Arctic Animals -- 1/28/25

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 online Story Time.

A Polar Bear in the Snow by Mac Barnett
What's That Noise? by Naomi Howarth

Books:

Baby Beluga by Raffi

Hello, Arctic! by Theodore Taylor

I'm a Narwhal by Mallory C. Loehr

Over in the Arctic: Where the Cold Winds Blow by Marianne Berkes

Polar Bear Night by Lauren Thompson

Read the Book, Lemmings! by Ame Dyckman

Walrus Song by Janet Lawler

Craft: Skating Polar Bear

- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper

- Cut out pieces (iceberg, polar bear)

- Color pieces

- Fold iceberg on dotted line and then glue bottom flaps together so stands

- Fold tab on bottom of polar bear on dotted lines and then glue to back of bear so stands

- Can glue polar bear to iceberg if like

Extension Activities:

- Make Polar Bear Snack Crackers.  Ice a graham cracker with vanilla frosting.  Place two mini-marshmallows in the top two corners for ears.  Place a large marshmallow along the bottom of the graham cracker in the center for its snout.  Place a brown M&M in center of large marshmallow using a little icing for glue to make the nose.  Place two M&Ms above the snout for eyes.

- Have an Arctic Animal Parade.  Ask your child(ren) to "walk" like various arctic animals such as polar bears, caribou, penguins, lemmings, etc.

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Polar Bears Story Time: January 27-28, 2020

Books:
Hush Little Polar Bear by Jeff Mack
The Lonesome Polar Bear by Jane Cabrera
No Place Like Home by Ronojoy Ghosh *
Polar Bear Morning by Lauren Thompson
Polar Bear Night by Lauren Thompson *
Polar Bear's Underwear by Tupera Tupera *
A Splendid Friend, Indeed by Suzanne Bloom

Craft: Polar Bear Picture
The children ripped strips of blue, green, purple, and pink paper into squares.  They then glued them onto a piece of paper with a polar bear on the center.  They glued the pieces around the polar bear leaving the bear white.

Extension Activities:
- When doing the craft, have your child rip the paper themselves.  This is a great activity for working on gross motor skills.
- When reading Polar Bear's Underwear, have your child guess whose underwear it is before turning the page.  Use the clues given with the underwear's imagery to help them figure it out.


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Arctic Animals Story Time: January 9-10, 2017

Books:
Arctic Fives Arrive by ELinor J. Pinczes
Hello, Arctic! by Theodore Taylor *
Nothing Like a Puffin by Sue Soltis *
Over in the Arctic Where the Cold Winds Blow by Marianne Berkes
Polar Bear Morning by Lauren Thompson
Polar Bear Night by Lauren Thompson  *

Craft: Polar Bear Picture
The children glued a polar bear cutout to cardstock and then colored a sky with the Northern Lights.  They could then add star stickers to the picture.

Literacy Extensions:
- Continue the book Nothing Like a Puffin by asking your child(ren) how various objects around the room are and are not like a puffin.
- Do some simple geography with your child(ren) by looking at a world map or globe.  Point out where the child is and then where the arctic would be found.


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Polar Bears Story Time: January 13-14, 2014

Books:
Hush Little Polar Bear by Jeff Mack *
The Lonesome Polar Bear by Jane Cabrera *
Polar Bear Morning by Lauren Thompson
Polar Bear Night by Lauren Thompson *
The Snow Bear by Miriam Moss

Craft: Polar Bear Picture
Each child was given a coloring sheet of two polar bears.  The children colored the sheet and glued on tissue paper for snow. 

Literacy Extensions:
- Find photos of the Northern Lights and explain how they are created to your child (i.e. Polar Bear Night)
- Share a book with your child that gives information on various types of bears.