Kids Songs: The Farmer in the Dell -- 1/6/26

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.

The Farmer in the Dell by John O'Brien
I Spy on the Farm by Edward Gibbs

Books:
Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown
Chicken, Chicken, Duck! by Madia Krilanovich
Farmer Brown Goes Round and Round by Teri Sloat
Old MacDonald Had a Farm by Gris Grimly
Old Mikamba Had a Farm by Rachel Isadora
On the Farm by David Elliott


Craft: Animal Match
- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper (makes two sets)
- Color animals
- Cut along lines to make cards
- You can play a memory matching game by either trying to find both halves of the same animal or by creating new animals


Extension Activities:
- Visit a local petting zoo or farm such as Suson Park to visit the farm animals.
- Play a game of animals charades.


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More Learning Concepts: 8/30/22

Story Times are held weekly on Monday and Tuesday mornings at 10:00 am and Tuesday evenings at 6:00 pm.  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.

Same Same by Marthe Jocelyn
Oops, Sorry: A First Book of Manners by Richard Morgan

Books:

Bear in a Square by Stella Blackstone

Hap-pea All Year by Keith Baker

Is Mommy? by Victoria Chang

Shout! Shout It Out! by Denise Fleming

Triceratopposite by Bridget Heos

Up, Down, and Around by Katherine Ayres

Which Is Round? Which Is Bigger? by Mineko Mamada

Yoo-Hoo, Ladybug! by Mem Fox

Craft: Animals Match

- Print out template at left onto heavy paper or cardstock

- Color the matching animals as similar as you can

- Cut the sheet apart on the straight lines to create twelve cards

- Play a game of Memory Match using the cards

Extension Activities:

- Throughout the day, ask your child to come up with how different items are the same.  (ex. peas and carrots, boots and shoes, etc.)

- Have some fun with measuring.  Give your child a tape measure and ask them to measure different items to see which are bigger and smaller.

Colors & Shapes Story Time: August 19-20, 2019

Books:
Butterfly, Butterly: A Book of Colors by Peter Horacek *
A Circle in the Sky by Zachary Wilson *
Mix It Up! by Herve Tullet *
Mouse Shapes by Ellen Stoll Walsh
Shape Shift by Joyce Hesselberth

Craft: Butterfly Matching Sheet
The kids match shape cutouts to the shapes on a butterfly coloring sheet.



Extension Activities:
- Play a game of I Spy mixing it up between looking for colored and shaped objects.
- Practice color mixing with dyed ice cubes.  Make colored ice cubes using food coloring.  Ask your child to guess what colors they will get by mixing the different melted cubes.


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Angry Story Time: February 25-26, 2019

Books:
How Do Dinosaurs Say I'm Mad? by Jane Yolen *
Llama Llama Mad at Mama - Anna Dewdney
Mouse Was Mad by Linda Urban *
Sometimes I'm Bombaloo by Rachel Vail
When Mommy Was Mad by Lynne Jonell *

Craft: Emotions Coloring Sheet
Children were given a matching coloring sheet.  They were asked to color the faces the color of the matching emotion.


Extension Activities:
- Discuss with your child different coping techniques for when they feel mad (i.e. deep breaths, counting to ten, etc.)
- See how many different emotions and feelings your child can identify.  Ask them to describe how different emotions make they feel and act.


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