October Events @ the Library

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Earth Day Storytime

Opening Song: The More We Get Together

*We sing and clap to our opening song.  All Stillwater Public Library story times start with this song and the children learn that song means story time is starting.

 

Book: The Earth Day book by Todd Parr

Song: Picking Up Litter ("If you're happy and you know it")
If you see a piece of litter, pick it up!
If you see a piece of litter, pick it up!
It's an easy thing to do,
Takes a second, maybe two.
If you see a piece of litter, pick it up!

Book: Stuff! Reduce, Reuse, Recycle by Steven Kroll

Song: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle ("For He's a Jolly Good Fellow")
Reduce, reuse, recycle
Reduce, reuse, recycle
Reduce, reuse, recycle
Be kind to Mother Earth
Be kind to Mother Earth
Be kind to Mother Earth 
Reduce, reuse, recycle
(Repeat the first four lines)

Book: In My World by Lois Ehlert

Craft: Ring toss out of recycle material.  We used a paper towel roll as a stand with a base of cardboard.  The children colored paper plates which had the center cut out. Put the two together and you have a carnival game!

Beyond Storytime:  http://www.epa.gov/superfund/kids/earthday.htm

Other Books to Checkout:
Children of the Earth...Remember by Schim Schimmel
Each Living Thing by Joanne Ryder
Earth Day Birthday by Pattie Schnetzler  (E 782.42 SCH)
The World is Waiting for You by Barbara Kerley (E 910 KER)

And for adults:   
On a farther shore: the life and legacy of Rachel Carson by Souder, William (B CAR)
The Story of Stuff: How our obsession with stuff is trashing the planet, our communities, and our health-- and a vision for change by Leonard, Annie (306.4 LEO)
Eco-craft: Recycle-recraft-restyle by Wasinger, Susan (745.5 WAS)

Friendship Storytime

Everyday is a great day to celebrate friends!

Opening Song: The More We Get Together

*We sing and clap to our opening song.  All Stillwater Public Library story times start with this song and the children learn that song means story time is starting.

 

Book: A Friend Like You by Tanja Askani

 

Rhyme: Friends at Play

 

Book: The Bear Who Shared by Catherine Rayner

 

Song: If You're Friendly... (sung to If you're happy and you know it)

 

Book: Make a Wish Bear by Greg Foley

 

Craft: Make a card to send to a friend. Our card showed a picture of two friends holding hands.

Beyond Storytime: Head to a playground around Stillwater and make a new friend.

 

Other Books to Checkout:

When No One is Watching by Eileen Spinelli

Waddles by David McPhail

How to Be Friends with a Dragon by Valeri Gorbachev

Chicken, Pig, Cow Horse Around by Ruth Ohi

 

And for adults: 

The Friendship Crisis: finding, making, and keeping friends when you're not a kid anymore by Marla Paul (302.3 PAU)

How to start a conversation and make friends by Don Gabor (153.6 GAB)

Time/ Days of the Week Storytime

Understanding time, days of the week, and months in the year can be a difficult concept for kids.  Talking about time and ways we measure time (clocks and calendars) can start helping kids learn about such an intangible topic.

Opening Song: The More We Get Together

*We sing and clap to our opening song.  All Stillwater Public Library story times start with this song and the children learn that song means story time is starting.

Book: Bats Around the Clock by Kathi Appelt

Song: Hickory Dickory Dock

Book: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle

Song: Addams Family Days of the Week song

Book: One Lighthouse One Moon by Anita Lobel

Craft: Mouse ran up the clock- using a mouse on a string.

Beyond Storytime: http://www.timemonsters.com/

Other Books to Checkout:

Cluck O'Clock by Kes Gray

Chickens to the Rescue by John Himmelman

Why I Will Never ever ever ever have enough time to Read This Book by Remy Charlip

And for adults: 

Time management from the inside out: the foolproof system for taking control of your schedule-- and your life by Julie Morgenstern (650.1 MOR)

Time management for dummies by Jeffery Mayer (658.4 MAY)

   
 

Dr. Seuss Storytime

Dr. Seuss is a very important author in children's literature.  To celebrate Dr. Seuss and children's literature the National Educational Association promotes Read Across America.  Learn more here.

