Check out our October teen Take N’ Go kits below. Each will be available for pickup at the Youth Reference desk. Instructions will be available on our website and our YouTube channel.
Ghost Rockets – available starting October 1
We’ll launch Alka-Seltzer rockets specialized to look like ghosts.
Baby Yoda craft – available starting October 15
We’ll craft a little Baby Yoda.
Ages 2-5
Being able to express yourself verbally is an important skill. Anger, frustration, and sadness can cause children to act out if they don’t know how to express those difficult emptions in words. Use books like “The Big Brown Box” and “A Box of Butterflies” to start a conversation about what makes your child upset and what he can do to calm himself down.
Read “The Big Brown Box” or another book in which a child gets upset. Ask your child what upset Sam and how he let people know that he was upset. Ask your child what upsets him or her, how do they let people know they are upset, and how do they calm themselves down.
Here is a box
Open the lid
I wonder whatever
Inside is hid
…make animal noise… (get kids to guess the animal)
Why its a ___________ (animal)
Without a doubt
Open the lid and let him out.
– Sturgiskids.wikifoundry.com
I had a little turtle (hands on top of each other, move thumbs)
Who lived in a box (make box)
He swam in the puddles and climbed on the rocks (with hands swim, climb)
He snapped at a mosquito (clap), he snapped at a flea (clap)
He snapped at a minnow (clap), and he snapped at me (clap)
He caught the mosquito (cup hands), he caught the flea (cup hands),
He caught the minnow (cup hands), but he didn’t catch me! (wag finger)
– Storytimekatie.com
Zoom, Zoom, Zoom
We’re going to the moon.
Zoom, Zoom, Zoom
We’re going to the moon.
If you want to take a trip,
Climb aboard my rocket ship.
Zoom, Zoom, Zoom
We’re going to the moon.
5, 4, 3, 2, 1,
Blast off!
– Allnurseryrhymes.com
Row, Row, Row Your… can you guess what comes next? Of course you can! It’s “BOAT!”, and it’s this week’s “B” word. Try this experiment at home. A boat is like a bowl that floats in water, but if it’s too full, it will sink. “Float” a bowl in water like the bathtub. Fill it with different objects like toys, rocks, marbles, or dried beans. See how many items it takes to “sink” the boat! You could sing “Splashin’ Up and Down” or “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” while you fill the bowl with your items.
Ages 2-5
Both music and art can help to convey a mood. Pictures can enhance the words of a book to reinforce the mood that the author is trying to convey. Awareness of the relationship between words and pictures contributes to a child’s depth of expression. See how the anticipation and excitement in “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” by Jane Cabrera is enhanced by the bright and exotic illustrations?
Using Jane Cabrera’s, “Row, Row, Row Your Boat,” sing this familiar nursery song with your child in a way that reflects the illustrations and mood of the book.
Rhyming text introduces a variety of ships and boats as they cross lakes, seas, and rivers with cargoes of merchandise or people.
The reader is invited to guess who causes the boat to sink when five animal friends of varying sizes decide to go for a row.
In this expansion of a familiar song, the occupants of a rowboat enjoy seeing and making the sounds of different jungle animals.
Splashin up and down in my little red rowboat (lapbounce or pretend to row)
Splashin up and down in my little red rowboat
Splashin up and down in my little red rowboat
Won’t you be my darling
(repeat with)
Lookin out to sea in my little red rowboat (shield eyes)
Waving to a whale in my little red rowboat (wave)
Don’t stand up or you might tip over (lean to the side)
– Adventuresofabookworm.com
The first little boat went chug, chug, chug.
The second little boat went tug, tug, tug.
The third little boat went row, row, row.
The fourth little boat went oh sooo slooooow.
Here comes the sailboat, watch it go!
– Sunflowerstorytime.com
Row, row row your boat gently down the stream
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily life is but a dream
Row, row, row your boat gently to the river
If you see a polar bear, don’t forget to shiver
Row, row, row your boat gently down the stream
If you see a crocodile don’t forget to scream
Row, row, row your boat gently to the shore
If you see a lion, don’t forget to roar!
