COVID-19 UPDATE – Curbside Delivery Until Further Notice

by Rebekka Hanson | Oct 9, 2020 | Adult Arena, Blog, Kid's Corner, Teen Zone, Tween Scene | 0 comments

COVID-19 UPDATE – Curbside Delivery Until Further Notice

ANNOUNCEMENT

our services will be temporarily limited to curbside only

Starting

MONDAY, OCTOBER 12

As previously announced, with the change of assessed risk level from Moderate to High as set forth by the Eastern Idaho Public Health Department, our services will be temporarily limited. This change is to protect the health of our employees and patrons and to do our part to slow the spread of Covid-19 in our community. Services will be available for 6 hours each weekday, Monday through Friday. We hope to return to regular services as soon as possible.

Hours of operation:

Monday & Tuesday: 9 am – 3 pm
Wednesday & Thursday: 1 pm – 7 pm
Friday: 10 am – 4 pm
Closed Saturday

To use our curbside service, patrons may place up to 15 items on hold using our online catalog, or by speaking with a librarian by telephone during the previously listed hours. Please allow 48 hours for us to get your items ready. The automated system will alert you via phone or email when your items are ready for pickup.

When you come to the library, please use the one-way entrance on the west side of the building and have your library card or photo ID ready. Further instructions will be posted.

Our Take n’ Go kits for all ages will be available for pick up during our curbside hours.

Registration for new library cards will be available during our curbside hours. Please fill out the online registration form prior to visiting the Library and have your temporary library barcode, photo ID, and proof of address ready.

CLIck here for full instructions to get a library card

Thank you for your understanding and support.

The only thing that you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library.

Albert Einstein

Instructions for Curbside

Please use the one way entrance on the West side of the building, which is accessible from 1st North.

Have library card or photo ID ready.
Fines and fees can be paid by phone ONLY at 208-356-3461
Can place holds on items either online or by talking with a librarian. Please do not leave a message!
Holds will be available 48 hours after you have been notified.
Return Items through book drop. Kits can be returned at the Community Room doors during our curbside hours.
No kits may be checked out at this time.

Book Babies – Bugs!

by Lauren Abbott | Oct 8, 2020 | Blog, Book Babies, Kid's Corner | 0 comments

Book Babies: Bugs!

Bugs, bugs, bugs! Your child can start to experience the world through books, and bugs are a great start since they have so many colors and jobs. Try some of the book or activities below to introduce your child to the wonderful world of bugs.

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Ages 2-5

Welcome Songs

Here We Are Together

Here we are together, together, together! Oh, here we are together in our library. There’s (sing names)… Here we are together in our library!

Hello Everybody

Hello everybody let’s clap our hands*, clap our hands, clap our hands. Hello everybody let’s clap our hands today! *pat our head, stretch up high, wiggle our fingers, tickle our knees, kick our feet, bounce up high!

S, T, R, W, P

(Sing while pointing to each finger on your child’s hand.) Sing, talk, read, write, play! Sing, talk, read write, play! Sing, talk, read, write, play! Sing, talk, read, write, play each day!

Sing, Talk, Read, Write, Play

Tip

You don’t actually need to read books aloud to your children in order for them to benefit. Simply looking at and talking about the illustrations in books helps children develop appreciation for the visual arts. Talk about the colors – not only the names of the colors, but whether they are bright or pastel, clear or blurry.

- Lambert

Activity

Read a book with colorful illustrations of bugs- it’s best if there is only one bugs per page. Then sing with your child, “Where is ________?” to the melody of “Where is Thumpkin?”

Books Presented

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Hello, Bugs! by Smriti Prasadam-Halls

A charming introduction to ten beautiful little bugs, featuring high-contrast black-and-white patterns and a glittering burst of color on every page.

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Buzz, Buzz, Baby! by Karen Katz

Young readers are invited to lift flaps to reveal such insects as ladybugs, caterpillars, ants, and bees.

