Dinosaurs -- 7/14/26

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.

Tyrannosaurus Wrecks! by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen
What the Dinosaurs Did Last Night by Refe & Amy Tuma

Books:
Chill Chomp Chill by Chris Ayala-Kronos
How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food? by Jane Yolen
The Stompysaurus by Rachel Bright

T Is For Terrible by Peter McCarty
We Don't Eat Our Classmates by Ryan T. Higgins

Craft: Standing Dinosaur

- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper

- Cut out pieces (body, legs)

- Color pieces

- Fold legs in half and then cut along dotted line

- Slide body into slit in legs to stand

Extension Activities:

- Have fun with building and wrecking.  Build a block tower as tall as you can before wrecking it.

- Design a Dinosaur Trap that would be able to keep dinosaurs from making trouble.

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DiNovember: Week 1 -- 11/5/24

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.

What the Dinosaurs Did Last Night by Refe & Susan Tuma
Cookiesaurus Rex by Amy Fellner Dominy

Books:

The Dinosaur Expert by Margaret McNamara

Dinosaurs in Disguise by Stephen Krensky

Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs by Mo Willems

Groovy Joe: Ice Cream & Dinosaurs by Eric Litwin

When Dinosaurs Came With Everything by Elise Broach

Craft: Dinosaur Magnets

- Print template onto cardstock or heavy paper

- Cut out dinosaurs

- Color dinosaurs

- Attach a small piece of magnet to the back of each dinosaur

- Optional: Glue on sequins for extra decoration

Extension Activities:

- Make some dinosaur cutout cookies.  Have your child decorate the cookies.

- Hide some toy dinosaurs for your kid(s) to search for in the house.

Virtual Story Time: Dinosaurs -- 6/1/21

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.


Click HERE to view the latest video.


Some Dinosaurs Are Small by Charlotte Voake
What the Dinosaurs Did Last Night by Refe & Susan Tuma
Dig Those Dinosaurs by Lori Haskins Houran

Books:  (Dinosaurs)
Crunch the Shy Dinosaur by Cirocco Dunlap
Dinosaur Countdown by Nicholas Oldland
Dinosaur Kisses by David Ezra Stein
Dinosaur Roar! by Paul Stickland
Dinosaur vs. Bedtime by Bob Shea
Edwina the Dinosaur Who Didn't Know She Was Extinct by Mo Willems
Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs by Mo Willems
I'm Big by Kate McMullan
The Littlest Dinosaur by Michael Foreman
When Dinosaurs Came With Everything by Elise Broach

Craft:  Dinosaur Hat
- Cut out two 2-1/2"x11" strips from green paper.  Glue into one long strip.
- Draw eyes and nose onto large strip to make head.
- Cut out five large triangles (around 3") from red paper.  Glue to top of long strip over facial features as spikes.
- Cut out eight small triangles (around 1") from white paper.  Glue to bottom of long strip under facial features as teeth.
- Glue long strip into circle to make a headband.


Extension Activities:
- Learn about different types of dinosaurs.  There are a lot of great nonfiction books on dinosaurs at the library.  Try to pick your favorite dinosaur.
- Visit the St. Louis Science Center to learn more about dinosaurs.
- Pretend play by pretending to be dinosaurs.  Ask your child to do different kind of dinosaur walks.

Elephant & Piggie: I Love My New Toy! Story Time: July 1-2, 2019

Books:
Bath Time by Eileen Spinelli
The Boy Who Wouldn't Share by Mike Reiss *
I Love My New Toy! by Mo Willems *
What the Dinosaurs Did Last Night by Refe Tuma *
Where's My T-R-U-C-K? by Karen Beaumont

Craft: Dinosaur Puppet
This week's craft was based on the picture at left.  The children colored a head, eyes, teeth, arms, and legs cutouts before gluing them to a paper bag to turn into a puppet.

Extension Activities:
- Learn more about dinosaurs.  There are a lot of great books at the library to check out about dinosaurs.
- Where's My T-R-U-C-K uses spelling instead of words to tell the story.  Read another story substituting the spelling instead of a word and see if your child still understands the story.

Music & Movement: Dinosaurs -- January 9, 2019

Most Amazing Dinosaur Songs CD from Music for Little People played before and after program for extra dancing.





Opening Action Song: "Move Like the Dinosaurs" by Pinkfong
YouTube Video

Book: Dinosaur Countdown by Nicholas Oldland

Action Rhyme: We're Going On A Dino Hunt
(Kids chant back each line while keeping a clap rhythm until "Run out of the cave" when simply do actions.)

Going on a dino hunt.
I'm not a afraid.
There's a tall mountain.
Can't go under it.
Can't go around it.
Guess we'll go over it.
Going on a dino hunt.
I'm not afraid.
There's a river.
Can't go over it.
Can't go under it.
Guess we'll swim across it.
Going on a dino hunt.
I'm not afraid.
There's some tall grass.
Can't go over it.
Can't go around it.
Guess we'll go through it.
Going on a dino hunt.
I'm not afraid.
There's a cave.
Can't go over it.
Can't go under it.
Guess we'll go in it.
I feel some scales.
I feel some big teeth!
Oooooh! It's a dinosaur!
Run out of the cave (running motion)
Go through the grass (parting motion)
Swim across the river (swimming motion)
Climb the mountain (climbing motion)
Run, hope (running motion)
Open the door (opening motion)
Jump into bed.
I went on a dino hunt (clapping rhythm until end)
And I wasn't afraid!

Action Song: "We Are the Dinosaurs" by Laurie Berkner
YouTube video

Book: Groovy Joe: Ice Cream and Dinosaurs by Eric Litwin

Action Song: "Dinosaur Stomp" by Mother Goose Club
YouTube Video

Book: What the Dinosaurs Did Last Night by Refe & Susan Tuma

Closing Action Song: "Baby T-Rex" by Pinkfong
YouTube Video

Dinosaurs Story Time: April 3-4, 2017

Books:
Brontorina by James Howe
Dig Those Dinosaurs by Lori Haskins Houran *
Dinosaur Kisses by David Ezra Stein *
Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs by Mo Willems
How to Raise a Dinosaur by Natasha Wing
What the Dinosaurs Did Last Night by Refe Tuma *



Craft: Pterodactyl
This week's craft was based on the picture at right.  We simplified it a little by only adding a head and two feet to a small plate cut in half.  We also only used crayons to color the pterodactyl rather than gluing on tissue paper squares.

Literacy Extensions:
- After reading Dig Those Dinosaurs, visit a science museum to look at some actual dinosaur bones.
- Have your child try to "re-write" a familiar story substituting dinosaurs for the main characters like Mo Willems did in Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs.


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