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Tuesday, July 19, 2022

Picture Book Genres: Things That Go -- 7/19/22

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.

McToad Mows Tiny Island by Tom Angleberger
Old MacDonald Had a Truck by Steve Goetz











Books: (Transportation, Vehicles, Construction Equipment)
Backhoe Joe by Lori Alexander
Bear on a Bike by Stella Blackstone
Digger Dog by William Bee
Freight Train by Donald Crews
I'm Dirty by Kate McMullan
The Little Ice Cream Truck by Margery Cuyler
Snakes on a Train by Kathryn Dennis
Truck Full of Ducks by Ross Burach
Twinkle Twinkle Little Car by Kate Dopirak
What Can a Crane Pick Up? by Rebecca Kti Dotlich


Craft: Airplane
- Cut out a 1-1/2" x 8-1/2" strip of heavy paper or cardstock
- Color before pinching the ends of the strip together and gluing to make the plane's body
- Cut out two 1" x 4-1/4" strips of heavy paper or cardstock
- Color both strips of paper
- Fold one strip of paper in half and then fold up the ends about 1" from original fold.
- Glue the folded strip to the pinched end of the plane's body for the tail
- Glue the other strip to towards the top front of the plane's body for the wings
- Optional: Draw eyes onto front of plane.


Extension Activities:
- Play a game of car bingo.  Fill out a bingo grid with color and types of vehicles (car, bus, truck, etc).  Then mark off as you see the different types.  The first to get a full line wins.
- Take a field trip to the National Museum of Transportation.  

Tuesday, June 5, 2018

Row, Row, Row Your Boat (Transportation) Sing-Along Story Time: June 4-5, 2018

Books:
Bear on a Bike by Stella Blackstone *
McToad Mows Tiny Island by Tom Angleberger *
Pete the Cat: The Wheels on the Bus by James Dean *
Row, Row, Row Your Boat by Jane Cabrera *

Craft: Ship in a Bottle
The kids were given a bottle with a boat cutout to color.  They then glued on blue sequins and ocean-themed sequins for decoration.


Literacy Extensions:
- See how many different types of transportation your child can list.  Give them clues if needed.
- Visit the Transportation Museum in Kirkwood to view the different types of transportation.