Check out February’s upcoming Teen Take n’ Go craft kits!
Teen craft 1:
Paper lanterns, available for pickup starting Thursday February 4th.
Teen craft 2:
Duct tape pens, available for pickup starting Thursday February 18th.
We explored Pizza Pie Cafe this week and learned more about this tasty dish.
Ages 2-5
Naming and categorizing things can be fun for children of all ages. Help children make sense of their world by grouping things that go together, such as knives, forks, and spoons at a table.
Recite the rhyme, “Ladies, Knives, and Forks” and do the following fingerplay. Repeat the rhyme a few times, so that everyone will feel comfortable saying the words and doing the motions. As you begin to say the rhyme, put your hands together knuckle to knuckle.
Here are my lady’s knives and forks. (Open hands and show fingers)
Here is my lady’s table. (Turn hands over and show knuckles)
Here is my lady’s looking glass. (Face knuckles toward you)
And here is the baby’s cradle. (Sway hands back and forth)
Convinced that pizza is the best food, Pipo will eat nothing else until her fed-up parents send her on a quest to prove that no dishes in their multicultural neighborhood are better.
When a young boy wants to grow his own pizza, he learns where the different ingredients come from and how they grow.
Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, pizza man (clap hands)
Make me a pizza as fast as you can (shake finger)
Roll it (roll)
Toss it (pretend to toss in air)
Sprinkle it with cheese (sprinkling motions)
Put it in the oven (pushing motion)
And bake it fast, please!
If you want to eat some pizza, clap your hands!
If you want to eat some pizza, clap your hands!
If you like bubbly cheese then just say, “Pizza please!”
If you want to eat some pizza, clap your hands!
Print out this coloring page and add your favorite pizza toppings!
When Pete feels miserable because rain makes it impossible to play ball outdoors, his father finds a fun indoor game to play with his son.
When Pete feels miserable because rain makes it impossible to play ball outdoors, his father finds a fun indoor game to play with his son.
Make some wire rings! Kits will be available even after this online instruction until they are out, so don’t miss your chance to pick one up!
Today we learned about penguins with National Geographic educator Sharee Barton! Check out our books, songs, and activities below.
Ages 2-5
We often build our on our children’s curiosity but don’t always know the answers to their questions. We can often discover in the answers together in books. Knowledge about the world, even in young children, is key to understanding. Combining a story and a factual book on nature or science helps expand children’s scientific knowledge.
Read aloud “Be Brave Little Penguin” by Giles Audreae and Guy Parker-Rees and a nonfiction book about penguins like “The Penguin, a Funny Bird” by Beatrice Fontanel. You may also want to recite “Three Little Penguins.”
Pip-Pip, the littlest penguin, is teased for being afraid of the water until, with his mother’s guidance, he finally jumps in.
Five little penguins go off to play. Can you count them?
Learn about penguins and how they live. A National Geographic Kids book.
A parade of irresistible penguins from climates warm and cold swim, slide, and waddle across the pages of Penguins, Penguins, Everywhere!
Have you ever seen
a penguin come to tea?
When you look at me,
A penguin you will see
Penguins attention
Penguins begin!
(right flipper)
(left flipper)
(right foot)
(left foot)
(bob your head)
(stick out your tongue)
(turn a circle)
(melody: “Five Little Ducks”)
5 little penguins waddling around,
The snow was slipp-ery and one fell down,
Weeeeeee…. in the water he went to play,
Now there’s 4 little penguins waddling today.
4 little penguins waddling around,
The snow was slipp-ery and one fell down,
Weeeeeee…. in the water he went to play,
Now there’s 3 little penguins waddling today.
3 little penguins waddling around,
The snow was slipp-ery and one fell down,
Weeeeeee…. in the water he went to play,
Now there’s 2 little penguins waddling today.
2 little penguins waddling around,
The snow was slipp-ery and one fell down,
Weeeeeee…. in the water he went to play,
Now there’s 1little penguin waddling today.
1 little penguin waddling around,
The snow was slipp-ery and he fell down,
Weeeeeee…. in the water he went to play,
Leaving no little penguins waddling today.
No little penguins waddling around,
The snow was slippery and none fell down,
Weeeeeee…. in the water they went to play,
5 little penguins swimming today.
– Patty Shukla
Print out this coloring page!
Pick up our Story Time kit today or make your own using felt scraps and googly eyes.
Two baby King Penguins think their friend looks funny… until they start to change themselves!
This month for Adult Makers we’re making wire rings! The wire ring Take n’ Go kits will be available starting Monday, January 11th. The general kits will not include needle nose pliers, but if you need a pair you may ask for one to be checked out to you.
“P” is for purple! Start off the new year with some fun purple-themed books.
Ages 2-5
Sharing books that talk about how characters behave in various kinds of relationships can help children think about their own behavior and how they interact with others. Thank the opportunity books offer to talk about what your child thinks and what he might do.
Read the book The World Needs More Purple People by Kristen Bell and Benjamin Hart or another book that encourages talk about relationships. After reading the book, talk about what the characters thought of each other. What changed?
Harold goes for an adventurous walk in the moonlight with his purple crayon.
What is a purple person? They bring their family, friends, and communities together, and they speak up for what’s right. They are kind and hardworking, and they love to laugh (especially at Grandpa’s funny noises)! A purple person is an everyday superhero!
(Tune: If You’re Happy and You Know it)
Purple People like to sing, they’ll do it now.
Purple People like to dance, and they know how.
Purple People spin around.
Purple People touch the ground.
Purple People know it’s time to take a bow.
– Adapted from Stepbystepcc.com
– Adapted from ChurchofJesusChrist.org
Print out this coloring page pack!
Pick up our Story Time kit today.
Try this science experiment!
With his purple crayon Harold draws his way into an enchanted garden troubled by a giant witch.
Harold travels to the sky with the help of his purple crayon.
Swatch is a girl who is passionate about color.
When her tiny purple socks start to expand, Sally turns them into a scarf and then curtains, but things soon get out of hand.
Check out our January kid and tween STEAM Take N’ Go kits below. Each will be available through curbside pickup. Instructions will be available on our website and our YouTube channel.
Butcher Paper craft – available starting January 5th
See what you can make with some sheets of colored butcher paper.
Bowling for Penguins craft – available starting January 19
Cut out and color paper penguins and use them as bowling pins.