Liberty Public Library presents Story Time: Healthy Choices. March 30, 2016.

1. 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!)

2. 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…”