Virtual Story Time: Snow! -- 1/12/21

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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Hello, Snow! by Hope Vestergaard
Winter Woes by Marty Kelley



Books: (Snow)
Best in Snow by April Pulley Sayre
First Snow by Peter McCarty
Grandmother Winter by Phyllis Root
It's Snowing! by Gail Gibbons
Snow by Cynthia Rylant
Snow by Uri Shulevitz
The Snow Globe Family by Jane O'Connor
Snow Music by Lynne Rae Perkins
Snow Scene by Richard Jackson
White Snow, Bright Snow by Alvin Tresselt

Craft: Snowflake
- Print out a snowflake onto heavy paper
- Optional: Cut snowflake out by cutting a circle around the snowflake

- Color snowflake

- Glue on sequins to decorate

Extension Activities:

- Discuss with your child what should be worn in the snow.  Ask them to find all the clothes items they would wear outside in the snow.

- Make paper snowflakes.  Simple patterns can be found online or simply make your own by cutting shapes out of folded paper.

Snow Play Story Time: January 22, 2019

Books:
Bear & Hare: Snow! by Emily Gravett *
Hello, Snow! by Hope Vestergaard
Snowball Fight! by Jimmy Fallon
Snowbots by Aaron Reynolds
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats *
Winter Woes by Marty Kelley *

Craft: Snowy Day Picture
This week's craft was based on The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats.  Kids were given a sheet of blue paper to glue on cotton balls for snow.  They then colored a child in a snowsuit cutout and glued it onto the picture.

Extension Activities:
- Go out and play in the snow!  Use this opportunity to talk about why we have to bundle up to go outside.
- If it's too cold to play outside, have an indoor snowball fight.  Crumple up used paper into wadded up paper snowballs and then have fun.


Notes --
- When gluing on cotton balls, remind your child to put the glue on the paper not the cotton balls.  This saves the glue for future use.
- Story Time was not held on Monday, January 23, 2019 as the library was closed in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

Winter Story Time: January 4-5, 2016

Books:
A Hat for Minerva Louise by Janet Morgan Stoeke *
When Winter Comes by Nancy Van Laan *
Winter Is the Warmest Season by Lauren Stringer
Winter Woes by Marty Kelley *

Craft: Winter Trees Picture
Our craft this week was based on the picture at left.  Children were given 24 short strips of white paper (1/2" x 2") and three long strips of white paper (1/2" x 6-1/2") to glue onto dark blue paper.  They then added cotton ball snow for the ground and star stickers for the sky.

Literacy Extensions:
- Talk about different items that used during the winter but not other times of years (i.e. - winter clothes, sleds, ice skates, etc.)
- Learn more about animals spend their winter.  There are many books at the library featuring various animals.

W - Wolves & Weather: May 18-19, 2015

Books:
Bear in Sunshine by Stella Blackstone
Breathe by Scott Magoon
Diary of a Baby Wombat by Jackie French
Hello, Sun! by Dayle Ann Dodds *
I Am a Witch's Cat by Harriet Muncaster
I Am So Strong by Mario Ramos
The Watermelon Seed by Greg Pizzoli *
We Need Water by Charles Ghigna
Winter Woes by Marty Kelley *
Wolfie the Bunny by Ame Dyckman *

Craft: Windsock
Children were given a piece of cardstock chopped in half longways and six pieces of crepe paper about a foot long each.  The children colored the cardstock however they liked before gluing the crepe paper along one of the long bottom edges of the cardstock.  The cardstock was then glued into a cylinder to make it a windsock.

Literacy Extensions:
- After reading Diary of a Baby Wombat, have your child keep a simple diary for a week.  If they are not yet writing, have them draw their activities during the day.
- Talk about weather and why we have to wear certain types of clothes for different types of weather.

Snowmen Story Time: January 27-28, 2014

Books:
** Note:  Since our Snow Story Time was cancelled earlier this month, I also included a couple of general "snow" books in our story time this week.
All You Need for a Snowman by Alice Schertle *
Sneezy the Snowman by Maureen Wright
Snow by Uri Shulevitz *
Snowmen at Night by Caralyn Buehner *
Snowmen All Year by Caralyn Buehner
Snowzilla by Janet Lawlor
Winter Woes by Marty Kelley *

Craft: Snowman
We made a very simple snowman this week.  Children glued together a large circle and a small circle to make the snowman's body.  They then glued on a hat, two boots, and a two long strips for arms.  They could then decorate their snowman by either coloring on its features or gluing on sequins.

Literacy Extensions:
- Try an exercise in creativity by asking your child to find unusual items around the house that could be incorporated into a snowman.
- Work with your child on identifying letters.  Have them point out all the letters that make up the world "snow" on a certain page of a book.  For example, find all the "O"s on the cover of the book, all the "S"s on the title page, etc.

Snow Story Time: January -7, 2014 - Cancelled due to Snowy Weather

**** NOTE ****
This week's story time was not held due to the snowy weather.  Hopefully, we will be able to share these books and craft at Miss Amy's Story Time @ Chick-Fil-A on Friday, January 10 @ 9:30 a.m.






Books:
Froggy Gets Dressed by Jonathan London
A Hat for Minerva Louise by Janet Morgan Stoeke
It's Snowing by Olivier Dunrea
A Kitten's Tale by Eric Rohmann
Snow by Uri Shulevitz
Winter Woes by Marty Kelley

Craft: Snowflake
This week's craft could be made into either a magnet or an ornament to hang.  Each child was given a snowflake cutout to color and decorate with sparkles.

Literacy Extensions:
- Talk about the conditions needed for the different types of precipitation (i.e. rain, ice, snow, etc.)
- Talk about the clothing needed during winter to protect from the cold (i.e. Froggy Gets Dressed)