Dive In! Rivers & Lakes -- 3/5/24

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 to view this month's Virtual Story Time.

There's a Hole in the Log on the Bottom of the Lake by Loren Long
Bear Came Along by Richard T. Morris
Otters Under Water by Jim Arnosky

Books:

Captain Small Pig by Martin Waddell

Otters Love to Play by Jonathan London

Pond Babies by Cathryn Falwell

Row, Row, Row Your Boat by Iza Trapani

Sally and the Some-Thing by George O'Connor

Somewhere in the Bayou by Jarrett Pumphrey

Craft: Otter Puppet

- Print template

- Color and cut out pieces (head, legs, arms, baby otter)

- Color bag

- Glue head to bottom of bag

- Glue baby to otter's stomach

- Glue arms to hold baby otter

- Glue legs to bottom of bag

Extension Activities:

- Take a nature walk by a river or lake.  What kind of plants, animals, etc do you see?

- Learn more about otters.  Check out a book about otters from the library.  Or watch this YouTube video about otters.

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Fish Eyes by Lois Ehlert -- 5/30/23

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.

Fish Eyes by Lois Ehlert
Shark in the Park by Nick Sharratt
There's a Hole in the Log on the Bottom of the Lake by Loren Long

Books:
Bear Came Along by Richard T. Morris
Fish Is Fish by Leo Lionni
Just Ducks! by Nicola Davies
Otters Love to Play by Jonathan London
The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
Solomon Crocodile by Catherine Rayner

Craft: Fish

- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper

- Cut out pieces (fish body and fins) and color

- Fold body in half along dotted line

- Fold bottom flaps on body along dotted lines and glue together

- Glue tail together

- Fold fins along dotted lines and glue to sides of fish

Extension Activities:

- After reading the book Fish Eyes, practice more counting by counting the total number of fish in the book, how many eyes are on each page, etc.

- Enjoy a snack of goldfish crackers.

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