Shapes Story Time -- 8/30-31/2021

Outdoor Story Times are held weekly on Monday mornings at 10:00 am and 11:00 am.  (Registration is required to attend.)  Online Story Times will be posted weekly on Tuesday mornings at 10:00 am.  (The video is available to watch for one week before a new one is uploaded.)

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Shape by Shape by Suse MacDonald
Shapes Are Everywhere by Charles Ghigna

Books:

Bear in a Square by Stella Blackstone

Circle Dogs by Kevin Henkes

A Circle in the Sky by Zachary Wilson

Go, Shapes, Go! by Denise Fleming

Love, Triangle by Marcie Colleen
Mouse Shapes by Ellen Stoll Walsh

Shape Shift by Joyce Hesselberth

Shapes That Roll by Karen Berman Nagel

Tangled by Anne Miranda

Craft: Shapes Collage

- Cut out shapes from colored paper

- Ask child to make pictures from those shapes

- Optional:  Glue shapes as picture onto a piece of large paper

Extension Activities

- Play a game of "I Spy" focusing on shapes.

- Give your child a handful of pretzel sticks.  Ask them to arrange the pretzels into various shapes.

Art: Shapes & Colors Story Time: August 28-29, 2017

Books:
Bear Sees Colors by Karma Wilson
I Dream of an Elephant by Ami Rubinger *
Mix It Up! by Herve Tullet *
Mouse Shapes by Ellen Stoll Walsh
Shape by Shape by Suse MacDonald *
White Rabbit's Color Book by Alan Baker

Craft: Color by Shapes
The children were given a coloring page of ladybugs with different shaped spots on their backs.  The page was colored by matching the shape colors to the key.

Literacy Extensions:
- Play I Spy using colors with your child.  This will help with color recognition.
- Have your child make a shapes collage.  Give them several cut out shapes and have them make a picture out of the shapes.


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Shapes Story Time: August 17-18, 2015

Books:
A Circle in the Sky by Zachary Wilson
Circle, Square, Moose by Kelly Bingham
Mouse Shapes by Ellen Stoll Walsh *
Round Is a Tortilla: A Book of Shapes by Roseanne Thong
Shape by Shape by Suse MacDonald *
Shape Spotters by Megan E. Bryant *
Shapes Are Everywhere! by Charles Ghigna *

Craft: Shapes Mouse
This week's craft was the shapes mouse that was made in the book Mouse Shapes by Ellen Stoll Walsh.  The children colored the cardstock cutout shapes and then glued them together to make the mouse.

Literacy Extensions:
- Practice shape recognition by having your child find different shapes wherever you are at.
- Have your child practice drawing shapes.  Don't worry if they are not perfect.  It is the practice that is important.

Template for Shapes Mouse --

Shapes Story Time: August 18-19, 2014

Books:
Circle Dogs by Kevin Henkes
A Circle in the Sky by Zachary Wilson *
Dinosaur Shapes by Paul & Henrietta Stickland *
Mouse Shapes by Ellen Stoll Walsh 
Shape by Shape by Suse MacDonald *
Shape Spotters by Megan E. Bryant *
Shapes That Roll by Karen Nagel


Craft: Shapes Match Sheet
Kids matched cut out shapes to a coloring sheet to make a rocket ship.

Literacy Extensions:
- See what shapes your child can spot all around him / her (i.e. Shape Spotters)
- Make a shapes collage.  Cut out various shapes and see what pictures your child can make with them.