This week’s Story Hour craft is bracelets. Each child will receive a molded bracelet to decorate with markers, glitter, stickers, pom-poms, beads, or buttons. Claire will read Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes. Pete was happy to accompany bracelet week! Make a cool bracelet this Wednesday, July 22, Read more…
This week at Story Hour, watch out for jellyfish! Claire will read Ocean Meets Sky, written by The Fan Brothers. Afterward, each child will receive a jellyfish body with holes for creating tentacles out of different-colored strands of yarn. They’ll decorate the body as they wish with markers, crayons, or Read more…
At our summer reading program last week, the children learned all about trees — their parts, the different ways we use trees, and how important they are for the environment. Afterward, everyone went outside and found bark peelings, seeds, pine needles, leaves, ferns, and more. Back inside, they used them Read more…
Portland Stage Company’s Theater for Kids will be at the library Friday, July 17 at 10 am. For pre-K through grade 5. FREE!
A Story Hour prediction! Stormy weather is coming to the library on Wednesday! Claire will be reading Stormy Weather by Debi Gliori. Then she’ll give each child a cloud to color — a cloud with holes punched in it, so they can string some colorful pipe cleaners through them and Read more…
READY FOR AN ADVENTURE? WE’LL CELEBRATE THE 4TH OF JULY THIS TUESDAY, JUNE 30YOU ARE WELCOME EVEN IF YOU HAVEN’T SIGNED UP This program is made possible by a grant from the Davis Family Foundation.
Slithering Snakes! That’s what Claire is reading at Story Hour this Wednesday. And after, the library will be crawling with … paper snakes! Claire will give the children strips of colored paper, a tail, a head, and a tongue. They’ll curl and glue the strips, then adorn their creations with Read more…
Watch out for alligators! At Story Hour this week, Claire is reading If You Ever Want to Bring an Alligator to School, DON’T! After, the children will make their own alligators out of colored popsicle sticks, pipe cleaners, googly eyes, and sharp white teeth! This Wednesday, from 10:30 to 11:30 Read more…
This week at Story Hour, the children are making Father’s Day cards using their hands for the duck’s body. They’ll add a head, beak, and paddle feet. The inside of the card will be blank so they can create a design or a note to Dad with markers, stickers, crayons, Read more…
