Green Story Time: March 16-17, 2020

Books:
The Croaky Pokey by Ethan Long
Good Luck Bear by Greg Foley
Little Pea by Amy Krouse Rosenthal *
Snip Snap! What's That? by Mara Bergman *
Where Is the Green Sheep? by Mem Fox *

Craft: Shamrock Necklace
The kids colored a shamrock cutout which was then strung onto a length of curling ribbon along with beads to make into a necklace.

Extension Activities --
- Where Is the Green Sheep is a great lead in to going on a scavenger hunt.  Ask your child to find items of different colors throughout your house.
- Learn about St. Patrick's Day.  There are several books at the library that can be checked out or search online for kid friendly websites and videos.

Orange & Yellow Story Time: March 9-10, 2020

Books:
Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds *
The Happy Day by Ruth Krauss *
In My New Yellow Shirt by Eileen Spinelli *
Yellow Copter by Kersten Hamilton

Craft: Monarch Butterfly
The children colored a pair of monarch butterfly wings or they glued on orange and black paper squares to the wings.  The wings were then glued to a jumbo craft stick.  Half a pipe cleaner was twisted around the top of the craft stick to make antennae.

Extension Activiites:
- After reading In My New Yellow Shirt, ask your child to "write" their own version of the story using a different colored shirt.
- Learn more about various types of butterflies by taking a trip to the Butterfly House.


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Red & Pink Story Time: March 2-3, 2020

Books:
Clifford the Big Red Dog by Norman Bridwell *
Happy Pig Day! by Mo Willems
Ned's New Home by Kevin Tseng
Sylvie by Jennifer Sattler *
The Watermelon Seed by Greg Pizzoli


Craft: Loop Ladybug
This week's craft is based on the picture at left.  The kids colored a strip of cardstock as well as a circle head.  The strip was glued into a loop.  The head was glued onto the loop as well as sequins as spots.  Half of a pipe cleaner was threaded through holes in the head to make the antennae.

Extension Activities:
- Practice color recognition by having your child go through the house pointing out the different items that are red or pink.
- Have fun with ice painting.  Freeze colored water in ice trays with a popsicle stick stuck in them.  Kids can then "paint" with the frozen water.  Colors can be mixed as the ice starts to melt.

Hippo Story Time: February 24-25, 2020

Books:
The Hiccupotamus by Aaron Zenz
Hippos Are Huge! by Jonathan London
Hippos Go Berserk! by Sandra Boynton *
Kiss Kiss! by Margaret Wild
Oh, Daddy! by Bob Shea *
That's What Makes a Hippopotamus Smile! by Sean Taylor *

Craft: H Is for Hippo
This week's craft was based on the picture at left.  The children colored an uppercase H cutout as well as a hippo head.  They then glued the head to the H.  They could bend the legs to make the hippo stand.

Extension Activities:
- Hippos Go Berserk is a counting book.  Ask your child to count how many hippos are on each page as you go through the book.
- Practice letter recognition by asking your child to point out the letter "H"s as you go through a book.


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Horse Story Time: February 18, 2020

Books:
Are You a Horse? by Andy Rash *
Clip-Clop by Nicola Smee *
A Horse Named Jack by Linda Vander Heyden *
A Horse Named Steve by Kelly Collier
Horseplay! by Karma Wilson

Craft: Horse Puzzle
The kids colored a cardstock coloring sheet of a horse.  Then with adult permission they could borrow a pair of scissors to cut along "scissor practice" lines on the back of the sheet to make a 6 piece puzzle.

Extension Activities:
- Instead of doing a straight reading of Are You a Horse, have your child do some of the "reading".  Ask them to identify the animals and what makes them not a horse.
- We did scissor practice with our craft this week.  If your child is not ready for cutting on lines, just ask them to make a "fringe" around the paper.  If they are more advanced, draw lines on a paper and have them follow the lines while cutting.


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