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IT’S FAMILY STORYTIME!
Family storytime introduces children to books, reading, and the library. Each storytime explores a different theme through books, songs, and fingerplays. Your child will meet a new friend this summer and get to know all about Max, the friendly shaggy dog. Miss Sarah will provide your child with stories as well as help them create a special project that enhances the theme of the week. She will model ways to make stories come alive.
Since this is a summertime activity for families, all ages are invited to attend. Miss Sarah will be sure to find something of interest for all children. Plus you will have an opportunity to meet other parents and children and interact with them in a kid-friendly environment.
There is no registration required, so feel free to come to as many sessions as you are able. There will be 16 weeks of fun in the large auditorium on the 3rd floor of the library. It’s free, it’s fun, it’s beneficial, and it doesn’t require a lot of preparation time. Just come and enjoy!
Family storytime will continue throughout the months of May, June, and July. They are held on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings at 10:30. You may choose whichever day works best for your schedule.
Get ready, get set, and join in the fun!
BABIES…BABIES…BABIES
Posted on: February 22, 2011
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Reading books to babies just sounds like a crazy idea, doesn’t it?
Think again!
Some mothers-to-be even read to their baby before it’s even born! If that sounds silly to you, think again. There are many reasons to read to a baby. For one thing, hearing words helps to build a big network of words in a baby’s brain. By reading to a baby, we can increase their language as they grow and develop.
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When we hold a baby close to us and read, it creates a special bond between the baby and the adult. Not only does he learn the sound of words and see new pictures of the world, he becomes a good listener in the process. It’s especially nice if you read some stories to your baby before bedtime. It’s a very calming experience once they get used to the idea. It also helps create a routine, which is so important when it’s time to get the baby to bed and to sleep for the night.
Babies watch everything we do. When you read to a baby, he watches you turn the pages. It’s a basic concept that he is learning about a book. Then he’s old enough, he can begin to turn the pages as you read. You will also catch him playing with a book and turning the pages as he pretends to read.
Babies learn by touching, too. Babies like to teethe on books to find out what they’re all about. Cloth and vinyl books are great for babies. Vinyl ones can even go in the bathtub. Who says you have to sit in a chair to read a book?
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There are wonderful board books at our library for you to enjoy with your baby. We even have Bumbo seats to hold up the babies that can’t sit up by themselves yet.
Babies are not born loving books. It’s something we teach them. Bring your baby to the library for a new experience. Sit in a Bumbo seat and read a board book together.
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Visit a baby storytime on Fridays at 10:30 a.m. or 2:00 p.m. You’ll experience singing, dancing, books, and lots of movement. It’s fun for babies and you! Call 868-7703 to reserve a spot for you and your baby today.
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Judy
Happy Birthday Mozart!
Posted on: January 27, 2011
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Happy Birthday Mozart!
The world celebrates the life of Mozart this month,
born January 27, 1756…
Though we may never compare in genius to Mozart’s gift of music, exploring and developing a LOVE for music through song, simple instruments and rhythmic activities, all play a part in early literacy! Musical activities are not only engaging but more importantly they help children develop large and small motor skills, as well as, listening skills.
A favorite musical activity at Toddler Storytime is the Numbas Rumba by Raffi! Children and parents participate in a loose rendition of a ‘rumba dance’ while large numbers are passed and the children trace them with their pointer finger! Did you know that tracing numbers and letters is a pre-writing, literacy skill? What’s even better is that this ‘learning’ activity is just plain FUN for Toddlers! This activity crescendos with children hopping across the ‘numbas’ rug! This entire musical activity enhances children’s awareness of numbers and letters and they develop an interest to explore these symbols even more!
Check out Rise and Shine by Raffi!
Another way of exploring and developing a love for music at storytime is to sing a picture book. One of my favorite pieces of music in the whole wide world is, What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong. It has child friendly lyrics that ALL ages easily understand! The music is played from a CD while turning the pages of the wonderfully illustrated children’s book by George David Weiss, of the same title! This is but one example of a picture book that can be sung instead of read and in this case set to the music as well!
So next time, you pass by Toddler Storytime take a moment to enjoy the music! They really are exploring and developing a love for music and books!
Your city library has a wide variety of children’smusic CDs and DVDs to enjoy with your child no matter the age!
The Leonard Bernstein’s Young People’s Concerts is a wonderful DVD collection for the more musically minded elementary age kids that teach all about music and the orchestra.
