October 26, 2016 Story Time - Halloween

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

*marks the books we read

Moonlight The Halloween Cat  by Cynthia Rylant*
Monster Parade  by Shana Corey*
Shivery Shades of Halloween A Spooky Book of Colors  by Mary McKenna Siddals*
Click, Clack, Boo! A Tricky Treat  by Doreen Cronin*
EEK! Halloween!  by Sandra Boynton*

For our craft we made a ghost by covering a Tootsie Pop with a paper towel, tying yarn around it and drawing a spooky face with a marker

Extra activities
After the children went trick or treating around the library, we listened to Halloween music and played games like ghost darts and pumpkin bowling

October 19, 2016 Story Time - Pumpkins

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

*marks the books we read

Pete the Cat Five Little Pumpkins by James Dean*
Pumpkin Heads!  by Wendell Minor
The Pumpkin Man  by Judith Moffatt
Grow a Pumpkin Pie!  by Jane E. Gerver*
From Seed to Pumpkin  by Wendy Pfeffer
Pumpkin Patch Puppy  by Danielle Denega
I Like Pumpkins  by Jerry Smath*
The Pumpkin Patch  by Margaret McNamara
Ten Orange Pumpkins a Counting Book  by Stephen Savage*
Fall Pumpkins Orange and Plump  by Martha E.H. Rustad
Five Little Pumpkins  by Iris Van Rynbach

For our craft we drew a face on a paper pumpkin, rubbed it with a glue stick, taped it to a craft stick and sprinkled it with pumpkin pie spice

Everyone decorated a small pumpkin with markers

Extra activities
Five Little Pumpkins
Five little pumpkins sitting on a gate
the first one said "My it's getting late"
the second one said "There are witches in the air"
the third one said "But we don't care"
the fourth one said "Let's run and run and run"
the fifth one said "I'm ready for some fun!"
Then ooohh went the wind
and out went the lights
and the five little pumpkins
rolled out of sight

We talked about how pumpkins can be different shapes, colors and textures

October 12, 2016 Story Time - Autumn/Fall

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

*marks the books we read

Peppa's Windy Fall Day  by Barbara Winthrop*
Tractor Mac, Harvest Time  by Billy Steers
Fall Leaves  by Loretta Holland
My Autumn Book  by Wong Herbert Yee*
What Happens to Leaves in Fall?  by Rebecca Felix
Pick a Circle, Gather Squares: a Fall Harvest of Shapes  by Felicia Sanzari Chernesky
I See Fall  by Charles Ghigna*

For our craft we decorated a small paper bag, then glued leaf shapes on it. We then went outside on a hunt for fall items to put in our bags, like; acorns, walnuts, leaves, flower buds, etc

Extra activities
Fall
Autumn winds begin to blow (wave hands in the air)
colored leaves fall fast & slow (wiggle fingers)
twirling, whirling all around (spin around)
until at last they touch the ground (sit back down)

October 5, 2016 Stoy Time - Missouri Building Block Books Story Time

This month we will be reading the Missouri Building Block Books for 2016-2017 and voting on which book we liked the best.

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

*marks the books we read

Bunnies!!!*
by Kevan Atteberry

The Whale In My Swimming Pool*
by Joyce Wan











For our craft we decorated a paper plate (that had a slit in it) to look like the ocean. Then we colored a small whale and glued it to a craft stick. The children could then slip the whale through the slit in the paper plate to make it look like their whale was swimming in the sea.

Extra activities
Animals in the Sea (sung to "Farmer in the Dell")
The whales live in the sea
the whales live in the sea
heigh-ho, watch them blow
the whales live in the sea
The crabs live in the sea
the crabs live in the sea
heigh-ho, they scurry so
the crabs live in the sea
The octopus lives in the sea
the octopus lives in the sea
heigh-ho, they live in holes
the octopus lives in the sea
The sharks live in the sea
the sharks live in the sea
heigh-ho, watch them go
the sharks live in the sea

"Did You Ever See a Bunny"
Did you ever see a bunny, a bunny, a bunny
did you ever see a bunny, that hops so s-l-o-w?
he hops and hops and hops and hops
did you ever see a bunny that hops so s-l-o-w?
More verses:
that hops so fast
that hops backwards
that hops on one foot...