Adult Makers! Pick up a Christmas pop-up card kit starting Monday November 16th and watch how to make them Friday November 20th at www.madisonlib.org/adult-arena.
“D” is for dinosaur, and November is for Dinovember! Start off Dinovember with these great books and activities.
Ages 2-5
Learning through play is relaxed, fun, and creative. Through a single enjoyable activity, your child can learn about following directions, taking turns, and showing appreciation to others, all skills that are necessary for healthy development.
Help your child practice taking turns by playing a hide and seek game with a favorite toy. Show them how you appreciate their efforts to find the toy, even if it might be hard to spot at first.
Identifies different dinosaurs using illustrations comprised of finger and thumb prints.
Join a herd of dinosaurs waiting for eggs to hatch in this action-packed next-step-concept book about comparisons.
From renowned pop-up masters Robert Sabuda and Matthew Reinhart comes an awe-inspiring tribute to the world’s most beloved extinct animals and their 180-million-year reign on our planet.
(Tune: Row, Row, Row Your Boat)
Dino, dino, dinosaur, stomping on the ground.
Now we add one and two, till we have a herd.
– Artsy Toddler Storytimes by Carol Garnett Hopkins
(Tune: Shake My Sillies Out)
I’m going to shake, shake, shake my dino head, (shake head)
Shake, shake, shake my dino head, shake shake, shake my dino head,
And then go stomping about. (stomp feet)
Scratch, scratch, scratch my dino claws… (shape hands like claws and scratch them in the air)
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle my dino foot… (wiggle one foot)
Wag, wag, wag my dino tail… (move bottom side to side)
– Artsy Toddler Storytimes by Carol Garnett Hopkins
Make this cool dinosaur craft!
Readers set out on a time-traveling adventure through six prehistoric narrative scenes that cover everything from the gentle giants to the bloodthirsty predators and along the way examine what dinosaurs looked like, where they lived, what they ate, and why they disappeared.
Provides practical advice for a young dinosaur when a baby brother arrives, such as the good news that he will be toddling soon, but the bad news that he will not know what is dangerous.
Halloween is coming up! Have you chosen a costume? Prepare for the holiday by reading these books of other costumed friends with us!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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, 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, 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
It is Halloween and Lulu doesn’t know if she should dress as Ladybug Girl or find a different costume for the special day.
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…
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.
Check out November’s upcoming teen Take n’ Go craft kits!
Teen craft 1:
Popsicle stick shelves, available for pickup starting Thursday November 5th.
Teen craft 2:
Magic circle crochet, available for pickup starting Thursday November 19th.
Can you find the “creepy creatures” in the night? These are the nocturnal animals that stay up at night and sleep during the day. You might go outside in the evening and, using your senses, discover which of these animals are creeping around your neighborhood.
Ages 2-5
Don’t shy away from informational or non-fiction books when sharing a story with your child. Children love to find out about the world around them and how things work. Even if you don’t read all the words, point out the illustrations and talk about them with your child.
Using an informational book about animals, sing, “There’s Something in the Nighttime,” with your child and have them fill in the noises. Then talk about where the animals live, what they eat, and when they sleep.
Describes various nocturnal animals and their nighttime activities, including the opossum, brown bat, and tree frog.
Three owl babies whose mother has gone out in the night try to stay calm while she is gone.
It’s daytime and night animals are all sleeping soundly. Well, all except for Possum. Skunk tries to be helpful, pointing out a cave, then a tree, then a den. But the more places Possum tries to sleep, the more night animals he wakes up.
What’s a witch to do when a rainstorm threatens the Halloween Parade? Make it fun, that’s what!
One little bat was trying to behave.
He hung upside down from his feet in a cave.
Another bat flew in, and said, “How do you do?”
The 2nd joined the first, and then there were 2!
2 little bats were trying to behave.
They hung upside down from their feet in a cave.
To help pass the time, they sang “Do re me”
Another bat joined the song, and then there were 3.
3 little bats were trying to behave
They hung upside down from their feet in a cave
From their cave perch, they looked down at the floor,
A new bat joined the game, and then there were 4.
4 little bats were trying to behave.
They hung upside down from their feet in a cave.
One little bat zoomed inside and did a dive.
He stayed to take a rest, and with him there were 5.
– www.Missbarbaraatthelibrary.blogspot.com
Two little hoot owls, sitting on a hill
One named Jack and the other named Jill
Fly away Jack! Fly away Jill!
Come back, Jack! Come back, Jill!
– www.Storytimekatie.com
(Modified from There’s something in my garden)
There’s something in the nighttime that I can’t really see.
There’s something in the nighttime, now what can it be?
Whoo, Whoo. Hear it’s funny sound? Whoo, Whoo. An Owl is what I found!
(Continue with other animals, I used an Owl, a cat, a mouse, and a skunk ‘Smell that funny smell? Sniff, sniff, A skunk! You sure can tell!’)
– www.Missbarbaraatthelibrary.blogspot.com
Make this owl paper bag puppet craft!
Mother Owl hears a mysterious noise in the night and tries to identify it.
Possum is hiding from the sounds in the night, and his fear sets off a chain reaction in the other night animals.
When Chester the raccoon is reluctant to go to kindergarten for the first time, his mother teaches him a secret way to carry her love with him.
After she falls headfirst into a bird’s nest, a baby bat is raised like a bird until she is reunited with her mother.