…and who knows…introducing and developing a love of music early may lead to more formal music training known as, “The Mozart Effect.”
Research shows, “Teaching the music of Mozart or Beethoven to children as young as three can improve their academic performance. Scientists have proved that children who practice for as little as 10 minutes a day on the piano score dramatically higher results in intelligence tests.” (Norton, Cherry. “Early music lessons boost brain power.” Sunday Times (London, England) Oct 12, 1997)
-contributor, Jeanne Taylor, Children’s Librarian
Happy Birthday Mozart!
Halloween – Beyond Candy: Books!
Posted on: October 21, 2010
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Halloween is right around the corner. If you are looking for ways to celebrate with kids, beyond candy, I will be posting a few suggestions leading up to the 31st!
Say Boo for Books!
Here are some of our favorites:
Halloween Bugs A Trick-orTreat Pop-up by David A. Carter
I’m Not Afraid of Halloween! A Pop-up and Flap Book By Marion Dane Bauer
Halloween Countdown by Jack Prelutsky
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Froggy’s Halloween by Jonathan London
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Check these out! More Halloween Books from the Library
Ready…Set…READ!
Posted on: October 6, 2010
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Join us tomorrow as we Read for the Record, Jumpstart’s annual campaign to bring together children and adults to read the same book on the same day all over the country!
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This year’s book: Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
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Come in for a special reading by Mayor Lois Frankel at 10:30!
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Come in all day to log your reading and make snowy crafts!
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Read for the Record, this Thursday!
We will be participating in Jumpstart’s annual Read for the Record this Thursday, bringing the community together to read Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats.
Visit us this Thursday, all day, to read the story and make a snowflake, and play in the snow!*
Here is a poem to get you in the mood:
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The Snowflake
By Walter de la Mare
Before I melt,
Come, look at me!
This lovely icy filigree!
Of a great forest
In one night
I make a wilderness
Of white:
By skyey cold
Of crystals made,
All softly, on
Your finger laid,
I pause, that you
My beauty see:
Breathe, and I vanish
Instantly!
Come, look at me!
This lovely icy filigree!
Of a great forest
In one night
I make a wilderness
Of white:
By skyey cold
Of crystals made,
All softly, on
Your finger laid,
I pause, that you
My beauty see:
Breathe, and I vanish
Instantly!
Can You Haiku?
Haiku is one of the simplest, yet most popular forms of poetry in the world. Originating in Japan, one of the most famous haiku poets is Mastsuo Bacho (1644-1694). Here is one of his poems:
old pond-
frog jumps in
sound of the water
As I said, haiku is popular still today! Here is a modern example of the poetry:
Nose out the window,
ears flapping, hair pushed straight back.
Adventures in smell.
One of the best things about Haiku is that anybody can create a poem! Here is the pattern:
1st line = 5 syllables
2nd line = 7 syllables
3rd line = 5 syllables
That’s it! So, take a breath, notice a moment, scene, or feeling around you and put it into words.
Make up a haiku poem and post it as a comment to the blog! I will then post all of the submissions next week. Come into the library and make a haik at FunSpace Monday-Thursday 3:30-5:30!
Checkout these books for more haiku poetry.
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Haiku for little ears
On of my favorite picture books tells a story of Wabi Sabi, a cat who lives in Japan and goes on a journey to learn the meaning of her name. Haiku poetry is woven into the tale with beautiful artwork to complement the story.
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We need your help to break a spell, or Beauty will sleep for 100 years!
Join this interactive program from Page Turner Adventures.
Saturday, June 19 @ 2pm
Free!
Read For The Record!
Posted 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 the same book on the same day.
At Jumpstart they “know that reading aloud with preschool children lays the groundwork for strong literacy skills and future success in school and in life.” Read for the Record is one of the many initiatives they take to bring attention to the importance of early literacy.
The West Palm Beach Public Library is honored to take part in this international campaign; we invite you to join us on Thursday, October 8, 2009; come in any time that day to read The Very Hungry Caterpillar by award -winning author and illustrator, Eric Carle , to children.
Last year the record was broken as nearly 700,000 readers shared the story Corduroy by Don Freeman, so let’s break the record again for a goal of 1 million. If you can’t join us on October 8, 2009, then just pledge to read with us on that day from your home/organization.
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!
