Pasadena Public Library
Our 7th storytime of the summer session was all about Fish! Fish sure are slippery! Here are the stories, songs, rhymes, flannel boards, activities and video we explored about our topic. Books We Shared In Hooray for Fish by Lucy Cousins we run into a variety of fish! This is a colorful, boldly illustrated book that captures […]
Our 7th storytime of the summer session was all about Fish! Fish sure are slippery! We read books that were a bit longer during our infant storytime to challenge our babies’ listening skills. Here are the books, songs, rhymes, flannel stories and activities we explored about our topic. Books We Shared We read the book Ten Little […]
On Wednesday, August 2nd, we had some special visitors at the library. Two forensic specialists from the Pasadena Police Department, Noel Herrera and Alex Padilla, came to meet kids between the ages of 7 and 12 and share what they do and how it incorporates science and technology! Noel and […]
On August 8th, we had a packed story room full of kids 7-12 years old who were here to learn about how electricity works, what kinds of materials conduct electricity, and how to make their own batteries. First, we viewed a slideshow that explained concepts like electric current (the movement […]
Our 6th storytime of the summer session was all about Food! We also had a visit from Max the Mouse and he ate all of our strawberries!! I guess mice really do love to eat! Here are the stories, songs, rhymes, flannel boards, activities and video we explored about our topic. Max the Mouse Books […]
Our 6th storytime of the summer session was all about Food! We also had a visit from Max the Mouse. I guess mice really do love to eat..at least that is what we learned from the first story we shared. Here are the books, songs, rhymes, flannel stories and activities we explored about our topic. […]
Our fifth storytime of the summer session was all about Butterflies! We even got a visit from Mary Mariposa, our Monarch butterfly. (See below). She charmed us as she flitted about the room to prepare us for the stories, songs, rhymes, flannels and video we shared. Books We Shared In Julie Sebastien’s Where’s […]
Our 5th storytime of the summer session was all about Butterflies! We actually spent quite a bit of time playing hide and seek with some missing butterflies. Here are the books, songs, rhymes, flannel stories and activities we shared. Books We Shared In Butterfly Butterfly by Petr Horacek, a young girl named […]
Last Saturday’s Sensory Art & Craft Making program at Lamanda Park Branch Library made a BIG SPLASH (pun intended). Over 20 young artists and their families set out to make “sandpaper” starfish, “squiggly” jellyfish and “squirmy” octopuses (just to name a few). An entire wall of Lamanda Park’s meeting room was turned into an […]
Our fourth storytime of the summer session was all about colors! Here are the books, songs, rhymes, flannel activity and video we shared. Books We Shared In Sebastien Braun’s Meeow and the Blue Table, we are introduced to Meeow. Meeow is a black cat. Meeow invites his friends over to play but it’s raining. What […]