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                    Welcome to Story Time at Home
                     with the Moorestown Library!
                               Featuring

In this 9-week story time program, each week’s activities focus on a different
theme and include easy-to-access e-books and videos you can find at
moorestownlibrary.org/kids, a hands-on craft project, and activity sheets from
Scholastic Teachables, the library’s online resource for PreK-Grade 8 printable
learning materials.
Your folder contains a printed packet for each week. In the packet you will find:
      • A picture of the week’s craft sample with basic instructions
      • Directions for finding the week’s featured storybook video and non-fiction
        selection on BookFlix
      • Links to story time videos on the Story Time channel featuring the
        Moorestown librarians
      • Theme-related resources from Teachables Your Story Time at Home kit also
        includes materials to make the craft project. You may need to supply a glue
        stick, tacky glue, a stapler, and/or markers or crayons.

                               Sponsored by the Friends of the Library

Getting Started with BookFlix, Teachables, and the Story Time Channel

BookFlix features video versions of popular storybooks paired with a related non-fiction read along book and
extension activities such as word puzzles, sequencing activities, related websites and more. It is available at
moorestownlibrary.org/kids.

   •   Click on the BookFlix button and then enter your library card barcode to get started.
   •   Once you’re in BookFlix, enter the title of the week’s book selection in the Title Search box in the top
       right corner of the screen. Click the magnifying glass to search.
   •   Click on the storybook to “Watch the Story.” You can click the toggle button beneath the window to
       turn on the read along feature.
   •   Click “Read the Book” to explore the nonfiction selection. Turn the pages by clicking the sequence of
       dots at the bottom of the window. Turn on the read along feature and control its pace by using the
       buttons at the top of the window.
   •   Select additional activities from the menu on the left side of the screen.

Teachables offers an extensive collection of printable worksheets in all subject areas for learners in grades
PreK-8. Your packet includes a selection of theme-related resources already printed for you each week. To find
more learning material on Teachables, go to moorestownlibrary.org/kids.

   •   Click on the button for “Learning at Home.”
   •   Click on the Scholastic Teachables logo.
   •   Log in with your library card barcode.
   •   Search by grade level, subject, standards, theme, genre, and/or Guided Reading level to find materials.

Be sure to check out each week’s playlist of stories and songs featuring your very own Moorestown librarians
on the Story Time channel, available at moorestownlibrary.org/kids. Miss Jen, Miss Robin, and Miss Kathy
miss our story time friends very much, and we look forward to sharing stories with you there!

Week 1: Sheep and Farms
                                Dates: March 1-7

Craft: Clothespin Sheep
Instructions: Glue the google eyes onto the sheep’s face. Dip the small pink pompom in a bit of
glue and put it place for the sheep’s nose. Dip the cotton balls in glue and cover the sheep’s
body. Clip the clothespins in place for legs. Your sheep can now stand up!

BookFlix selections: Giggle, Giggle, Quack/Living on Farms

Week 2: Saint Patrick’s Day and Rainbows
                                Dates: March 8-14

Craft: Leprechaun Puppet
Instructions: Glue the oval paper lengthwise onto the bottom of the bag, being careful not to
glue the flap of the bag down. Glue the orange strips in place to make the leprechaun’s
eyebrows and beard. Glue the google eyes and button nose in place. Glue the large yellow
buckle to the large black rectangle and glue the rectangle across the middle of the bag. Glue
the small yellow buckle to the small black strip and glue it onto the hat. Glue the hat to the top
of the leprechaun’s head. Give your leprechaun a smile!

BookFlix selections: Planting a Rainbow/It Could Still be a Flower

Week 3: Snails and Hermit Crabs
                               Dates: March 15-21

Craft: Button Snail
Instructions: Cover the CD with tacky glue and put buttons all over it. Glue the CD to the snail’s
body. Glue the google eyes in place. Draw on a smile. Bend the pipe cleaner in the middle and
glue it to the back of the snail’s head.

BookFlix selections: Peanut Butter and Jellyfish/My Home in the
Water

Week 4: Ladybugs
                              Dates: March 22-28

Craft: Ladybug Stick Puppet
Instructions: Glue the black tear drop shaped paper to the curved top of the red paper to
make the ladybug‘s head. Glue the google eyes and the small pink pipe cleaner in place for a
mouth. Glue the legs onto the back, 3 on each side. Tape the pipe cleaners onto the back of
the ladybug’s head. Use a black marker to draw dots on the ladybug’s body.

BookFlix selections: Bugs! Bugs! Bugs!/A Ladybug Larva Grows Up

Week 5: Bunnies
                           Dates: March 29-April 4

Craft: Bunny Greeting Card
Instructions: Fold the egg shaped paper in half from top to bottom so the pieces meet; color
the inside of the bunny ears; glue the bunny ears to the back of the card with a glue stick or
tacky glue so the color faces forward; add detail to the bunny ‘feet’; attach the feet to the
bottom of the back of the card (make sure they are even on both sides so the bunny card is
able to stand up); glue the google eggs to the front of the card near the top; bend the pipe
cleaners in half and glue the bended side to the center of the card under the eyes; glue the
pom-pom nose on top of your pipe cleaners; add a mouth with marker; open up your bunny
card and add a personal message!

BookFlix selections: Morris’s Disappearing Bag/Rabbits

Week 6: Butterflies
                                 Dates: April 5-11

Craft: Insanely Fun Butterfly Wrist Puppet
Instructions: Glue the head of the butterfly to the end of the body; glue the butterfly wings to
each side of the body as shown; glue google eyes to the butterfly head and add a mouth with
marker; use the stickers to decorate your butterfly body; add the colored pom-poms for
additional decoration; turn over your butterfly and attached the brown band with tacky glue
or tape to the center of the body; measure the band to your own wrist and cut off excess;
staple the band closed. Move your hand up and down and see your butterfly flap its wings!

BookFlix selections: Waiting for Wings/Butterflies

Week 7: Rain
                               Dates: April 12-18

Craft: Umbrella Headband
Instructions: Glue handle to umbrella and glue or tape umbrella to rounded part of headband.
Then, have fun gluing on raindrops, flowers, and pompoms!

BookFlix selections: Come on, Rain!/Rainy Weather Days

Week 8: Spring and Flowers
                                Dates: April 19-25

Craft: Spring Wreath
Instructions: Start by gluing large flowers onto paper plate. Glue pompoms onto center of
flowers. Fill in areas between with smaller flowers and bugs and you have a beautiful spring
wreath!

BookFlix selections: Miss Rumphius/From Seed to Dandelion

Week 9: Trees
                             Dates: April 26-May 2

Craft: Cherry Blossom Tree
Follow the instructions included in your craft kit to assemble your spring cherry blossom tree.

BookFlix selections: Chicka Chicka Boom Boom!/Let’s Have Fun
with Alphabet Riddles