2020 School Age Summer Events
NOTE: This year's program was a little different due to library closures from COVID-19. It was entirely virtual.
CSLP Theme: Imagine Your Story
Week 1: Fairy Tale Introduction
Storytime Monday
Younger: The Princess and the Pit Stop written by Tom Angleberger and illustrated by Dan Santat, Ivan the Terrier written and illustrated by Peter Catalanotto, Fairly Fairy Tales written by Esme Raji Codell and illustrated by Elisa Chavarri
Older: Violet & Victor Write the Most Fabulous Fairy Tale written by Alice Kuipers and illustrated by Bethanie Deeney Murguia, Once Upon a Slime written by Andy Maxwell and illustrated by Samantha Cotterill
Flannel Board Tuesday
Fairy Tale Guessing Game, Fairy Tale Princesses, Build a Castle, Dragon Finger Puppets
Booktalk Wednesday
The Great Fairy Tale Disaster written by David Conway and illustrated by Melanie Williamson, Fairy Tale Pets written by Tracey Corderoy and illustrated by Jorge Martin, You Read to Me, I’ll Read to You: Very Short Fairy Tales to Read Together written by Mary Ann Hoberman and illustrated by Michael Emberley, A Cooked-Up Fairy Tale written by Penny Parker Klosterman and illustrated by Ben Mantle, Interrupting Chicken written and illustrated by David Ezra Stein, Interrupting Chicken and the Elephant of Surprise written and illustrated by David Ezra Stein
Activity Thursday
Craft: build a fairy tale castle with paper shapes
Game: Fairy Tale Charades
Lego Challenge: Build something from your favorite fairy tale.
Art Challenge: Draw the home of your favorite fairy tale character.
Writing Prompt: Add something silly to your favorite fairy tale like Esme Raji Codell did in Fairly Fairy Tales.
Retelling: Use the story cubes from Mas&Pas to add something new to a traditional fairy tale.
Get Physical/Outside Activity: Pretend to be your favorite fairy tale character and act out their story.
Poetry Friday
“The Swan” from Today at the Bluebird Café: A Branchful of Birds written by Deborah Ruddell and illustrated by Joan Rankin, “Recipe for Fairy Tales” from Follow the Recipe: Poems about Imagination, Celebration & Cake written by Marilyn Singer and illustrated by Marjorie Priceman , “Once “and “Happily Ever After” from Grumbles from the Forest: Fairy-Tale Voices with a Twist written by Jane Yolen and Rebecca Kai Dotlich and illustrated by Matt Mahurin
Week 2: Cinderella
Storytime Monday
Younger: Cinders: A Chicken Cinderella written and illustrated by Jan Brett (How to Draw Cinders) (Cinders Coloring Page)
Older: Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: A Worldwide Cinderella written by Paul Fleischman and illustrated by Julie Paschkis
Flannel Board Tuesday
Mix & Match Cinderella
Booktalk Wednesday
Sootypaws: A Cinderella Story written and illustrated by Maggie Rudy, Twinderella: A Fractioned Fairy Tale written by Corey Rosen Schwartz and illustrated by Deborah Marcero
Activity Thursday
Craft: Paper Plate Coach
Game: Tangrams (Chinese Cinderella)
Lego Challenge: shoe, carriage, pumpkin, mouse, wand
Art Challenge: How to Draw Jaq & Gus
Writing Prompt: Cinderella and the Prince live happily ever after — or do they? If I Had a Fairy Godmother…
Retelling: Finger Puppets
Get Physical/Outside Activity: Run like Cinderella leaving the ball (shoes optional)
Coloring Page: Find them here.
