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Super Moon!
Posted on: March 18, 2011
This Saturday, March 19 will be a night to look to the sky. The full moon will be closer to the earth than it has for almost 20 years!
The moon will rise in the East, over the ocean around 7:30 PM.
This is a great chance to discuss astronomy with your kids. You can learn the phases of the moon, the moon landings, and why it shines! If you have the time, head to the beach to check out the moon and then learn more about it at your library!
To learn more about the moon, check out these books!
Nature’s Playground
Posted on: February 3, 2011
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Since I moved into a house with a yard, on the weekends I find myself puttering about outdoors. When we first moved in May, we pulled out about 150 non-native plants. After a bit of research and multiple visits to the Mounts Botanical Gardens, we put in a few native vines and trees.
I have taken an interest in hydroponic gardening, too. To date, we have built two hydroponic systems that hold about 50 plants total! I am growing various red and green leaf lettuces, tomatoes and of course collard greens and kale.
“Hydroponics.” World Book Online Reference Center. World Book, 2011. Web. 3 Feb. 2011.
Needless to say, I love being outside. In South Florida we can spend almost 365 days outside, how wonderful is that? We are surrounded by a wondrous expanse of land filled with adventures. Here are some places on my outside adventure list:
1.) Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge
On Saturday, February 12 from 8am-4pm, the Refuge will be celebrating their 12th Annual Everglades Day with Foreverglades: A day celebrating and promoting awareness, appreciation, and
an understanding of the Everglades.
2.) Girls u Pick Strawberry Fields
I have soft spot for others trying hydroponics and I love strawberries. Pay attention to the plants at the top of the hydroponic systems, they plant various herbs. Grab a basket and scissors and you are ready to go.
3.) Vizcaya Museum and Gardens in Miami-Dade
Years ago, when I lived in Tampa, I drove to the Ringling Museum once of month. Vizcaya reminds me of the Ringling and I enjoy walking around the gardens of both.
The Mounts Botanical Gardens is beautiful to stroll through. I just love checking out their vegetable garden. The vegetable garden would be great places to have the kids’ guess the plant and what vegetable will it produce. If you are interested in starting a garden with kids, check out the library’s books on gardening with children.
If you are having a hard time getting the kids away from their video games, check out the book by Fiona Banks, Nature’s playground : activities, crafts, and games to encourage children to get outdoors
What are some of your favorite outdoor places? Comment on our blog!
Free Family Fun this Saturday!
Posted on: July 22, 2010
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Didgeridoo Down Under
Saturday @ 2pm
Auditorium
See, touch and learn about the wild animals
of McCarthy’s Wildlife Sanctuary.
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Join us in the Auditorium!
Saturday, July 16 at 2pm
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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!
It’s still TV Turnoff Week!
Posted on: April 26, 2007
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More ideas to make a week without tv even more fun!
Play Games (not video/computer games…but games you’ve never heard of…games from around the world!)
Try yoga (as a family)
Go to the beach to look for seashells (and make some great crafts/gifts with shells)
Plant some marigolds! (I just did this on Sunday…lots of fun!)
NPR had a great story on TV Turnoff Week this morning. Take some time to listen to it! Here’s a great quote from the news clip:
“Television is like dessert,” says Shari Barkin, a pediatrician at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital, in Nashville, Tenn. “Children want more of it.”
It’s still TV Turnoff Week!
Posted on: April 26, 2007
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More ideas to make a week without tv even more fun!
Play Games (not video/computer games…but games you’ve never heard of…games from around the world!)
Try yoga (as a family)
Go to the beach to look for seashells (and make some great crafts/gifts with shells)
Plant some marigolds! (I just did this on Sunday…lots of fun!)
NPR had a great story on TV Turnoff Week this morning. Take some time to listen to it! Here’s a great quote from the news clip:
“Television is like dessert,” says Shari Barkin, a pediatrician at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital, in Nashville, Tenn. “Children want more of it.”
It’s TV Turnoff Week!!
Posted on: April 24, 2007
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Okay, families… it’s time to unplug your televisions and spend some quality family togetherness-time this week!!
Why do you need to take the steps to reduce (or even eliminate) television from your lives? According to the Center for Screen Time Awareness, on average children will watch more television per year then attend school (1,023 tv hours versus 900 school hours). That’s pretty disturbing…
So… what can you do all week in place of watching sitcoms, dvd’s, and cartoons? How about (just a few things I thought of off the top of my head)…
make a meal together as a family
And…of course, I wouldn’t be a librarian if I didn’t offer some great reads for the entire family during this week of no tv:
for adults:
Ms. American Pie: A diary of love, secrets, and growing up in the 1970′s by Sartor
ReadyMade: How to Make (almost) Everything: A Do-It-Yourself Primer by Shoshana Berger
Make Ideas Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die by Chip Heath
for kids:
Double Trouble in Walla Walla by Andrew Clements ( a great family read-aloud)
Harry Potter (all 6 of ‘em) by JK Rowling
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by CS Lewis (another great book to read as an entire family)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain (my mother was a high-school English teacher and she read this to my sister and me when we were in elementary school)
If you have any suggestions and would like to share them with the rest of my readers, please leave a comment and I will post a compilation!!
Enjoy your week!
