Category: Storytime

April Storytime

4/15/2024

Hello Friends!

I hope you enjoyed listening to A Few Beautiful Minutes: Experiencing a Solar Eclipse by Kate Allen Fox with pictures by Khoa Le. I think it is a beautiful book about the eclipse. Did you get to experience the total solar eclipse? It was a cloudy day here at the museum, but we saw a little bit of it!

Here is a picture of our view of the eclipse from the museum!

This month's activity

This month's activity helps us learn what happens when a total solar eclipse happens.
You will need this printout, crayons or colored pencils, whole puncher, scissors, tape, two strips of construction paper that are the same size, and 4 paper fasteners.

Step 1. Color the sun, moon, and earth.

Step 2. Cut out the sun, moon, and earth.

Step 3. Use the hole puncher to punch 1 hole in the center of the sun, moon, and earth. Ask an adult if you need help.

Step 4. Use the hole puncher to punch 1 whole on each end of each strip of the constriction paper
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Step 5. Using the holes in the sun and the moon, attach the moon to the sun using 1 piece of construction paper and 2 fasteners.

Step 6. Using the holes in the sun and the earth, attach the earth to the sun using the other piece of construction paper and 2 fasteners.

Step 7. Show how a total solar eclipse works by moving the moon in front of the sun. This is what happened on April 8th!

I hope you enjoyed this activity! We will see you next month!
Ms. Marissa

First Friday Storytime: Carousel Cat

4/7/2023

Hi Friends! Happy April!

It's been so AWESOME seeing everyone back at the museum. We missed all of you so much! I hope you enjoyed Carousel Cat by Robert J. Blake. A big THANK YOU to our friends that gave us the book to share with all of you!

This Month's Activity: Cat Masks!

For this month's activity we are going to be coloring cat masks! You can print out the template here.

Supplies

Cat Mask
Colored pencils, crayons, or markers
Scissors,
String

Steps

1. Color your mask! I colored mine to look like the Carousel Cat from the book.

2. Cut our your mask. Ask an adult if you need help.

I hope you enjoy your cat mask!

First friday storytime: Iggy Peck, Architect

10/4/2022

Hey friends!

This month we have a great story called Iggy Peck, Architect by Andrea Beaty with pictures by David Roberts. We also have a fun STEM activity for the whole family! Below you will find the instructions for Tooth Pick Tower. Have Fun!

First Friday STorytime: I will be FiercE!

9/2/2022

Hi friends!

I hope you liked I Will Be Fierce! by Bea Birdsong with pictures by Nidhi Chanani. I thought this was a great book for back to school time. I hope all of you have a wonderful school year!

This month's activity is making rice krispie treats!

Rice Krispie Treats were one of my favorite after school snacks! I thought you might like to make and eat them too! Make sure to have an adult help you with this activity.

First Friday STorytime: We are water Protectors

8/5/2022

Hi Friends!

Did you like We are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom with pictures by Michaela Goade? The pictures are absolutely stunning!

This month's Activity

This month's activity is making a water filter! This is a fun way to learn how our earth naturally filters water. In nature, water is filtered through layers of soil, sand, rock, and other natural materials like leaves.

For this activity I used things around my house to build my filter. I used cotton balls, soil, and decorative pebbles in my filter. To make polluted water I used rice, chips, and pieces of paper. I often see food and paper on the ground and I wanted to see if these materials would get filtered out of the water.

Children's Book Week: Chromatography Butterflies

5/6/2022

Thank you, Ms. Barb

for reading Never Tease a Weasel! It was a really good book to wrap up our celebration of Children's Book Week!

Today's Activity is Chromatography Butterflies!

I had a LOT of fun making my chromatography butterflies! They are now taped to my office window to brighten up my days. You can find the instructions below or you can download and print out the instructions here. Have Fun!

Children's Book WEek: Monster Book Marks

5/5/2022

Thank you, Ms. Dru

for reading Dragons Love Tacos 2 The Sequel! It was such a fun book! Now I want to go eat some tacos.

Today's activity is Monster bookmarks

We all need a friend to keep us company as we read so today we're making Monster Bookmarks! You can find the instructions below or you can download and print out the instructions here. Have Fun!

Children's Book Week: Book Bingo

5/4/2022

Thank you, Ms. Karla

for reading My Lucky Day by Keiklo Kaszu! The piglet is very tricky!

Today's activity is book bingo!

How to Play: Print out a copy of the bingo board. To start check off the free space. Then spend the next week completing different activities on the bingo board. To win you need to get a bingo which is 5 in a row. The row can be up and down, across, or diagonal.
For extra fun ask someone to play Book Bingo with you and see who gets a bingo first!

Children's Book Week: Z is for Moose!

5/3/2022

Hi Everyone! I hope you enjoyed Z is for Moose! It is one of my favorite silly books to read with my nephew.

Today we are going to make sure that everyone knows M is for MOOSE! That's why today's activity is making the letter "M" into a moose! Check out the instructions below!

I hope you have fun making your Moose!

First Friday Storytime: Elmer's Special Day

7/2/2021

I hope you were able to join us for Elmer's Special Day by David McKee. This is such a fun book to read and look at! It was very nice of Elmer to invite the other animals to join the Elephant Parade. It helped all of the animals become friends with each other! Elmer showed us that a great way to make new friends is to ask others to play with you.

I was inspired by this book and thought we should all make Elephant Masks! Ask a grown-up to help you print out this elephant mask template.

What you need:

elephant mask template
scissors
markers or crayons or colored pencils
(OPTIONAL) popsicle stick and glue or a whole punch and elastic string

Directions:

Have fun coloring your mask
Ask an adult to help you cut out the mask and the eyeholes
(Optional) Attach the mask to the popsicle stick using glue or punch two holes near the ears and tie the elastic on to the mask
Have fun at your Elephant Parade!

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