Family Story Time: My Monster Mama Loves Me So -- 5/2/22

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.)

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My Monster Mama Loves Me So by Laura Leuck
My Dad is Big and Strong, But . . . by Coralie Saudo

Books:
Another Brother by Matthew Cordell
Ducks by Deborah Underwood
Families, Families, Families by Suzanne Lang
One, Two, Grandma Loves You by Shelly Becker
The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant
The Sister Book by Todd Parr

Craft: Monster Mama
- Print template on heavy paper or cardstock
- Color pieces of monster (body, feet, ears/horns) making sure to draw a face on your monster
- Glue feet to bottom of monster
- Glue ears/horns where you would like on the monster




Extension Activities:

- Ask your child to list how the mom in My Monster Mama Loves You So is the same and different from their mom.

- Draw a family portrait together.

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Daddy Story Time: May 22-23, 2017

Books:
The Daddy Mountain by Jules Feiffer *
The Fathers Are Coming Home by Margaret Wise Brown
My Dad Is Big and Strong, But . . . by Caroline Saudo *
My Father the Dog by Elizabeth Bluemle *
Nelly Gnu and Daddy Too by Anna Dewdney
Tell Me a Tattoo Story by Alison McGhee

Craft: Tie
The kids colored a cardstock cutout of a tie before gluing on sequins for decoration.  They then strung it onto a piece of curling ribbon so it could be worn by dad.

Literacy Extensions:
- After reading My Father the Dog, have your child compare their dad with different types of animals.
- Child and father can work together to build a house out of a cardboard box like in Nelly Gnu and Daddy Too.


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Dad Story Time: May 12-13, 2014

Books:
The Daddy Mountain by Jules Feiffer *
How to Cheer Up Dad by Fred Koehler *
Mitchell's License by Hallie Durand
My Dad Is Big and Strong, But . . . A Bedtime Story by Coralie Saudo *
My Father the Dog by Elizabeth Bluemle
Oh, Daddy! by Bob Shea *

Craft - Superhero Dad
Each child colored a large gingerbread man cutout with a dad superhero logo printed on it. A paper cape was glued to the back.

Literacy Extensions:
- Practice letter recognition.  Have your child point out the "d" and "a"s in the story's text.
- Talk about ways in which your child father's is the same and different from the dads in the books you read.