Story Time
Current Schedule:
Join Children’s Librarian Megan every Friday at 10:30 on ZOOM for Baby Bees!
Email Megan @ mquigley@columbiactlibrary.org for the Zoom login information.
We will continue to post a weekly STORY TIME video every Tuesday
morning on the Library Facebook page and here on our website!
STORYOGA videos will be posted on the last Tuesday of the month.
Baby Bees Lapsit Videos & Lyrics:
Video: Baby Bees ‘Greatest Hits’
Video: Baby Bees Shaker Eggs
Video: Baby Bees Scarf Songs
Video: Baby Bees Rhythm Sticks
Video: Baby Bees Animal Songs
Video: Baby Bees Streamer Songs
DIY Streamers: Stick Streamers or try these Ribbon Rings
Video: Baby Bees Bell Songs
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Story Time & Storyoga
Videos and Activities:
Hi everyone, Megan here! Every Tuesday morning I will post a Story Time video to the Library Facebook page and here on our website. In each video I will share a story as well as ideas for some simple follow up activities you can do from home! Videos will remain up for one week. Storyoga videos will be posted on Facebook and here on our website on the last Tuesday of the month and remain up for one month. Past videos will be taken down as new ones are posted, but you can scroll down to view past titles along with their suggested activities and links.
Current Story Time Video & Activities:
Tuesday, April 6th:
Video: Eggs 1, 2, 3: Who Will the Babies Be? by Janet Halfmann
Activities:
ABC Egg Hunt
Painting with Plastic Eggs
Growing in Eggshells
Cracking Ice Eggs
Current Storyoga Video:
Tuesday, March 30th:
STORYOGA Video: Sleepy Little Yoga, Rebecca Whitford
Storyoga Songs & Stretches Printable PDF:
Storyoga Songs
Past Story Time Titles and Activities:
Groovy Joe: Ice Cream & Dinosaurs, by Eric Litwin
Groovy Joe Activities:
Ice Cream Prints
Ice Cream in a Bag
Recycled Instruments
FREE Groovy Joe Downloads (songs & stories)
I Really Like Slop, by Mo Willems
Slop Activities:
Making Slop (Nature Soup)
Easy Cooking with kids
Mo Willems Lunchtime Doodles
Lets Sing a Lullaby with the Brave Cowboy, by Jan Thomas
Brave Cowboy Activities:
Make a Shooting Star
Hand Shadow Puppets
Indoor Forts
More Indoor Forts!
Crash, Splash, or Moo! By Bob Shea
Crash, Splash, or Moo Activities:
Build a Popsicle Stick Catapult
Build a Pencil Catapult
Build a Paper Towel Tube & Spoon Catapult
100 Cup Tower Challenge! Will it Crash??
Other great books for making predictions
Plant the Tiny Seed, by Christie Matheson
Tiny Seed Activities:
Tie Dye Coffee Filter Flowers
Cupcake Tin Flowers
Growing from Kitchen Scraps
Spring Scavenger Hunt
The Watermelon Seed, by Greg Pizzoli
Watermelon Seed Activities:
Watermelon Slime
Retelling the Story
Watermelon Seed Math
Caps for Sale: A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys,
and Their Monkey Buiness, by Esphyr Slobodkina
Caps for Sale Activities:
Collect as many caps/hats as you can from around your house and:
1. See if you can walk with them all piled on your head.
2. Make an obstacle course and see if you can complete it wearing all the caps.
3. Make your own memory game:
Put all the hats out. Have someone in your family remove one hat while your eyes are closed. See if you can guess which one is missing!
4. Play ‘Monkey See, Monkey Do’ (like Simon Says, but say ‘Monkey Says’).
5. Make your own cap!
There are Cats in This Books, by Viviane Schwarz
Cats in this Book Activities:
Making Pop Ups – Ideas from the Eric Carle Museum Art Studio
Make a Pop Up Book
Cool Cat Crafts
I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More! by Karen Beaumont
Paint Activities:
Painting with Q-tips
Painting with Nature
Painting with Trucks and Toys
We’re Different, We’re the Same, by Bobbi Jane Kates
Resources for Parents:
Watch the CNN & Sesame Street Town Hall on Racism
We Need Diverse Books: Resources on Race, Equity, Anti-Racism & Inclusion
The Brown Bookshelf: Stop & Think Reading List
Social Justice Books Multicultural Booklists
SBL READ WOKE Booklist: Picture Books*
SBL Diverse Stories: Picture Books*
*Learn more about READ WOKE HERE.
*This list is not exhaustive, and will continue to be updated. Find these lists on our Children’s Reading Resources page as well.
Saturday, by Oge Mora
Saturday Activities:
LOTS of DIY Puppet ideas
More simple DIY Puppets
Paper Plate Flamingo Craft
Jabari Jumps, by Gaia Cornwall
Jabari Jumps Activities:
25 Backyard Water Play activities
Water Play for Toddlers & Preschoolers
You Matter, Christian Robinson
You Matter Activity:
Watch Christian Robinson read & learn how to draw a T-Rex!
My Friends Make Me Happy! Jan Thomas
My Friends Make Me Happy Activities:
Letter & Number Scavenger Hunt Ideas
Alphabet Beginning Sounds Scavenger Hunt
Make a friend a homemade card to tell them why they make YOU happy!
