LittleBits Workshop

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What are littleBits? littleBits is an open source library of discrete electronic components pre-assembled in tiny circuit boards. All logic and circuitry is pre-engineered in the bits. This pushes up the design process.  Basically, a person who has little knowledge of electronics can now design something using electronics. The purpose […]

Toddler Storytime: Ocean!

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Today’s Toddler Storytime was all about the ocean. We made an ocean scene with jellyfish, kelp, starfish, swimming fishes and a crab: We sang “Open Shut Them” and then read a sweet book by Scott Magoon titled Breathe. The pictures of the little beluga whale swimming through the ocean and […]

Infant Storytime: Ocean!

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Today’s Infant Storytime was all about the ocean. We made an ocean scene with jellyfish, kelp, starfish, swimming fishes and a crab: We read a sweet book by Scott Magoon titled Breathe. The pictures of the little beluga whale swimming through the ocean and all around his arctic environment are […]

Family Storytime – January 24, 2015 – Gardens/Fruits & Vegetables

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We read stories about eating and growing fruits and vegetables!  Here are some of the books and activities we shared: Little Apple Goat has an appetite for apples, pears & cherries, not the usual fare for a goat!  She relishes trotting through the orchard, waiting for the beautiful ripe fruits to fall […]

Celebrating the 1890s—Part Two: Who Was Claude Debussy?

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Today we had a special program in the library’s auditorium, celebrating the life and music of French composer Claude Debussy. We examined his childhood, his musical influences, his friendships with impressionist and symbolist painters and composers, and the explosion of beauty and artistic expression that was the Belle Epoque in […]

Celebrating the 1890s—Part One: The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate

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Our Mother Daughter Book Club met last week and discussed the book The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate by Jacqueline Kelly. It’s a beautiful book about a girl who is growing up in the late 1890s in a small town in Texas, where the education available to her is very backward […]

Toddler Storytime: Gardens… and Bugs!

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At today’s storytime we started by creating a lovely garden out of shapes–hearts, diamonds, triangles, rectangles, ovals and circles came together to make flowers and a butterfly: We also played with some beautiful Folkmanis bug puppets and sang a rhyme about butterflies, ladybugs and bees: Butterfly, butterfly, Fly up high, […]

Infant Storytime: Gardens, and Bugs!

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At today’s storytime we started by creating a lovely garden out of shapes–hearts, diamonds, triangles, rectangles, ovals and circles came together to make flowers and a butterfly: We also played with some beautiful Folkmanis bug puppets and sang a rhyme about butterflies, ladybugs and bees: Butterfly, butterfly, Fly up high, […]

Kids’ Writing Workshop: Unlocking Your Great Vision

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Today’s Kids’ Writing Workshop was all about discovering and unlocking our visions for the great work that we want to write. First, we talked about some famous writers who gave the world a consistent vision. Charles Dickens wrote about poverty and greed in Oliver Twist and A Christmas Carol. Roald […]

Toddler Storytime: Desert

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Our first Toddler Storytime of Winter session was all about the desert. First we learned about shapes and put together a desert scene: We sang a song about a rattlesnake, to the tune of Twinkle Twinkle: Rattlesnake, Rattlesnake, Why do you rattle? Do you wish I’d go away Or do […]