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.

The Alphabet: S -- 4/12/22

Join us weekly on Tuesdays for an online Story Time featuring books read by Miss Amy.  The video will be available for a week before a new online Story Time is posted.

Click HERE for this week's Story Time video.

I'm the Biggest Thing in the Ocean by Kevin Sherry
How to Catch a Star by Oliver Jeffers

Books:
Chomp: A Shark Romp by Michael-Paul Terranova
The Itsy Bitsy Spider by Iza Trapani
Norman the Slug with the Silly Shell by Sue Hendra
Not a Stick by Antoinette Portis
On Top of Spaghetti by Paul Brett Johnson
Snakes in Space by Kathryn Dennis
Stick and Stone by Beth Ferry

Craft: S is for Seahorse
- Draw the pieces of your seahorse (S body, trapezoid fin, and triangle "spikes")

- Cut out pieces
- Color pieces

- Glue fin to lower back inside curve of S body

- Glue spikes along back of seahorse's head and inside tail
- Draw on an eye




Extension Activities:

- Practice putting on shoes and tying shoelaces.
- Have a letter S scavenger hunt with your child where you try to find things that start with the letter S (i.e. sun, stamp, smile, string, etc.)