– Adventuresofabookworm.com
Print out this coloring page!
Try making this rocking boat!
Follows a group of friends as they go sailing, explore an island, and return home to tell their tale.
When Big Bear outgrows his old boat, he gives it to Little Bear and builds himself a new one–just like it except bigger–until his friends start making suggestions that result in something very different.
A ferryboat, paddlewheeler, ocean liner, tug boat, motorboat, sailboat, rowboat, freighter, submarine, and a warship all share the river waters around the big city.
On Thursday, September 17 at 6:30 in the Community Room we will be discussing The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini. This book is an international classic of betrayal and redemption set in a country that is in the process of being destroyed.
Book club reading copies are available from the circulation desk. We’ll be making kites during the discussion.
Our teen Take n’ Go crafts become available for pickup at the Youth Reference Desk starting Thursday September 17th. Teens will make yarn key chains and bracelets, and learn the basics of coding with a fun game.
What starts with the letter “B” and is delicious in a pie? Berries! This week in Online Story Time, we read books, sang songs, and learned a berry fine rhyme. As an extension, go to the farmer’s market and see how many types of berries are being sold. You might also bake a berry pie together.
Ages 2-5
When you enjoy a book, let your children know that you like it and why. Sharing your enjoyment gives them a positive attitude toward books. This positive attitude will influence them when they get to school and learn to read. Let your child choose books and tell you why he likes them.
Read Jamberry by Bruce Degan or another book you enjoy. As you introduce the book, make sure you say why you like it. For example, if you read Jamberry say, “ I love this book because there are berries all over, and you can totally rock out to the jamberry beat.”
A little boy walking in the forest meets a big lovable bear that takes him on a delicious berry-picking adventure in the magical world of Berryland.
One little blueberry can cause a lot of trouble! Two ants, three ladybugs, four caterpillars, and more hungry bugs all want it for themselves. Who will get the tasty snack?
Explore colors with Bear in the first of a new concept picture book series from the “New York Times “bestselling creators of “Bear Snores On.” Colors, colors everywhere! Can you find colors just like Bear?
These young twins can’t get enough of their favorite snack—and they aren’t the only ones!
Under the bridge and over the dam
Looking for berries, berries for jam
One berry, two berries, pick me a blueberry.
Under the bridge and over the dam
Looking for berries, berries for jam
Three berries, four berries, pick me a strawberry.
Under the bridge and over the dam
Looking for berries, berries for jam
Five berries, six berries, pick me a blackberry.
Under the bridge and over the dam
Looking for berries, berries for jam
Seven berries, eight berries, pick me a gooseberry.
Under the bridge and over the dam
Looking for berries, berries for jam
Nine berries, ten berries, pick me a raspberry.
– www.jbrary.com
(Tune: Peas Porridge Hot)
Pick berries high (reach up high)
Pick berries low (reach down low)
Pick berries on the bush, nine in a row (clap 9x)
Some like them red (raise one hand to side palm up)
Some like them blue (raise other hand palm up)
Here’s one for me- yum! (pretend to eat berry)
And here’s one for you (hold out hand)
– Adapted from Artsy Toddler Storytimes and storytimeinthestacks.wordpress.com
(Tune: Pop Goes the Weasel)
All around the strawberry fields,
We picked some juicy berries
We brought them home and washed them off,
Pop! Go the berries! (have kids jump up on “pop”)
– Jbrary and Storytime Katie
Print out this coloring page or color it online!
Practice weaving with this strawberry craft.
Little Sal and Little Bear both lose their mothers while eating blueberries and almost end up with the other’s mother.
It’s lunchtime at Daniel Tiger’s school. Daniel Tiger’s lunch box has a sandwich, strawberries, a snack, and a special surprise: a note from Dad Tiger!
A father and child watch the cherry tree in their back yard, waiting until there are ripe cherries to bake in a pie. Includes a recipe for cherry pie.
As he walks down the street, Pete the cat sings about his brand new white shoes as they change from red to blue to brown to wet.