Sunny Days -- 2/25/25

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 for this month's virtual Story Time.

Sun by Sam Usher
You Are My Sunshine by Blake Hoena

Books:
Hello, Sun by Julie Downing
I Like the Sun by Sarah Nelson
Like Butter on Pancakes by Jonathan London
Summer Sun Risin' by W. Nikola-Lisa
The Sun Shines Everywhere by Mary Ann Hoberman

Craft: Sun with Shades
- Print template and cut out sunglasses

- Color sunglasses

- Color paper plate as sun and glue on sunglasses

- Draw on sun's face

- Cut rays into sides of plate

Extension Activities:

- It's fun to play with shadows in the sun.  Set out various objects on a sidewalk/patio in the sun.  Have your child(ren) trace the shadows the objects make.

- Make a sunshine snack.  Slice an orange into flat slices.  Add pineapple chunks around the outside for the sun's rays.

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New Picture Books 2024: Week 2 -- 12/10/24

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 for this month's virtual Story Time.

Hedgehog and the Log by Pam Fong
Goodnight Sun by Eoin McLaughlin

Books:

Are You Big? by Mo Willems
Are You Small? by Mo Willems

Cranky by Phuc Tran

Oh, Are You Awake? by Bob Shea

Why Won't You Sleep? by Adam Wallace

Craft: Sun

- Cut out a small yellow circle (approx 3") and draw on a face

- Cut out small yellow triangles (approx 1")

- Cut strips of colored paper (approx 1"x3")

- Glue circle to center of a recycled CD

- Glue triangles around sun for rays

- Glue strips of colored paper on back of CD for a rainbow

Extension Activities:

- Read the books Are You Big? and Are You Small? by Mo Willems.  Then have your child come up with several objects to compare the sizes of them.  Which are smaller?  Which are bigger?

- The Sun in Goodnight Sun does not like the dark.  Make a fun night light with your child.  Purchase a cheap night light from the dollar store and use Sharpies to color on the bulb/shade.  This will give a fun colored night light for your child.

Yellow Story Time - March 18-19, 2013

Books:
Banana! by Ed Vere
Dig! by Andrea Zimmerman *
In My New Yellow Shirt by Eileen Spinelli *
The Little Yellow Leaf by Carin Berger
Press Here by Herve Tullet
Wake Up, Sun! by David L. Harrison *

Craft: Paper Plate Sun
Children drew a face onto a paper plate before gluing pieces of yellow tissue paper over the top of it.  Strips of yellow paper were glued to the back of the plate as the sun's rays.

Literacy Extenders:
- Discuss different things you could pretend to be if wearing yellow as in the book In My New Yellow Shirt.
- Draw a map of the town and job sites in Dig!.