Virtual Story Time: Ocean -- April 2026

Each month, Miss Amy records a virtual Story Time that goes along with the monthly theme.  It will be posted monthly in the morning of the first Tuesday of the month.  (The video is available to watch for one month before a new one is uploaded.) 

Click HERE for this month's virtual Story Time.

Ocean Animals from Head to Tail by Stacey Roderick

Books:
The Blobfish Book by Jessica Olien
Good Eating: The Short Life of Krill by Matt Lilley
I Am the Shark by Joan Holub
Ocean Counting by Janet Lawler





Extension Activities:
- Learn more about different ocean animals by checking out one of the informational books at the library.
- Visit the St. Louis Aquarium to view and learn more about various ocean animals.
- Get active by moving like different ocean animals (ex - crab walk, dolphin jump, octopus wave, fish wiggle, etc).

Virtual Story Time: Dive In! -- March 2024

Each month, Miss Amy records a virtual Story Time that goes along with the monthly theme.  It will be posted monthly in the morning of the first Tuesday of the month.  (The video is available to watch for one month before a new one is uploaded.) 

Click HERE to view this month's Virtual Story Time.

The Fantastic Undersea Life of Jacques Cousteau by Dan Yaccarino
Ocean Animals from Head to Tail by Stacey Roderick

Books:

The Deep End: Real Facts About the Ocean by Drew Sheneman

Field Trip to the Ocean Deep by John Hare

The Heart of a Whale by Anna Pignataro

Life in the Ocean: The Story of Oceanographer Sylvia Earle by Claire A. Nivola

Ocean Counting by Janet Lawlor

Otis and Will Discover the Deep: The Record Setting Dive of the Bathysphere by Barba Rosenstock

Extension Activities:

- Make an Ocean Discover Bottle using a recycled water bottle, blue-dyed water, and a plastic baggie.  Visit www.steamsational.com/jellyfish-discovery-bottle/ for directions.

- Visit the St. Louis Aquarium to learn about various aquatic animals.

- Make Ocean Bark with your child.  Melt white chocolate and dye blue using food dye.  Spread onto a piece of wax paper.  Place gummy fish, sharks, etc on top of the chocolate and let cool.  Break into pieces and enjoy.

Our Bodies: Head Story Time: November 4-5, 2019

Books:
A Boy and His Bunny by Sean Bryan
Cowlick! by Christin Ditchfield *
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Christelow
Ocean Animals from Head to Tail by Stacey Roderick *
There Is a Bird on Your Head! by Mo Willems *

Craft: Bird
This week's craft was based on the picture at left.  The children colored a beak, two eyes, and two wings cut out from cardstock before gluing them to a plastic cup.  (We did not add the feather at top or the "belly".)

Extension Activities:
- This is the first week of our "body" story times.  Ask your child to point to their body part as you list them off.  Get creative and list unusual body parts (i.e. pinkie finger, eyelash, ankle, etc.).
- After making the craft (cup bird), see if your child can balance it on their head.  It requires stillness to do it.