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Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Blue -- 7/1/25

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.

The Big Blue Spot by Dave Holwitz
Way Down Deep in the Deep Blue Sea by Peter Peck












Books:
Blue Boat by Kersten Hamilton
The Blue Table by Christopher Raschka
The Blue Umbrella by Emily Ann Davison
Blueberry Mouse by Alice Low
Dog Blue by Polly Dunbar
Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle
One Blue Gnu by Danna Smith


Craft: Bird with Birdhouse
- Color pieces (bird, wooden stick, birdhouse)
- Fold roof down to make overhang and glue at top point so stays in place
- Roll wooden strip into loop and glue
- Glue loop to birdhouse next to "hole"
- Glue bird to loop


Extension Activities:
- Have your child squeeze blueberries into water to create an edible paint.
- Create a blue sky picture by adding star stickers to blue paper.


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Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Colors Story Time -- Blue, Week 2: March 10-11, 2014

Books:
The Big Blue Spot by Peter Holwitz *
Blueberry Mouse by Alice Low *
The Bog Baby by Jeanne Willis
I'm the Best Artist in the Ocean by Kevin Sherry *
In a Blue Room by Jim Averbeck

Craft: Blue Whale
Children glued blue tissue paper to a cardstock cutout of a whale.

Literacy Extensions:
- While reading the books, see how many "B"s your child can point out in the text.
- Look at different art styles and ways of drawing the same object (i.e. I'm the Best Artist in the Ocean)