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Animal Antics Back Again!

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 [...]

Palm Beach Zoo @ Your City Library!

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.
Be [...]

Write A Novel In 30 Days?

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 [...]

Read Around the World!

Posted by: wpbkids on: October 26, 2009

As a child, my mother and I would spend our Sunday afternoons at our local bookstore’s book fair.  It was always a wonderful surprise to find books from and about all different places and an adventure to see what “new” books I might come across during my hunt. 
I was reminded of this moment when my sister librarian, Ms. [...]

Read For The Record!

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 [...]

TumbleBooks!

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 [...]

Hispanic Heritage Month

Posted by: wpbkids on: September 21, 2009

Get out and celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month!  This celebration will continue through mid October; the best part of all is that, throughout Palm Beach County there will be great family fun events and activities for all ages!   Early this week, I received an email list of several organizations participating in the celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, as [...]

Mo Willems’ “vidsiting” KidSpace!

Posted by: wpbkids on: September 8, 2009

HORRAY, Mo Willems is “vidsiting” the West Palm Beach Public Library’s KidSpace!!!
A while back, my sister librarian, Jeanne, signed up our library to be one of the 200 organizations that Mo Willems will visit (vidsit) by video. 
On September 3rd we received that email we were impatiently waiting for: “Congratulations! Your school or library has been [...]

Learn and Experience Excitement for Less!

Posted by: wpbkids on: September 4, 2009

All that talk about the majestic jungle in KidSpace had me thinking about the great tropical jungles and rare and exotic creatures we have in South Florida, other than in our zoos.  Here is a list of some great family fun places to visit on the weekends or when the kids are out of school.  Home school [...]

A New Twist To Brown Bag Lunches

Posted by: wpbkids on: August 17, 2009

My sister librarian, Ms. Kim, and I were talking about different lunch options for her children.  One of her boys enjoy PB&J sandwiches, but doesn’t like them soggy, which they are by the time lunch comes around.  Her other boys enjoy variety and not necessarily a quick fix, like the normal sandwich, fruit, and drink.  [...]