Upcoming Christmas Story Time with Santa
Upcoming Christmas Story Time with Santa
Join us for a mele kalikimaka Story Time with Santa! Tuesday, December 8th at 10:30 a.m. on our Facebook page. See you there!
Kid and Tween STEAM: Classic Games
Kid and Tween STEAM: Classic Games
Try these two classic and easy to play games: Hare and Hounds and the Roman game of Bear.
You will need:
– Three playing pieces/glass stones of the same color
– One playing piece/glass stone of a different color
– Game board (easy to draw)
Mele Kalikimaka Christmas Extravaganza
Mele Kalikimaka Christmas Extravaganza
It’s a Mele Kalikimaka Christmas Extravaganza!
Drive up and meet Santa at the Library’s curbside check-out on December 9th any time between 1-7 PM! He will give you a sweet treat and a fun activity to do at home. And, if you have have been good, you can hand your letter to Santa right here at the Library!!
If you can’t come on the 9th, additional Extravaganza kits will be available at curbside thru December 23 while supplies last.
Book Babies: Dancing with Dinosaurs
Book Babies: Dancing with Dinosaurs
Enjoy Dinovember with these fun books and activities! This week we’re Dancing with Dinosaurs.
Join us live Wednesdays at 9:45 AM – Online on Facebook
Ages 2-5
Welcome Songs
Here We Are Together
Here we are together, together, together! Oh, here we are together in our library. There’s (sing names)… Here we are together in our library!
Hello Everybody
Hello everybody let’s clap our hands*, clap our hands, clap our hands. Hello everybody let’s clap our hands today! *pat our head, stretch up high, wiggle our fingers, tickle our knees, kick our feet, bounce up high!
S, T, R, W, P
(Sing while pointing to each finger on your child’s hand.) Sing, talk, read, write, play! Sing, talk, read write, play! Sing, talk, read, write, play! Sing, talk, read, write, play each day!
Sing, Talk, Read, Write, Play
Tip
“A streamer curtain is a great way to play with a newborn who isn’t yet consistently grasping. This activity will encourage strengthening and visual motor skills to bat at objects. It also promotes sensory integration of the touch (tactile), visual, pressure & stretch (proprioceptive) and hearing (auditory) senses.”
Activity
“Hang streamers from baby’s activity gym for him to touch. You can substitute strips of wrapping tissue paper for crepe streamers and they’ll make the same crinkly sound when touched. He’ll get both touch and sound feedback from his movements and learn from the cause and effect of his actions. If you don’t have an activity gym, you can make a streamer curtain hanging from the edge of a chair.”
Books Presented
Cinderella Rex by Christy Webster
Cinderella Rex loves to dance, but will she get to attend the royal ball?
Let's Dance, Little Pookie by Sandra Boynton
A rhyming text about learning to dance is illustrated with Boynton’s familiar pig characters.
Barnyard Dance! by Sandra Boynton
Kids will twirl with the pig, spin with the chickens, and trot with the turkey in Barnyard Dance!
Songs, Rhymes, and Fingerplays
Giddy Up Dinosaur
Giddy-up, giddy-up, giddy-up dinosaur. (bounce child on knees)
Giddy-up, giddy-up, go, go, go.
Giddy-up, giddy-up, giddy-up dinosaur.
Giddy-up, giddy-up, Whoa! (let child slip through knees)
– Pasadena-library.net
Mama’s Little Baby Loves Dancing
(Tune: Shortnin’ Bread)
Mama’s little baby loves dancing, dancing,
Mama’s little baby loves turning round,
Mama’s little baby loves dancing, dancing,
Mama’s little baby loves to boogie down.
Lean to the left,
Lean to the right,
Hug that baby nice and tight.
Mama’s little baby loves dancing, dancing,
Mama’s little baby loves turning round,
Mama’s little baby loves dancing, dancing,
Mama’s little baby loves to boogie down.