Poetry Friday
Cinderella page from Sleep Tight Snow White: 15 Bewitching Bedtime Rhymes written by Jen Arena and illustrated by Lorena Alvarez, “This poor miss” from Spot the Plot: A Riddle Book of Book Riddles written by J. Patrick Lewis and illustrated by Lynn Munsinger, “Runny Cooks for Linderella” from Runny Babbit: A Billy Sook written and illustrated by Shel Silverstein, “Cinderella’s Double Life” from Mirror Mirror: A Book of Reversible Verse written by Marilyn Singer and illustrated by Josée Masse, “Lady’s Slipper” from Forest Has a Song written by Amy Ludwig VanDerwater and illustrated Robbin Gourley, “Shoes” and “Whining Stepsisters Brag” from Grumbles from the Forest: Fairy-Tale Voices with a Twist written by Jane Yolen and Rebecca Kai Dotlich and illustrated by Matt Mahurin
Week 3: The Three Billy Goats Gruff
Storytime Monday
Younger: The Three Billy Goats Gruff written and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
Older: The Three Silly Billies written by Margie Palatini and illustrated by Barry Moser
Flannel Board Tuesday
Five Little Goats Jumping On the Bed, Three Billy Goats Gruff & Troll
Booktalk Wednesday
The Three Billy Goats Buenos written by Susan Middleton Elya and illustrated by Migeul Ordóñez, The Three Billy Goats Fluff written by Rachel Mortimer and illustrated by Liz Pichon
Activity Thursday
Craft: Make a Pet Troll
STEM: Build a bridge for the goats
Lego Challenge: goat, bridge, troll
Art Challenge: Draw the three goats.
Writing prompt: interview the troll
Retelling: Goats and trolls stick puppets
Get Physical/Outside Activity: Walk like a goat (trip trap) or act out the story
Poetry Friday
“Gruff for Dinner” and “Troll Lament” from Grumbles from the Forest: Fairy-Tale Voices with a Twist written by Jane Yolen and Rebecca Kai Dotlich and illustrated by Matt Mahurin
Week 4: Little Red Riding Hood
Storytime Monday
Younger: Little Red and the Very Hungry Lion written and illustrated by Alex T. Smith
Older: Ninja Red Riding Hood written by Corey Rosen Schwartz and illustrated by Dan Santat
Flannel Board Tuesday
Five Friends in the Bathtub, Teasing Mr. Alligator
Booktalk Wednesday
Little Red Hot written by Eric A. Kimmel and illustrated by Laura Huliska-Beith , Little Red Riding Sheep written by Linda Ravin Lodding and illustrated by Cale Atkinson
Activity Thursday
Craft: Newspaper collage wolf
Games: Red Riding Hood Path Game; Red, Red, Wolf (Little Red Riding Hood version of Duck, Duck, Goose)
Lego Challenge: basket, wolf, flowers
Art Challenge: Draw the forest Little Red Riding Hood travels through.
Writing Prompt: What if the wolf was another animal? Write or tell that story.
Retelling: Puppets
Get Physical/Outside Activity: Skip through the forest like Little Red Riding Hood
Poetry Friday
Little Red Riding Hood page from Sleep Tight Snow White: 15 Bewitching Bedtime Rhymes written by Jen Arena and illustrated by Lorena Alvarez, “In the Hood” from Mirror Mirror: A Book of Reversible Verse written by Marilyn Singer and illustrated by Josée Masse, “Little Red’s Story” and “About Grandma Wolf” from Grumbles from the Forest: Fairy-Tale Voices with a Twist written by Jane Yolen and Rebecca Kai Dotlich and illustrated by Matt Mahurin
Week 5: Aesop’s Fables
Storytime Monday
Younger: Hare and Tortoise written and illustrated by Allison Murray
Older: Lousy Rotten Stinkin’ Grapes written by Margie Palatini and illustrated by Barry Moser
Flannel Board Tuesday
Foxes & Turtles
Booktalk Wednesday
Town Mouse Country Mouse written and illustrated by Jan Brett; You Read to Me, I’ll Read to You: Very Short Fables to Read Together written by Mary Ann Hoberman and illustrated by Michael Emberley; The Grasshopper & the Ants, The Lion & the Mouse, and The Tortoise & the Hare all written and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
Activity Thursday
Craft: make origami ants and grasshoppers
Game: Tortoise & Hare Racing (a game from the 2016 CSLP manual)
Lego Challenge: build any animal mentioned in Aesop’s Fables
Art Challenge: draw a picture of a scene from one of the fables
Writing Prompt: write a new story based on a moral from one of the fables
Retelling: Lion and Turtle Paper bag puppets
Get Physical/Outside Activity: run fast like the hare and then slow like the tortoise
Coloring Page: Find it here.
