Science Stars Storytime July 16

Lots of science topics today: water, animals, poop, colors, experimenting, using clues, shapes, size.....

Welcome Song: Let everyone clap hands like me

Book: All the Water in the World by George Ella Lyon

Song: Water Wheel Song by Kenn Lonnquist - we danced with ribbon wands

Book: Poopendous by Artie Bennett

Song and Felt: 5 Tall Giraffes by Colleen and Uncle Squaty

Book: Brief Thief by Michael Escoffier

Goodbye Song: Can't wait to celebrate

NO BUBBLES! Gasp! We painted instead. I showed them a variety of tools and shapes they could paint with: loofah, sponges, paintbrushes, dishwashing items, and a plastic flower. Then they went WILD! It was great. I had not done this activity in a while and am pleased I chose it. I think they enjoyed themselves and making different-looking strokes and shapes.

We have creative kids... and parents!

Next storytime is at Tiny Tots on July 22 at 2:30pm. Theme is Count on It. The next Library storytime, July 23, is Dinosaurs!

Up in Space Storytime

We did our welcome song, Let Everyone Clap Hands Like Me.

Book: The Moon by Robert Louis Stevenson

Action Song: Sally Go Round the Sun - We twirled wands and our bodies as we sang this one.
Sally go round the sun.
Sally go round the moon.
Sally go round the chimney tops
Every afternoon.
BOOM!

Book: Moon Man by Tomi Ungerer

Action Poem: (I made this up yesterday and am kinda proud of it.) Whenever I said "stars," we twinkled our fingers and said "twinkle twinkle twinkle." Whenever I said "shooting star," we hollered "WOOSH!" as we moved our hands from one side across to the other, like a shooting star falling from the sky.

The sky is sparkling, full of light.

Don’t be afraid of the dark of night.

See the stars (TWINKLE TWINKLE) up in the sky.

Now a shooting star (WOOSH) flies by.

See the stars (TWINKLE TWINKLE) wink down.

Now a shooting star (WOOSH) goes round.

Shooting stars (WOOSH) are comets flying.

Our sun is a star (TWINKLE TWINKLE) hot and trying.

Book: The Moon Might Be Milk by Lisa Shulman

Song (from the Summer Library Program manual, I believe):

I'm very, very tall (stretch up high).

I'm very, very small (crouch to ground).

Tall (up)! Small (down)!

Now start your engines (crouch and bounce up and down, make revving noises)...

3.....

2.....

1....

BLAST OFF! (jump up)

Goodbye Songs and Bubbles

After storytime, I brought out the gear building blocks. Kids also chose to work on the newspaper sculpture.

Next Week: Science Stars.

Outdoor Mad Scientist & WQOW Weather Lab

The last full week of July was full of excitement. We had our first guest, WQOW Weather Lab, and at our After Hours Mad Scientist, we did fly swatter painting, bubbles, and no-fire S'mores.

Check out all the fun!

Gross Week @ FCPL

I have been excited for this summer's STEAM theme for MONTHS! This week at FCPL, we focused on the gross, the macabre, the icky stuff of life. It has been AWESOME!

During our Afterhours Mad Scientist program on Tuesday, we made slime baskets, snot snack surprise, and wiggly worms.

A certain person forgot their measuring spoons at home, so the amount of borax wasn't as exact as it should have been. The second batch we made turned out more slimy! 

On Thursday as Drop-In Activities, we made mad science Things in a Jar! This was fun and I ran out of jars VERY quickly! I have made the executive decision to do this program again on July 10. It was so popular and so icky! :)

Don't you just LOVE THIS?!

In addition to these programs, we also had the microscopes, how many drops of water fit on a penny, mad scientist dress-up, and gross books available during open hours. 

Camping Storytime June 18

Come try out our microscopes!

We have brand new hello and good-bye songs! It was great to have our storytime kiddos in the Library again... my Wednesdays just were not the same without them!

Hello Song: 

Let everyone clap hands like me.

Let everyone clap hands like me.

Come on and join into the game.

You'll find that it's always the same.

Let everyone wiggle like me.

Let everyone sing out like me.

Let everyone open books like me.

Let everyone sit down like me.

Book: Olivia Goes Camping

Song to dance around to: Boatman's Dance on "Can You Canoe" by The Okee Dokee Brothers

Book: I Can Go Camping by Edana Eckart

Movement activity:
I can sleep in a tent (make triangle)
I can cook over a fire (fizzles noises and wiggle)
And I can travel by car tire.  (roll arms)

I love to camp (hug self)
And stay up til dark (stretch up)
To watch the stars (point up)
And the fire spark (fizzle and wiggle)

I can swim in a lake (swim)
I can take a hike (walk in place)
I can look for animals (look around)
And I can ride my bike (hold handlebars)

I love to camp (hug self)
And stay up til dark (stretch up)
To watch the stars (point up)
And the fire spark. (fizzle and wiggle)

Book: Scaredy Squirrel Goes Camping by Melanie Watts

Poem: Two Voice in a Tent at Night from Toasting Marshmallows by Kristine O'Connell George (an volunteer who can read was needed)

Goodbye Song (mostly by Jim Gill - i added another verse):
We clap our hands when we get together.
Clap our hands to celebrate.
We clap our hands when we get together.
My friends and I can hardly wait....

To stamp our feet....

To bounce up and down...

We wave goodbye when we're done together,
Wave goodbye until next time.
We wave goodbye when we're done together.
Wave goodbye until next time.

I Am a Bubble and bubbles

Next storytimes: June 24 at 2:30 at Tiny Tots - That's Gross
June 25 at 9:30am in the Library - In the Treetops

Slime the Librarian!

Bring your kids to Fall Creek Public Library to pick up your Summer Library Program information. Book Write-Ups are available with this information. 

Our 2014 SLP runs June 14 - July 31 for ages 0 - 18.