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Up Down and Around by Katherine Ayres
Posted on May 31, 2013 by Children's Department Staff in UncategorizedThis fun book about gardening will inform toddlers of how different plants grow and it is also can incorporate movement! The book talks briefly about how to plant seeds and then explains about different vegetables including: Corn, carrots, cucumbers, peppers, potatoes, pumpkins, broccoli, plus more! “Up, Down, and Around” is a simple book, but it [...]
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Dreaming Up by Christy Hale
Posted on May 31, 2013 by Jennifer in Books & Reading, UncategorizedThis gem of a picture book is a brain-builder for toddlers and preschoolers. Each page features an illustration of a child building a structure – a tower, a fort, a box building, a tent – and the opposing page shows a photo of a real building that mimics the child’s construction. The short story not [...]
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Get Your Fingers Dirty at the Library this Summer
Posted on May 19, 2013 by Jennifer in UncategorizedGet ready to Dig Into Reading all summer at the library for our summer reading theme. Storytimes and clubs will be focusing on underground animals, dinosaur fossils, gardens and worms, construction trucks and more. June 29 is International Mud Day, so this year our Saturday storytime that day will be all about glorious mud, with [...]
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Fun Kid’s Websites that Teach Science
Posted on October 20, 2012 by Children's Department Staff in Activities, UncategorizedThere are so many great websites that your kids can use to learn about science and to reinforce their knowledge in creative ways. Here is a small sampling: The Science Kids website has everything from information and quizzes to online games and experiment instructions. http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/ Amusement Park Physics is for upper elementary kids as it [...]
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Spring reading bulletin board
Posted on April 20, 2012 by Jennifer in UncategorizedMs. Rachel at our library created this simple and cheery bulletin board for the spring:
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