Garden ~ Toddler Storytime

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We explored stories and activities about gardens during our toddler storytime.  Take a look at the books, flannel activities, songs, rhymes & video we shared. Fun Fact:  Click here for a blog post about creating a Sensory Garden for your toddler:  Growing Minds It doesn’t have to incorporate everything listed, […]

Garden ~ Infant Storytime

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We shared stories and activities about gardens during Infant Storytime.  Take a look at the books, flannel boards,  songs, rhymes & bounces we shared. Fun Fact:  Here is an interesting blog post from Growing Minds about creating a Sensory Garden for your toddler.  It doesn’t have to incorporate everything listed, […]

My Toy Friends: Preschool Storytime

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Books We Shared In Sam and Jump by Jennifer K. Mann, Sam goes to the beach and makes a new friend, but loses his bunny Jump. Fortunately for Sam, someone found Jump! Loved to Bits is a fairly new book (2018) by Teresa Heapy and illustrated by Katie Cleminson. People […]

Preschool STEAM ~ Spin Art ~ Centrifugal Force

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Preschool STEAM (for children ages 2-6) is all about having fun with science, technology, math and art!  There is no right or wrong way for children to experiment – the fun and learning comes from the doing!  Early childhood research shows us that little hands and minds learn best when at play. […]

Colors ~ Toddler Storytime

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It was all about the colors of the rainbow during Toddler Storytime this week.  We also learned that the word Colors begins with the Letter C and we discovered that the words Cat, Cupcakes & Cloud also begin with C!  Take a look at the books, flannel activities, songs, rhymes & video we shared. Books We Shared […]

Colors ~ Infant Storytime

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It was all about the colors of the rainbow during Infant Storytime this week.  We also learned that the word Colors begins with the Letter C and we discovered that the words Cat, Cupcakes & Cloud also begin with C!  Take a look at the books, flannel activities, songs, rhymes & […]

LEGO Robotics: Mindstorms

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Our Teen Advisory Board partnered with our friends at Wolf Corp Robotics to host an afternoon of LEGO Robotics – Mindstroms. Small groups of tweens (ages 9-14) built robots and engaged in a friendly competition.   Special thanks to Lek of WolfCorp for the photos!  

Listen, Learn, Create Celebrates Lunar New Year with USC Pacific Asia Museum

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On Monday, we had a visit from Valentina Quezada and other representatives of the USC Pacific Asia Museum for their free art program, Listen, Learn, Create! Each quarter they come and bring stories and art projects to teach kids about Asian arts and cultures. Valentina read a folk tale called […]

Bears ~ Toddler Storytime

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We read books about bears during Toddler Storytime this week.  We met Ted E. Bear, sang songs, had fun with action rhymes, shared a flannel game, story & song and watched a brief video. We also learned that the word Bear begins with the letter B and we discovered a few […]

Bears ~ Infant Storytime

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We read about bears during Infant Storytime this week.  We met Ted E. Bear, sang songs, shared nursery rhymes and had fun with some bounces. We also learned that the word Bear begins with the letter B and we discovered a few other things that begin with the letter B:  […]