December Young League of Writers
December Young League of Writers
This month we’ll be meeting on Monday, December 14th at 4:30 p.m. We’ll report on NaNoWriMo goals and participate in a group storytelling project!
December Combined Tween Book Club
December Combined Tween Book Club
This month we will be reading The Gift of the Magi and Other Stories by O. Henry. We will meet via Zoom.
For girls and boys ages 8-11 and accompanying adult. It’s a party about a book! Play games, make a cool craft, and eat a tasty snack.
Book Babies: Turkeys!
Book Babies: Turkeys!
Turkeys, feathers, and family hugs! These things can be enjoyed anytime of the year, but we love them around Thanksgiving. Try counting feathers with your child, look at the colors, and see how many hugs you can give away this week.
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
Feathers are a wonderful, inexpensive sensory “toy” that can grow with your child. Talk with your child about their colors, how they feel, smell, and move when you blow them. They will begin to blow them too which is a great speech development skill.
Activity
For infants, sing a nursery rhyme such as “Turkey Wore a Red Feather” while tickling their face or cheek. For toddler, hide feathers in a book and have seek and find them. Then blow them together out of the book. Remember to talk, talk, talk with your child about what is happening!
Books Presented
Five Silly Turkeys by Salina Yoon
Watch the shiny feathers disappear as you count down from five to one in this Thanksgiving book about five silly turkeys!
Yummy, Yucky by Leslie Patricelli
A toddler finds out that spaghetti is yummy, but worms — and blue crayons, and sand, and other things too gross to mention — are definitely yucky when tasted.
One Hug by Katrina Moore
A young boy discovers many different kinds of hugs and ways to show love as family members and friends gather to welcome his immigrant relatives from China.
Songs, Rhymes, and Fingerplays
Two Little Turkeys
Two little turkeys sitting on a hill
One named Jack, the other named Jill
Run away Jack, run away Jill
Come back Jack, come back Jill
(cloud/quiet & loud, pole/fast & slow, sky/low & high)
– Storytimekatie.com
Turkey Wore a Red Feather
(Tune: Mary Wore a Red Dress)
Turkey wore a red feather,
Red feather,
Red feather,
Turkey wore a red feather,
All day long.
(Blue, green, purple, orange, yellow, etc.)
– Oremlibrary.org
Giddy Up Turkey
Giddy-up, giddy-up, giddy-up turkey. (bounce child on knees)
Giddy-up, giddy-up, go, go, go.
Giddy-up, giddy-up, giddy-up turkey.
Giddy-up, giddy-up, Whoa! (let child slip through knees)
– Adapted from Oremlibrary.org
Signing
Dad
Mom
Walk
Additional Books
1 2 3 the Farm and Me: Following Food from the Farm to Your Family by America's Test Kitchen
How does your food get from the farm to your table? Let’s count the ways!
Big Hugs, Little Hugs by Felicia Bond
Illustrations and brief text show many different ways to hug.
What is in the Pot? by Book Dash
Sam wants to know what is in the pot… he’s so hungry!
Big Hugs, Little Hugs by Felicia Bond
Illustrations and brief text show many different ways to hug.
More Book Babies
Story Time: Dino Dinner
Story Time: Dino Dinner
It’s a dinosaur dinner! What do you think a dinosaur would eat for Thanksgiving? Have fun making handprint dinosaurs and singing some of these songs as you enjoy the holiday. You can also practice shaping the letter “D” with any kind of dough such as play dough or even pie dough!
Join us live Tuesdays at 10:30 AM – Online on Facebook
Ages 2-5
Sing, Talk, Read, Write, Play
Tip
The holidays are a great time to talk with your child. Their senses are alert as they smell the cooking food and the crisp, Fall air, hear the the crunching leaves under their feet, feel the cool breeze on their nose, and see the world change from greens, to browns, and to white.
Activity
Using your senses this week, talk about what your child notices around them, and then share a memory of when you were a child that’s triggered by a sensory experience of your own.
Books Presented
Library Books Are Not for Eating! by Todd Tarpley
Ms. Bronte loves being a teacher, but she has one small problem . . . she also really loves eating books. Did I mention she’s also a dinosaur?
Dino Thanksgiving by Lisa Wheeler
The dinosaurs enjoy a variety of Thanksgiving Day activities, including preparing favorite recipes, playing touch football, telling stories, and eating together.
How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food? by Jane Yolen
Describes how a dinosaur eats, with no rude noises and while sitting very still.
Dino-Dinners by Mick Manning
Find out what dinosaurs ate in prehistoric times.
Songs, Rhymes, and Fingerplays
If You’re Thankful and You Know It
If you’re thankful and you know it, clap your hands
If you’re thankful and you know it, clap your hands
If you’re thankful and you know it and you really want to show it
If you’re thankful and you know it, clap your hands
(stomp your feet, shout “hooray”, do all three)
– Storytimekatie.com
Dino Thanksgiving Day
Over the river, and through the wood,
The dinosaurs will go;
Stegosaurus, he leads the way through the white and drifted snow.
Over the river, and through the wood,
to the mountain far away!
We would not stop for triceratops,
for this is Thanksgiving Day.
Thanksgiving Pot
(Tune: Shaker Melody)
We put some ___________in the pot,
and stir, stir, stir till its hot.
I hope my dino likes this dish, cause this is my Thanksgiving wish.
Crafts and Activities
Coloring Page
Print out this coloring page!
Dinosaur Hand
Make this cool dinosaur craft!
Additional Books
The Thank You Book by Mo Willems
Piggie is determined to thank everyone she knows, but Gerald thinks she will forget someone important.
The Secret of Saying Thanks by Douglas Wood
While learning the secret to a good life, a child says thank you for the natural world and for being loved, because a grateful heart is always happy.
Turkey Trouble by Wendi Silvano
As Thanksgiving Day approaches, Turkey nervously makes a series of costumes, disguising himself as other farm animals in hopes that he can avoid being served as Thanksgiving dinner.
More Story Times
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)