We had six friends join us this morning for a Santa Claus themed story time. We read, “Santa Duck” by David Milgrim and “Bad Kitty: Searching for Santa” by Nick Bruel. Then we made our own Santa beards from a kit I found at Hobby Lobby a couple of years…
We had five friends join us for a reindeer themed story time this morning. I realized that we don’t own any books about reindeer so we had to compromise and read “Christmas Mice” and “There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bell”. We also did the reindeer hokey pokey…
We had seven friends join us for storytime this morning. We read a book about bugs called, “I Like Bugs” and a book about worms called, “I Can Only Draw Worms.” Then we used pipe cleaners and pony beads and made our own inchworms.
Sutherland Public Library is working towards becoming an accredited library. One of the things we need to do is complete a survey of our town. We need to know the things that you like about our village and the things that we could work on. This is a very short…
This morning we had twelve kiddos join us for space camp. We read books about the stars and talked about constellations. Then we did some “star” yoga, which the kids really seemed to enjoy. There were a lot of giggles! After that, we made chalk and star sticker constellations. Some…
We had 8 teens join us for origami space camp last week. We also realized that our sugar crystals from the previous week didn’t turn out as well as we had liked. This week, we will try to build a globe structure using only tape and straws. I…
Last week, we read a book about the sun and then used forks to paint our own suns. This week, we will read books about the stars and we’ll try some star yoga. Wear comfy clothes! We will also make our own constellations.
I’m trying to do better about keeping our blog updated! For those that are interested in statistical data, here’s where we’re at with our summer reading program. Week 1, we had 53 kids attend a space camp. Week 2, we had 71 kids attend either a space camp or the…
Our summer reading program started last week. I’ve been so swamped I haven’t had time to update the blog. I figured I’d better get to it! This week, we read a book about the sun and then made sun mosaics. We had 35 kids attend this morning. Thursday morning, we…
This morning we had eight friends join us for a special story time. Last Thursday, our weather was very snowy and story time got canceled. We made it up today! We read two books about pigs and did two fun fingerplays where we counted our five little piggies. Then we…
