Virtual Story Time: Old MacDonald Had a Truck by Steve Goetz -- 9/15/20

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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Old MacDonald Had a Truck by Steve Goetz

Books:  (Construction Vehicles)

B Is for Bulldozer: A Construction ABC by June Sobel

Construction Countdown by K.C. Olson

Demolition by Sally Sutton

The Diggers Are Coming! by Susan Steggall

Job Site by Nathan Clement

Little Excavator by Anna Dewdney

The Mixed-Up Truck by Stephen Savage

Roadwork by Sally Sutton

Where Do Diggers Sleep at Night? by Brianna Caplan Sayres

TumbleBook Stories: (Available through www.jeffcolib.org by clicking on E-Content.)

Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site by Sherri Duskey Rinker

Craft: Monster Truck

- Print and cut out template of truck on heavy paper

- Color truck

- Glue two CDs to truck for wheels

Extension Activities:

- This week's book is based on the popular children's song "Old MacDonald Had a Farm".  Sing the original with your children asking them to come up with animals for the verses.

- Visit a car or transportation museum to see the different vehicles.

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Virtual Story Time: I Really Want to See You, Grandma by Taro Gomi -- 9/8/20

This is a weekly 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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I Really Want to See You, Grandma by Taro Gomi

Books:  (Grandparents)

41 Uses for a Grandma by Harriet Ziefert

At Grandma's by Rhonda Gowler Greene

Grandpa Loves by Rebecca Kai Dotlich

How to Babysit a Grandma by Jean Reagan

I Love You, Grandpa by Vivian French

Llama Llama Gram and Grandpa by Anna Dewdney

My Grandpa by Marta Altes

Tea With Grandpa by Barney Saltzberg

Whopper Cake by Karma Wilson

TumbleBook Stories: (Available through www.jeffcolib.org by clicking on E-Content.)

Castle on Hester Street by Linda Heller

Grandma's Pear Tree by Suzanne Santillan

Craft: Monster Hug

- Print out a monster template and cut out

- Color monster

- Cut out and accordian fold two strips of paper for arms

- Glue cut out hearts to one end of paper strips and other end of paper strips to the monster's body

Extension Activities:

- Make a card or "write" a letter to send to your grandparents for Grandparents Day (2nd Sunday of September).

- Ask your child to give you "directions" for getting to grandma or grandpa's house.

Virtual Story Time: Barnacle Is Bored by Jonathan Fenske -- 9/1/20

 This is a weekly 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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Barnacle Is Bored by Jonathan Fenske

Books:  (Boredom)

Are We There Yet? by Dandi Daley Mackall

Bored! Bored! Bored! by Jill Newton

The Boring Book by Shinsuke Yoshitake

I'm Bored by Michael Ian Black

Let's Do Nothing! by Tony Fucile

Phooey! by Marc Rosenthal

There's Nothing to Do! by Dav Petty

TumbleBook Stories: (Available through www.jeffcolib.org by clicking on E-Content.)

Let's Do Nothing! by Tony Fucile

My Think-A-Ma-Jink by Dave Whamond

Craft: Barnacle

- Print out template and color

- Cut on lines around gray spaces to make barnacle's "tentacles"

- Glue into circle to complete your barnacle

Extension Activities:

- Take a poll with your child to see what each person in your family thinks is boring.

- Learn about various sea creatures by checking out a book at the library.

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Virtual Story Time: All Year Round by Susan B. Katz -- 8/25/20

This is a weekly 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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All Year Round by Susan B. Katz

Books: (Shapes)

Bear in a Square by Stella Blackstone

Circle Dogs by Kevin Henkes

Circle, Square, Moose by Kelly Bingham

Go, Shapes, Go! by Denise Fleming

Mouse Shapes by Ellen Stoll Walsh

Shape by Shape by Suse MacDonald

Shape Shift by Joyce Hesselberth

Tangled by Anne Miranda

Triangle by Mac Barnett

TumbleBook Stories: (Available through www.jeffcolib.org by clicking on E-Content.)

Round Is a Mooncake by Roseanne Thong

Craft: Shapes Collage

What can you make from the shapes?
- Cut out various shapes in different sizes (i.e. circle, triangle, square, rectangle, heart, etc)

- Glue shapes onto a piece of paper to make a picture

Extension Activities:

- Go on a shape scavenger hunt.  Ask you child to find things that are various shapes (i.e. TV = rectangle, clock = circle, etc.).

- Have some fun with play dough.  Ask your child to make the different shapes out of play dough.

- Practice scissor skills by asking your child to cut out shapes you've drawn on a piece of paper.

Virtual Story Time: Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert -- 8/18/20

 This is a weekly 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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Planting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert

Related Books:  (Colors)

Blue Goose by Nancy Tafuri

Dog's Colorful Day by Emma Dodd

Every Color Soup by Jorey Hurley

Freight Train by Donald Crews

The Hidden Rainbow by Christie Matheson

I Dream of an Elephant by Ami Rubinger

Monkey Colors by Darrin Lunde

Monsters Love Colors by Mike Austin

Press Here by Herve Tullet

Vincent Paints His House by Tedd Arnold

TumbleBook Stories: (Available through www.jeffcolib.org by clicking on E-Content.)

Red Is a Dragon by Roseanne Thong

Craft: Rainbow Flower

- Color flower's center and craft stick (stem)

- Glue colored strips in a starburst pattern

- Glue flower's center in middle of rainbow starburst

- Glue craft stick to back of starburst

- Glue green leaves to craft stick stem

Option -- Print out a picture of your child and cut into a circle.  Glue to middle of starburst as the flower's center.

Extension Activities:

- Play a game of I Spy looking for items based on colors.

- Go on a color scavenger hunt.  See how many items of each color you can find.

- Sort items (i.e. MMs, Fruit Loops, buttons, etc) by color.

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