November 29, 2017 Story Time - Moose


If you missed this weeks story time here is what we did:

*marks the books we read




















If You Give a Moose a Muffin  by Laura Numeroff*
Elusive Moose  by Joan Gannij*
Moose  by Melissa Gish
Santa's Moose  by Syd Hoff*

For our craft we made a paper bag moose using the pattern below:


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November 22, 2017 Story Time - Spiders


If you missed this weeks story time here is what we did:

*marks the books we read




















Frank the Seven-Legged Spider  by Michaele Razi*
Eensy Weensy Spider  by Penny Dann
I'm Trying to Love Spiders  by Bethany Barton*

For our craft we made a spider headband like this one:











Extra activities
Spider on the Floor
(we used paper spiders and placed them wherever the song said)
There's a spider on the floor, on the floor
there's a spider on the floor, on the floor
who could ask for any more
than a spider on the floor?
there's a spider on the floor, on the floor
Repeat with verses:
There's a spider on my leg, on my leg
and he's really big
There's a spider on my stomach, on my stomach
Oh, he's just a dumb old lummock
Now the spider's on my neck, on my neck
Oh, I'm gonna be a wreck
There's a spider on my face, on my face
Oh, what a big disgrace
Now there's a spider on my head, on my head
Oh, I wish that I were dead
BUT-He jumps off!
There's a spider on the floor, on the floor

We talked about spiders - are they insects?, how many eyes do they have?, how many legs?, what do they eat?



November 15, 2017 Story Time - Family


If you missed this weeks story time here is what we did:

*marks the books we read




















Families, Families, Families!  by Suzanne Lang
Grandma's Tiny House  by JaNay Brown-Wood
The Daddy Book  by Todd Parr
My Dog is as Smelly as Dirty Socks and Other Funny Family Portraits  by Hanoch Piven
Family Vacation  by Fiona Lock
We Belong Together  by Todd Parr

For our craft we made a family tree like this one:
https://goo.gl/n4FRuc


November 8, 2017 Building Block Award Nominees Story Time


If you missed this weeks story time here is what we did:

*marks the books we read


















Old MacDonald Had a Truck  by Steve Goetz*
Dragon Was Terrible  by Kelly DiPucchio*

The directions for our craft can be found here:
https://goo.gl/s15GYK




















Extra activities

Rip up scrap pieces of colored paper and pass them out to the kids. Sing the phrase 3 different times, each time referring to a new color trash truck. When their color of "trash" matches the color truck they come up to throw it away:
Trash truck, trash truck, cleaning up the town
do you see any garbage lying around?
pick up the trash and match it to a truck
soon the whole town will be all cleaned up!

Five Green Dragons
Five green dragons making such a roar
one danced away and then there were four
four green dragons dancing around a tree
one danced away and then there were three
three green dragons dancing around you
one danced away and then there were two
two green dragons dancing around the sun
one danced away and then there was one
one green dragon having lots of fun
she danced away and then there were none


November 1, 2017 Story Time - Missouri Building Block Nominees


If you missed this weeks story time here is what we did:

*marks the books we read




















Frog on a Log?  by Kes Gray & Jim Field*
There's a Giraffe in My Soup  by Ross Burach*

For our craft we colored a frog like this one, then inserted it into a paper towel roll "log"


After story time we trick or treated around the library, then played some Halloween games