Pasadena Public Library
This year we held our fourth annual Educator Night, sharing information about the library’s resources while giving Pasadena-based teachers dinner, a tote bag and a few free books to show our appreciation for all that they do! We did some fun new things at this year’s Educator Night, such as […]
Last summer as part of our cornucopia of STEAM programs to celebrate the Year of STEAM at Pasadena Public Library, we put on a three-day robotics and engineering workshop for kids using Rokenbok building sets and the Rokenbok curriculum. Kids were given challenges like the challenge to create a machine […]
In January kids came to Central Library to learn about coding with Sphero Robots! Cheri Haggard of MATHmania Robotics came and showed kids coding fundamentals while engaging them in a challenge to program their robot to go around a track and cross the finish line. The robots move with a […]
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. […]
After NASA’s Mars InSight landing last week (which you can still see archived video of here!!) I’ve been inspired to do storytime books about space. On top of that, we recently got a great new book about the Earth I was dying to share! Books We Shared Flannel Board Counting […]
Books We Shared Flannel Board Counting Eight Little Planets (Credit: http://missmegsstorytime.com/space/) One little two little three little planets Four little five little six little planets Seven little planets and here’s the eight planet Orbiting the sun. Mercury Venus and the earth Mars Jupiter and Saturn Uranus and here is Neptune […]
Books We Shared Flannel Board Counting Eight Little Planets (Credit: http://missmegsstorytime.com/space/) One little two little three little planets Four little five little six little planets Seven little planets and here’s the eight planet Orbiting the sun. Mercury Venus and the earth Mars Jupiter and Saturn Uranus and here is Neptune […]
Preschool STEAM (for children ages 2-6) is all about having fun with science, 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. […]
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 […]
Kids’ Art Salon is in it’s fourth year! To celebrate this milestone AND to pay homage to STEAM 2018, we thought we would focus on architecture & engineering. Architecture is the perfect choice for Pasadena’s year of STEAM because it incorporates science, technology, engineering, art and math! For our third session of the year, we […]