– Oremlibrary.org
The Baby Hokey Pokey
You put your arms up, you put your arms down
You put your arms up and you wave them all around
You tickle tickle tickle and you wiggle wiggle, wiggle
That’s how baby hokey pokey goes
You put your legs up…
You put your whole body up…
– Oremlibrary.org
Diaper Changing Song: The Diaper on the Bottom
(To the tune of Wheels on the Bus)
The diaper on the bottom comes off, off, off
Off, off, off
Off, off, off
The diaper on the bottom comes off, off, off
Nice and clean
The fresh new diaper goes on, on, on
On, on, on
On, on, on
The fresh new diaper goes on, on, on
Ready to play
– Franklinma.gov
Signing
Dad
Mom
Walk
Additional Books
Hippo Wants to Dance by Book Dash
Hippo wants to dance, but her moves keep bothering everyone! Will she ever be able to dance freely?
That's Not My Dinosaur by Fiona Watt
Turn the pages and touch the patches of different textures to develop sensory and language awareness.
More Book Babies
Story Time – Dino Dance
Story Time – Dino Dance
“D” is for dinosaur, and November is for Dinovember! Celebrate Dinovember with these great books and activities.
Join us live Tuesdays at 10:30 AM – Online on Facebook
Ages 2-5
Sing, Talk, Read, Write, Play
Tip
Everybody knows at least one preschooler who can rattle off the names of dozens of dinosaurs. There’s a reason for that! Preschoolers’ brains are wired to learn as much vocabulary as possible. So don’t underestimate them: give them all the words you can! Use the most specific terms possible and they will soak them up like a sponge.
Activity
Read a non-fiction book about dinosaurs with your child, then open up a picture book with dinosaurs and help your child name each kind of dinosaur that appears.
Books Presented
Saturday Night at the Dinosaur Stomp by Carol Diggory Shields
When it’s rock ‘n’ roll time during the prehistoric era, many different kinds of dinosaurs gather to twist, twirl, and tromp at a Saturday night party.
Dino-Dancing by Lisa Wheeler
The Paleo Theater is packed with cheering fans ready for a dance showdown.
Flapdoodle Dinosaurs by David A. Carter
A colorful pop-up dinosaur lurks behind each large lift-the-flap. Open them if you dare and meet six delightful dinosaurs!
Dino Tracks by Rhonda Lucas Donald
Step back in time and follow dinosaur tracks around the world. Whether made by a few dinosaurs or large groups, these tracks provide clues to the movement and behavior of these lovable ancient creatures.
Songs, Rhymes, and Fingerplays
Five Funny Dinosaurs
Five dancing dinosaurs clogging on the floor.
One clogged away, and then there were four.
Four dancing dinosaurs spinning ‘round a tree.
One spinned away, and then there were three.
Three dancing dinosaurs kicked a doodle-doo.
One kicked away, and then there were two.
Two dancing dinosaurs having lots of fun.
One went away, and then there was one.
One lonely dinosaur afraid to dance a solo.
He ran away… and then there were zero.
– Adapted from Storytimekatie.com
Rhyme: Dance Like a Diplodocus
Dance like diplodocus
Swaying through the trees
Fly like pterodactyl
Soaring in the breeze
Sprint like gallimimus
Striding through the land
Hunt like velociraptor
Circling in a band
Scoff like a stegosaurus
Munching juicy shoots
Chomp like an apatosaurus
Crunching stones and shoots
Roar like a t-rex
Pouncing on its prey
Run like triceratops
Saying “Don’t eat me today !”
– Carrypaterson.wordpress.com
We Are the Dinosaurs
We are the dinosaurs, marching, marching
We are the dinosaurs
Whaddaya think of that?
