Read Across America Day
[caption id="attachment_3988" align="alignnone" width="224"] The famous Things 1 & 2 from the book The Cat in the Hat were here celebrating Dr. Seuss's birthday![/caption] ...
03 March, 2015
Author: Jan Owens
Cocoa & Coloring
Some of the tweens who relaxed in the Children's Room with steaming mugs of cocoa on a very cold day, and did some fun, detailed coloring! Next up for grades 4-7: Recycled Wall Art on January 5th at 3:00!...
24 December, 2014
Dinos Lifting Flaps!
[caption id="attachment_3594" align="alignleft" width="300"] While you weren't here, we spotted the dinos again, playing Mouse in the House! It looks like T. Rex found the mouse and won this round.[/caption]...
22 December, 2014
A Moment ‘Under the Tree’
[caption id="attachment_3588" align="alignnone" width="690"] Sometimes it's busy and noisy in the Children's Room, like this moment after a big story time. Other times, it's quiet and slow. And you know what? Both are okay![/caption]...
19 December, 2014
Gingerbread Month
In December, the library goes gingerbread-y. There is a gingerbread house making contest and a felt gingerbread house in the Children's Room to play with. The highlight is three sessions of the big Gingerbread House Decorating program which has been happening for 14 years. Big...
17 December, 2014
Do You Know Mo?
Everyone seems to love the funny books by Mo Willems - kids, teachers, and parents who read the same books over and over. (It's good for the kids, if that makes you feel better...
10 December, 2014
Dinovember!
[caption id="attachment_3510" align="alignnone" width="723"] Have you ever wondered what happens at the library when you aren't here?[/caption]...
26 November, 2014
Mindful Screen Time for Toddlers?
There's an interesting article in Slate (with links to studies) about research on screen time for young kids. It says, It’s a question always sparking hot debate in parenting circles: Do you let your babies and toddlers use screens? For years, the health and child development...
24 November, 2014
Sure, you can go through the doorway, but…
[caption id="attachment_3461" align="alignnone" width="300"] David shows you the FUN WAY to come into the Children's Room - through the portal![/caption]...
19 November, 2014
The Puppets Come Out to Play Under the Tree!
There's always something going on at the Imagination Hub, and it's always changing. On this day, some puppets were set out so kids could incorporate them into their play 'under the tree' at the kitchen, work bench, puzzles, and train table. What will be at...
07 November, 2014