Bubble Bath Pirates, by Jarrett Krosoczka
Activities:
Bubble Painting
Bubble Activities
Fun Bath Activities
Pirate Crafts
Du Iz Tak, by Carson Ellis
Activities:
Get a closer look at the illustration & learn more about decoding the text
Decoding and Inferring with older readers
Printable Du Iz Tak Finger Puppets
And of course, get outside and go on a bug hunt and discover the plants growing around you!
I Got the Rhythm, Connie Schofield-Morrison
Activities:
Make your own DIY shakers & maracas and shake them to your own rhythm
Watch and follow this Rhythm Song from Jbrary
Check out this packet FULL of songs and activities related to I Got the Rhythm
I Spy Pets, by Edward Gibbs
Activities:
Math & Literacy variations of ‘I Spy’
Collaborative Pet Portrait using Printmaking Techniques
Pet Crafts for Preschoolers
Summer Supper, Rubin Pfeffer
Activities:
Fun activities for the letter S
Letter S games, activities, & snacks
Printmaking with fruits & veggies
Crunch the Shy Dinosaur, by Cirocco Dunlap
Activities:
Create a clothespin dinosaur
DIY dinosaur feet
Make a paper dinosaur hat
Balancing dinosaur paper plate craft
A Gift for Goose, Tad Hills
Activities:
Make a box for your special things! Or a Nature Box
16 toys you can make with a box
Making a gift for someone? Try making DIY wrapping paper too!
65 cardboard box creations
Another, Christian Robinson
Activities:
A guide to sharing wordless picture books with young readers
Introducing collage to young children
50+ collage projects for kids
Christian Robinson on Art, Inspiration, and ANOTHER
Tap the Magic Tree, Christie Matheson
Activities:
Tap the Magic Tree Art with Christie Matheson
Tap the Magic Tree Learning Activities
Tap the Magic Tree Movement Activity
Get Out of My Bath, by Britta Teckentrup
Activities:
18 Fun Bath Time Activities!
Pool Noodle Bath
Alphabet Soup Bath
Elephant Crafts, Games, Songs, and more!
The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything,
by Linda Williams
Activities:
Acting Out & Retelling the Story
Scarecrow Crafts
Printable Craft
Hello, Arnie! by Laurie Keller
Activities:
Paper Bag Doughnuts (my favorite doughnut craft!)
10 Doughnut Crafts for Kids
Baked Doughnuts from Highlights Magazine
Hi, Pizza Man! by Virginia Walter
Activities:
Paper Pizza Collage
Playdough Pizza
Pizza Themed: literacy, math, fine motor, art, blocks, sensory, and dramatic play and more!
Thank you, Omu! Oge Mora
Activities:
Oge Mora style ‘Thank You’ card collage
Thankful Turkey Craft
Thankful Pie Craft
Variety of ‘Thank You, Omu’ Post-Reading Activities
Hooray for Hat! Brian Won
Activities:
Make your own hat
Learn some mindfulness exercises for next time you’re feeling grumpy!
10 ways to explore Hooray for Hat!
Have a parade! Find a hat for everyone in your family.March around your house to music
Three Little Kittens, by Barbara McClintock
Activities:
28 Super Cute Kitten Crafts
Symmetrical Mitten Craft
You can also read and compare other versions of this classic nursery rhyme!
Snowmen at Night, by Caralyn Buehner
Activities:
Sparkly Winter Paintings
Stamped Snowman Art
Ice Painting Experiment
Build a snowman in your yard – check out these photos for inspiration!
The Gingerbread Man, Béatrice Rodriguez
Activities:
DIY Gingerbread Scented Puffy Paint
Easy Gingerbread Cookies
Graham Cracker Gingerbread House
Pete the Cat and his Four Groovy Buttons, by Eric Litwin
Activities:
10 fun Pete the Cat activities
Button sorts, threading, fine motor activities & more!
Is That Wise Pig? by Jan Thomas
Activities:
Make an alphabet soup sensory bin
Make vegetable soup together
Make an alphabet soup picture using letter stamps,
stickers, or magazine cutouts. Click here to see an example.
The Snowy Day, Ezra Jack Keats
Activities:
DIY Snowy Day Puffy Paint
Snowball painting with pompoms
Snowflake prints with forks
Spunky Little Monkey, by Brian Won
Activities:
Make a monkey hat
A playlist of other ‘follow the direction’ songs
25 monkey crafts
Love the World, Todd Parr
Activities:
Marbled Valentines
Easy Spin Art Valentines
Process Art Heart Projects
If You’re A Robot and You Know It, David Carter
Activities:
Recycled Robots
Edible Robots
DIY Robot Vest
Sing & dance along to the story with David Carter!
Play This Book, Jessica Young
Activities:
Popsicle Stick Harmonica
Cereal Box Guitar
Paper Plate Tambourine
And for the very ambitious – Make an outdoor music wall!
Not a Box, Antoinette Portis
Activities:
Easy Cardboard Building STEM activity
DIY Cardboard Games & Toys
Cardboard Cars for a ‘Drive In’ Movie at Home!
Watch an animated version of the story!
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