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.
For those who do not have preschool story time craft supplies at home, we have Story Time Supply Kits available starting January 4th. This kit will provide child safety scissors, liquid glue, tape, 3 markers, and a glue stick. It also has a small “flannel board” on the lid to recreate flannel stories at story time.
Pick up your kit through curbside pickup, along with our usual Story Time craft kits.
Check out January’s upcoming teen Take n’ Go craft kits!
Teen craft 1:
Fabric face masks, available for pickup starting Thursday January 7th.
Teen craft 2:
Mini piñatas, available for pickup starting Thursday January 21st.
Did you know that Mele Kalikimaka is how they say, “Merry Christmas” in Hawaii? It looks like Santa went to Hawaii for a quick vacation before the holidays. Check out some of these books about Hawaii and take a “book” vacation with Santa!
Ages 2-5
Letters to Santa are a great way to promote early literacy skills during the holiday season. Color pictures to leave for Santa or to give as gifts. Organize Christmas cookies by shape or color. Line up presents by size on Christmas morning.
Write a letter or draw a picture for Santa. You can drop it by the library and you will receive a fun activity and a treat! (while supplies last)
Presents the well-known poem about an important Christmas visitor.
When Froggy goes on vacation to Hawaii, he’s too excited to pay much attention to his parents.
Christmas Day in Hawaii is a special day the sun shines brighter, the birds sing louder, and the palm trees sway and beckon ‘ohana outside to celebrate.
An alphabet rhyme/chant that relates what happens when the whole alphabet tries to climb a coconut tree.
Learn numbers one through ten with Hawaiian animals, plants and more in this fun-filled book.
Take a trip through Hawaii as Hannah, the humpback whale and Millie, the monk seal race around the islands. Along the way Hannah and Millie have to solve clues about Hawaii and learn about the animals, plants, geography, and culture that make Hawaii a great state!
This month we will be reading The Gift of the Magi and Other Stories by O. Henry. We will meet via Zoom.
For girls and boys ages 8-11 and accompanying adult. It’s a party about a book! Play games, make a cool craft, and eat a tasty snack.
It’s a dinosaur dinner! What do you think a dinosaur would eat for Thanksgiving? Have fun making handprint dinosaurs and singing some of these songs as you enjoy the holiday. You can also practice shaping the letter “D” with any kind of dough such as play dough or even pie dough!
Ages 2-5
The holidays are a great time to talk with your child. Their senses are alert as they smell the cooking food and the crisp, Fall air, hear the the crunching leaves under their feet, feel the cool breeze on their nose, and see the world change from greens, to browns, and to white.
Using your senses this week, talk about what your child notices around them, and then share a memory of when you were a child that’s triggered by a sensory experience of your own.
Ms. Bronte loves being a teacher, but she has one small problem . . . she also really loves eating books. Did I mention she’s also a dinosaur?
The dinosaurs enjoy a variety of Thanksgiving Day activities, including preparing favorite recipes, playing touch football, telling stories, and eating together.
Describes how a dinosaur eats, with no rude noises and while sitting very still.
Find out what dinosaurs ate in prehistoric times.
If you’re thankful and you know it, clap your hands
If you’re thankful and you know it, clap your hands
If you’re thankful and you know it and you really want to show it
If you’re thankful and you know it, clap your hands
(stomp your feet, shout “hooray”, do all three)
– Storytimekatie.com
Over the river, and through the wood,
The dinosaurs will go;
Stegosaurus, he leads the way through the white and drifted snow.
Over the river, and through the wood,
to the mountain far away!
We would not stop for triceratops,
for this is Thanksgiving Day.
(Tune: Shaker Melody)
We put some ___________in the pot,
and stir, stir, stir till its hot.
I hope my dino likes this dish, cause this is my Thanksgiving wish.
Make this cool dinosaur craft!
Piggie is determined to thank everyone she knows, but Gerald thinks she will forget someone important.
While learning the secret to a good life, a child says thank you for the natural world and for being loved, because a grateful heart is always happy.
As Thanksgiving Day approaches, Turkey nervously makes a series of costumes, disguising himself as other farm animals in hopes that he can avoid being served as Thanksgiving dinner.