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Dinosaurs return for story time
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Kenshin worked on making dinosaur feet with his grandfather before the Night Owl Storytime starts at the Boardman library on Dec. 29. The theme was "D is for Dinosaurs."
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Abrianna cut her dinosaur feeting using the blue paper. The children got to choose what color paper they wanted their feet to be.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Abrianna, Samantha and Autumn colored their dinosaur coloring sheets after story time was over. The children used crayons to color their T-rex picture.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Kenshin and Abrianna placed the bones they "dug" up on the paper by matching the letters on the bones to the letters on the paper. The final picture was of a t-rex.
By ALEXIS BARTOLOMUCCI
The night owl story time at the Boardman library on Dec. 29 was all about dinosaurs. The weekly event always offers a different theme for the children to learn about.
Librarian Allie Graff started out story time by having the children make their own dinosaur feet that they could wear throughout the event. The children cut the feet out of foam paper and cut holes in them to put their feet through. Each child had a different color set of dinosaur feet.
Story time started with the song “Dinosaurs Are in Their Eggs,” set to the tune of “Mary Had a Little Lamb.” When the song was over, the first book read was “Dinosaur vs. the Library,” by Bob Shea. Graff had this children roaring along with her during certain parts of the book.
The next song was “Dino Diddy,” set to the tune of “Do Wah Diddy.” The children didn’t catch on to this song as easily as the first, but still giggled as they tried to keep up with Graff and sing.
To keep up with the theme, Graff told the children some dinosaur jokes. She mentioned that there are books in the library that are full of jokes about dinosaurs.
Graff then started her favorite story, “Brontorina” by James Howe. During the story, the children were encouraged to try the ballet moves that Brontorina was doing.
The final activity allowed the children to be archaeologists and search through a bowl to find bones. Once the bones were all found, the children matched them to the letters on the board and formed a Tyrannosaurs Rex. To end story time, the children colored a T-rex coloring sheet.
“I’m so happy we came when we did,” said one mother. “We are looking forward to next week.”
The next night owl story time will be on Jan. 5 at the Boardman library and it will be New Year theme. Time capsules will be made and the children will fill out a favorite things of 2015 sheet to put in there. “The kids will be able to keep it here and come back in a year to look at it,” said Graff.