Counting Story Time: 8/9/21 (Outdoors) & 8/10/21 (Virtual)

Outdoor Story Times are held weekly on Monday mornings at 10:00 am and 11:00 am.  (Registration is required to attend.)  Online Story Times will be posted weekly on Tuesday mornings at 10:00 am.  (The video is available to watch for one week before a new one is uploaded.)


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Let's Count Goats! by Mem Fox
My Little Sister Ate One Hare by Bill Grossman

Books:

Bear Counts by Karma Wilson

Chicka, Chicka, 1, 2, 3 by Bill Martin Jr.

Count the Monkeys by Mac Barnett

Dinosaur Countdown by Nicholas Oldland

Five Little Monkeys Sitting in a Tree by Eileen Christelow

One Little Chicken: A Counting Book by David Elliott

The Right Number of Elephants by Jeff Sheppard

Soup for One by Ethan Long
Stack the Cats by Susie Ghahremani

Ten Pigs: An Epic Bath Adventure by Derek Anderson

Warthogs in the Kitchen: A Messing Counting Book by Pamela Duncan Edwards

Craft: Turtle Count
- Print out template (at left).

- Color turtles.

- Tear construction paper into small pieces.

- Glue the number of construction paper pieces to the turtles as indicated by the numbers on the shells.

Extension Activities:

- Practice counting throughout the day.  Examples include counting the number of chips on your plate for lunch, counting how many cars pass your house in a certain amount of time, counting the number of toys on the floor, etc.

- Sing various counting songs such as "Hundred Bottles of Rootbeer on the Wall", "Ten in a Bed", "The Ants Go Marching", etc.

Alphabet Story Time -- 8/2/21 (Outdoors) & 8/3/21 (Virtual)

Outdoor Story Times are held weekly on Monday mornings at 10:00 am and 11:00 am.  (Registration is required to attend.)  Online Story Times will be posted weekly on Tuesday mornings at 10:00 am.  (The video is available to watch for one week before a new one is uploaded.)


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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr.
ABC School's for Me by Susan B. Katz

Books:

ABC Dream by Kim Krans

Achoo! Bang! Crash! The Noisy Alphabet by Ross MacDonald

Animal ABC by Marcus Pfister

Bad Kitty by Nick Bruel

The Bookstore Cat by Cylin Busby

A Busy Creature's Day Eating by Mo Willems

Click, Clack, Quackity-Quack: An Alphabet Adventure by Doreen Cronin

Jeepers, Creepers: A Monstrous ABC by Laura Leuck

My Little Sister Hugged an Ape by Bill Grossman

Old Black Fly by Jim Aylesworth

Sign Language ABC by Lora Heller

Craft: Name Tree
- Color a half sheet of cardstock or heavy paper and then glue into a cylinder to make the tree' trunk

- Cut green paper into 1"x4" strips

- Write name on strips -- one letter on each strip

- Glue strips to top inside of trunk for the tree's leaves.  Make sure to glue strips in order so name is spelled out.

- Curl green strips/leaves down

Extension Activities:

- Play the Alphabet Game.  Look for the letters of the alphabet in order.  A variation is to look for items that start with the letters.

- Sing the ABC song.  Then for fun see if you can sing it backwards Z to A.

Dragons Story Time: August 26 (Outdoors) & August 27 (Virtual), 2021

Outdoor Story Times are held weekly on Monday mornings at 10:00 am and 11:00 am.  (Registration is required to attend.)  Online Story Times will be posted weekly on Tuesday mornings at 10:00 am.  (The video is available to watch for one week before a new one is uploaded.)


