All About Animals- Week #8

Fall Story Time (Week #8)
Weekly Theme: RABBITS

Books: My Friend Rabbit by Eric Rohmann, Brave Bitsy and the Bear by Angela McAllister, Little White Rabbit by Kevin Henkes

Activity: Bunny Hokey Pokey dance and song

Craft: Cotton ball textured paintings

Pictures of the eighth week of story time are up in the next post, so... 

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Shaen

18th Annual Halloween Happenings at JSI!

If you're looking for something fun, educational, and non-spooky to do this Saturday, October 27, be sure to stop by Johnson's Shut-Ins State Park for the 18th Annual Halloween Happenings!   The Park is located about 15 miles south of Ironton on Hwy. N, and you can take your pick of three programs, or just attend all of them!

• Come and Play, Clay? will run from 2-3 pm and will let kids make fun Halloween clay pieces with a real master crafter (this event meets upstairs in the Black River Center by the elevator).   
• Halloween Vaudevillians begins at 7 pm will feature seasonal jokes music and stories and will also meet at the Black River Center.  Remember to bring a lawn chair!
• Creatures of the Night starts at 8 pm and will feature interesting info about nocturnal animals.  Bring a flashlight!
• There will also be a drawing for decorated pumpkins, thanks to a donation from Wal-Mart.

Be sure to dress warm, as all programs will be held outside.  For more information, contact the JSI Park at 573.546.2450.

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Shaen

All About Animals- Week #7 Photos

The horse-themed activity table included horseshoe counting and colored horses.

Our book choices for the week- Are You A Horse? and Stuck in the Mud.

Our horse weather vane craft at Bourbon.

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Shaen

All About Animals- Week #7

Fall Story Time (Week #7)
Weekly Theme: HORSES

Books: Clip-Clop by Nicola Smee, Are You a Horse? by Andy Rash, Stuck in the Mud by Jane Clark

Activity: aluminum foil horseshoe toss

Craft: paper cup horse weather vanes

Pictures of the seventh week of story time are up in the next post, so... 

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Shaen

All About Animals- Week #6 Photos

Our frog activity table included fly counting cards, a frog puppet, and more!

Two of our story time book choices: A Frog in the Bog and Green Wilma.

For our game, kids had to "catch" flies and spiders with their frog flyswatters.

In the pond, pretending to be frogs.

Coloring, cutting, and taping our jumping clothespin frogs.

A few finished frogs, ready to hop on home after story time is finished!

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Shaen

All About Animals- Week #6

Fall Story Time (Week #6)
Weekly Theme: FROGS

Books: Hop Jump by Ellen Stoll Walsh, In a Small, Small Pond by Denise Fleming, The Wide-Mouthed Frog by Keith Faulkner, Green Wilma by Tedd Arnold, A Frog in the Bog by Karma Wilson (another Karma Wilson book!  Seriously, check her out- her books are great!)

Activity: Velcro fly catch game

Craft: clothespin jumping frog

Pictures of the sixth week of story time are up in the next post, so... 

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Shaen

Belleview School Tour

We're on break from story time this week, but that doesn't mean that we're not keeping busy here at the library!  Yesterday, the Ironton library staff enjoyed a visit from the Belleview school district's kindergarten through third grade classes (plus a few parents and teachers!).  After a brief tour of the library and children's collection, we all headed back to the conference room to read- and act out!- The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything by Linda Williams and Megan Lloyd...

Cover image from Goodreads.

and then used our imaginations and awesome scissor skills to craft a bunch of crazy-hair bookmarks.  Don't they look great?

Crazy-hair bookmarks!

Don't forget!  We're back for week 6 of story time, starting Monday (and be sure to practice your hopping- we have a great program planned, all about frogs!).



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Shaen

All About Animals- Week #5 Photos

Racing our ducks across their "pond" using water sprayers.

More fun at our water table!

We made construction paper duck feet for our craft.

A whole flock of preschool ducks waddling around!

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Shaen

All About Animals- Week #5

Fall Story Time (Week #5)
Weekly Theme: DUCKS

Books: Duck and Goose by Tad Hills, One Duck Stuck by Phyllis Root, Duck on a Bike by David Shannon

Activity: Water table duck race

Craft: Wearable, webbed duck feet

Pictures of the fifth week of story time are up in the next post, so... 

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Shaen