Liberty Public

Library

Story Time

Healthy Choices

Welcome Song: Are you listening?

Are you listening?

Yes I am! Yes I am!

Now it’s time for Story Time,

Now it’s time for Story Time,

Yes it is! Yes it is!

At Home Project:

Butterfly Snacks

Tips for Parents: Early literacy skills and fine motor skills go hand-in-hand, quite literally!

Help your child to write by giving them activities that use hand strength, precision, and cutting.

What You Will Need:

1. Bags 2. Clothespins 3. Pipe cleaners and decorations Step 1: Doll up a clothespin with decorations and paint to look like a butterfly. Step 2: Put several snacks in a bag that will make up the wings. Try something healthy like grapes or berries! Step 3: Clip the clothespin in the center to make wings. Step 4: Enjoy your lovely snack!

Garden Fingerplays

Apple Tree

Way up high in the apple

tree (reach arms up high)

Two little apples smiled at

me (make two fists)

So I shook that tree as hard as I

could (shake fists)

And DOWN came the apples.

Mmmm they were good (bring

fists to ground, rub tummy)

Little Seed in the

Ground

Little seed in the

ground (crouch down on the

floor)

Sitting so still (stay crouching)

Little seed, will you sprout?

Yes, I will! (jump up!)

Healthy Habits! Tips for Parents:

ECRR incorporates simple practices, based on research, to help parents and other caregivers

develop early literacy skills in children from birth to age five.

Book Recommendations

Created By Samantha Colwell, 2016, Liberty Public Library

It’s important for children to

recognize how books are

organized. The basics of

books—reading left to right and

top to bottom, to know what

pictures accompany print, how

the pages are numbered, and

how captions work to inform the

story. Point these areas out as

you are reading aloud to your

child.

Eating with the color of the

rainbow in mind isn’t just

healthy, it’s also fun!

Pick enjoyable physical

activities, like sports or dancing,

so that exercise is not a chore,

but a fun game for everyone!

Read everyday to help keep your

mind healthy along with your

body!

I Will Never Not Ever Eat

A Tomato By Lauren Child

“Charlie has a little sister, Lola.

Sometimes Charlie has to give

Lola her dinner. Lola is a VERY

FUSSY EATER.”

Growing Vegetable Soup By Lois Ehlert

“Dad says we are going to grow veg-

etable soup. A father and child

share the simple joys of planting,

watering, and watching seeds

grow in the family garden.”

There Was An Old Lady

Who Swallowed A Fly By Simms Taback

“Everyone knows the poem about

the old lady who swallowed a fly,

then a spider, then a bird…”