11/21

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One, Two, Buckle My Shoe by Jane Cabrera
Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin

Books:  (Shoes)

Cinderella by Charles Perrault

Dog in Boots by Greg Gormley

New Shoes by Christopher Raschka

One Two That's My Shoe by Alison Murray

The Orange Shoes by Trinka Hakes Noble

Shoe Dog by Megan McDonald

Willy the Wizard by Anthony Browne

Craft: There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe

- Print out template on heavy paper / cardstock

- Cut out shoe, woman, and kids

- Color pieces

- Glue woman and kids to shoe

- Hole punch 4-6 holes along side of shoe

- Lace yarn through holes and tie at top

Extension Activities:

- Practice lacing and tying shoes with your child.

- Today's book is just one version of the popular "One, Two, Buckle My Shoe" rhyme.  Try to write your own version of the rhyme with your child.

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Virtual Story Time: Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star by Jane Cabrera -- 5/4/21

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Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star by Jane Cabrera
How to Catch a Star by Oliver Jeffers

Books:  (Stars)
Curious George Discovers the Stars by Bethany V. Freitas

I Want to Sleep Under the Stars! by Mo Willems

Stars by Mary Lyn Ray

This Little Star by Deborah Nash

Touch the Brightest Star by Christie Matheson
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star by Iza Trapani

Craft: Star Mobile

- Print out template on heavy paper or cardstock.

- Color spiral and cut out.

- Cut out stars and decorate with crayons, sparkles, etc.

- Tape stars to short 3-4" pieces of yarn or ribbon.  Then tape the yarn to the spiral in intervals.

- Hang spiral so center piece as at top and stars hang down.

Extension Activities:

- Explore the night sky.  Count the stars.  Try to find constellations.  View the sky through a telescope.

- Have fun by making star shaped food using a star cookie cutter.  You could make and decorate cookies.  You could also cut sandwiches into the shapes of stars.

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Row, Row, Row Your Boat (Transportation) Sing-Along Story Time: June 4-5, 2018

Books:
Bear on a Bike by Stella Blackstone *
McToad Mows Tiny Island by Tom Angleberger *
Pete the Cat: The Wheels on the Bus by James Dean *
Row, Row, Row Your Boat by Jane Cabrera *

Craft: Ship in a Bottle
The kids were given a bottle with a boat cutout to color.  They then glued on blue sequins and ocean-themed sequins for decoration.


Literacy Extensions:
- See how many different types of transportation your child can list.  Give them clues if needed.
- Visit the Transportation Museum in Kirkwood to view the different types of transportation.

Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star (Bedtime) Sing-Along Story Time: May 29, 2018

Books:
Chengdu Could Not, Would Not, Fall Asleep by Barney Saltzberg *
Good Night Owl by Greg Pizzoli *
Hush Little Baby: A Folk Song by Marla Frazee
Rock-A-Bye Baby by Jane Cabrera
Snowmen at Night by Caralyn Buehner
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star by Jane Cabrera *

Craft: Star Streamer
The children were given a twinkle star cutout to color.  They then glued on sparkles and streamers to the bottom.  A string was tied through a hole punch at the top of the star.

Literacy Extensions:
- Twinkle Twinkle Little Star by Jane Cabrera extends the popular song by adding several verses.  See if your child can come up with some verses highlighting other animals and parts of the world.
- Good Night Owl is a good book to discuss how to problem solve.  Ask them how they would have solved the problem of finding the "noise".


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Star Story Time: March 19-20, 2018

Books:
Henry's Stars by Danid Elliott
How to Catch a Star by Olivier Jeffers *
Stars by Mary Lyn Ray
Touch the Brightest Star by Christie Matheson *
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star by Jane Cabrera *

Craft: Telescope
This week's craft is based on the picture above.  The children colored a half-sheet of cardstock before gluing into a cylinder.  They could then decorate their telescope with star stickers.  (You might need to use tape to reinforce the glue on the telescope.)

Literacy Extensions:
- Learn about the various constellations.  There are several great books about constellations for young children.
- Visit the St. Louis Planetarium to learn more about the night sky.

Boats Story Time: May 23-24, 2016

Books:
The Father Who Had 10 Children by Benedicte Guettier *
One-Dog Canoe by Mary Casanova *
Row, Row, Row Your Boat by Jane Cabrera *
Three Bears in a Boat by David Soman
Tugga-Tugga Tugboat by Kevin Lewis

Craft: Boat Picture
The children were given a sheet with the outline of a boat made out of shapes.  They were also given the shapes already pre-cut out to color.  They then matched the shapes to glue them on the paper to make a boat.

Literacy Extensions:
- Come up with additional verses to Row, Row, Row Your Boat adding in more animals.
- See how many different types of boats your child can name (i.e. canoe, yacht, submarine, etc.)


Notes:
The Father Who Had 10 Children by Benedicte Guettier has been re-released as The Dad With 10 Children.  The original translation of the French story is much better so try to find that version if possible.

Templates:

** Makes three boats

2015 Building Block Award Nominees Story Time: September 14-15, 2015

Books:
Down by the Barn by Will Hillenbrand *
Row Row Row Your Boat by Jane Cabrera *

Craft: Scarecrow
The kids were given a gingerbread man die cut, overalls, and a hat cut from cardstock to color.  They were then glued together along with yellow construction paper strips for straw.


Literacy Extensions:
- Extend Row Row Row Your Boat or Down by the Barn by adding more verses for additional animals.
- Pick an animal to learn more about.  Books are available at the library on most animals for children.


Notes:
As there was no Monday Story Time last week due to the Labor Day holiday, this week's Monday story time included the books from both this week and last week.

Polar Bears Story Time: January 13-14, 2014

Books:
Hush Little Polar Bear by Jeff Mack *
The Lonesome Polar Bear by Jane Cabrera *
Polar Bear Morning by Lauren Thompson
Polar Bear Night by Lauren Thompson *
The Snow Bear by Miriam Moss

Craft: Polar Bear Picture
Each child was given a coloring sheet of two polar bears.  The children colored the sheet and glued on tissue paper for snow. 

Literacy Extensions:
- Find photos of the Northern Lights and explain how they are created to your child (i.e. Polar Bear Night)
- Share a book with your child that gives information on various types of bears.