Do you have a favorite Dr. Seuss book?

Opening Song: The More We Get Together 

*We sing and clap to our opening song.  All Stillwater Public Library story times start with this song and the children learn that song means story time is starting.

Book: The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss

Extra: Explore the library's Dr. Seuss pop up book

Book: I Can Read with My Eyes Shut! by Dr. Seuss

Song: I'm gonna shake my sillies out

Book: My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss

Craft: Create your own paper Dr. Seuss hat.  The children can color the stripes in the Dr. Seuss hat and then attach a paper head band to create the hat.

Beyond Storytime: Find out more about Dr. Seuss and play games!

 Other Books to Checkout:

Anything by Dr. Seuss! Look in the picture book and easy reader sections.

Biographies found under B SEU

And for adults:

The Parables of Dr. Seuss by Short, Robert (813 SHO)

The Annotated Cat: under the hats of Seuss and his cats by Nel, Philip (813 NEL)

The Seuss, the whole Seuss, and nothing but the Seuss: a visual biography of Theodor Seuss Geisel by Cohen, Charles (B SEU)

The Secret Art of Dr. Seuss by Geisel, Theodor Seuss (759.13 GEI)

Valentine's Day Storytime

Happy Valentine's Day

Opening Song: The More We Get Together 

*We sing and clap to our opening song.  All Stillwater Public Library story times start with this song and the children learn that song means story time is starting.

Book: The Ballad of Valentine by Alison Jackson

Song: If you Love Me and You Know It (tune: If your happy and you know it)

If you love me and you know, Clap your hands....

Say I "I Love You"

Blow a kiss

Give a hug 

Book: Sweet Hearts by Jan Carr

Finger Play: Make a Heart

I put my hands together,

this is how i start;

I curve my fingers right around

and I can make a Heart! 

Book: Never Too Little to Love by Jeanne Willis (Storyhour book)

Craft: Heartful Pig. Using a large pink heart for the face, small pink hearts for the ears and nose create a pig face for a Valentine's card.  "Hogs and Kiss for you!"

Beyond Storytime: http://www.readingrockets.org/calendar/valentine  

 Other Books to Checkout:

Will You Be My Valenswine? by Teresa Bateman

Don't Forget I Love You by Miriam Moss

Mouse in Love by Robert Kraus

Olympic Storytime

 
Sochi 2014 is here and Stillwater Public Library is ready to cheer on all the Olympians!  Have your child enroll in our Winter Reading Program.  We are encouraging all our Olympic readers to make reading a daily habit.

Opening Song: The More We Get Together 

*We sing and clap to our opening song.  All Stillwater Public Library story times start with this song and the children learn that song means story time is starting.

Book: Ten on the Sled by Kim Norman

Song: At the Olympics (sung to "Did you ever see a lassie?")

Book: Get Up and Go! by Nancy Carlson

Song:The Olympic Games (sung to "Mary had a little lamb")

Book: Snowy Sports: Ready, Set, Play! by Per-Henrik Gurth

Craft: Ice skates.  Glue silver painted craft stick on to a paper cut out of an ice skate.  Use yarn to lace up the skates.

Beyond Storytime: 

https://www.commonsensemedia.org/blog/what-kids-will-remember-forever-from-watching-the-olympics-with-you

http://talisman.sochi2014.com/en/

Other Books to Checkout:

Tacky and the Winter Games by Helen Lester

Dream Big, Little Pig! by Kristi Yamaguchi

Good Sports: rhymes about running, jumping, throwing and more by Jack Prelutsky & Chris Raschka

   

Olympic songs via the fabulous http://storytimewithmissmollie.blogspot.com/2012/07/storytime-olympics.html  

Groundhog's Day Storytime

Punxsutawney Phil has predicted six more weeks of winter.  Are you excited?

