Story Time
Baby Bees Lapsit Videos & Lyrics:
Hi everyone, Megan here! While the Library is closed I will be posting short videos of songs, rhymes, bounces, and activities from our Baby Bees Lapsit program to the Library Facebook page. Please check out the videos below, and feel free to print out the lyrics to all the songs I share each week as well!
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
NEW! 4/24/20 Video: Baby Bees Streamer Songs
DIY Streamers: Stick Streamers or try these Ribbon Rings
NEW! 5/1/20 Video: Baby Bees Bell Songs
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Story Time Videos & Activities:
Hi everyone, Megan here! While the Library is closed I will be posting short Story Time videos to the Library Facebook page every Tuesday. In each video I will share a story as well as ideas for some simple follow up activities you can do from home!
Tuesday, March 31st:
Video: 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)
Tuesday, April 7th:
Video: I Really Like Slop, by Mo Willems
Video: I Really Like Slop Activity Suggestions
Slop Activities:
Making Slop (Nature Soup)
Easy Cooking with kids
Mo Willems Lunchtime Doodles
Tuesday, April 14th:
Video: 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!
Tuesday, April 21st:
Video: Crash, Splash, or Moo! By Bob Shea
Crash, Splash, or Moo Activities:
Build a Popsicle Stick Catapult (like the one shown in my video)
Build a Pencil Catapult
Build a Paper Towel Tube & Spoon Catapult
100 Cup Tower Challenge! Will it Crash??
Other great books for making predictions
Tuesday, April 28th:
Video: 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
Tuesday, May 5th:
Video: The Watermelon Seed, by Greg Pizzoli
Watermelon Seed Activities:
Watermelon Slime
Retelling the Story
Watermelon Seed Math
Tuesday, May 12:
Video: 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!
Tuesday, May 19th:
Video: 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
* New videos and activities will be posted each Tuesday that the Library is closed. Stay tuned!*
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