Dive In! Oceans -- 3/12/24

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.

I Spy Under the Ocean by Edward Gibbs
Way Down Deep in the Deep Blue Sea by Jan Peck

Books:

Don't Worry, Little Crab by Chris Haughton

I Am the Shark by Joan Holub

I'm the Biggest Thing in the Ocean by Kevin Sherry

Plankton Is Pushy by Jonathan Fenske

Scuba Bunnies by Christine Loomis

Tropical Terry by Jarvis

Turtle Tug by Michael Slack

Craft: Seahorse Puppet

- Print template (at left) onto cardstock or heavy paper

- Cut out seahorse

- Color seahorse
- (Optional) Glue on sequins

- Tape straw to back of seahorse to turn into puppet

Extension Activities:

- How many ocean animals can your child(ren) name?  Encourage pretend play by having them act like the various ocean animals.

- Enjoy an ocean snack.  Dye some icing blue using food coloring.  Then spread onto a graham cracker.  Add goldfish crackers/pretzels to the graham cracker to make an ocean scene you can eat.

Ocean Story Time: November 18-19, 2013

Books:
I'm the Best Artist in the Ocean by Kevin Sherry *
I'm the Biggest Thing in the Ocean by Kevin Sherry *
Pigs Ahoy! by David McPhail
The Pout-Pout Fish by Deborah Diesen
Scuba Bunnies by Christine Loomis *
Secret Seahorse by Stella Blackstone *

Craft: Squid
This week we made the squid from I'm the Biggest Thing in the Ocean.  A bullet-shaped squid body was cut out from card stock. Then crepe paper cut in half longways was glued to the bottom for the tentacles.  Two longer strips were glued in the middle with two shorter pieces glued on each side.

Literacy Extensions:
- With your child try to determine the size of sea creatures such as shrimp, jellyfish, sharks, etc. from smallest to largest to go with I'm the Biggest Thing in the Ocean.
- Talk about emotions and how different people make you feel (i.e. The Pout-Pout Fish)