Helpful children's programming and story time information from the Jefferson County Library Windsor Branch.
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
October 25, 2017 Story Time - Missouri Building Block Nominees
If you missed this weeks story time here is what we did
*marks the books we read
Still a Gorilla! by Kim Norman*
There's a Bear on My Chair by Ross Collins*
For our craft we made a bear headband like this one:
October 18, 2017 Story Time - Missouri Building Block Nominees
If you missed this weeks story time here is what we did:
*marks the books we read
I would like to thank the firefighters from the Antonia Fire Protection District for reading our stories today!!
Lion Lessons by Jon Agee*
Wolfie The Bunny by Ame Dyckman*
For our craft we decorated a lion picture like this one:
Extra activities
You Can Hear (sung to "She'll be Coming Round the Mountain")
You can hear the lions roaring at the zoo! Roar! Roar!
you can hear the lions roaring at the zoo! Roar! Roar!
you can hear the lions roaring, you can hear the lions roaring
you can hear the lions roaring at the zoo! Roar! Roar!
Additional verses:
You can hear the snakes hissing at the zoo! Hiss! Hiss!
You can hear the bears growling at the zoo! Growl! Growl!
You can hear the elephants trumpeting at the zoo! Trumpet! Trumpet!
You can hear the monkeys chattering at the zoo! Oh-Oh Ah-Ah! Oh-Oh Ah Ah!
Bunny Pokey (sung to "The Hokey Pokey")
You put your bunny ears in
you take your bunny ears out
you put your bunny ears in
and you shake them all about
you do the bunny pokey
and hop yourself around
that's what it's all about
Additional verses:
You put your bunny nose in
You put your bunny paw in
You put your bunny tail in
If You're a Lion and You Know It (sung to "If You're Happy and You Know It")
If you're a lion and you know it, give a Roar!
if you're a lion and you know it, give a Roar!
if you're a lion and you know it, then you're face will surely show it
if you're a lion and you know it, give a Roar!
Additional verses:
If you're and elephant and you know it, STOMP your feet
If you're a monkey and you know it, JUMP up and down
If you're a crocodile and you know it, SNAP your jaws
October 11, 2017 Story Time - Missouri Building Block Nominees
If you missed this weeks story time here is what we did:
*marks the books we read
10 Little Ninjas by Miranda Paul*
Marta! Big & Small by Jen Arena*
For our craft we made a shape ninja like this one:
You can find the directions to make one here:
https://goo.gl/STnUmT
Extra activities
This is big, big, big
This is big, big, big (stretch arms out wide)
this is small, small, small (bring hands close together)
this is short, short, short (lower hands toward the ground)
this is tall, tall, tall (reach hands toward the sky)
this is fast, fast, fast (roll hands quickly)
this is slow, slow, slow (roll hands slowly)
this is yes, yes, yes (shake head yes)
this is no, no, no (shake head no)
Two Little Blackbirds
Two little blackbirds sitting on a hill
one named Jack and one named Jill
fly away Jack, fly away Jill
come back Jack, come back Jill
Two little blackbirds flying in the sky
one named Low and one named High
fly away Low, fly away High
come back Low, come back High
Two little blackbirds sitting on a pole
one named Fast and one named Slow
fly away Fast, fly away Slow
come back Fast, come back Slow
Two little blackbirds sitting on a gate
one named Early and one named Late
fly away Early, fly away Late
come back Early, come back Late....Late? come back Late!
October 4, 2017 Story Time - Mastodons
If you missed this weeks story time here is what we did:
*marks the books we read
Once Upon a Mastodon - All About Prehistoric Mammals by Bonnie Worth*
American Mastodon by Carol K. Lindeen
We had a special guest (Mike) from Mastodon State Historic Site who did a presentation of items from the Ice Age. We got to view the skulls of a baby mastodon, a giant sloth and a saber-toothed cat. Mike talked about the animals and people that lived during that time period.
For our craft we made a mastodon like this:
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