Posts Tagged ‘activities’
Halloween Beyond Candy: Crafts!
Posted on: October 28, 2010
Some of my favorite Halloween Crafts!
Make your own trick-or-treat bag! Eco Craft
http://www.lilsugar.com/Homemade-Trick-Treat-Bags-11397566
http://www.ehow.com/how_7162236_make-halloween-treat-bags.html
http://www.makingfriends.com/fallcrafts/ghost_pails.htm
More Crafts
Lots of masks!
http://familycrafts.about.com/od/makingmasks/Making_Masks.htm
Hand print Bat Craft from DLTK.com
http://www.dltk-kids.com/animals/mhandprintbat.htm
Paper Plate Spider Web Craft from Allkidsnetwork.com
http://www.allkidsnetwork.com/crafts/bugs/paper-plate-spider-web.asp
Floating Paper-Mache Ghosts from Martha Stewart
Hispanic Heritage Month
Posted on: September 21, 2009
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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 well as, their events! Check them out below:
September 15
HISPANIC HERITAGE EXHIBITION (Through October 3) Exhibit of works juried by Ann Fay Rushforth. Armory Art Center West Palm Beach (561) 832-1776
COLOMBIAN CRAFTS (Through October 15) West Boynton Library Boynton Beach (561) 734-5556
FABULOUS FINGER PUPPETS (Bilingual) Ages 5 & up. Pre register Palm Beach County Main Library West Palm Beach (561) 233-2600
ROUND TABLE WITH SPANISH AUTHORS (SPANISH) Authors Almudena Solana (España) and Juan Gabriel Vásquez (Colombia) will discuss their most recent productions. Palm Beach County Main Library West Palm Beach (561) 233-2600
September 16
MODERN LATIN AMERICAN DANCES Complimentary lunch available. Open to all. West Palm Beach Public Library West Palm Beach (561) 868-7700
COLOMBIA, OUR BELOVED LAND Hagen Ranch Road Library Delray Beach (561) 894-7500 September 20 EL
SUPER – ICINEMA SERIES West Palm Beach Public Library West Palm Beach (561) 868-7700
GUATEMALAN REMINISCENCES: CHRONICLE OF A VISIT. Jupiter Library Jupiter (561) 744-2301
LETS CELEBRATE GUATEMALA Jupiter Library Jupiter (561) 744-2301
September 21
LATIN AMERICAN ARTS & CRAFTS EXHIBITION (Through October 16) Harold C. Manor Library (561) 868-3800
LATIN AMERICAN COLONIAL HOUSES Tequesta Library Tequesta (561) 746-5970
PUERTO RICO, ALWAYS A FIESTA! Wellington Library Wellington (561) 790-6070
CHILEAN ROOTS Green Acres Library Greenacres (561) 641-9100
September 27
ARGENTINE TANGO PERFORMANCE West Palm Beach Public Library West Palm Beach (561) 868-7700.
HISPANIC HERITAGE FESTIVAL FEATURING PIANO DUO GASTESI-BEZERRA (Through September 28) Palm Beach Atlantic University West Palm Beach (561) 803-2100
September 27MEXICAN FIESTA Mexican music interpreted by Mariachi Pancho Villa. Glades Road Library Boca Raton (561) 470-1600 September 28
MEXICAN FIESTA Learn about Frida Kahlo, the famous Mexican painter, make a cuff bracelet, and hear fiesta music. Hagen Ranch Road Library Delray Beach (561) 894-7500
September 30
SPANISH READING CLUB (CLUB DE LECTURA) Hagen Ranch Road Library Delray Beach (561) 894-7500
October 3
BEAUTIFUL MEXICO Belle Glade Library Belle Glade (561) 996-3453
REMEMBERING CHILE Okeechobee Blvd Library West Palm Beach (561) 233-1880
October 4
HOMAGE TO RAFAEL HERNANDEZ West Palm Beach Public Library West Palm Beach (561) 868-7700
HISPANIC FIESTA!Palm Beach County Main Library West Palm Beach (561) 233-2600
October 9
POETIC RECITAL BY CARIDAD MCCORMICK Hagen Ranch Road Library Delray Beach (561) 894-7500
October 10
PUERTO RICOS FOLKLORE Green Acres Library Greenacres (561) 641-9100
CUBA YESTERDAY AND TODAY Palm Springs Library Palm Springs (561) 965-2204
October 11
BOLIVIAN FOLKLORIC DANCE PROGRAM West Palm Beach Public Library West Palm Beach (561) 868-7700
ANDEAN MUSIC Hagen Ranch Road Library Delray Beach (561) 894-7500
October 17
HISPANIC FEST Bryant Park Lake Worth (561) 582-4401
October 29
EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS BY HISPANIC ARTISTS (Through Nov. 12) Reception to be held at 5pm, on Thurs Oct 29 Palm Beach Community College Lake Worth (561) 439-5631
October 31
FIESTA EN AMERICA! Palm Beach Community College Lake Worth (561) 439-5631
Until we meet again,
~Remember, Reading is Awesome!
