Mysteries in the Stacks: My Toothbrush Is Missing -- 5/14/24

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.

My Toothbrush Is Missing! by Jan Thomas
What Is Chasing Duck? by Jan Thomas
My Friends Make Me Happy by Jan Thomas

Books:

Milo Is Missing Something by Vern Kousky

The Missing Pairs by Yvonne Ivinson

Not an Alphabet Book: The Case of the Missing Cake by Eoin McLaughlin

Pete the Kitty and the Unicorn's Missing Colors by Kim Dean

The Web Files by Marge Palatini 

Craft: Squirrel

- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper

- Cut out pieces (body, arms, legs, ears, and tail) and color.

- Roll body and glue into a ring.

- Glue medium strip onto inside front of ring to make arms that stick out either side.

- Glue feet to bottom of ring.

- Glue ears to top of ring.

- Glue tail to back of ring.

- Optional:  Curl tail if you like.

Extension Activities:

- Play a game of I Spy giving hints of the first letter the items start with.

- A great skill to have to solve mysteries is to pay attention and to remember.  Place several items on a tray and let your child look it over for 30-60 seconds.  Then take the tray away and have them tell you what was on the tray.  Increase the number of items on the tray each time to see how many things they can remember.

Template --

Best of 2017 Story Time: January 2, 2017

Books:
Waiting for Goliath by Antje Damm *
Wally Wants to Hug by Barbara Joosse *
What Is Chasing Duck? by Jan Thomas *

Craft: Paper Chain Snake
The kids glued multicolored strips of paper into a paper chain before gluing on an oval snake head to one end.

Literacy Extension:
- This month we are reading some of my favorite picture books from 2017.  Talk with your child about what the word "favorite" means.  Then share with each other some of your favorite things.
- Wally Wants to Hug is a great way to introduce being gentle with people who are more fragile (i.e. grandparents, etc).  Talk about why we need to be gentle with our hugs.