Posted by: wpbkids on: November 4, 2009
Animal Antics is taking over the West Palm Beach Public Library’s KidSpace, yet again! Animal Antics is a fun, interactive, natural history series provided in part by the Arthur R. Marshall Foundation and presented by their cool Education Director, Eric Gehring. If you are in K-3, join us on for this FREE program on November 17 [...]
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Posted by: wpbkids on: November 2, 2009
Oh my! The Palm Beach Zoo will bring live animals…live animals for an interactive, educational program for families! On November 8 at 2pm bring the whole bunch to be a part of this special event specialized just for you. The program is FREE, parking is FREE, and there is no registration! What an awesome opportunity.
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Posted by: wpbkids on: October 28, 2009
In 1999 NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) was founded by Chris Baty, who thought it would be awesome to use the Internet to make novel writing fun for everyone. After a successful few years and teachers wanting their classrooms to be a part of this creativity, the Young Writers Program was founded and is booming. In [...]
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Posted by: wpbkids on: October 26, 2009
Hope you’re visiting the West Palm Beach Public Library’s KidSpace this Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 11am! Why?
There will be a FREE pre-school “not-so-spooky” Halloween play brought to you by the Library Zoo! Come meet Frog, Giraffe, Penguin, Panda, Kangaroo, and Cat and parade with them around the Library. It’s going to be exciting and fun [...]
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Posted by: wpbkids on: October 5, 2009
It’s that special time of the year again, to celebrate the joy of reading with Jumpstart’s Read for the Record! Jumpstart is an organization that understands the importanc e of volunteerism to change the lives of preschool children. In 2006 Jumpstart created an international campaign to bring preschool children and their caregivers together to read [...]
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Posted by: wpbkids on: September 30, 2009
Hey Palm Beach County School District kids, caregivers, and teachers, there is a great electronic database, free to you, that allows you to have your favorite book read aloud! TumbleBooks has so much to offer; you’ll have access to story books, new books, puzzles and games from your favorite story, language learning, audio books, and [...]
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Posted by: wpbkids on: September 25, 2009
Monday was our grand opening to Fab Lab 4 Kids: A Computer Class Just 4 Kids in grades 3-6. It’s not just a class where you can surf the web and listen to a teacher telling you about websites…boring!
This is a one hour class focused on one software per meeting. This past Monday we learned about a software [...]
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Posted by: wpbkids on: August 18, 2009
My sister librarian, Ms. Jennifer, sent me some information on home literacy environment, which is defined as standing support mechanisms that assists in early literacy. Grow-a-Reader BookList by Kidbibs provides a list of some support mechanisms/conditions that help children develop literacy:
Parents who read
Parents who write
A home where there are many types of reading materials: newspaper, [...]
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