We are the dinosaurs, marching, marching
We are the dinosaurs, we make the earth flat
We make the earth flat
We stop and eat our food, when we’re in the mood
We stop and eat our food on the ground
We stop and eat our food, when we’re in the mood
We stop and eat our food and then we march around
‘Cause we are the dinosaurs, marching, marching…
We stop and take a rest, over in our nest
We stop and take a rest at the end of the day
We stop and take a rest, over in our nest
We stop and take a rest and then you’ll hear us say
That we are the dinosaurs, marching, marching
We are the dinosaurs
Whaddaya think of that?
We are the dinosaurs, marching, marching
We are the dinosaurs, we make the earth flat
We make the earth flat
And then we roar!
‘Cause we are the dinosaurs!
(Roar!)
– The Laurie Berkner Band
Crafts and Activities
Coloring Page
Print out this coloring page!
Dinosaur Headband
Make this cool dinosaur craft!
Additional Books
How Big Were Dinosaurs? by Lita Judge
Dinosaurs and modern life collide in a very young picture book that clearly illustrates how big dinosaurs really were.
Don't Forget Dexter by Lindsay Ward
When his best friend, Jack, leaves him behind at the doctor’s office, Dexter T. Rexter panics. First he tries to find Jack. Then he sings their special song. Then he sings their special song even louder.
More Story Times
Story Time: Dino Digs
Story Time: Dino Digs
“D” is for dinosaur, and November is for Dinovember! Celebrate Dinovember with these great books and activities.
Join us live Tuesdays at 10:30 AM – Online on Facebook
Ages 2-5
Sing, Talk, Read, Write, Play
Tip
Everybody knows at least one preschooler who can rattle off the names of dozens of dinosaurs. There’s a reason for that! Preschoolers’ brains are wired to learn as much vocabulary as possible. So don’t underestimate them: give them all the words you can! Use the most specific terms possible and they will soak them up like a sponge.
Activity
Read a non-fiction book about dinosaurs with your child, then open up a picture book with dinosaurs and help your child name each kind of dinosaur that appears.
Books Presented
The Berenstain Bears' Dinosaur Dig by Jan and Mike Berenstain
When Brother and Sister visit the Bearsonian Museum, they luck out. A real dinosaur dig is taking place! What sort of fossils will they find?
What Kind of Car Does a T. Rex Drive? by Mark Lee
Uncle Otto is a used car salesman, who, with the help of his niece and nephew, finds the perfect vehicles for his dinosaur customers.
Am I Yours? by Alex Latimer
Some friendly dinosaurs must help a lost egg after it’s blown out of its nest. But if they are to reunite the little egg with its true parents, they must first discover what kind of dinosaur lies inside.
Songs, Rhymes, and Fingerplays
Dino Ditty
(Tune: “Doo Wah Ditty” by Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich)
Here he comes just a stomping with his feet.
Singing dino, ditty, ditty – dum, ditty do
Searching around for something to eat.
Singing Dino, ditty, ditty, dum, ditty-do
He’s huge. (echo)
He’s strong. (echo)
He’s huge, he’s strong.
Won’t be hungry very long!
Here he comes just a flying down the street singing…
Flapping his wings as he looks for stuff to eat singing…
Here he comes just a swinging his tail singing…
Eating lots of plants, like spinach and kale, singing…
– Pasadena-library.net
All Around the Swamp
(Tune: The Wheels on the Bus)
Pteranodon’s wings went flap, flap, flap
Flap, flap, flap,
Flap, flap, flap,
Pteranodon’s wings went flap, flap, flap
All around the swamp.
Triceratop’s horns went poke, poke, poke…
Apatosaurus’ mouth went munch, munch, munch…
– Melissa.depperfamily.net
Crafts and Activities
Coloring Page
Print out this coloring page!
Dinosaur Headband
Make this cool dinosaur craft!
Additional Books
Barnum's Bones by Tracey Fern
Documents the work of an early twentieth-century paleontologist, named after the famous circus icon by his ambitious parents, who grew up to work for the American Museum of Natural History and discovered the first documented skeletons of the Tyrannosaurus Rex and other noteworthy species.