Children's Events - Week of April 28

Here's what we have happening this week:

Monday, April 28

• Story-Guitar Time with Miss Michelle at Blue Bell at 10:30 AM. 
• Friends Book Sale Continues! Details here.

Tuesday, April 29

• Story-Guitar Time with Miss Michelle at Ambler at 10:30 AM. 
• Morris Arboretum Story Time with Ms. Tegan at 10:30 AM. Registration and info here.
• Last day for the Friends Book Sale! See above for details on special deals.
  

Wednesday, April 30

• Story-Guitar Time with Miss Michelle at Blue Bell at 4:30 PM

Thursday, May 1

• Baby Story Time at 10:15 AM with Ms. Tegan at Blue Bell.
• Story-Guitar Time at 4:30 PM with Miss Michelle at Ambler.

Friday, May 2

• Story-Guitar Time with Miss Michelle at Blue Bell at 10:30 AM.

Saturday, May 3

• No events scheduled today! See you soon!

For these events and more, visit our Kids Page here! Or follow on Twitter @WVPLYouth

Book Trail 2014 Pictures!

Did you check out our Book Trail this year? Did you miss it? Here are some awesome pictures from our Book Trail. I was invited to check out the trucks this year which was loads of fun! What was your favorite truck there?

Thanks again to Lower Gwynedd Township's Department of Parks & Recreation for partnering with us again for another awesome Book Trail and Touch-a-Truck Event.

Children's Events - Week of April 21

Here's what we have happening this week:

Monday, April 21

• Story-Guitar Time with Miss Michell at Blue Bell at 10:30 AM.

Tuesday, April 22

• Story-Guitar Time with Miss Michelle at Ambler at 10:30 AM.

Wednesday, April 23

• Story-Guitar Time with Miss Michelle at Blue Bell at 4:30 PM.

Thursday, April 24

• Baby Story Time at 10:15 AM with Ms. Tegan at Blue Bell.
• Story-Guitar Time with Miss Michelle at Ambler at 4:30 PM

Friday, April 25

• Friends' Members Book Sale Preview! Are you a member of the Friends of Blue Bell Library?

Saturday, April 26

• Friends of the Blue Bell Library Book Sale! Learn more here.
• Find Ms. Tegan at the Ambler YMCA at the Healthy Kids Day reading stories between 10 AM - 2 PM.

For these events and more, visit our Kids Page here! Or follow on Twitter @WVPLYouth

April Lego Club Pictures!

Did you join us for Lego Club in April? We met on April 10 and April 17 at 4:30 PM. We provided the Legos, kids and parents provided the imagination. Check out our themes and our creations here.

April 10 - Theme: CREATURE BOTS.
Part Creature. Part Robot. All awesome!

April 17 - Theme: LIBRARY

It's National Library Week!

See you on May 8th at 4:30 PM for our next Lego Club!

Baby Story Time - What Was Read - April 17

I've been getting over a cold of some sort (and an awesome Saturday!) so I've been a little behind. Baby Story Time still met today to a good size crew and some new faces!

Baby Story Time at Blue Bell is a story time session geared specifically toward babies (ages 6 months to 18 months). We'll read stories, sing songs, chant rhymes, and play with baby! Baby Story Time is also an event for parents and caregivers to learn about early literacy skills to help prepare baby for reading as well as to help foster a love of reading. We meet Thursdays, at 10:15 AM.

Them: Ducks!

What Was Read:

• Quack! by Phyllis Root ; illustrated by Holly Meade. - JJ BOARD ROO
• What do ducks say? QUACK! Baby Ducklings hatch from their eggs, follow Mama Duck, and play in a puddle!
•  Duckie's Rainbow by Frances Barry.:- JJ BAR
• Duckie is rushing through the different areas and different colors. It rains and then, oh? What is that!
• Five Little Ducks / illustrated by Penny Ives.:  - JJ BOARD IVE
• This popular rhyme gets a book treatment with page cutouts and lovely illustrations.
•  Quick duck! by Mary Murphy.: - JJ BOARD MUR
• Follow the Quick Little Duckling! Where is s/he going?

What We Did:

•  Sang my favorite opening and closing songs: "If You'd Like to Hear a Story" and "The More We Read Together." 
• Recited: "Five Little Ducks Swimming in a Lake"
• Recited: "I Saw a Little Duck Go Hop, Hop, Hop."
• Recited: "Trot, Trot to Boston."

Children's Events - Week of April 14

Happy National Library Week!

Here's what we have happening this week:

Monday, April 14

• Story-Guitar Time with Miss Michell at Blue Bell at 10:30 AM.

Tuesday, April 15

• Story-Guitar Time with Miss Michelle at Ambler at 10:30 AM. 
• Bowling for Preschoolers at Ambler at 11 AM.
• Magic and Illusion Show: Learning Magic Thru Books at Blue Bell at 7 PM.

