Learning Concepts: Seasons & Time -- 8/19/25

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.

The Completed Hickory Dickory Dock by Jim Aylesworth
Busy Builders, Busy Week! by Jean Reidy
Fall Is Not Easy by Marty Kelley

Books:
All Year Long by Kathleen W. Deady
Chicken Soup with Rice by Maurice Sendak
Chickens to the Rescue by John Himmelman
Jump Into January: A Journey Around the Year by Stella Blackstone
Mouse Seasons by Leo Lionni
Telling Time by Jules Older

Craft: Hickory Dickory Clock with Mouse

- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper

- Cut out pieces (clock arms, mouse)

- Write hour numbers around edges of paper plate

- Colors arms and punch hole into end that is not the arrow

- Use a brad to attach the arms to the center of the paper plate.

- Color mouse

- Cut a piece of yarn and tape to back of mouse for tail

- Glue mouse to clock

Extension Activities:

-  Make a chart with your child of the day's activities writing down what they generally do each of the day they are awake.

-  Poll family and friends to see what their favorite season of the year is.  Why is their favorite season?

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Back to School: Math -- 8/15/23

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.

Ten Pigs: An Epic Bath Adventure by Derek Anderson
Night Light by Nicholas Blechman
The Completed Hickory Dickory Dock by Jim Aylesworth

Books:
Counting Chickens by Harriet Ziefert
Growing Patterns by Sarah C. Campbell
I'm Trying to Love Math by Bethany Barton
Math Curse by Jon Scieszka
Mice Mischief by Caroline Stills
Mouse Count by Ellen Stoll Walsh
Numbers Everywhere by Elliott Kaufman
Ten Apples Up on Top by Theo LeSieg
What Is Math? by Rebecca Kai Dotlich

Craft: Numbers Snake
- Print template (snake's head) onto cardstock or heavy paper and cut out

- Cut ten strips of paper about 1" thick and write the numbers 1-10 on them

- Glue paper strips into a paper chain making sure the links are in numerical order
- Color snake's head and glue to end of paper chain

Extension Activities:
- Practice number recognition by looking for numbers around you (ex - clock, ads, etc).  You can make a game out of it by having to find them in order or playing on a car ride by finding certain numbers on license plates.
- Teach your children about counting money.  Take a trip to the store and let them help pick items dependent on price or let them count out the (cash) money to pay at checkout.


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My Day Story Time: March 6-7. 2017

Books:
Awake Beautiful Child by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
The Completed Hickory Dickory Dock by Jim Aylesworth *
Dinosaur vs. Mommy by Bob Shea *
Hickory Dickory Dog by Alison Murray
My Busy Day by Clare HIbbert
One Busy Day by Lola Schaefer *

Craft: Paper Plate Clock
This week's craft was based on the picture at left.  The main difference is that I printed out a template clock face that the children could color, write the hour numbers in circles, and then glue to the paper plate.  They then added the clock hands with a brad.

Literacy Extensions:
- Use the paper plate clock craft to talk about what you do at different times of the day.  Have your child move the hands to different times and then ask them what they do at that time.
- This would be a great time to learn about hours, days, weeks, and months.


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