Opening Song: The More We Get Together 

*We sing and clap to our opening song.  All Stillwater Public Library story times start with this song and the children learn that song means story time is starting.

 Book: Go to Sleep, Groundhog! By Judy Cox

Fingerplay: Five Little Groundhogs 

Book: Gregory's Shadow by Don Freeman

Fingerplay: Groundhog in his hole

Book: Bear's Shadow by Frank Asch (library copy of oversized book) 

Craft: Pop-up groundhog.  Use a Styrofoam cup as the burrow, decorate the outside like the woods.  Attach an image of a groundhog on a straw.  Poke the straw through the bottom of the cup and move it up and down to make the groundhog pop out of the burrow!   

Beyond Storytime: http://www.groundhog.org/teachers/

Other books to checkout:    

Groundhog Day! by Gail Gibbons (E 394.261 Gibbons)

Groundhog stays up late by Margery Cuyler

Brownie Groundhog and the February Fox by Susan Blackaby

 

Snow Storytime

Reminder the library will be closed Jan 19 & 20 in observance of Martin Luther King Jr Day.
On Tues., Jan 21st at 4pm we will be hosting Iditarod Tales

Opening Song: The More We Get Together 

*We sing and clap to our opening song.  All Stillwater Public Library story times start with this song and the children learn that song means story time is starting.

Book: Mouse's first snow by Lauren Thompson

Rhyme: I'm a little snowman

I'm a little snowman, round and fat

Here are my buttons, here is my hat

When the sun comes up, I can not play

Because I slowly melt away

 

Book: Winter is for Snow by Robert Neubecker

Flannel board: Five little snowflakes

Book: In the snow by Peggy Collins

Craft: Make a snowman using a white piece of paper wrapped around a toilet paper roll.  Decorate with a hat, eyes, nose, scarf and buttons!

Beyond Storytime: http://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2014/01/snow-window-winter-activity-for-kids.html

Other books to checkout:     

If it's snowy and you know it, clap your paws! by Kim Norman

Big snow by Jonathan Bean

Over and under the snow by Kate Messner

Snow party by Harriet Ziefert

Hats & Mittens Storytime

Brr the Arctic chill is in the air, time to bundle up with warm hats and mittens!

Opening Song: The More We Get Together 

*We sing and clap to our opening song.  All Stillwater Public Library story times start with this song and the children learn that song means story time is starting.

Book: The Mitten by Jan Brett


Song: The Mitten by Jan Brett (tune: Farmer in the Dell)
The mitten on the ground.
The mitten on the ground.
Heigh-ho! It's cold outside.
The mitten on the ground.
The (mole) snuggles in.
The (mole) snuggles in.
Heigh-ho! It's cold outside.
The (mole) snuggles in.
[After the last animal, all pretend to sneeze and fall out of the mitten.]

Book: A Mountain of Mittens by Lynn Plourde

Flannel Board: Kitten's missing mitten
http://www.daycareresource.com/printables/flannelstories/kittensmittens.pdf 

Book: Don't Worry, Douglas! by David Melling

Craft: Color hat and mitten pictures. Join the mittens together by punching a hole and tying a string.

Beyond Storytime: Coloring pages and activities to go with Jan Brett's books

Other books to checkout:

Pebble's Way by Simon VanBooy

A Boy Had a Mother Who Bought Him a Hat by Karla Kuskin

Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina

I Want My Hat Back by Jon Klassen 

Family Tree Storytime

We held a special storytime based on families in conjunction with the 'Caring for Family Treasure' Exhibit.  Panels containing tips on how to preserve heirlooms such as textiles, family videos, jewelry, clocks and watches, photographs, paintings and paper items such as books, letters, certificates and maps are on display.  The exhibit, designed by collections care professionals, offers helpful hints on the proper display, storage and handling of items, as well as expert advice on things not to do.  It will be available for viewing during library business hours.


