All About Food: Milk, Cheese & Ice Cream Story Time -- November 1-2, 2021

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

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Kitten's First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes
Should I Share My Ice Cream? by Mo Willems

Books:  (Dairy Foods)

The Cheese by Margie Palatini

Cheese Belongs to You by Alexis Deacon

The Cow Loves Cookies by Karma Wilson

Groovy Joe: Ice Cream & Dinosaurs by Eric Litwin

The Little Ice Cream Truck by Margery Cuyler

Mac & Cheese by James Proimos

The Milkman by Carol Cordsen

The Stinky Cheese Man by Jon Scieszka

Yogurt and Cheeses and Ice Cream That Pleases by Brian Cleary

Craft: Mac and Cheese Necklace

- (Optional) Dye dried macaroni noodles yellow/orange.  Visit https://happyhooligans.ca/dye-pasta-easy-way/ for directions.
- Thread pasta onto a long string.

- Tie string to make into a necklace.

Extension Activities:

-  Have a cheese tasting to see which kinds of cheese your child likes.  Cheeses to try include mozzarella, cheddar, American, swiss, colby jack, havarti, etc.

- See if your child can name different kids of dairy products (i.e. milk, yogurt, etc.).

Elephant and Piggie: Should I Share My Ice Cream? Story Time: June 24-25, 2019

Books:
20 Big Trucks in the Middle of the Street by Mark Lee
Groovy Joe: Ice Cream & Dinosaurs by Eric Litwin *
Ice Cream Soup by Ann Ingalls *
The Little Ice Cream Truck by Margery Cuyler
Should I Share My Ice Cream? by Mo Willems

Craft: Ice Cream Popsicle
The kids colored a popsicle cutout before gluing to a jumbo craft stick.  They could also glue on sequins as sprinkles.


Extension Activities:
- Ask your child to list various ice cream flavors.  Then have them take a poll to see which flavor is the most popular.
- Make some homemade ice cream.  If you don't have an ice cream maker, there are some simple recipes and directions for making ice cream in your freezer online.


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Sweets: A Trick or Treat Story Time: October 31-November 1, 2016

Books:
Bad Kitty Does Not Like Candy by Nick Bruel *
The Cow Loves Cookies by Karma Wilson
Cupcake by Charise Mericle Harper *
If You Give a Cat a Cupcake by Laura Numeroff
Little Pea by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Should I Share My Ice Cream? by Mo Willems *
Who Took the Cookies from the Cookie Jar? by Bonnie Lass

Craft: Ice Cream Cone Picture
This week's craft was based on the picture at left.  Kids were given a brown triangle for a cone and two white mini-cupcake liners.  The cupcake liners were squashed flat and colored before gluing with the cone onto a half piece of cardstock.  They also had the option of gluing it onto a brown paper lunchbag to use while trick or treating.

Literacy Extensions:
- Use this opportunity to go over Halloween safety tips and rules while trick or treating.
- After reading Bad Kitty Does Not Like Candy, go over brush teething with your child.

I & J - Ice Cream & Jellyfish: March 2-3, 2015

Books:
Bunnies on Ice by Johanna Wright
Emma Kate by Patricia Polacco
Ice Cream Soup by Ann Ingalls *
If I Were a Jungle Animal by Tom & Amanda Allery
Should I Share My Ice Cream? by Mo Willems *
Tiny Little Fly by Michael Rosen *

Craft: Jellyfish
I found a coloring sheet of a jellyfish online and copied the head part onto cardstock and cut it out.  Children colored the head before gluing on crepe paper strips for the tentacles.

Literacy Extensions:
- After reading Emma Kate to your child, ask them which character was the imaginary friend.  Go back through the book looking at the visual clues to determine the answer.
- Have your child create the recipe for their favorite ice cream sundae (i.e. Ice Cream Soup)


Notes:
- It was difficult to come up with books that featured items starting with "I" or "J".  So we decided to combine them this week for our story time.