November Teen Anime Club
November Teen Anime Club
This month we’ll be meeting on Monday, November 16th at 4:30 p.m to watch the final showdown between Aang and Firelord Ozai on Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Books for Boys in November
Books for Boys in November
This month we will be reading Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson. We will meet via Zoom.
For 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.
Read, Look, Learn Episode 2: Halloween with Paradise Donuts
Read, Look, Learn Episode 2: Halloween with Paradise Donuts
Join us for episode 2 of Read, Look, Learn!
About twice a month we’ll take a look at a topic with books from our catalog, then go out into our neighborhood and see if we can find someone to tell us more about it.
This time we’re talking about Halloween and making donuts! Many thanks to Paul Scholes of Paradise Donuts & Gelato for sharing with us.
Book Babies: Happy Halloween!
Book Babies: Happy Halloween
This week in Book Babies, we looked at colorful books about Halloween! Are you ready for the holiday? Come to the library any time this week with your child in costume and get a bag of treats!
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
You don’t actually need to read books aloud to your children in order for them to benefit. Simply looking at and talking about the illustrations in books helps children develop appreciation for the visual arts–not only the names of the colors, but whether they are bright or pastel, clear or blurry.
Activity
Read Spooky Pookie by Sandra Boynton and talk about the different colors that you see.
Books Presented
Sheep Trick or Treat by Nancy Shaw
When sheep dress up to go trick-or-treating at a nearby farm, their costumes scare away some wolves lurking in the woods.
Boo! by Leslie Patricelli
It’s Halloween! Time to dress up and trick-or-treat!
Spooky Pookie by Sandra Boynton
What will Pookie choose to be for Halloween this year?
One, Two, Boo! by Kristen L. Depkin
Lift the flaps to count your way through this spooky old house, but be prepared for a few surprises.
Songs, Rhymes, and Fingerplays
Happy Monsters
(Tune: If You’re Happy and You Know It)
Happy Monsters like to sing and clap their hands. (clap hands)
Happy Monsters like to sing and clap their hands. (clap hands)
Happy monsters like to sing
Happy Monsters clap their hands
Happy monsters like to sing and clap their hands.
*Sad monsters sometimes frown and rub their eyes
*Mad monsters stop to think and count to 5
* Proud monsters stand up tall and say Hurray
– Mrshomeec.blogspot.com
Here’s a Little Pumpkin
Here’s a little pumpkin bouncing on the vine (bounce baby gently)
Roll it left (sway to left)
And roll it right (sway to the other side)
ANd bounce it down the line (bounce down legs)
*Here’s a medium pumpkin bouncing on the vine (bounce baby slightly bigger)
*Here’s a great big pumpkin bouncing on the vine (bounce baby BIG)
– Oremlibrary.org
Monsters Here, Monsters There
Monsters here
Monsters there
Monsters, Monsters, everywhere
Monsters on shoulders,
Monsters on my toes,
Monsters on my belly, and
Monsters on my nose,
Monsters on my arms,
Monsters on my lips,
Monsters on my knees, and
Monsters on my hips!
Monsters here
Monsters there
Monsters, Monsters, everywhere
Do I look worried?
No Siree!
They’re my friends,
Can’t you see?
Yay Monsters!
– Guybrarian.wordpress.com
Halloween is Coming
(Tune: Skip to my Lou)
Jack o’Lantern, turn around
Jack o’Lantern, turn around
Jack o’Lantern, turn around
Halloween is coming
Big Black Cat, Run away
Big Black Cat, Run away
Big Black Cat, Run Away
Halloween is coming
Little witch, fly, fly, fly
Little witch fly, fly, fly
Little witch fly, fly, fly
Halloween is coming
Scary Ghost, hide from me
Scary Ghost, hide from me
Scary Ghost, hide from me
Halloween is coming
– Mrsalbanesesclass.blogspot.com
Signing
We Ask…
(tune “The Farmer in Dell)
We ask for milk like this, we ask for milk like this.
(squeeze fingers together to make a fist)
When we’re thirsty and want a drink, we ask for milk like this.
We ask for food like this, we ask for food like this.
(Bring fingers together & up to mouth)
When we’re hungry and need a snack, we ask for food like this.
We ask to have a change, we ask to have a change.
(alternate fists from top to bottom)
When our diaper is so full, we ask to have a change.
More Book Babies
Story Time: Creepy Costumes
Story Time: Creepy Costumes
Halloween is coming up! Have you chosen a costume? Prepare for the holiday by reading these books of other costumed friends with us!
Join us live Tuesdays at 10:30 AM – Online on Facebook
Ages 2-5
Sing, Talk, Read, Write, Play
Tip
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.
Activity
Spice up a familiar book by talking about why it’s a favorite of your child’s. Talk about the art, the words, and prompt your child to share.
Books Presented
Skeleton Hiccups by Margery Cuyler
Five Little Monkeys Trick or Treat by Eileen Christelow
When babysitter Lulu takes the five little monkeys trick-or-treating, they decide to change costumes with their friends and try to fool Lulu and their mother.
Are You Scared, Darth Vader? by Adam Rex
Although he professes to fear nothing, it turns out that the most-feared villain in the Star Wars universe may not be so fearless after all.
Songs, Rhymes, and Fingerplays
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
It’s a beautiful day in this neighborhood
A beautiful day for a neighbor
Would you be mine?
Could you be mine?
It’s a neighborly day in this beautywood
A neighborly day for a beauty
Would you be mine?
Could you be my neighbor?
– adapted from Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood
Monster, Monster, Turn Around
Monster, monster, turn around
Monster, monster, touch the ground
Monster, monster, reach up high
Monster, monster, touch the sky
Monster, monster, touch your nose
Monster, monster, grab your toes
Monster, monster, touch your knees
Monster, monster, sit down please
– www.Storytimekatie.com
Monsters Galore
Monsters galore, can you roar? Roar.
Monsters galore, can you soar? Make flying motions.
Monsters galore, please shut the door. Clap hands.
Monsters galore, fall on the floor! Fall down.
– Sunflowerstorytime.com
Zoom Zoom Zoom, Witch Style
Zoom, zoom, zoom
Climb onto my broom
Zoom, zoom, zoom
Climb onto my broom
If you want to go at night
to spread around Halloween fright
Zoom, zoom, zoom
Climb onto my broom
In 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
BOO!
Climb onto my broom
Zoom, zoom, zoom
Climb onto my broom
If you want to go at night
to spread around Halloween fright
Zoom, zoom, zoom
Climb onto my broom
In 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
BOO!
– Jbrary.com
Crafts and Activities
Coloring Page
Print out this coloring page!
Additional Books
Ladybug Girl and the Dress-Up Dilemma by David Soman and Jacky Davis
It is Halloween and Lulu doesn’t know if she should dress as Ladybug Girl or find a different costume for the special day.
Muffins for Mummies by Adam and Charlotte Guillain
George bravely explores the museum to see who has been stealing the cakes on the sly. It could be the mammoth – or maybe the knight? Or that mummy who’s lurking nearby…
More Story Times
November Kid and Tween STEAM Activities
November Kid and Tween STEAM Activities
Check out November’s upcoming kid and tween Take n’ Go kits!
Kit 1:
Turkey racers made from balloons and feathers, available for pickup starting Tuesday November 10th.
Kit 2:
Hare and Hounds and classic games, available for pickup starting Tuesday November 24th.