Pasadena Public Library
On Thursday, February 27, we had a special astronomy festival for the whole family! People of all ages got to learn something new and inspiring about the way our understanding of the universe has grown, and also the ways that you can help scientists track changes in night sky visibility. […]
It was all about bedtime during Infant Storytime. Take a look at the books, flannel boards, songs, rhymes & bounces we shared. Just for FUN! Have you started sharing books with your baby before bedtime? Comment below if you have any favorites! I can list them in a future blog […]
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, […]
Books We Shared We had some great new picture books this past year, and this lovely and colorful book Daniel’s Good Day by Micha Archer was one of them! In it, a little boy goes around his neighborhood asking people what makes a good day for them. When they all […]
**Updated 7/11/19 — see notes at the end** Last week we held another LEGO Stop-Motion animation workshop in our Central Library in the fourth floor studio–this time for kids 5-8 years old. Once again I shared a Powerpoint Presentation about stop motion animation using one of the library’s books as […]
A few weeks ago when our Summer Reading Program, “It’s Showtime At Your Library!” officially began, we held a LEGO Stop-Motion animation workshop in our Central Library in the fourth floor studio. To prepare for this program, I read up about stop motion animation using one of the library’s books: […]
On Saturday, we held a workshop called “Make-Believe Science,” inspired by two books: “Don’t Forget to Write: For the Elementary Grades” by 826 National (this was from my personal collection): and “Two Truths and a Lie: It’s Alive!” by Ammi-Joan Paquette and Laurie Ann Thompson (copies available at Pasadena Public […]
Last month, kids came to the library to learn how to write a “Choose Your Own Adventure” type of story using a free web-based software called Twine. I walked them through the steps of it and they were very quickly writing stories with twists that the reader could choose. Here […]
I’m trying to catch up on my blogging… Back in summer, as part of our STEAM 2018 year of STEAM programming, we did a fun engineering project making roller coaster ski jumps out of pipe insulators for marbles to “ski” down! I’ve been meaning to share the photos and videos […]
In July 2018 we had a three-day workshop for kids between the ages of 9 and 12 years old, taught by Matthew Clough-Hunter of LA Makerspace and facilitated by Illyanna Logan and AnnMarie Hurtado, about doing coding in Minecraft. Kids enjoyed playing the game but also built programs called “turtles” […]