Easter Story Hour

Theme: Easter
Book: Little Bunny Foo Foo Illustrated by Paul Brett Johnson
Activity: Sing Little Bunny Foo Foo
Craft: Bunny picture frames or Easter egg wreaths from Oriental Trading
Activity: Easter egg hunt in the children's library and pictures with the Easter Bunny!

Have a happy Easter!

11/23, 11/24 Story Hour

Theme: Thanksgiving

Book: I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie by Alison Jackson

Flannelboard: Gobble, Gobble, Turkey

Song: Pumpkin Pie (to “Peanut Butter and Jelly”)

First you take the pumpkin and you pick it, you pick it, you pick it, pick it, pick it.

(Chorus in Deep voices) Pumpkin, Pumpkin Pie-Yummy! Pumpkin, Pumpkin Pie-Yummy!

Then you take the pumpkin and you carve it, you carve it, you carve it, carve it, carve it.

Chorus

Next you take the spices and you mix it, you mix it, you mix it, mix it, mix it.

Chorus

You put it in the oven and you wait, you wait, you wait, you wait, you wait.

Humming Chorus while tapping foot

You take it out the oven and you bite it, you bite it, you bite it, bite it, bite it (sing like mouth full)

Sing chorus like your mouth is full

Activity: Play Duck, Duck, Turkey

Activity: What are you thankful for? Add it to the Thankful tree

Craft (targets Fine Motor Skills): Make a placemat to use at your Thanksgiving feast! Make a picture with magazine cutouts or trace your hand and decorate it like a turkey. Use a laminator or contact paper to turn your artwork into a surface you can eat on!

For Further Reading:

Arthur’s Thanksgiving by Marc Brown (E)

The Best Thanksgiving Ever by Nancy Inteli (E)

Five Little Turkeys by William Boniface (E)

Happy Thanksgiving by Margaret McNamara (E)

The Night Before Thanksgiving by Natasha Wing (E)

2/3 Story Hour

Theme: Valentine's Day

Book: One Zillion Valentines by Frank Modell

Sign Language Words: heart, valentine, candy, flowers

Rhyme: I am your heart and I go beat, beat (clap hands on beat).

I pump blood while you’re asleep (pretend to sleep).

I pump blood when you jump up and down (jump).

I pump blood when you run around (run in place).

I pump blood when you move your feet (march in place).

I pump blood as you tiptoe to your seat.

Activity: Listen to your heartbeat with a stethoscope. Is it faster or slower after doing the action rhyme? Why do you think that is?

Craft: Make a mailbox for the valentines you will receive next week!

Next week we will be having a Valentine's Day party! We will read Love You Forever by Robert Munsch and talk about important people in our lives. Children are welcome to bring in treats to share with the group.

Library Closed Thanksgiving

The Meade County Public Library will close Thursday, November 26th for Thanksgiving Day. We will reopen Friday, November 27th at 9:00 a.m. Happy Thanksgiving!