Teen Coding Craft
Teen
Coding Game
Teen Yarn Craft
Teen
Yarn Crafts
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September Adult Makers
September Adult Makers
Market Bags
Join us by watching the video below to make your market bag!
Story Time – Row Your Boat
Story Time
Row Your Boat
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.
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Ages 2-5
Sing, Talk, Read, Write, Play
Tip
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?
Activity
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.
Books Presented
Busy Boats by Tony Mitton
Rhyming text introduces a variety of ships and boats as they cross lakes, seas, and rivers with cargoes of merchandise or people.
Who Sank the Boat? by Pamela Allen
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.
Row, Row, Row Your Boat by Jane Cabrera
In this expansion of a familiar song, the occupants of a rowboat enjoy seeing and making the sounds of different jungle animals.
Songs, Rhymes, and Fingerplays
Splashin’ Up and Down
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
Five Little Boats
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
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
Crafts and Activities
Coloring Page
Print out this coloring page!
Rocking Boat
Try making this rocking boat!
Additional Books
Ready, Set, Sail! by Meg Fleming
Follows a group of friends as they go sailing, explore an island, and return home to tell their tale.
Big Bear's Big Boat by Eve Bunting
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.
If I Had a Big Blue Boat by Susan James Fry
The Boats on the River by Marjorie Flack
A ferryboat, paddlewheeler, ocean liner, tug boat, motorboat, sailboat, rowboat, freighter, submarine, and a warship all share the river waters around the big city.
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September Adult Book Club
September
Adult Book Club
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.
Upcoming September Teen Crafts
Upcoming Teen crafts
In September
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.
Story Time – Berry Delicious
Story Time – Berry Delicious
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.
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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
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.”
Books Presented
Jamberry by Bruce Degen
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 by Tammi Salzano
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?
Bear Sees Colors by Karma Wilson
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?
More Blueberries! by Susan Musgrave
These young twins can’t get enough of their favorite snack—and they aren’t the only ones!
Songs, Rhymes, and Fingerplays
Jamberry Flannel Rhyme
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
Pick Berries High
(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
Pop Goes the Berry
(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
Picked a Berry
(Tune: Clementine)
Picked a blueberry, picked a blueberry (picking motion)
That was growing in the sun
(circle arms above head)
Then I washed it and I ate it (pretend to eat)
And I picked another one
That was growing in the sun
(circle arms above head)
Then I washed it and I ate it (pretend to eat)
And I picked another one
Crafts and Activities
Coloring Page
Print out this coloring page or color it online!
Woven Strawberries
Practice weaving with this strawberry craft.
Additional Books
Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey
Little Sal and Little Bear both lose their mothers while eating blueberries and almost end up with the other’s mother.
Munch Your Lunch! adapted by Becky Friedman
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!
Pie in the Sky by Lois Ehlert
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.
Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin
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.
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Upcoming Kid and Tween STEAM Activities in September
Upcoming Kid and Tween STEAM activities
In September
Our STEAM take n’ go activities for ages 6-11 will become available for pickup at the Youth Reference Desk starting Tuesday, September 8 for our holo-projector craft and Tuesday, September 22 for our infinity cube craft.
They will be handed out as long as supplies last, so don’t miss them!
Upcoming Story Time and Book Babies in September
Upcoming Story Time and Book Babies
In September
We have some exciting changes upcoming for kids’ programming!
Story Time will resume online starting Tuesday September 8th at 10:30 a.m. Book Babies will resume Wednesday September 9th at 9:45 a.m. In place of Toddler Time, we will be posting activity videos (songs, scarf activities, etc) that we can keep online as a permanent resource.
We also have Story Time Craft Kits that will be available starting Tuesday September 1st. You can pick up the entire month’s crafts so you can follow along during Story Time.
We’re really excited about our upcoming programming. See you in September!