Flying By Once Again!

So in case you're wondering who will be in charge of the "Will Your Plane Survive?" program, then look no further!

This program is brought to you by Ms. Angela and Ms. Chelsea who is a UNF engineering student who volunteered to get this program going! Thanks Chelsea for all your hard work!! ;o)

So Who Did It??

Remember Chameleon Colors? Well here is the wonderful volunteer who made the excellent display that we still have up:

A big THANKS to our volunteer Kayla!

So don't forget to stop by and take a look at our displays. ;o)

Just Flying By

A big THANKS to our volunteer Ty for creating our "Will Your Plane Survive?" program poster!

The program will be held in our community room at 3:00 pm on Saturday the 27th. That's tomorrow!! See you there. ;o)

And the Cow Says, What?

Mooo! Farm animals was the subject of yesterday's Stories for Young Children.* We read Dog's Noisy Day: A Story to Read Aloud by Emma Dodd and Let's Go Visiting by Sue Williams. Afterward, we created sheep out of a paper plate, construction paper, and some cotton balls. Everyone loved their creation so much that they decided to take their sheep home! So here's mine:

 If you would like to know how to create your own cotton ball sheep, you can find the instructions here.

Oh! By the way, we still have Chameleon Colors from last week on display if you haven't had the chance to stop by. ;o)


*Stories for Young Children is held every Wednesday at 11:00 am. This program is for children birth to 5 years with an adult caregiver. The program includes stories, books, finger plays, nursery rhymes, and songs that promote language development, vocabulary building, and comprehension. Attendance is limited.

Chameleon Colors

Last weeks' Stories for Young Children* we read Leon the Chameleon by Mélanie Watt and Lemons Are Not Red by Laura Vaccaro Seeger. After the stories and the songs, we made our own multicolored chameleons!

Don't forget to stop by and take a look! :o)

*Stories for Young Children is held every Wednesday at 11:00 am. This program is for children birth to 5 years with an adult caregiver. The program includes stories, books, finger plays, nursery rhymes, and songs that promote language development, vocabulary building, and comprehension. Attendance is limited.

Check Us Out!

While you're checking out our Stories for Young Children Display, make sure to take a look at some of our others. You'll see them to your left and right as soon as you enter the second set of doors.

We have our Spring Display

 Barbie is up next.

















And last, our Fox Display.












And as always, the books you see in our displays are available for check out. If you have any suggestions for future displays, let us know in the comments below! ;o)

The VERY Hungry Caterpillar

Last weeks' Stories for Young Children* was all about gardening and what you can find in garden. We read Bumpety Bump! by Pat Hutchins and The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. Afterward, we made our own caterpillars. Stop by to take a look!

See you soon! ;o)

*Stories for Young Children is held every Wednesday at 11:00 am. This program is for children birth to 5 years with an adult caregiver. The program includes stories, books, finger plays, nursery rhymes, and songs that promote language development, vocabulary building, and comprehension. Attendance is limited.

Recommended Reading

We all know that Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney is one of the hottest series around but what if *gasp* they're all checked out! Or they've already read all of the current titles. Well, here are a few titles that may strike your young readers fancy if they enjoy Diary of a Wimpy Kid:

Riot Brothers by Amato, Mary

Knights of the Lunch Table by Cammuso, Frank

Flat Stanley by Greenhut, Josh

Popularity Papers by Ignatow, Amy

Nathan Abercrombie by Lubar, David

Confessions of a Former Bully by Ludwig, Trudy

Amelia by Moss, Marissa

Geek Chic by Palatini, Margie

Big Nate by Peirce, Lincoln

Dork Diaries by Russell, Rachel

Julian Rodriguez by Stadler, Alexander

Little Wolf by Whybrow, Ian

It's Science!! Pt. 2

So, on "It's Science!!! Pt. 1" we explored the topic of density using a few spoonfuls of sugar and some water. For the second half, we explored density using different liquids that you can find in your kitchen. Full directions and ingredients for this experiment are found here.

From left to right: Honey, Syrup, Liquid Dish Washing Soap, Vegetable Oil, and Water (not shown)

We asked the participants to choose which liquid to begin using and continued to layer as we did in the first "experiment." The original order was 1. Honey, 2. Syrup, 3. Soap, 4. Oil, 5. Water and this is what it looked like:

You probably can't see it but the water and oil mixed together and then slowly began to separate. Apparently, water is more dense than oil ;o).

And after about 5 minutes the water and oil completely separate.

Have any of you ever experimented with density? Have you ever had a certain expectation for a science project and found out the opposite was true? Let us know in the comments below!

Not-So-Angry Birds

Wednesday, April 3rd, we held our Stories for Young Children* program with Ms. Angela and the topic for that day was Birds! We read Birds by Kevin Henkes and Little White Duck by Walt Whippo. Afterward we "feathered" our own birds.

Our feathered creations will stay in our display until next week.

*Stories for Young Children is held every Wednesday at 11:00 am. This program is for children birth to 5 years with an adult caregiver. The program includes stories, books, finger plays, nursery rhymes, and songs that promote language development, vocabulary building, and comprehension. Attendance is limited.

Doctor Who???

Found this on the magnetic whiteboard after our "How Dense Are You?" program.

Looks like we have a Doctor Who fan. ;o)

It's Science!!! Pt. 1

Last Saturday, March 30th, was our first Science Saturday. The subject for this project was density and titled "How Dense Are You??"

Our first encounter with density included water, food coloring, and sugar (Full recipe and instructions found at Sugarsnips). We used different amounts of sugar and the same amount of water mixed into each cup. The red held the most sugar while the green held the least.

Once finished we began layering the sugar mixtures little by little starting with the most dense (the glass with the most sugar - red) to the least dense (green).

At first, the two mixtures (red and yellow) began to mix all together and turn green but they began to separate a few minutes later. You can see a little of the yellow at the top of the mixture ;o).

You continue layering and you should end up with four different colored layers!

 Stay tuned for part two of "It's Science!!!"

Easter Egg Hunt!!!

We had great time with our egg hunt Tuesday March 26th. Over 80 kids participated and won a prize!!
Congratulations!!

And a big "Thank You!!" to our "Easter Bunny" Kayla G.

Let us know how your Easter went in the comments below :o).

Choo! Choo!!

The train is back from a loooong vacation. Stop by soon to say "Hi!"