Virtual Story Time: Trucks -- June 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.) 

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Truck Full of Ducks by Ross Burach
Red Truck by Kersten Hamilton
Supertruck by Stephen Savage

Books:

20 Big Trucks in the Middle of the Street by Mark Lee

Five Trucks by Brian Floca

Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle

Monkey Truck by Michael Slack

Old MacDonald Had a Truck by Steve Goetz

Trucks Galore by Peter Stein

Extension Activities:

- Play a game of Monster Truck Bowling.  Set up plastic cups as the bowling pins and use monster trucks as the bowling balls.

- Visit your local firehouse for a tour of the fire truck.

- Draw a big maze (outside using sidewalk chalk or inside using masking tape on the floor) and have your child "drive" their truck the maze.  Remote control trucks would be a great option for this activity.

Virtual Story Time: Monkey Truck by Michael Slack -- 4/27/21

Join us weekly for an 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.


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Monkey Truck by Michael Slack
Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle

Books:  (Trucks)

20 Big Trucks in the Middle of the Street by Mark Lee

Food Truck Fest by Alexandra Penfold

How to Track a Truck by Jason Carter Easton

I'm Tough by Kate McMullan

The Little Fire Truck by Margery Cuyler

Mighty Truck by Chris Barton

The Mixed Up Truck by Stephen Savage

Red Truck by Kersten Hamilton

The Runaway No-Wheeler by Peter Stein

Truck Stop by Anne Rockwell

Craft:  Little Blue Truck or Monkey Truck

- Color truck pieces (body and wheels) and craft sticks

- Glue craft sticks to truck as truck bed and circles as wheels

- Optional: Color monkey head and glue to truck cab to make into a Monkey Truck.

Extension Activities:

- Little Blue Truck is about treating others with kindness.  Talk with your child about things we can do show kindness to others.

- Review the different types of transportation we have read about this past month.  See if your child can name any other types of transportation (i.e. helicopter, bicycled, etc.).

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Truck & Tractor Story Time: May 16-17, 2016

Books:
20 Big Trucks in the Middle of the Street by Mark Lee *
Down by the Barn by Will Hillenbrand *
I'm Brave! by Kate McMullan
The Little Dump Truck by Margery Cuyler
McToad Mows Tiny Island by Tom Angleberger
Red Truck by K.R. Hamilton
Tip Tip Dig Dig by Emma Garcia *

Craft: T is for Tractor
The craft for this week is picture above.  The children were given a large T, small T, small L and two circles to color and then glue together into a tractor.

Literacy Extensions:
- Most children assume all tractors are green as John Deere tractors are very common.  Explore different color tractors and learn what companies use what colors.
- After reading I'm Brave, have your child "write" a similar book about another kind of truck or tractor.  Have them give characteristics and list what they do for their job.


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