If you’ve been thinking about trying out yoga with your family, but aren’t sure where to start, this is for you! Yoga can be intimidating, especially for kids. The library’s new Yoga for Mindfulness STEAM Kit is the perfect way to introduce yoga in a playful setting with no pressure! (Check out the other new STEAM Kits for kids here.)
The kit includes two games: Yoga Dice and the Yoga Spinner game. Yoga Dice is a collaborative game where the players race against a token of focus stones to complete the poses on the dice. The instructions are clear and simple – no yoga experience necessary! My 5-year-old and 8-year-old, who generally refuse to practice yoga with me, LOVED this game!
The Yoga Spinner game involves completing the poses on the spinner to collect a card of each of the four colors. As of the writing of this, my family hasn’t fully played this game, but they were both very excited to play it and disappointed when we had to stop. This game involves partner poses – which can be a little tricky!
Yoga for Kids by Susannah Hoffman is the book included in the kit with lots of awesome pictures and instructions for both parents and kids!
Other books on yoga for kids at our library include:
I am Yoga by Susan Verde Illustrated by Peter H. Reynolds
Unfortunately, we’re postponing the Big Rig Petting Zoo until next year due to ongoing and increasing COVID-19 concerns.
We’re still working to bring you some truck fun this fall, though! Miss Sharon and Miss Kris are teaming up with East Side Community Media (Channel 22) to bring you a video tour of your favorite community vehicles, as well as other independent and take-home activities. Stay tuned for more info!
Enjoy our last Bilingual Story Time with Miss Haley with some fun lucha libre stories! Pick up a craft kit while supplies last, and find more Spanish-language picture books through our online catalog!
September is national Library Card Sign-Up Month! FDL joins the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries nationwide to remind parents, caregivers, and students that a library card is the first step towards academic achievement and lifelong learning. Libraries offer free and fun educational resources and activities for all ages that bring families and communities together, and studies have shown that early literacy leads to success in the classroom and beyond.
This September, sign up for a new library card, renew your expired card, or replace your lost card to be entered into the prize drawing for an Amazon HD 8 tablet!
Make sure everyone in your household has their own card, encourage your friends and neighbors to get their library cards, and be sure to explore all the great resources and programs available with your library card!
What does summertime mean to you? Fun in the sun? Baseball? Barbecues? Swimming?
For me, nothing says summer like relaxing with an ice-cold glass of lemonade and a good book… about lemonade!!!
Not only is lemonade a great way to cool off on a hot summer day, it can be a fun life lesson for kids and adults alike. Whether you buy a powder mix at the grocery store or squeeze the lemons yourself, you’ll have a wonderful treat.
Katelyn shares why she loves Hedgehugs by Steve Wilson in our latest book talk! Place your copy on hold at here and then follow the rest of the hedgehogs’ adventures!
(sung to the tune of “If You’re Happy and You Know It”)
Oh, I wish I were a floating butterfly, (2 x)
I’d go flutter, flutter, fly in the bright blue sunny sky,
Oh, I wish I were a floating butterfly.
Oh, I wish I were a shiny little fish, (2 x)
I’d go swimmy, swimmy, glide in the big blue ocean tide,
Oh, I wish I were a shiny little fish.
Oh, I wish I were a silver airplane, (2 x)
I’d go soar, soar, soar as my engines loudly roar,
Oh, I wish I were a silver airplane.
Oh, I wish I were a tall, tall leafy tree, (2 x)
I’d be a place to rest for the birdies in their nest,
Oh, I wish I were a tall, tall leafy tree.
Oh, I wish I were a green and speckled frog, (2 x)
I’d go croaky, croaky, croak as I jump into the brook,
Oh, I wish I were a green and speckled frog.
Oh, I wish I were a bright and shining star, (2 x)
I’d go twinkle, twinkle, spark in the nighty nighttime dark,
Oh, I wish I were a bright and shining star.
Use the folded index card or cut a rectangle shape out of the paper plate, approximately 2×3 inches. (I used about 1-1/2×3 inches)
Wrap the white yarn around the rectangle 40 – 50 times. Snip the end. Length does not matter.