On Saturday, Jan. 4, at 1-3 p.m., DeLano and library volunteer Theo Yoast will present a class designed to help beginners learn how to start researching their family genealogy.  The first part of the session will introduce participants to the resources available in the library, throughout town and on the web.  The second part will introduce the library’s online genealogy databases, Heritage Quest and Ancestry.com.

On Saturday, Jan. 11 at 1 p.m., Aimee Bryant, director of the Sheerar Museum of Stillwater History, and Registrar Ashlie J. Hight will present “Family Heirloom Preservation.”  The presentation will go into more depth on caring for the types of items displayed in the exhibit.

Opening Song: The More We Get Together 

*We sing and clap to our opening song.  All Stillwater Public Library story times start with this song and the children learn that song means story time is starting.

 

Book: Homeplace by Anne Shelby

Fingerplay:  "Finger Family"
(Hands up, fingers pointing up)
This is my father (point to a finger for each member of the family)
This is my mother
This is my brother
This is my sister
This is the baby (Baby is the little finger)
Oh! How I love them all. (Clasp hands together, hold to chest)

Book: I am me by Karla Kuskin

Fingerplay: "Grandparents"
Here are Grandma's spectacles (circle eyes with thumb & index finger)
and here is Grandma's hat. (Circle hands on head)
Grandma claps her hands like this, (clap)
and folds them in her lap. (Lay hands in lap)
Here are Grandpa's spectacles(circle eyes with thumb & index finger)
and here is Grandpa's hat. (Circle hands on head)
Here's the way he folds his arms. (fold arms)
And takes a little nap. (lower head, close eyes, snore)

Book: Harris finds his feet by Catherine Rayner

Craft: Family Tree.  We created family trees by gluing pictures of family members on a tree.  At home you could make a similar tree using photographs of families members. 

 

Beyond Storytime: http://kids.familytreemagazine.com/kids/default.asp

Other books to checkout:

Beginnings: How Families Come to be by Virginia Kroll

Shanghai Messenger by Andrea Cheng
When We're Together by Claire Freedman

Soup Storytime

Opening Song: The More We Get Together 

*We sing and clap to our opening song.  All Stillwater Public Library story times start with this song and the children learn that song means story time is starting.

Book: Carrot Soup by John Segal

Song: Pease Porridge Hot

Book: Duck Soup

Song: ABCs 

Book: Chicken Soup with Rice: A Book of Months by Maurice Sendak

Craft: Alphabet Soup.  Glue a print out of a soup bowl on to a piece of construction paper and then draw ingredients to your soup, don't forget to add your alphabet noodles. 

Beyond Storytime: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoIPZZf5iCk&noredirect=1

Other books to checkout:

Octopus Soup by Mercer Mayer

Bravery Soup by Maryann Cocca-Leffler

Chicken Soup by Heart by Esther Hershenhorn

Emeril's there's a chef in my soup!: recipes for the kid in everyone by Emeril Lagasse (JUV 641.5 LAG)

Ho, Ho, Christmas Storytime

Spread the holiday cheer at the library! If the library is open we will be here doing our regularly scheduled storytimes.  This is a great time to bring out of town family members to a storytime, all are welcome!

Library Holiday Hours:
Dec. 24- Close at 5pm
Dec. 25- Closed
Dec. 26- Closed at 6pm
Dec. 30- Closed at 6pm (No evening storytime)
Dec. 31- Close at 5pm
Jan. 1- Closed


Opening Song: The More We Get Together 

*We sing and clap to our opening song.  All Stillwater Public Library story times start with this song and the children learn that song means story time is starting.

 

Book: I've Seen Santa! by David Bedford

 

Song: Jingle Bells 

*we have jingle bells for the children to ring while singing

Book: Santa's Stuck by Rhonda Gowler Greene

Song: Ring, Ring, Ring the Bells (tune: Row, row, row your boat)

Ring, ring, ring the bells

Ring them loud and clear

to tell the children everywhere,

That Christmas time is here.

