Fairy Tales & Folk Songs: Week 2 -- 2/13/24

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.

Hare and Tortoise by Alison Murray
The Itsy Bitsy Spider by Iza Trapani
Old Mikamba Had a Farm by Rachel Isadora

Books:

The Bear Went Over the Mountain by Iza Trapani

Frog Went A-Courtin' by John Langstaff
Old MacDonald Had a Farm by Gus Grimly

Peter and the Wolf by Christopher Raschka

Redlocks and the Three Bears by Claudia Rueda

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly by Simms Taback

Three Little Kittens (and One Little Mouse!) by Barbara McClintock

Craft: Tortoise

- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper

- Color pieces (body, shell circles)

- Glue together as shown in picture at left

Extension Activities:

- After reading Hare and Tortoise, hold some races.  Try different types of races (ex - relay race, hopping, complete activity, etc.).

- Learn about the different animals on farms in Africa versus the US.  Which animals are different?  Which animals are the same?

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Old Mikamba Had a Farm (Around the World) Singalong Story Time: June 25-26, 2018

Books:
Old Mikamba Had a Farm by Rachel Isadora *
A Penguin Story by Antoinette Portis *
Possum Magic by Mem Fox
Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young
Tulip Sees America by Cynthia Rylant

Craft: Giraffe
Children colored a giraffe body and head.  The body was then glued to a used cd-rom.  The head was glued to a jumbo craft stick which was in turn glued to the body for the giraffe's long neck.  Two clothespin were added for the giraffe's legs.

Literacy Activities:
- A Penguin Story introduces color into Antarctica.  Extend the story by asking your child to come up with objects of particular colors that could be included into the story.  (i.e. gray whales, red flags, etc.)
- Pick a country to learn about.  The library has lots of books for kids to learn about various countries.

Savannah Animals Story Time: January 23-24, 2017

Books:
Elecopter by Michael Slack
Lion Lessons by Jon Agee
Starry Safari by Linda Ashman *
Old Mikamba Had a Farm by Rachel Isadora *
Roar! A Noisy Counting Book by Pamela Duncan Edwards *

Craft: Lion Puppet
Children colored a lion head cutout which they then glued to a jumbo craft stick.  They could use scissors to cut slits in the mane to make it look more like hair.

Literacy Extensions:
- After reading Old Mikamba Had a Farm, have your child extend the song by coming up with more verses.  See if they can identify animals from various areas of the world to make up more verses.
- Do some more cutting skills practice by giving them paper with lines drawn on it.  Have them try to cut on the lines.

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F - Flowers & Frogs: February 9-10, 2015

Books:
The Croaky Pokey by Ethan Long *
I Spy on the Farm by Edward Gibbs *
Old Mikamba Had a Farm by Rachel Isadora *
Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert
Sylvie by Jennifer Sattler

Craft: Fishbowl
Children were given a coloring sheet of an empty fishbowl to color.  They could then glue on fish cut from colored paper.

Literacy Extensions:
- Continue the I Spy game from I Spy on the Farm doing various other animals (i.e. zoo animals, forest animals, etc.)
- Sing some more movement songs that direct the kids how to move (i.e. Head Shoulders Knees and Toes, If You're Happy and You Know It, etc.)


Notes:
The children loved the story time this week.  The inclusion of two books that were songs was a big hit.  Also, the third book also included audience participation in the form of a guessing game.