Social Skills -- 8/27/24

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 online Story Time.

People Don't Bite People by Lisa Wheeler
Share, Big Bear, Share! by Maureen Wright
Don't Hug Doug by Carrie Finison

Books: 

Can I Play Too? by Samantha Cotterill

How Do Dinosaurs Stay Friends? by Jane Yolen

Our Classroom Rules! by Kallie George

Ways to Make Friends by Jairo Buitrago

We Don't Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins

Will You Be My Friend? by Sam McBratney

Craft: Heart Friends

- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper

- Cut out pieces (two heart halves, two arms)

- Color pieces

- Glue two halves of heart together

- Glue arms onto heart so they are either hugging, high fiving, or waving.

Extension Activities:

- Play a game of charades using emotions.  Have the children act out the different emotions such as happiness, anger, sadness, etc.

- Work on cooperation.  Create a maze using either chalk outside or masking tape on the floor inside.  Then have one person direct another person who is blindfolded through the maze.

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Lisa Wheeler Story Time -- 3/28/23

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.

Bubble Gum, Bubble Gum by Lisa Wheeler
People Don't Bit People by Lisa Wheeler

Books:
Babies Can Sleep Anywhere by Lisa Wheeler
Dino-Baseball by Lisa Wheeler
A Hug Is For Holding Me by Lisa Wheeler
One Dark Night by Lisa Wheeler
Someone Builds a Dream by Lisa Wheeler

Craft: Gingerbread Man

- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper

- Color pieces (rectangle body, arms, legs, head)

- Glue rectangle body into tube

- Glue legs wrapped around bottom of tube

- Glue arms wrapped around middle of tube

- Glue head to top of tube

Extension Activities:

- Have a bubble gum blowing contest.  See who can blow the biggest, smallest, etc bubbles.

- Have your child list things they can and can NOT bite.

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Our Favorite Books of 2018 Story Time: December 10-11, 2018

Books:
Bear's Scare by Jacob Grant
Hello, Hot Dog! by Lily Murray *
Honey by David Ezra Stein *
Neck & Neck by Elise Parsley
Penguin & Tiny Shrimp Don't Do Bedtime! by Cate Berry
People Don't Bite People by Lisa Wheeler *

Craft: Gingerbread Man
The kids colored a diecut cardstock gingerbread man before gluing on sequins.  They could tie on a piece of string to turn it into an ornament for their Christmas tree if they liked.

Literacy Extensions:
- After reading People Don't Bite People, have your child list things they can and can not bite.
- Honey tells why a bear likes to eat honey so much.  Have your child give the reasons for why a certain food is their favorite. 

Take Me Out to the Ballgame (Baseball) Sing-Along StoryTime: July 2-3, 2018

Books:
Batter Up Wombat by Helen Lester
Dino-Baseball by Lisa Wheeler *
Hello, Fredbird by Ozzie Smith *
Just a Baseball Game by Mercer Mayer
Take Me Out to the Ballgame by Maryann Kovalski *

Craft: Baseball Pennant
The kids decorated a cardboard pennant taped to a BBQ skewer.  They could add a Cardinals logo cutout and sequins if they wanted.

Literacy Extensions:
- Watch a game with your child and see if they can explain the rules of baseball to you.
- Take a field trip to Busch Stadium for a baseball game or for a tour of the stadium.