Book Inspiration Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson We read the poem “second daughter’s second day on earth” which contains many references to the various events going on around the country at the time that Jacqueline Woodson was born. Then, we used a timeline to learn about the historical events […]
Creative Writing with Word Baskets
Published on :Yesterday, our Creative Writing for Beginning Readers Workshop was inspired by the picture book Little Red Writing, written by Joan Holub and illustrated by Melissa Sweet. In the story, Little Red (a pencil in pencil school) goes on a journey to find words that she can put in her word […]
Lucha Libros Battle: Winter of the Ice Wizard
Published on :We had some great guest scorekeepers at our Lucha Libros battle last night. One of them was our new Library Director, Michelle Perera! She stopped by after work to check out the event and when she saw we were short on people, she jumped in and lent a hand! A parent […]
Light Up Notebooks
Published on :On Friday, December 16th, we tried something new: a class on paper circuitry for kids ages 8-12. A total of 24 kids joined us to “hack” their notebooks. I first learned about hacking your notebook from an article titled that way in School Library Journal, at http://www.slj.com/2015/04/technology/hack-your-notebook-circuitry-mixes-with-paper-in-a-creative-project-for-21st-century-learners/ It took me […]
Geronimo Stilton and the Fickle Nature of Love
Published on :In Geronimo Stilton’s tenth novel, All Because of a Cup of Coffee, he describes the way he fell head over paws for a lady mouse named Stephanie von Sugarfur, a countess who isn’t interested in his displays of affection for her nor his over-the-top gifts. It is after he finally […]
Be a Light Bender
Published on :On Nov. 18, 2016, to celebrate Young Readers League and its 2016 selection of Circus Mirandus by Cassie Beasley, we had a science program called “Be a Light Bender!” We had a jam-packed hour of activities exploring the physics of light and color. We did demonstrations of various phenomena, like […]
Creative Writing with Ashlyn Anstee
Published on :We had another terrific creative writing class for ages 5-8 with author-illustrator Ashlyn Anstee, who created the books Are We There, Yeti? and No, No, Gnome! Kids had a great time making up a funny character with crazy attributes, and coming up with a problem for him and a solution, […]
Lucha Libros: Haunted Castle on Hallow’s Eve
Published on :Things went much smoother at our most recent Lucha Libros battle on November 2nd. I noticed we had slightly lower attendance than last month… World Series Game 7, perhaps? 😉 (It’s okay, I forgive you–after all it was a historic game.) We had a few new systems to manage the […]
Project Designation 10/29/16
Published on :On Saturday, October 29, we had our Project Designation graphic design class for ages 11-14 in the Studio on 4th. Kids learned some concepts and tricks of graphic design, learned how to work with Pixlr editor, and got to design and print their own framed dry-erase weekly schedule. They also […]
Family Storytime – Animals???
Published on :What happens when you find a giraffe in your soup? When your dog sleepwalks? When you find an elephant and make him your pet? Some very funny shenanigans!!! We read stories about those subjects, sang a song with our egg shakers, participated in some action rhymes, a flannel board story and […]