Virtual Story Time: Trucks -- June 2024

Each month, Miss Amy records a virtual Story Time that goes along with the monthly theme.  It will be posted monthly in the morning of the first Tuesday of the month.  (The video is available to watch for one month before a new one is uploaded.) 

Click HERE for this month's virtual Story Time.

Truck Full of Ducks by Ross Burach
Red Truck by Kersten Hamilton
Supertruck by Stephen Savage

Books:

20 Big Trucks in the Middle of the Street by Mark Lee

Five Trucks by Brian Floca

Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle

Monkey Truck by Michael Slack

Old MacDonald Had a Truck by Steve Goetz

Trucks Galore by Peter Stein

Extension Activities:

- Play a game of Monster Truck Bowling.  Set up plastic cups as the bowling pins and use monster trucks as the bowling balls.

- Visit your local firehouse for a tour of the fire truck.

- Draw a big maze (outside using sidewalk chalk or inside using masking tape on the floor) and have your child "drive" their truck the maze.  Remote control trucks would be a great option for this activity.

Building Block Award Nominees Story Time - Week 3: September 18-19, 2017

Books:
10 Little Ninjas by Miranda Paul *
Marta! Big and Small by Jen Arena *
There's a Bear on My Chair by Ross Collins *
There's a Giraffe in My Soup by Ross Burach *

Craft: Bear Headband
The children were given a bear head to color before gluing strips to it to make into a headband.

Literacy Extensions:
- Marta! Big and Small is a great way to introduce the Spanish language to children.  Check out a Spanish/English picture dictionary and see if your child can guess the meaning of the Spanish words.
- Ask your child to stretch their imagination by coming up with new verses to 10 Little Ninjas.

Notes:
There's a Giraffe in My Soup was only read on Monday as the Tuesday story time group heard the book earlier this month.


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Building Block Award Nominees Story Time: September 5, 2017

Books:
Lion Lessons by Jon Agee
There's a Giraffe in My Soup by Ross Burach

Craft: Lion
The children colored a lion's head before gluing on orange paper strips for the lion's mane.

Literacy Extensions:
- Extend the book Lion Lessons be seeing if your child can do the various lessons needed to become a lion.
- The Building Block Award asks children to read ten nominee books and then vote for their favorite.  Talk about favorite things with your child.  Have them pick out various things that are their favorites (i.e. - color, food, television show, book).  Make sure they pick only one thing for each category.