Adventures on the Road -- 6/4/24

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.

Are We There Yet? by Dandi Daley Mackall
Let's Go for a Drive! by Mo Willems
Moo! by David LaRochelle

Books:

Mrs. Armitage: Queen of the Road by Quentin Blake

Number One Sam by Greg Pizzoli

Sakes Alive! A Cattle Drive by Karma Wilson

Toot Toot Zoom! by Phyllis Root

Tulip Sees America by Cynthia Rylant

The Tweedles Go Electric by Monica Kulling

Vroom! by Barbara McClintock

Craft: Car with Driver Puppet

- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper

- Cut out car and cut slit along driver's window

- Color car

- Decorate top of craft stick as driver

- Slide craft stick through slit 

- (Optional) - Glue craft stick into place

Extension Activities:

- Play a road trip game in the car such as License Plate BINGO (how many different states license plates do you see) or the Alphabet Game (find the letters of the alphabet on roadside signs).

- Plan a road trip using a map.  Ask your child to find the best route between two cities on a map.

Template --

Elephant & Piggie: Let's Go For a Drive! Story Time: July 15-16, 2019

Books:
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! by Mo Willems *
Let's Go for a Drive! by Mo Willems *
Mitchell's License by Hallie Durand
Moo! by David LaRochelle *
Number One Sam by Greg Pizzoli

Craft: Pigeon Bus
The children colored a bus cutout with Elephant and Piggie in the Windows as well as a Pigeon head cutout.  The Pigeon cutout was glued into the driver's window.

Extension Activities:
- After reading Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus, ask your child for the reasons why a pigeon should not drive a vehicle.
- Plan a drive with your child.  Ask them to help determine what supplies will be needed and to help pack for the drive.