Place the green pipe cleaner under the bunch of yarn. With one side of the pipe cleaner left longer than the other, twist the pipe cleaner 3 to 4 times very tightly around the bunch.
Slide the bunch of yarn off the rectangle. Wrap the long side of the pipe cleaner around the base of the bunch of yarn and pinch it tightly so that it holds the yarn in place.
Cut the loops. Trim the yarn to the desired length.
Good morning and welcome to story time. I’m Miss Sharon and today I’m going to read some of the new books we have gotten in the library. We always have a great selection!
Song: The More We Get Together
The more we get together, together, together,
the more we get together, the happier we’ll be.
Cause your friends are my friends,
and my friends are your friends,
the more we get together the happier we’ll be!
Adapted from the book I Took My Frog to the Library by Eric A. Kimmel
I took my frog to the library, but he jumped on the checkout desk and scared the librarian!
I took my chicken to the library, but she laid an egg by the computers.
I took my pelican to the library, but he hid a book in his beak!
I took my snake to the library, but she shed her skin all over the picture books!
I took my giraffe to the library, but he tried to read over everybody’s shoulder.
I took my hyena to the library, but he laughed so hard during story time that nobody could hear the story!
I took my elephant to the library. She was very well behaved. She stacked her books neatly. She asked the librarian questions. She listened to the story and laughed in all the right places.
But my elephant is very big! SO BIG! She wrecked the library! The bookshelves fell over!
The librarian said, “You are always welcome at the library, but please leave your animals at home.”
So whenever I go to the library… my frog stays home, my chicken stays home, my pelican stays home, my snake stays home, my giraffe stays home, my hyena stays home, and my elephant reads to them!
Written by Simon James Green and illustrated by Garry Parsons.
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Song: Skinnamarink
Skinnamarinky dinky-dink (Put your left elbow in right hand, wave)
Skinnamarinky Doo (Right elbow in left hand, wave)
I (Point to eye)
Love (Cross your arms over your heart)
You! (Point to audience)
Skinnamarinky dinky-dink (Left elbow in right hand)
Skinnamarinky Doo (Right elbow in left hand, wave)
I (Point to your eye)
Love (Cross arms in front of heart)
You! (Point to audience)
I love you in the morning (Cross arms above your head)
And in the afternoon (Cross arms around your chest)
I love you in the evening (Cross around your tummy)
And underneath the moon! (Cross arms above head again)
Skinnamarinky dinky-dink (Left arm in right hand, wave)
Skinnamarinky doo (Right arm in left hand, wave)
I (Point to your eye)
Love (Cross arms in front of heart)
You (Point to audience)
Too (Show two fingers)
Boo boop we doo! (Wave and kiss!)
Pick up a craft kit from the library while supplies last!
Included in kit:
Template
Craft sticks
Glue dots
Assorted fun foam shapes
Magnet
Directions:
Place two vertical sticks on the template.
Glue 2 horizontal sticks on top of the vertical strips.
Glue 2 more vertical sticks of top.
Decorate with fun foam shape.
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Closing Song: Thanks for Coming
(Tune: Oh My Darling Clementine)
Thanks for sitting, thanks for listening,
Thanks for coming here today!
Now that story time is over
Hope you have a lovely day!
We love emojis here at FDL, especially in the Youth Services department, and we have a variety of resources to help you celebrate all things emoji! Start by checking out the infamous The Emoji Movie on DVD, or read these books by Cordelia Evans: The Emoji Encyclopedia and Break Out!. There’s also the TBH series by Lisa Greenwald, which is written in texting format and uses lots of emojis. Adults who don’t understand how to use emojis or why they’re so popular might want to read Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language by Gretchen McCulloch. You can also scroll through the Emoji Timeline, which is a fun tool that teaches the history of emojis.
Plus, there are tons of emoji-inspired crafts you can do at home! Try making poop emoji rice crispy treats using Cocoa Krispies cereal or regular Rice Krispies mixed with cocoa powder or melted chocolate. Follow this recipe or improvise with what you have in your kitchen. You could also make perler bead emoji keychains or pins using the free templates from the Perler website. An even easier craft would be a no-sew emoji plush; all you need is felt, fabric glue, and something to stuff it with.
Yoga for Mindfulness STEAM Kit
