Poetry Month Creation Stations: Kids’ Writing Workshop

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Last week we had our Kids’ Writing Workshop Creation Stations program, and celebrated National Poetry Month with Haikubes, Paint Chip Poetry, Reverse Poetry and Blackout Poetry: Kids got to spend 10-15 minutes at a time at each station and then move on to another activity. Their creativity was constantly flowing, […]

Spiralizer Art: Kids’ Coding Club

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By Illyanna Logan Last Thursday we had our April session of the Kids Coding Club, where we did a project that explored using coding to make digital art. We tried an activity from Coding Projects in Scratch by Jon Woodcock, where we used Scratch to create a spiralizer that made […]

Move & Play ~ Toddler Storytime

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For the third meeting of our spring session we read books about moving, playing and just being silly!  There was a whole lotta movin’ & shakin’ going on!  Here are the books, rhymes, fingerplays, flannel boards, action songs and video we shared. Books We Shared   We read the Big Book of […]

Move & Play ~ Infant Storytime

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Our theme for the third storytime of the spring session was MOVE & Play!  There are so many ways to move & play – you can run, jump, swim, spin around and play peek-a-boo.  We did almost all of these during Infant Storytime. Children learn through play and they develop their fine and […]

Bunnies ~ Preschool Storytime

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WE read some great stories about bunnies and other animals that HOP during our preschool storytime.  We even pulled some magic rabbits out of a hat! Here are the books, songs, flannel stories. action rhymes and video we shared.      In Pickin’ Peas by Margaret Read MacDonald, a little girl begins […]

Allendale’s Top Juvenile Fiction for April 2018

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Tales of the great beasts by Nick Eliopulos Featuring a special story by the best-selling author of the Beyonders series, a special edition of the popular series follows the adventures of four noble animals who sacrifice everything to protect their homes in the world of Erdas from a mad king. […]

Bunnies! Toddler Storytime

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We read books about bunnies and other creatures that hop during our second storytime of the spring session.  There was also a finger puppet play with two little bunnies, some magic rabbits and a whole host of songs & rhymes.  There was even a little movie about a hopping frog…well […]

Bunnies! ~ Infant Storytime

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We read books about rabbits and other animals that hop during our second Infant Storytime of the spring session.  There was a also a bit of singing, bouncing and rhyming ~ I even snuck in a new bounce!  Here are the books, activities, bounces and nursery rhymes we shared:    […]

BEARS! ~ Toddler Storytime

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Today was the first Toddler Storytime of the spring session!  It was wonderful seeing all of those beautiful toddlers this morning.  We explored stories about bears, sang some great songs, had fun with a puppet play and a few flannel stories and watched a great video about a slumbering bear.  All in a […]

BEARS! ~ Infant Storytime

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Today was the first Infant Storytime of the spring session!  It was wonderful seeing all of those beautiful babies this morning.  We explored stories about bears, sang some great songs and did quite a bit of bouncing around.  Hope everyone had as much fun as I did! Listed below you’ll find […]