DiNovember: Week 2 -- 11/12/24

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.

One-osaurus, Two-osaurus by Kim Norman
Dinosaur vs. Bedtime by Bob Shea

Books:

Can I Have a Stegosaurus, Mom? Can I? Please!? by Lois G. Grambling

Dinosaur vs. Mommy by Bob Shea

If I Had a Triceratops by George O'Connor

I'm Hungry! Tengo Hambre! by Angela Dominguez

Rory the Dinosaur: Me and My Dad by Liz Climo

Craft: Pterodactyl Headband

- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper

- Cut out pieces and color

- Cut two long strips of paper and glue into headband

- Glue head to front of headband

- Glue wings to side and fold so they flap outwards

Extension Activities:

- Focus on fine motor skills by having your child "rescue" a dinosaur.  Wrap several small rubber bands around a larger toy dinosaur.  Then have your child unwrap the rubber bands to "save" it.

- Create a Dinosaur Hopscotch board.  Use chalk to draw a hopscotch board outside.  Include other activities in the board such as Dinosaur Stomps, Dinosaur Hops, etc.

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Building Block Award Nominees -- Week 3: 9/20/22

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.)

Click HERE for this week's Story Time video.

Bear Can't Wait by Karma Wilson
Roar! by Katerina Kerouli
One-osaurus, Two-osaurus by Kim Norman

Books: (2022 Building Block nominee books)

Bear Can't Wait by Karma Wilson

Don't Hug Doug (He Doesn't Like It) by Carrie Finison

Find Fergus by Mike Boldt
It Is (Not) Perfect by Anna Kang

One-osaurus, Two-osaurus by Kim Norman

Roar: A Book of Animal Sounds by Katerina Kerouli

Sharky McShark by Alison Murray

Something Stinks by Jonathan Fenske

Swim, Swim, Sink by Jenn Harney

Wolfboy by Andy Harkness

Craft: Dino Headband

- Print template onto heavy paper or cardstock and cut out

- Color pieces of headband

- Glue pieces together to fit child's head

Extension Activities:

- Practice animal sounds other than those found in Roar.  See how many different animal sounds your child can do.

- Play some games of hide and seek or Simon Says together.

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The Alphabet: "G" -- 2/15/22

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.

Click HERE for this week's Story Time video.

Let's Count Goats by Mem Fox
Still a Gorilla by Kim Norman

Books:

Ghosts by Sonia Goldie
The Greedy Goat by Petr Horacek
My Garden by Kevin Henkes

Raisin and Grape by Tom Amico

The Serious Goose by Jimmy Kimmel
The Short Giraffe by Neil Flory

The Starry Giraffe by Andy Bergmann

Craft: G is for Goose

- Draw and cut out an upper case G, two webbed feet, wing, and a beak from heavy paper or cardstock.

- Color pieces.

- Glue feet to bottom of G (body).

- Glue wing along bottom towards the back of the G.

- Glue beak to the upper end of the G.

- Draw on an eye.

Extension Activities:

- Enjoy some gummi bears as a snack.  Practice sorting and color recognition by asking your child to sort them by color or instructing your child to eat the bears in a certain order.

- Have fun with glue.  Make a collage by gluing shapes and pictures onto a large piece of paper.  Practice writing names with glue before adding glitter, sequins, rice, etc.

Virtual Story Time: Our Favorite Books of 2022 -- 12/14/21

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.

Click HERE for this week's Story Time video.

One-Osaurus, Two-Osaurus by Kim Norman
Atticus Caticus by Sarah Maizes

Books:  (New Books of 2021)
Bear Can't Wait by Karma Wilson

The Capybaras by Alfredo Soderguit

I Am the Shark by Joan Holub

I'm a Hare, So There! by Julie Rowan-Zoch

It's So Quiet by Sherri Duskey Rinker

Sheepish (Wolf Under Cover) by Helen Yoon

Snakes in Space by Kathryn Dennis

Yes & No by Elisha Cooper

Craft: Cat

- Print template on heavy paper or cardstock.

- Cut out pieces.

- Color pieces of cat (head, ears, body, feet, tail).

- Glue ears to top of head.

- Glue head to pointy end of body.

- Glue feet to opposite end of body.

- Glue tail to side of body.

Extension Activities:

- Both of this week's books involve some fun word play.  Play a word game with your child.  Ask them to make up "funny" rhyming words.

- Play a game of hide and seek.

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Facebook Story Time: Still a Gorilla by Kim Norman - 5/19

This is a series of weekly story times offered on Facebook due to the current health crisis.  Each Tuesday, a recording of a read 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 to view the latest story.
Still a Gorilla by Kim Norman

Additional Books:
Duck! Rabbit! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
For Just One Day by Laura Leuck
If I Were You by Richard Hamilton
          * Book available on Tumblebooks

Craft: Gorilla Puppet

- Color template of gorilla's face before cutting it out
- Glue face onto popsicle/craft stick
- Twist a pipecleaner around stick below the head to make gorilla's arms.






Extension Activities:
- Encourage your child to get up and move by acting out the animals during the story.
- Ask your child to use their imagination to come up with more animals to extend the story.
- Go outside to look at the clouds.  See if you can find any that look like animals.


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Imaginary Animals Story Time: April 22-23, 2019

Books:
Can You Make a Scary Face? by Jan Thomas *
Clara and Asha by Erick Rohmann
Emma Kate by Patricia Polacco *
Still a Gorilla by Kim Norman *
There's a Wocket in My Pocket by Dr. Seuss

Craft: Gorilla Puppet
This week's craft is based on the picture at left.  The kids colored a gorilla head cutout and glued to a jumbo craft stick.  Then a pipe cleaner was twisted around the craft stick to make the gorilla's arms.

Extension Activities:
- Encourage your child to get up and move by acting out the various types of activities from Still a Gorilla.
- This week's letter is "I".  Have your child point the letter "I"s as you are reading books.


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Building Block Award Nominees Story Time - Week 4: September 25-26, 2017

Books:
Old MacDonald Had a Truck by Steve Goetz *
Still a Gorilla by Kim Norman *
Wolfie the Bunny by Ame Dyckman *

Craft: Gorilla
This week's craft was based on the picture at left.  The children colored a rectangle head with mouth and eyes, two ears, and a craft stick before gluing all the pieces together.

Literacy Extensions:
- Learn more about wolves and bunnies by checking out some books at the library.  See if your child can come up with ways they are similar and ways they are different.
- Extend the book Still a Gorilla by having your child act out the story.

Notes:
The children voted this week for their favorite book for the Building Block Award.  You can vote online through the link on the Missouri Library Association's Building Block Award webpage.  Voting goes through December 31, 2017.


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Best of 2016: December 12-13, 2016

Books:
Alan's Big, Scary Teeth by Jarvis *
President Squid by Aaron Reynolds
Rex by Simon James
Still a Gorilla! by Kim Norman *
There's a Bear on My Chair by Ross Collins *
When Spring Comes by Kevin Henkes

Craft: Gorilla
This week's craft is pictured above.  Kids colored the parts of a gorilla - body, head, arms and feet - before gluing them together.

Literacy Extensions:
- Reading Alan's Big, Scary Teeth would be a great lead-in to a talk about tooth brushing and dental hygiene.
- Have your child act out the various animals while reading Still a Gorilla.  See if your child can come up with additional animals to extend the story.