Alphabet Story Time -- 8/2/21 (Outdoors) & 8/3/21 (Virtual)

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.)


Click HERE for this week's Story Time video.


Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr.
ABC School's for Me by Susan B. Katz

Books:

ABC Dream by Kim Krans

Achoo! Bang! Crash! The Noisy Alphabet by Ross MacDonald

Animal ABC by Marcus Pfister

Bad Kitty by Nick Bruel

The Bookstore Cat by Cylin Busby

A Busy Creature's Day Eating by Mo Willems

Click, Clack, Quackity-Quack: An Alphabet Adventure by Doreen Cronin

Jeepers, Creepers: A Monstrous ABC by Laura Leuck

My Little Sister Hugged an Ape by Bill Grossman

Old Black Fly by Jim Aylesworth

Sign Language ABC by Lora Heller

Craft: Name Tree
- Color a half sheet of cardstock or heavy paper and then glue into a cylinder to make the tree' trunk

- Cut green paper into 1"x4" strips

- Write name on strips -- one letter on each strip

- Glue strips to top inside of trunk for the tree's leaves.  Make sure to glue strips in order so name is spelled out.

- Curl green strips/leaves down

Extension Activities:

- Play the Alphabet Game.  Look for the letters of the alphabet in order.  A variation is to look for items that start with the letters.

- Sing the ABC song.  Then for fun see if you can sing it backwards Z to A.

Virtual Story Time: All Year Round by Susan B. Katz -- 8/25/20

This is a weekly online story time featuring a book read by Miss Amy on Tuesdays at 10:00 am.  The video is available to watch for one week before a new one is uploaded.

Click HERE to view the latest video.

All Year Round by Susan B. Katz

Books: (Shapes)

Bear in a Square by Stella Blackstone

Circle Dogs by Kevin Henkes

Circle, Square, Moose by Kelly Bingham

Go, Shapes, Go! by Denise Fleming

Mouse Shapes by Ellen Stoll Walsh

Shape by Shape by Suse MacDonald

Shape Shift by Joyce Hesselberth

Tangled by Anne Miranda

Triangle by Mac Barnett

TumbleBook Stories: (Available through www.jeffcolib.org by clicking on E-Content.)

Round Is a Mooncake by Roseanne Thong

Craft: Shapes Collage

What can you make from the shapes?
- Cut out various shapes in different sizes (i.e. circle, triangle, square, rectangle, heart, etc)

- Glue shapes onto a piece of paper to make a picture

Extension Activities:

- Go on a shape scavenger hunt.  Ask you child to find things that are various shapes (i.e. TV = rectangle, clock = circle, etc.).

- Have some fun with play dough.  Ask your child to make the different shapes out of play dough.

- Practice scissor skills by asking your child to cut out shapes you've drawn on a piece of paper.