Photo on right from Sun Sentinnell online.
I Heart Workshops!!!
Posted on: April 13, 2009
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A few Saturdays ago, I went to a workshop that featured Denise Fleming, children’s author and illustrator,presented by The Palm Beach County Literacy Coalition. Mrs. Fleming, along with her husband, illustrated great ways to combine arts and crafts with reading. She brought with her examples of props to make reading aloud more interactive and fun. Her passion for art, verbs, and children, is wonderful. Her energy is positive and contagious.
During the workshop Mrs. Fleming showed us a short video on how she creates illustrations. In addition to this, she also gave us a live illustration on papermaking. Her awesome technique is what captures her readers into her artwork. The BookMoot, a blog I read, had a great post about Denise Fleming, the medium she uses, as well as her inspirations, so check it out!
Learn more about Denise Fleming and her work here. Come visit the West Palm Beach Public Library’s KidSpace for some of her great books, like:
Until we meet again,
~Remember, Reading is Awesome
CC: picture on right from BookMoot blog.
Happy Birthday To You!!!
Posted on: February 12, 2009
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One of our ongoing programs of the year is Birthday Saturdays. Every third Saturday of the month, at 11am, we travel to chosen country for a birthday celebration with stories, music, and a craft related to the country. Everyone gets their very own passport to enter into the country and join the party.
In January we celebrated China with No, that’s wrong by Ji Zhaohua, painted Chinese characters on calligraphy scrolls that all the kids got to take home, sang happy birthday to China, ate cake, and each child received a gift to take home. We had an awesome time.
So, If you are looking for some family fun, come to Birthday Saturday; we have it all: free entertainment, educational activities, cake, and gifts. I’ll see you on February 21 at 11am in KidSpace at the West Palm Beach Public Library for our celebration in Italy, Venice, Italy to be exact. We will be making masquerade masks, so come on out and party with us.
Until we meet again,
~Remember, Reading is Awesome
Don’t forget to thank a Veteran
Posted on: November 10, 2008
Veterans Day is Nov. 11th; it is a day you thank and honor all those who served in the military. Veterans are those who serve/served in the U.S. Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard in times of war or peace.I already sent my appreciation cards to my Uncle V, my Aunt J, and my friend Bob who all served in the Air Force.
While I was doing my normal surfing for kids stuff, I landed on VA Kids, K-12th. This awesome website is dedicated to educating you all about Veterans Day. With cool games, activities, and facts, you learn all about why we celebrate Veterans Day. Part of the website even gives grown ups some good information and ideas for celebrating Veterans Day. If you would like some more information on Veterans Day, take a look at these:
Veterans Day by Jacqueline S. Cotton
H is for honor: a military family alphabet by Devin Scillian
Love, Lizzie: letters to a military mom by Lisa Tucker
The visual dictionary of special military forces
by Houghton Mifflin
Until we meet again…
~Don’t forget to thank a Veteran