Book: Llama, llama holiday drama by Anna Dewdney

Craft: Ornaments.  We re-purposed old CDs to make ornaments to hang.  On one side the children glue an oversized circle piece of felt and on the other side is an image cut out of a greeting card.  We then add ribbon for it to be hung. 

Beyond Storytime: http://www.santa-t.com/

Other books to checkout:

Merry Christmas, Merry Crow by Kathi Appelt

The Christmas Magic by Lauren Thompson

The Mouse Before Christmas by Michael Garland

Plus many more!

   

Teddy Bear Storytime

Opening Song: The More We Get Together 

*We sing and clap to our opening song.  All Stillwater Public Library story times start with this song and the children learn that song means story time is starting.

Book: Everybody Has a Teddy by Virginia Kroll

Song: Teddy Bear, Jingle Bells
Jingle bells, Jingle bells, Jingle all the way
Oh what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh! Hay!

Jingle bells, Jingle bells, Jingle all the way
Oh what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh! Hay!

Dashing through the snow, with a Teddy bear in tow
O'er the fields we go, He wears a big red bow

Bells on Teddy ring, eyes that are so bright
Ho what fun to laugh and sing with Teddy bear tonight!

Oh! Jingle bells, Jingle bells, Jingle all the way
Oh what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh! Hay!

Book: Best Bear by Emma Dodd

Action Rhyme: A Teddy Bear
Two tiny eyes
And a little, round tummy.
Two furry paws
For scooping up honey.
A soft, "snuggable" snout;
Ears that listen and care;
When you put them all together,
You have a teddy bear.

 
Book: Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear illustrated by Michael Hague

Craft: Colored a holiday teddy bear

Beyond Storytime: The big display case in the North Lobby is featuring Holiday Bears, have your child count how many bears they can find.

Other books to checkout:
Where teddy bears come from by Mark Burgess
Corduroy by Don Freeman
Alphabears by Kathleen Hague  (Ms Elizabeth remembers this book from childhood!)
Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Milne 
*Did you have a favorite teddy bear/ teddy bear story? Make sure to share those memories with your child.  My favorite will always be Pooh Bear!

Moon and Stars Storytime

Opening Song: The More We Get Together 

*We sing and clap to our opening song.  All Stillwater Public Library story times start with this song and the children learn that song means story time is starting.

Book: Kitten's first full moon by Kevin Henkes

Song: Twinkle, twinkle little star

Book: Papa, please get the moon for me by Eric Carle
(note this book is not available for check out due to fold out pages)

Song: Climb aboard (tune- Itsy Bitsy Spider)

Climb aboard the spaceship/ we're going to the moon
(make climbing motions with hands and feet/ arms around head in circle shape)
Hurry up get ready/ we're going to blast off soon
(run in place)
Put your helmets on/ and buckle up real tight
(pretend pull on a helmet/ pretend buckle)
Here comes the countdown/ let's count with all our might
(bounce knees)
10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1 BLAST OFF!
(count down on fingers and jump for blast off)

Book: Star Climbing by Lou Fancher

Craft: Moon mobile. Hang stars off of a moon to create a mobile. We used construction paper shapes and yarn.

Beyond Storytime: http://www.nasa.gov/audience/forkids/kidsclub/flash/index.html#.UqeT5eL9yaM

Other books to checkout: 
The Moon over Star by Dianna Hutts Aston
And If the Moon Could Talk by Kate Banks
Mouse and the moon by M. Christina Butler

 

Happy Thanksgiving

Library Holiday Hours:
Wed., 10/27 Close at 6pm
Thur., 10/28 Closed
Fri., 10/29 Closed
Sat., 10/30 Normal hours resume

Opening Song: The More We Get Together 

*We sing and clap to our opening song.  All Stillwater Public Library story times start with this song and the children learn that song means story time is starting.

Book: The Perfect Thanksgiving by Eileen Spinelli

Song: We Eat Turkey (tune: Are you sleeping?)