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Snappy Little Bugs by Claire Nielson

A colorful popup book about bugs.

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Songs, Rhymes, and Fingerplays

Here’s a Little Pumpkin

Here’s a little pumpkin bouncing on the vine (bounce baby gently)
Roll it left (sway to left)
And roll it right (sway to the other side)
ANd bounce it down the line (bounce down legs)

*Here’s a medium pumpkin bouncing on the vine (bounce baby slightly bigger)
*Here’s a great big pumpkin bouncing on the vine (bounce baby BIG)

– Oremlibrary.org

Watch Gina's Example

Put Your Shoes on Lucy

Put your shoes on Lucy
Don’t you know you’re in the city
Put your shoes on Lucy
It really is a pity
that Lucy can’t barefoot wherever she goes
Because she loves the feel the wiggle of her toes.

– Jbrary.com

Watch Gina's Example

I’m a Little Wiggleworm

(Tune: I’m a Little Teapot)

I’m a little wiggleworm, watch me go
I wiggle, wiggle fast (wiggle fast)
and very, very slow (wiggle slow)
I wiggle, wiggle all around, then I go (turn around)
back underground to the home I know (squat and touch the ground)

– Pasadena-library.net

Watch Gina's Example

Open and Shut Them

Open and shut them, open and shut them.
Open and shut them, then give a little clap.
Open and shut them, open and shut them.
Open and shut them and place them in your lap.
Creep them, crawl them
Creep them, crawl them
Right up to your chin!
Open up your little mouth… Buuuuuuuuuuut…
Do not let them in!

Watch Gina's Example

Additional Books

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Bugs by Dawn Sirett

Invites young readers to move their fingers along trails on each page of the book to discover facts about four different insects.

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Bugs Galore by Peter Stein

Bugs of all shapes, colors, and sizes–including bed bugs, cute bugs, live bugs, and dead bugs–are presented in illustrations and rhyme.

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Caterpillar Looks For a Shoe by Storyweaver

Scroll and read this Storyberries ebook with your child! Poor Caterpillar has lost her shoe, and can’t find one that fits!

Read it at Storyberries

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Story Time – Creepy Crawlies

by Lauren Abbott | Oct 6, 2020 | Blog, Story Time | 0 comments

Story Time: Creepy Crawlies

This week in online story time, we learned a new letter, “C”, which is the first letter in the words, “Creepy Crawlies”. Have fun with creepy crawlies as you read books, go outside, and discover what insects and spiders do.

Join us live Tuesdays at 10:30 AM – Online on Facebook

Ages 2-5

Sing, Talk, Read, Write, Play

Read & Talk

See the world: “Illustrations convey meaning and carry information, especially in non-fiction books where pages are often filled with commentary that is not in the text. Be sure to “read” your way around the pages-read and discuss the captions, tables, charts, and the information conveyed by the illustrations themselves.”

- www.getreadytoread.org

Activity

Help your child check out a junior non-fiction book from the library such as, “Creepy Crawlers.” Look at the illustrations or pictures first, and then “read” your way around the pages. Ask your child questions like, “Have you seen this before?” or “What does this look like to you?”

Books Presented

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Creepy Crawlers by Lynn Huggins-Cooper

Describes unusual species of insects and spiders that have unique features and behaviors that help them adapt to their habitats.

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I'm Trying to Love Spiders by Bethany Barton

I’m Trying to Love Spiders will help you see these amazing arachnids in a whole new light, from their awesomely excessive eight eyes, to the seventy-five pounds of bugs a spider can eat in a single year!

Find it Online

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Can You Make a Scary Face? by Ed Emberley

A ladybug invites the reader to play a game of “let’s pretend.”

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Songs, Rhymes, and Fingerplays

Creepy Crawlies Family Finger Song

Busy bee, Busy bee, where are you?
There you are, there you are!
How do you do?

