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.

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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.

Counting Story Time: 8/9/21 (Outdoors) & 8/10/21 (Virtual)

Outdoor Story Times are held weekly on Monday mornings at 10:00 am and 11:00 am.  (Registration is required to attend.)  Online Story Times will be posted weekly on Tuesday mornings at 10:00 am.  (The video is available to watch for one week before a new one is uploaded.)


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Let's Count Goats! by Mem Fox
My Little Sister Ate One Hare by Bill Grossman

Books:

Bear Counts by Karma Wilson

Chicka, Chicka, 1, 2, 3 by Bill Martin Jr.

Count the Monkeys by Mac Barnett

Dinosaur Countdown by Nicholas Oldland

Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree by Eileen Christelow

One Little Chicken: A Counting Book by David Elliott

The Right Number of Elephants by Jeff Sheppard

Soup for One by Ethan Long
Stack the Cats by Susie Ghahremani

Ten Pigs: An Epic Bath Adventure by Derek Anderson

Warthogs in the Kitchen: A Messing Counting Book by Pamela Duncan Edwards

Craft: Turtle Count
- Print out template (at left).

- Color turtles.

- Tear construction paper into small pieces.

- Glue the number of construction paper pieces to the turtles as indicated by the numbers on the shells.

Extension Activities:

- Practice counting throughout the day.  Examples include counting the number of chips on your plate for lunch, counting how many cars pass your house in a certain amount of time, counting the number of toys on the floor, etc.

- Sing various counting songs such as "Hundred Bottles of Rootbeer on the Wall", "Ten in a Bed", "The Ants Go Marching", etc.

Mem Fox Story Time: July 1, 2017

Books:
Let's Count Goats! by Mem Fox *
The Magic Hat by Mem Fox *
Nellie Belle by Mem Fox
Possum Magic by Mem Fox
Where Is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox *
Yoo-Hoo, Ladybug! by Mem Fox

Craft: Goat Headband
The children colored the head, horns, ears, and beard of the goat before gluing them all together and then onto strips of paper turned into a headband.

Literacy Extensions:
- Continue the counting fun by having your children count items throughout the house (i.e. chairs in a room, magnets on the refrigerator, etc.).
- The author Mem Fox is from Australia and her books The Magic Hat and Possum Magic reflect that country in the animals and food from that country.  Learn more about Australia by checking out some books at the library.

Math Story Time: August 15-16, 2016

Books:
Count the Monkeys by Mac Barnett
Let's Count Goats! by Mem Fox *
One More Bunny: Adding from One to Ten by Rick Walton
Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons by Eric Litwin *
Ten Eggs in a Nest by Marilyn Sadler *

Craft: Color by Numbers Sheet
The children practiced their number recognition by completing a color by numbers sheet.  Template below.

Literacy Extensions:
- Practice number recognition.  Look for numbers around you and see if your child can identify them.  (i.e. clock, signs, etc.)
- Count while you eat.  Count the number of chips you have or the number of bites it takes to eat your sandwich.

Template --

Numbers & Counting Story Time: August 3-4, 2015

Books:
Count the Monkeys by Mac Barnett
Let's Count Goats by Mem Fox *
My Little Sister Ate One Hare by Bill Grossman *
Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons by Eric Litwin *
Ten Terrible Dinosaurs by Paul Stickland

Craft: Flower Counting Picture
Our craft this week was based on the photo to the left.  We revised it to be a craft.  The kids colored a sheet with five stems and leaves on it.  They then glued on the appropriate number of circles according to the numbers written at the top of the stems.

Literacy Extensions:
- Practice counting while eating.  Have your child count the number of bites it takes to eat a sandwich, the number of chocolate chips in their cookie, or the number of chips they have, etc.
- Have your child come up with their own counting rhyme like Ten Terrible Dinosaurs where they count down as items disappear.

G - Gardens & Goats: February 17, 2015

Books:
Bubble Gum, Bubble Gum by Lisa Wheeler
Let's Count Goats! by Mem Fox *
My Garden by Kevin Henkes
The Short Giraffe by Neil Flory *
Silly Tilly by Eileen Spinelli *

Craft: Gumball Machine
This week's craft was based on the craft found at http://www.themeasuredmom.com/crafts-for-toddlers-and-preschoolers-the-letter-g/.  I traced the gumball machine and cut it out of cardstock for the kids to color.  They could then stick on circle stickers for gumballs.

Literacy Extensions:
- Talk about how letters can make different sounds (i.e. hard "g" in "garden" and soft "g" in "giraffe". - Practice letter recognition by having your child point out the letter"g" on various pages of the book you are reading.

Notes:
Story Time was not held on Monday this week as the library was closed for Presidents Day.