Adventures in the Swamp -- 7/23/24

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 to view this month's virtual Story Time.

Sally and the Some-Thing by George O'Connor
Dinosaurumpus! by Tony Mitton

Books:

Alligator, Alligator by Eve Bunting

The Almost Fearless Hamilton Squidlegger by Timothy B. Ering

A Catfish Tale by Whitney Stewart

Gator, Gator, Gator! by Daniel Bernstrom
Somewhere in the Bayou by Jarrett Pumphrey

Craft: Swamp Monster

- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper

- Cut out pieces (head, fins)

- Color pieces

- Glue head into a tube

- Glue fins to side of swamp monster's head

Extension Activities:

- Swamps, bayous, and marshes are all types of wetlands.  Learn more about how they are the same and how they are different.

- Play a game of Leap Frog or Hopscotch using lily pads.  Make simple lily pads from construction paper or draw them with chalk.

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Sally and the Some-Thing (Monsters) Story Time: October 9, 2018

Books:
Leonardo the Terrible Monster by Mo Willems *
Monster Trucks by Joy Keller
Sally and the Some-Thing by George O'Connor *
Tickle Monster by Edouard Manceau *
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

Craft: Frankenstein Head Monster
The children were given a Frankenstein head and hair to color.  The hair and four strips of paper were glued to the head for arms and legs.


Literacy Extensions:
- Both Sally and the Some-Thing and Leonardo the Terrible Monster are about friendship.  Ask your child why the monsters in the books would or would not make a good friend.
- Tickle Monster focuses on the different parts of the monster's body.  As you are reading the book, have your child point out the different body parts on their own body.


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