February Teen Anime Club
February Teen Anime Club
It’s a “My Hero Academia” watch party! Let’s talk about everything anime. This month we’ll be meeting on Thursday, February 18th at 4:30 p.m.
February Books for Boys
February Books for Boys
This month we will be reading Riding Freedom by Pam Muñoz Ryan. We will meet via Zoom.
For boys ages 8-11 and accompanying adult. It’s a party about a book! Play games, make a cool craft, and eat a tasty snack.
Book Babies: Baby Panda Bears
Book Babies: Baby Panda Bears
Today come and teach your baby about pandas with these fun books and activities.
Join us live Wednesdays at 10:00 AM – Online on Facebook
Ages 2-5
Welcome Songs
Here We Are Together
Here we are together, together, together! Oh, here we are together in our library. There’s (sing names)… Here we are together in our library!
Hello Everybody
Hello everybody let’s clap our hands*, clap our hands, clap our hands. Hello everybody let’s clap our hands today! *pat our head, stretch up high, wiggle our fingers, tickle our knees, kick our feet, bounce up high!
S, T, R, W, P
(Sing while pointing to each finger on your child’s hand.) Sing, talk, read, write, play! Sing, talk, read write, play! Sing, talk, read, write, play! Sing, talk, read, write, play each day!
Sing, Talk, Read, Write, Play
Tip
Some nursery songs and rhymes can help children develop narrative skills. Those skills will help them understand what they read. Giving children aids, like flannel board pieces or toys, helps them remember the sequence of a story makes it easier to retell the story in the correct order.
Activity
As you recite or sing, “Five Little Pandas Eating Bamboo,” or another nursery rhyme, put the corresponding picture on the board. Then help your child to repeat the same action.
Books Presented
I am a Panda by Cottage Door Press
Let’s play with our panda friend! This story features a fun finger puppet toy built into the board book, encouraging interactive play, hand-eye coordination, and language development in your little one.
Please, Mr. Panda by Steve Antony
Patiently and politely, Mr. Panda asks the animals he comes across if they would like a doughnut. A penguin, a skunk, and a whale all say yes, but they do not remember to say “please” and “thank you.” Is anyone worthy of Mr. Panda’s doughnuts?
Thank You, Mr. Panda by Steve Antony
Mr. Panda has presents for all his animal friends, but many of the gifts are not quite right–but as little Lemur knows, it is the thought that counts.
That's Not My Panda... by Fiona Watt
This delightful series of board books is aimed at very young children. The bright pictures with their patches of different textures, are designed to develop sensory awareness and language awareness. Babies and toddlers will love turning the pages and touching the feely patches.
Songs, Rhymes, and Fingerplays
Bounce: Toast in the Toaster
I’m toast in the toaster
And I’m getting very hot!
Tick, tock,
Tick, tock
Up I pop!
– Storytimekatie.com
Bounce: Tiny Little Pandas
(Tune: Shortenin’ Bread)
Tiny little pandas love bouncin’ bouncin’
Tiny little pandas love bouncin’, yeah
Tiny little pandas love bouncin’, bouncin’
Tiny little pandas love bouncin’ high!
Bounce to the left, bounce to the right
Now hug that panda so nice and tight!
Bounce to the left, bounce to the right
Now hug that panda so nice and tight!
Tiny little pandas love bouncin’ bouncin’
Tiny little pandas love bouncin’, yeah
Tiny little pandas love bouncin’, bouncin’
Tiny little pandas love bouncin’ high!
– Adapted fromStorytimekatie.com
Tickle: Round n’ Round the Bamboo Grove
Round and round the bamboo grove plays the panda bear (swirl finger around tummy)
One step, two step (walk fingers up baby’s arm)
He’s hiding under there! (tickle child’s underarm)
– Adapted from Storytimekatie.com
Flannel Board Song: Five Little Pandas
Five little pandas eating bamboo,
They chomp, chomp, chomped and they chew, chew, chewed;
One little panda crawled away,
But four furry pandas decided to stay!
Four little pandas eating bamboo,
They chomp, chomp, chomped and they chew, chew, chewed;
One little panda ran away,
But three furry pandas decided to stay!
Three little pandas eating bamboo
They chomp, chomp, chomped and they chew, chew, chewed;
One little panda rolled away,
But two furry pandas decided to stay!
Two little pandas eating bamboo,
They chomp, chomp, chomped and they chew, chew, chewed;
One little panda skipped away
But one furry panda decided to stay!
One little panda eating bamboo,
He chomp, chomp, chomped and he chew, chew, chewed;
This little panda decided to play,
So he ran to join the others that day!
– Pasadena-library.net
Additional Books
Bears by Eva Steele-Saccio
Welcome to the world of bears! With fun photos and colorful, approachable design, this wonderful board book guides you through life as a bear, including hibernation, playtime with cubs, the smallest and biggest bears, and finding food!
Our Love Grows by Anna Pignataro
Seeing the world changing and growing, a little panda named Pip feels a bit left behind until Mama shows Pip that, like the trees in the forest and the stars in the sky, he is growing and changing too, and no matter how much Pip grows, the one thing that will never change is how much Mama loves him.
More Book Babies
Story Time: Pandas!
Story Time: Pandas!
Today we learned about pandas with Peter Panda! Check out our books, songs, and activities below.
Join us live Tuesdays at 10:30 AM – Online on Facebook
Ages 2-5
Sing, Talk, Read, Write, Play
Tip
Be sure to share factual books with your young children. Follow their interests, whether in a particular animal, in how things work, in trains, or in anything else that piques their curiosity. The information in nonfiction books introduces new vocabulary words, and we learn right along with our children. Supporting their curiosity goes a long way in encouraging a love of learning. Many children who are less interested in stories are very interested in particular topics- trains, dinosaurs, various animals, how things work, and so forth.
Activity
Check out a variety of junior non-fiction books on different topics. Place them in front of your child to see what he is interested in. Then read the book together, look at the pictures, and talk about the new things you learned.
Books Presented
The Panda Problem by Deborah Underwood
A narrator’s story is disrupted by the main character (Panda) who refuses to play the part.
Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr.
Illustrations and rhyming text present ten different endangered animals.
Giant Pandas by AnnMarie Anderson
A new reader about cuddly, adorable pandas: what do they eat? What are their habitats like? What does it mean when we say pandas are an endangered species?
Songs, Rhymes, and Fingerplays
The Giant Panda Cam at the Smithsonian National Zoo
Crafts and Activities
Coloring Page
Print out this coloring page!
Make your own panda heart craft!
Additional Books
Xander's Panda Party by Linda Sue Park
Xander’s plan to host a panda party falls through, since he is the only panda at the zoo, but when he extends the invitation to all of the bears, complications ensue. Includes author’s note on the wonders of the animal kingdom and the international effort to save pandas from extinction.
How Many Baby Pandas? by Sandra Markle
Looks at the eight panda pairs that were born at China’s Wolong Giant Panda Breeding and Research Center in 2005, examining how they live, grow, and play and the steps that are being taken to prepare them for their release into the wild.
More Story Times
Kid and Tween STEAM crafts in February
Kid and Tween STEAM crafts in February
Check out our February kid and tween STEAM Take N’ Go kits below. Each will be available through curbside pickup. Instructions will be available on our website and our YouTube channel.
Cardboard Construction craft – available starting February 9th
Make towers with these simple cardboard building pieces.
STEAM magic craft – available starting February 23rd
Are these experiments science or magic? Try them for yourself!
February Young League of Writers
February Young League of Writers
Join us for Young League of Writers! We’ll be meeting on Monday, February 8th at 4:30 p.m.