Poetry Friday
“Ready, Steady, Go!’ from Follow Follow: A Book of Reverso Poems written by Marilyn Singer and illustrated by Josée Masse
Week 6: Three Little Pigs
Storytime Monday
Younger: The Three Little Pigs written and illustrated by Bernadette Watts
Older: The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka and illustrated by Lane Smith
Flannel Board Tuesday
This Little Pig, Clean & Dirty Pigs
Booktalk Wednesday
The 3 Little Dassies written and illustrated by Jan Brett, The Three Ninja Pigs written by Corey Rosen Schwartz and illustrated by Dan Santat, The Three Little Pigs and the Somewhat Bad Wolf written and illustrated by Mark Teague, The Great Gran Plan written by Elli Woollard and illustrated by Steven Lenton
Activity Thursday
Craft: Three Pigs Art
Game: Pigs & Wolf Race to Brick House (designed by me)
STEM Challenge: Build a house for the three little pigs that the Big Bad Wolf can’t blow down.
Lego Challenge: pig, wolf, house
Art Challenge: Draw a new house for the three little pigs. Make it out of something other than straw, sticks, or bricks.
Writing Prompt: Make a Wanted Poster for the Big Bad Wolf (Designed by me. Similar ones available on Teachers Pay Teachers.)
Retelling: Stick Puppets
Get Physical/Outside Activity: Act out the story of The Three Little Pigs
Coloring Page: Find it here.
Week 7: Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Storytime Monday
Younger: Goldilocks and Just One Bear written and illustrated by Leigh Hodgkinson
Older: Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs written and illustrated by Mo Willems
Flannel Board Tuesday
Bears
Booktalk Wednesday
Goatilocks and the Three Bears written by Erica S. Perl and illustrated by Arthur Howard, Goldi Rocks and the Three Bears written by Corey Rosen Schwartz and Beth Coulton and illustrated by Nate Wragg
Activity Thursday
Craft: Bear Origami
Game: Goldilocks & Baby Bear Race Game (designed by me)
Lego Challenge: bear, house, bowl, chair, bed
Art Challenge: Goldilocks and the Three _____ activity page
Writing Prompt: Find it here.
Retelling: Paper Bag Puppets
Get Physical/Outside Activity: Run from the bears’ house like Goldilocks
Poetry Friday
Goldilocks page from Sleep Tight Snow White: 15 Bewitching Bedtime Rhymes written by Jen Arena and illustrated by Lorena Alvarez, “Bears in the News” from Mirror Mirror: A Book of Reversible Verse written by Marilyn Singer and illustrated by Josée Masse, “Three Bears, Five Voices” and Goldilocks Leaves a Letter Stuck in the Door” from Grumbles from the Forest: Fairy-Tale Voices with a Twist written by Jane Yolen and Rebecca Kai Dotlich and illustrated by Matt Mahurin
Week 8: The Little Red Hen
Storytime Monday
Younger: The Little Red Hen written and illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
Older: The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza written by Philemon Sturges and illustrated by Amy Walrod
Flannel Board Tuesday
Chook, Chook, Chook, Chook, Chook Nursery Rhyme, Chicken Finger Puppets
Booktalk Wednesday
Mañana Iguana written by Ann Whitford Paul and illustrated by Ethan Long, Holy Squawkamole!: Little Red Hen Makes Guacamole written by Susan Wood and illustrated by Laura Esthela González
Activity Thursday
Craft: Wheat Stalk Painting
Lego Challenge: hen, dog, goat, pig, rat
Art Challenge: Red Hen Hand Art
Writing Prompt: What if one of the other animals did help the little red hen?
Retelling: Puppets
Get Physical/Outside Activity: Work in the garden like the Little Red Hen
Coloring Pages: Emergent Reader Book
Poetry Friday
Hansel and Gretel page from Sleep Tight Snow White: 15 Bewitching Bedtime Rhymes written by Jen Arena and illustrated by Lorena Alvarez, Rapunzel page from Spot the Plot: A Riddle Book of Book Riddles written by J. Patrick Lewis and illustrated by Lynn Munsinger, “Longing for Beauty” from Mirror Mirror: A Book of Reversible Verse written by Marilyn Singer and illustrated by Josée Masse, “No Bigger Than Your Thumb” from Follow Follow: A Book of Reverso Poems written by Marilyn Singer and illustrated by Josée Masse, “Enchanted Frog” and “Princess Gossip” from Grumbles from the Forest: Fairy-Tale Voices with a Twist written by Jane Yolen and Rebecca Kai Dotlich and illustrated by Matt Mahurin