Busy bee, busy bee, what do you do?
I build a hive and make honey
That’s what I do

Clever spider…
I spin a web and catch a fly
That’s what I do

Small red Ant…
I carry things heavier than me
That’s what I do

Ladybug…
I eat aphids all day long
That’s what I do

Caterpillar…
I eat lots of leaves so I can sleep
That’s what I do

Butterfly…
I pollinate summer flowers
That’s what I do

– Adapted from Nurseryrhymes.org

Here is the Beehive

Here is the beehive,
Where are the bees?
Hidden away where nobody sees.
Watch and you’ll see them come out of the hive. One…two…three…four…five!
Buzz…buzz…buzz…buzz…buzz.

Here is the beehive,
Where are the bees?
Hidden away where nobody sees.
Watch and you’ll see them land on the floor.
One…two…three…four!
Buzz…buzz…buzz…buzz.

Here is the beehive,
Where are the bees?
Hidden away where nobody sees.
Watch and you’ll see them come out of the tree.
One…two…three! Buzz…buzz…buzz.

Here is the beehive, Where are the bees?
Hidden away where nobody sees.
Watch and you’ll see them come out of the hive. One…two…three…four…five.
Buzz…buzz…buzz…buzz…buzz.
Buzzzzzzzzz…they’ve all flown away!

– Nurseryrhymes.org

The Ants Go Marching

The ants go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah.
The ants go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah.
The ants go marching one by one,
The little one stops to suck his thumb.
And they all go marching down,
To the ground, to get out, of the rain.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
…two…tie her shoe…
…three….climb a tree…
…four…shut the door…
…five…take a dive…
…six…pick up sticks…
…seven…pray to heaven…
…eight…check the gate…
…nine…check the time…
…ten…say “The End!”

– Traditional

Crafts and Activities

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Coloring Page

Print out this coloring page!

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Caterpillar Craft

Make this hungry caterpillar craft!

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Additional Books

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Creepy, Crawly Caterpillars by Margery Facklam

A close-up look at 13 different types of caterpillars.

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Bye-Bye, Big Bad Bullybug! by Ed Emberley

Die-cut pages reveal the scary and mean parts of a bullybug as it prepares to attack some itty-bitty baby bugs, but a rescuer arrives on the scene before the bully can make good on its threats.

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Incredible Insects: A Counting Book by Sheena Deviah

Can you count all the insects? Check out this ebook on the StoryBerries website!

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Creepy, Crawly Bugs by Sandra Markle

Offers a close look at baby insects.

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The Best Bug Parade by Stuart J. Murphy

A variety of different bugs compare their relative sizes while going on parade.

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by Lauren Abbott | Oct 6, 2020 | Kid STEAM, Tween STEAM | 0 comments

October Kid and Tween STEAM

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Book Babies – Bathtime & Bubbles

by Lauren Abbott | Oct 2, 2020 | Blog, Book Babies, Kid's Corner | 0 comments

Book Babies: Bathtime & Bubbles

It’s bubbles in the bath! Babies and toddlers love bath time. Turn your evening bath time routine into a fun learning experience with these songs, stories, and bath time activities.

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Ages 2-5

Welcome Songs

Here We Are Together

Here we are together, together, together! Oh, here we are together in our library. There’s (sing names)… Here we are together in our library!

Hello Everybody

S, T, R, W, P

(Sing while pointing to each finger on your child’s hand.) Sing, talk, read, write, play! Sing, talk, read write, play! Sing, talk, read, write, play! Sing, talk, read, write, play each day!

Sing, Talk, Read, Write, Play

Play

Bathtime is not only a time to get clean, it can also be a sensory experience for baby with a little adavance preparation from her adult.

*Remember to never leave baby unattended in the bathtub.

Activity

They these sensory activities that have nothing to do with getting squeaky clean, but are great fun!

1) Put whipped cream on a plate and let baby squish it through his fingers. Show baby how to draw a squiggle or a shape. If he’s past the oral stage, try it with shaving cream.

