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!

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. 

Homeschool Club is Back!

Today was our first Homeschool Club gathering of 2013. Please visit our website for future meetings so you and your family can join in the fun as well! www.fallcreekpubliclibrary.org

Today we explored how animals survive the winter, especially in the Poles. We watched a few video clips and talked about how they keep warm. First we watched a short clip about penguins. We also watched Bill Nye the Science Guy's song about blubber and another about hibernation.

Then we put our experiment caps on and dressed one finger up and kept the other one naked to see the difference between just skin and some protection from the cold.

 

Then we tried vaseline, to see if it acted like blubber. Overwhelming response was "yes!"

Finally, we made a polar bear craft.

See you next month!