Wednesday, April 16

• Story-Guitar Time with Miss Michelle at Blue Bell at 4:30 PM.
• Middle School Book Group at Ambler at 4:30 PM. Learn more here.

Thursday, April 17

• Baby Story Time at 10:15 AM with Ms. Tegan at Blue Bell.
• Story-Guitar Time with Miss Michelle at Ambler at 4:30 PM
• Lego Club at Blue Bell at 4:30 PM 
• Steven Wallach's Magic and Mind Reading Show at Ambler at 7 PM.

Friday, April 18

• WVPL Blue Bell and Ambler are closed for the Holiday.

Saturday, April 19

• WVPL Blue Bell and Ambler are closed for the Holiday. 

For these events and more, visit our Kids Page here! Or follow on Twitter @WVPLYouth

Children's Events - Week of April 7

Here's what we have happening this week:

Wednesday, April 9

• Story-Guitar Time with Miss Michelle at Blue Bell at 4:30 PM

Thursday, April 10

• Baby Story Time at 10:15 AM with a special guest speaker on "Learning Through Play."
• Story-Guitar Time at 4:30 PM with Miss Michelle at Ambler.
• Blue Bell Lego Club at 4:30 PM. Learn more here.

Friday, April 11

• Story-Guitar Time with Miss Michelle at Blue Bell at 10:30 AM.

Saturday, April 12

• Stripes of All Types Book Trail and Touch-a-Truck at Lower Gwynedd Township Building at 10 AM to 11 AM! Learn more here.
• Art with Benita at 10:30 AM at Ambler. Please call Ambler for details and sign-up.
• 2nd Family Movie Matinee at 1:30 PM at Blue Bell. Check out movie details here.
• Egg Hunt int he Library at 3:15 PM at Blue Bell. Bring a basket! Learn more here.

For these events and more, visit our Kids Page here! Or follow on Twitter @WVPLYouth

Baby Story Time - What Was Read - April 3

Despite the lovely weather we had a great crowd for Baby Story Time today! It was also a fun session today because we had lots and lots of bounce rhymes! Read on to see what we did today.

Baby Story Time at Blue Bell is a story time session geared specifically toward babies (ages 6 months to 18 months). We'll read stories, sing songs, chant rhymes, and play with baby! Baby Story Time is also an event for parents and caregivers to learn about early literacy skills to help prepare baby for reading as well as to help foster a love of reading. We meet Thursdays, at 10:15 AM.

Theme: Bunny rabbits!

What Was Read

• Hop! by Phyllis Root ; illustrated by Holly Meade. - JJ BOARD ROO
• Five little rabbits go about their day in this fun, rhyming story.
• Where We Sleep by Nancy Tafuri.:  - JJ BOARD TAF
• A simple story that talks about where baby animals sleep. Fantastic for new vocabulary (like "thicket").
• Busy Bunnies by John Schindel ; [photographs by Steven Holt]. -JJ BOARD SCH
• Photographs highlight what bunnies are up to throughout a day. 

What We Did

• Sang my favorite opening and closing songs: "If You'd Like to Hear a Story" and "The More We Read Together."  
• Recited/sang: "I wish I were a bunny."
• Sang: "Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes."
• Recited the rhyme: "Little Rabbit."
• Recited the rhyme: "Me and my horse."

Early Literacy Tip

• Something I haven't talked a lot about here is Print Awareness. Aside from helping you, the rhyme cards I use every time show baby that there is something on that card that you're reading. Reading is how you can expose baby to print from pointing to parts of the book to point out the words on the page.
   

What Was Read - Morris Arboretum Story Time - April 1

Story Time at the library was no joke for April 1st! We had a small group meet at WVPL for stories and songs and rhymes about birds! This is the last Morris Arboretum Story Time at a library. We'll be back at Morris Arboretum on April 29 at 10:30 AM.

Curious as to what "Morris Arboretum Story Time" is about? Check out this link for more.

What Was Read

• Feathers For Lunch by Lois Ehlert.:- JJ EHL
• The cat is bored of his regular food so when the door is accidentally left open, the cat sneaks out for a feathered treat, only to find that those birds can outsmart him for a few reasons!
•  Birds by Tracey Crawford. - J 598 CRA (Creature Comparisons series)
• This is actually a very simple nonfiction book that explains birds to young children.
•  An Egg is Quiet  by Diana Aston ; illustrated by Sylvia Long. - J 594.4 AST
• Do you know about eggs? In this special book, readers learn about eggs. A highlight for this one was the chance for children to find the egg in one spread (it isn't as easy as it looks)!

What We Did

• Sang my favorite opening and closing songs: "If you'd like to hear a story" and "The more we read together."
• Sang "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star."
• Recited: "I saw a little bird go hop, hop, hop..."
• Recited: "Two Little Black Birds."

I hope you'll join me next time!