2) Convert a plastic colander, cup, and plate into tub-time go-tos. Let your sweetie discover what happens when he uses them to scoop up water.

3) Or fill the tub with plastic balls and let baby roll on top, under and through them.

These and other bathtime activities can be found at www.highlights.com/parents/games/10-fun-tub-time-activities-babies-and-toddlers.

Books Presented

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Tubby by Leslie Patricelli

Baby loves playing during bath time.

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Maisy Takes a Bath by Lucy Cousins

When Tallulah comes to visit at bathtime she decides to join Maisy in the bath to play.

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Ten Pigs by Derek Anderson

One pig looks to take a relaxing bath in private, but he is soon joined by another pig, then another, until there are ten pigs–and number one has to come up with a plan so that he can actually enjoy his bath.

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Songs, Rhymes, and Fingerplays

Did You Ever See a Baby

Did you ever see a baby, (have your child sitting on your lap)
A baby, a baby?
Did you ever see a baby,
Go this way and that? (rock from side to side)
Go this way and that way, (forward and back)
And that way and this way. (side to side)
Did you ever see a baby,
Go this way and that? (forward and back)

– www.piercecountylibrary.org

Watch Gina's Example

Rhyme: Rub-A-Dub-Dub

Rub-a-dub-dub, one child in the tub (hold up one finger)
Tell me what you see. (point to eyes)
One foot with toes, (point to body parts)
A hand, a nose,
As clean as they can be. (rub hands together)
Rub-a-dub-dub, one child in the tub (hold up one finger)
Tell me what you see. (point to eyes)
Leg, and arms (shake legs and arms)
So clean and warm,
Do they have a hug for me? (hug yourself)

– Storytimekatie.com

Watch Gina's Example

Flannel Song: Five Pigs So Squeaky Clean

(Tune: Five Green and Speckled Frogs)

Five pigs so squeaky clean
Cleanest you’ve ever seen
Wanted to go outside and play
Oink! Oink!
One jumped into the mud
Landed with a big thud
Then there were four clean squeaky pigs.

– Melissa.depperfamily.net

Watch Gina's Example

Diaper Changing with Sign Language:

Baby Needs a Diaper Change

(Tune: London Bridge is Falling Down)

Baby needs a diaper change
Diaper change,
Diaper change
Baby needs a diaper change
Please and thank you!

Here are the Sign language signs:
Baby: (rock arms in cradle back and forth)
Diaper: (pinch fingers like clothes pins next to face)
Change: (wring hands in a fist)
Please: (rub chest)
Thank you: (hand to chin and out)

Watch Gina's Example

Bounce/Song: Bubbles, Bubbles

(Tune: Old MacDonald)
B-U-B-B-L-E-S, bubbles in the air. Whoo!
Toothpaste bubbles in my mouth,
Bubbles in my hair.
With a bubble here,
And a bubble bubble there.
Rub-a-dub, Scrub-a-dub, bubbles in the bathtub.
B-U-B-B-L-E-S, bubbles in the air. Whoo!

– Adapted from Library Story from A to Z by Ellen K. Asbrook

Watch Gina's Example

Signing Songs

“Baby”

“Diaper”

“Change“

“Please”

“Thank You”

Additional Books

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Daniel's Bath Time adapted by Alexandra Cassel Schwartz

Bath time is so much fun! Daniel loves playing with his bath toys and the soap bubbles. Daniel also helps his sister, Margaret, with her bath. After their baths, Daniel and Margaret are both squeaky clean and feeling grr-ific!

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Bath! Bath! Bath! by Douglas Florian

After a fun-filled day, it is time to take a bath.

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Diaper Changing with Sign Language:

Baby Needs a Diaper Change

Bounce/Song: Bubbles, Bubbles

Signing Songs

“Baby”

“Diaper”

“Change“

“Please”

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