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Got the FCAT Blues?
Here is a school poem to lift your spirits during this FCAT week!
The Very Best Feeling
~by Betsy Franko
There’s excited,
delighted,
scared,
and mad.
There’s happy,
embarrased,
surprised,
and sad.
But the very best feeling
that we’ve ever had,
the one that we have every day,
is the feeling we get
when the final bell rings,
and there’s nothing to do but just PLAY!
From the book:
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The Sea is Our Mother
The sea is our mother
rocking,
rocking.
See how she fills
her blue arms
with gifts -
with slippery bits,
weed,
white
shells,
fish
as bright as
wisps
of moon.
Hear how her voice
lifts,
falls,
lifts
while she sings our
life.
~By Tony JohnstonFrom the Tree That Time Build: a celebration of nature, science, and imagination.
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Weclome back to school!
Teachers, parents, students, and the
West Palm Beach librarians are all gearing up for a great 2010-2011!
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The Palm Beach County School District has set up a site to answer all your questions about this school year. http://www.palmbeachschools.org/Community/PDFs/Back_to_School_2010-11.pdf
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Make sure you check out the library calendar for all of our events. Programs that are educational, just for fun, or both are happening starting in September.
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In celebration of back to school, here are a few limericks to get you going!
From the book,
There Once Was a Very Odd School and other lunch-box limericks by Stephen Krensky
There once was a very odd school
That had only one little rule:
There was recess all day
To learn best how to play,
Which everyone thought was so cool.
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When making a class presentation,
I don’t get a standing ovation.
While I do all my talking,
My knees keep on knocking,
And after, I need a vacation.
Stop the Summer Slide!
Posted on: July 29, 2010
The summer has gone by fast! We have had a record number of children and teens sign up for our summer reading programs. As we all know, it is so important to keep reading during the summer. Unfortunately a lot of children lose much of what they learned the previous year. But it’s not too late to stop the summer slide for your kids!
Summer reading list books have been flying off the shelves. But remember, the library has hundreds of other choices that will all help your child succeed at reading and school. Here are some great books we recommend: http://www.wpbpl.com/kids/books_we_love.htm
Keep reading!
Websites for kids
Posted on: June 24, 2010
The Internet is a part of daily life for a lot of children. With so much information out there, it is hard for parents and kids to sort through and find what is appropriate. Part of a librarian’s job nowadays is to help select resources and guide users. Information literacy and technology literacy are becoming essential skills for children to have. Whether it is homework help, games, or current events, it is so important to find the best quality available. We have a few tricks up our sleeves; read on to find out!
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Great Websites For Kids
ala.org/greatsites
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Part of the American Library Association, the Association for Library Services to Children (ALSC) puts together this website packed full of carefully selected and reviewed links for children. Sites are divided by subject with an option to search as well as a featured site each month. Links are provided along with a short description of the site. They just added dozens of new sites, so check it out!
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Internet Public Library For Kids
ipl.org/kidspace
Much like ALSC, this site has hundreds of websites divided by category. It is a user friendly site great for kids, teens, and adults. Go ahead, explore!
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Palm Beach County School District
palmbeachschools.org/learning_tools/4kids
The Palm Beach County School District has a great site for PreK-12th grade. Educational games, databases, and more appear in a colorful layout. Some of the resources will require you to log in, but there are plenty that don’t and some nice web links. My favorite tool on this page is TumbleBooks. Kids can read along, listen, and see the pages on these eBooks. Play around!
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KidSpace!
Wpbpl.com/kids
Don’t forget about us! Our KidSpace page has lots of links for Homework Help, Fun & Games, Parent and Teacher resources, events, and Books!
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COMING SOON!!!
Tech Savvy Kids
Kids create their own awesome invitations while learning computer and Internet basics!
Computer Lab 2nd Floor
Elementary
Monday, July 26
2:00pm
Reading Makes You Smart!
Posted on: June 3, 2010
Yeah, we know. Reading makes us smart. Books are good for us. We’ve been hearing this from librarians and teachers for years.
But the results are in and it is official: children who grow up with books at home do better academically. A study recently published in the journal Research in Social Stratification and Mobility found that the correlation of books to achievement is stronger than parent’s education or income level.
To read more about the study, check out this blog from the Chronicle of Higher Education:
http://chronicle.com/blogPost/Want-Smart-Kids-Heres-What/24200/
Now, fill up your shelves with books! Kid’s can win books during our summer reading program. Browse a book store’s sale table. Or, just check them out from the library! You are allowed 50 books at a time for 3 weeks! How’s that for filling up your bookshelf. And you can continuously restock for FREE!
So, get reading!
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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 sure to check out some cool zoo books at the West Palm Beach Public Library’s KidSpace before you meet the animals:
Zoo animals by Philip Dowell
1, 2, 3 to the zoo by Eric Carle
The alphabet zoo: fun ways to learn letters and phonics (DVD)
Dear zoo by Rod Campbell
Another great educational opportunity is the Zoo Adventure Stroller Safari. This is an opportunity for you to bring your infant or toddler to the Zoo for an exciting stroller safari adventure! Registration is required and fees include 1 adult and 1 child. Members: $10.00 Non-members: $15.00.
Be sure to stay tuned here for more Sundays @ 2 for families.
Until we meet again,
~Remember, Reading is Awesome!
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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 selected as one of the 200 participants in the Mo Willems’ Simulcast on October 6th at 2:00 PM EST!“
Since we are selected, you are invited! Come join us on October 6th at 2:00 in the Auditorium to see Mo Willems’ Simulcast, go for a virtual walk through his studio, watch him doodle, preview some of his original drawings for this fall’s new Elephant and Piggie Adventure Pigs Make Me Sneeze!, and be there for the special surprise he has for all of us!
Be sure to check out some of our Mo Willems’ books at KidSpace!
Until we meet again,
~Remember, Reading is Awesome!
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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 parents, these places will be a great way to support your lesson plan on animals and their habitats.
Jungle Island : This months South Florida Parenting has a $5.00 off general admission coupon. Homeschoolers click here!
Miami Seaquarium: $2.00 off coupon can be found here. Homeschoolers click here.
Lion Country Safari : $5.00 off coupon on the website. Homeschoolers click here for fall lecture series.
As you are planning your visits, don’t forget to check out some great books from KidSpace, some with fun illustrations of your favorite land and water animals, others with great information about them, and many with both. Check them out here:
1,2,3 to the zoo by Eric Carle
Aquarium fish by Dick Mills
The kingfisher first encyclopedia of animals by David Burnie & Linda Gamlin
And so they build by Bert Kitchen
Ocean by Miranda MacQuitty
Jungle by Theresa Greenaway
Animals of the rain forest by Lynn Stone
Until we meet again,
~Remember, Reading is Awesome!
CC photo on left by flickr user Wootang01 & CC photo on right by flickr user Satosphere.
Home and Literacy
Posted 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, magazines, maps, manuals, dictionary, and lots of books, etc.
- Children’s books (where they can reach them)
- Routine visits to the library
- Parents who read to their children
- Paper, pencils, markers, and other writing materials where children can readily gain access to them
- An environment that respects and encourages the language and learning of children
The bottom line is, “children who are surrounded by readers and reading materials are much more likely to become readers!”
P.S. Share with me some conditions that exist in your enviornment that help your children develop literacy.
Until we meet again,
~Remember, Reading is Awesome!
CC photo on right by flickr user Pratham Books.