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Waking Dragons by Jane Yolen
Sloppy Wants a Hug by Sean Julian

Books:
Attack of the Underwear Dragon by Scott Rothman

Dear Dragon by Josh Funk

Dragon Was Terrible by Kelly DiPucchio

Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin

How to Dress a Dragon by Thelma Lynne Godin

The Library Dragon by Carmen Agra Deedy

Lovabye Dragon by Barbara M. Joosse

Oh So Brave Dragon by David Kirk

There's a Dragon in Your Book by Tom Fletcher

You Don't Want a Dragon by Ame Dyckman

Craft:  Dragon (Mask)

- Print template onto heavy paper or cardstock

- Color dragon and cut out

- Cut red and yellow tissue paper or crepe paper into 6" strips and glue below dragon's mouth for fire

- Optional:  Cut out dragon's eyes to turn into a mask

Extension Activities:

- Listen to the song "Puff the Magic Dragon".

- Go on a "dragon egg" hunt.  Place small treasures (i.e. candy, coin, play jewel, etc) into Easter eggs.  Hide the eggs and see if your children can find the dragon's eggs and treasure.

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Tigers Story Time -- 7/19 (Outdoors) & 7/20 (Virtual)

Outdoor Story Times are held weekly on Monday mornings at 10:00 am and 11:00 am.  (Registration is required to attend.)  Online Story Times will be posted weekly on Tuesday mornings at 10:00 am.  (The video is available to watch for one week before a new one is uploaded.)


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It's a Tiger! by David LaRochelle
Beware of Tigers by Dave Horowitz

Books:

Fear the Bunny by Richard T. Morris

Little Lost Tiger by Jonathan London

Mr. Tiger Goes Wild by Peter Brown

Song of the Circus by Lois Duncan

A Tiger Called Tomas by Charlotte Zolotow

Tiger Pups by Tom Harvey

The Tiger's Egg by Nele Bronner

The Tiptoeing Tiger by Philippa Leathers

Craft: Tiger Mask

- Cut the inner part of a paper plate out so you have just the outer ring.  Color the ring as the tiger's face.

- Cut out and color two eyes and a nose to glue to the top part of the face.

- Cut out eight long triangles to glue to the inside of the ring for teeth.

- Cut out approximately 30 (total) black and orange rectangles to glue around the outside of the ring for the tiger's stripes.

Extension Activities:

- Tigers are commonly orange and black.  Ask your child to name other things that are orange and black (i.e. construction cones, monarch butterflies, etc.).  Maybe go on a scavenger hunt to find items that are those colors.

- Visit the zoo to view and learn more about tigers.

Ducks Story Time -- 7/12/21 (Outdoors) & 7/13/21 (Virtual)

Outdoor Story Times are held weekly on Monday mornings at 10:00 am and 11:00 am.  (Registration is required to attend.)  Online Story Times will be posted weekly on Tuesday mornings at 10:00 am.  (The video is available to watch for one week before a new one is uploaded.)


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Ducks Don't Wear Socks by John Nedwidek 
5 Little Ducks by Denise Fleming

Books:

Click, Clack, PEEP! by Doreen Cronin

Duck! Rabbit! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal

Duck Sock Hop by Jane Kohuth

Ducks! by Deborah Underwood

Firefighter Duckies! by Frank Dormer

Grumpy Duck by Joyce Dunbar

John Philip Duck by Patricia Polacco

Just Ducks! by Nicola Davies

Swim, Duck, Swim! by Susan Lurie

Truck Full of Ducks by Ross Burach

What Is Chasing Duck? by Jan Thomas

Craft: Duck Headband

- Cut two wide strips for heavy paper or cardstock. Color yellow and add eyes. Glue together to make a headband.

- Cut out a large triangle and color for a beak.  Glue to front of headband underneath eyes.

- Trace hand three times and cut out for two wings and a tailfeather.  Color.

- Glue wings to sides of headband

- Glue tailfeather to back of headband

Extension Activities:

- Have a rubber duckie race.  Mark the ducks so you know whose is whose.  Then set them free at one end of the tub.  See whose duck will reach the other end first without touching it with any hands.

- Play a game of Duck, Duck, Goose.  (If it is hot outside, play a variation of the game called Duck, Duck, Splash.  Instead of tapping the person who is Goose, you dump a cup of water on them while calling out Splash.)