We eat turkey, we eat turkey
Oh so good, oh so good
Always on Thanksgiving, always on Thanksgiving
Yum, yum, yum
yum, yum, yum

Mashed potatoes, mashed potatoes

Oh so good, oh so good
Always on Thanksgiving, always on Thanksgiving
Yum, yum, yum
yum, yum, yum

*Add your own favorite Thanksgiving feast foods.

Book: Run, Turkey, Run! by Diane Mayr

Flannelboard: Five little turkeys
5 little turkeys standing by the door,
one waddled off, and then there were 4.
4 little turkeys under a tree,
one waddled off, and then there were 3.
3 little turkeys with nothing to do,
one waddled off, and then there were 2.
2 little turkeys in the noon day sun,
one waddled off, and then there were 1.
1 little turkeys better run away,
For soon will come Thanksgiving Day.


Book: I Know an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pie by Allison Jackson

Craft: Turkey hats.  Using a brown piece of construction paper, cut a strip that will circle around the child's head.  Add a turkey face to the front and feathers in the back.

Beyond Storytime: Looking for an alternate perspective on Thanksgiving Day and its representation in today's culture? Check out this commentary by Debbie Reese (post on Nov 7, 2013).

Other books to checkout:  
Gobble, Gobble by Cathryn Falwell
This is the Turkey by Abby Levine
The Very First Thanksgiving Day by Rhonda Gowler Greene

Birds Storytime

Opening Song: The More We Get Together 

*We sing and clap to our opening song.  All Stillwater Public Library story times start with this song and the children learn that song means story time is starting.

Book: Albert the Albatross by Syd Hoff

Fingerplay: Two Little Birds
Two little black* birds... siting on a hill
One named Jack... one named Jill
Fly away Jack... fly away Jill
Come back Jack... come back Jill
*can use a variety of colors

Book: Whose Chick are You? by Nancy Tafuri

Song: Chicks on the farm (sung to the tune of Wheels on the Bus)
The chicks on the farm go cheep, cheep, cheep....
The hens on the farm go cluck, cluck, cluck....
The ducks on the farm go quack, quack, quack....
The geese on the farm go honk, honk, honk....
The roosters goes cock-a-doodle-doo...
    ....All around the barn

Book: Little Green by Keith Baker

Craft: The children made bird feeders using cereal-o's strung on a pipe cleaner that was then shaped into a circle and hung with a string.
Other types of bird feeders include:  http://www.ehow.com/info_7747006_homemade-bird-feeders-craft-kids.html

Beyond Storytime: http://web4.audubon.org/educate/educators/younger_children.html


Other books to checkout:  
Seven Hungry Babies by Candace Fleming
Birds by Kevin Henkes
The Happy Owls by Celestino Piatti
General bird books can be found in 598 section of the nonfiction books.     

Forest Animal Storytime

Opening Song: The More We Get Together 

*We sing and clap to our opening song.  All Stillwater Public Library story times start with this song and the children learn that song means story time is starting.

Book: A Fawn in the Grass by Joanne Ryder

Flannel Board: I spy with my little eye...
... animal who's big, brown and furry and who loves honey (bear)
... animal who's long and green and slithers on his stomach (snake)
... animal who's white and has long ears (rabbit)
... animal who's small and brown and has quills on its back (porcupine) 
... animal who stays up at night and says 'whoo' (owl)
... animal who has a big, bushy tail and who loves to eat nuts (squirrel)

Book: One Magical Morning by Claire Freedman

Song:  Bear Went Over the Mountain

Book:  The Happy Hedgehog Band by Martin Waddell

Craft: The children made a hedgehog by gluing on brown construction paper spines to a hedgehog body.

Beyond Storytime: http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefeature/

Other books to checkout:  
Porcupining: A Prickly Love Story by Lisa Wheeler
Forest Bright/ Forest Night by Jennifer Ward
Bedtime in the Forest by Kazuo Iwamura
At the Edge of the Woods: A Counting Book by Cynthia Cotten
Nonfiction books about forest animals can be found throughout the 500's. Ask your librarian to help find books about about your favorite forest animal.