Friends Story Time

Books that we read :

"If you give a mouse a cookie" by Laura Numeroff
"My friend is sad" by Mo Willems
"Fluffy and Baron" by Laura Rankin
"Inside mouse, outside mouse" by Lindsay Barrett George
"The very lonely firefly" by Eric Carle
"Happy Dog" by Lisa Grubb
"Grumpy Bird" by Jeremy Tankard

Songs that we sang :

Stuffed animal friends
Open shut them
Tick tock, I'm a little cuckoo clock
Head, shoulders, knees, toes
Shake your sillies out
Itsy Bitsy Spider
Wheels on the Bus
Skidamarink
ABC's

Craft : Friendship bracelet with pipecleaners.

Birds Story Time

Books that we read :

"Feathers for lunch" by Lois Ehlert
"If you hopped like a frog" by David M. Schwartz
"Brown bear, brown bear" by Bill Martin
"In the tall, tall grass" by Denise Fleming
"Clifford the big red dog" by Norman Bridwell
"Don't let the pigeon drive the bus" by Mo Willems
"Little Green" by Keith Baker

Songs that we sang :

Open shut them
2 little birds
If you're happy and you know it
Head, shoulders, knees, toes
Color rhyme
Skidamarink
ABCs

Craft : Color half a paper plate and fold a piece of construction paper and fold accordian style as wing. Add a googley eye and paper beak to make a bird.

Numbers Story Time

Books that we read :

"Five little monkeys jumping on the bed" by Eileen Christelow
"Five trucks" by Brian Floca
"Bark George" by Jules Feiffer
"Ten nine eight" by Molly Bang
"Cha-cha chimps" by Julia Durango
"Five little ducks" by Penny Dann
"Monkey and me" by Emily Gravett

Songs that we sang :

7 in a bed
Jumping and Counting
Open shut them
I'm a little cuckoo clock
2 little birds
If you're happy and you know it
Head, shoulders, knees, toes
Itsy Bitsy Spider
Skidamarink
ABCs

Craft : Connect the dots coloring sheet

Farm Story Time

Books that we read :

"Big fat hen" by Keith Baker
"Big red barn" by Margaret Wise Brown
"The cow who clucked" by Denise Fleming
"The little red hen" by Paul Galdone
"Up down and around" by Katherine Ayres
"Click clack moo" by Doreen Cronin

Songs that we sang :

If you're happy and you know it
B-I-N-G-O
Old McDonald
Open shut them
10 piggies in the mud
Skidamarink
ABCs

Craft : Trace your hand on brown or red construction paper and add feathers to make a hen.

Write Your Own Book 2011

It is that time of year again! Time to start thinking about writing your own book for our competition. The rules have gone out this week and are already posted on our website http://www.bradfordcountylibrary.org/kidspage.html. They will be posted below as well. If you have any questions about the book competition please contact Sarah at 297-2436 or stoodys@bradfordco.org

WRITE YOUR OWN BOOK 2011 rules

Any school or home school students, grades 1-8, who live or go to school in Bradford County, may participate.

The book will be original, by one student, on any subject.

The paper must be regular copy paper and 8 1/2 x 11 and use only one side.

Please type or write in ink; parents should not change the child's work.

Drawings may be in color or black/white. No pencil please.

Margins for text and pictures must be as follows: 1 inch margin on the top and bottom 1 1/8 inch margin on left and right side.

The book will have a cover designed by the author.

Include two title pages. One will include only the name of the author and the other will include: name of author, age, grade, school, home phone number.

Please bring your book to the Bradford County Library by 8:00 PM on Tuesday February 22nd.

Winners will be announced to the public at the Young Authors Reception, Thursday March 3rd, 6:30 PM. Bradford County Library is located on Route 6, midway between Troy and Towanda.