February Kids and Tweens Make and Take Crafts
Make and Take Crafts
2nd and 4th Thursday’s at 4:00-4:30 pm in the Community Room
February 13th: Shadow puppet theater and drawing
February 27th: Pet Rocks & Pudding Puppies
February Teen Events
We have LOTS of fun things planned for the teens in February!
Here’s a breakdown of all the great things you’ll want to do:
TEEN ACTION COUNCIL: Monday February 3rd from 4:30 to 5:30 pm
TEEN CRAFT: Thursday, February 6th at 4:30 pm – Neverland Silhouette Art .
YOUNG LEAGUE OF WRITERS: Monday February 10th from 4:30 to 5:30 pm–“Disheveled Dialogue” .
TEEN ANIME CLUB: No meeting this month. We will be closed on February 17th for Presidents Day.
TEEN CRAFT: Thursday, February 20th at 4:30 pm – Peter’s pan pipe.
TEEN BOOK CLUB: Monday, February 24th from 4:30 to 5:30 – “Peter Pan” by J.M. Barrie
Story Time – January 14 and 15, 2020
Story Time – January 14 and 15, 2020
10:30 am in the Community Room – ages 2 to 5
In January, we learned about the letter “S.”
This Week, We Learned About Sneezes and Sniffles.
Tip: Teach your child what they can expect if you have to visit a doctor’s office. These places are often scary, but the library has plenty of books about seeing a doctor.
Craft Activity
Band-aids and tissues can make lovely butterflies!
Songs, Rhymes, and Fingerplays
Five Little Monkeys
Five little monkeys jumping on the bed.
Ahhh choo!
“I feel sick!” one of them said.
Momma called the doctor and the doctor said,
“Cover that sneeze, wash those hands, and put that monkey in his own bed.”
Four, three, two, one…
One little monkey jumping on the bed.
Ahhh choo!
“I feel sick and tired,” he said.
Momma called the doctor and the doctor said,
“Cover that sneeze, wash those hands, and put that monkey in his own bed.”
All the little monkeys were lying in their beds,
Resting all day when each of them said,
“We feel better. Let’s have some fun!”
Then five little monkeys hopped out of bed.
All the Little Germs
All the little germs, dirty and mean,
Hiding on your hands, (point to where they’re hiding)
Where they cannot be seen.
Wash them, (rub hands together)
Scrub them, (rub knuckles together)
Rinse them away. (whisk hands across each other)
Then we’ll have clean hands, (hold hands out palm up)
Hip, hip, hooray! (jazz hands!)
-storytimekatie.com
The Elevator Song
tune “Do Your Ears Hang Low”
Oh, the city is great, and the city is grand!
There are lots of tall buildings on a little piece of land.
Oh we live way up on the 57th floor
and this is what we do when we go out the door.
Take the elevator up, take the elevator down
(3 times)
Then we spin around!
Tops and Bottoms Handwashing song
(tune “Are you Sleeping”)
Tops and bottoms, tops and bottoms
In between, in between.
Scrub them all together, scrub them all together
Now they’re clean, squeaky clean!
-Jbrary.com
Books Presented
Pigs Make Me Sneeze!
by Mo Williams
In Pigs Make Me Sneeze!, Gerald believes he is allergic to his best friend! Will he have to stay away from Piggie forever?
Find it in our Catalog
Sneeze!
by Alexandra Sly
There’s something in the air–pollen, dust mites, mold spores, dust, goose down, cat hair, pepper, flu viruses, and bright light–that’s causing these nine kids to sneeze.
Find it in our Catalog
Germs Are Not for Sharing
by Elizabeth Verdick
Achoo! Cough! F-L-U-S-H! What to do? In childcare, in preschool, at home, and everywhere, toddlers need to learn that germs are not for sharing.
Find it in our Catalog
Bear Feels Sick
by Karma Wilson
Autumn has come to the woods, and Bear doesn’t feel well. He sniffles and sneezes. He cannot sleep. He aches all over. Worst of all, he’s feeling too poorly to play with his friends.
Find it in our Catalog
One Cow Coughs: A Counting Book for the Sick and Miserable
by Christine Loomis
All the animals in the barnyard are sick: two mules moan, three sheep shake, four hens hold their heads that ache . . . and ten turkeys weep at the welts on their knees. No need to worry, help is in store.
Find it in our Catalog
Additional Books
Bill Nye the Science Guy’s Great Big Book of Tiny Germs
by Bill Nye
Germs, germs, everywhere! Did you know that: – Some germs are good for you, or even delicious? Find out how more about germs and how to stay healthy, with eleven cool experiments.
Find it in our Catalog
Do Not Lick This Book: It’s Full of Germs
by Idan Ben-Barak
Min is a microbe. She is small. Very small. In fact so small that you’d need to look through a microscope to see her. Or you can simply open this book.
Find it in our Catalog
A Germ’s Journey
by Thom Rooke
Where did your cold germ come from? And ACHOO! Where is it going next? A germ’s journey is filled with snuffles, sniffles, and sneezes.
Find it in our Catalog
Llama Llama Home with Mama
by Anna Dewdney
Ah-choo! Uh-oh, Llama Llama’s nose is feeling tickly, his throat is feeling scratchy, and his head is feeling stuffy. Back to bed, no school today for Llama Llama! Instead, he’s home with Mama.
Find it in our Catalog
The “Get Well Soon” Book: Good Wishes for Bad Times
by Kes Gray & Mary McQuillan
Cynthia the centipede, Harold the hamster, Tiffany the turtle, and other animals suffer from various injuries or illnesses.
Find it in our Catalog
Early Literacy Tip:
Sharing stories is a great snugly activity when children aren’t feeling well, make sure to have plenty of books at home.
On the Same Page 2020 – Island Escape
On the Same Page 2020 – Island Escape
A Tropical Paradise
Friday, February 28, starting at 7:00 pm in the Community Room
Join us as we finish our On the Same Page celebration of Peter Pan and dispel the winter gloom!
Never say goodbye because goodbye means going away and going away means forgetting.
A Host of Activities
We’ve got fun activities for all ages. Spend an evening on the beach enjoying the waves. Be sure to wear your Hawaiian shirt! We’ll have all the tropical sounds, food and fun that you could wish for, including drinks with umbrellas.
Besides having a great time while ignoring the outside snow, participating will give you a chance at the night’s drawing for ultimate relaxation, a massage from Urban Massage. (Must be present and an adult to win, though there will be a drawing prize for the youngsters as well.)
Jane is now a common grown-up, with a daughter called Margaret; and every spring cleaning time, except when he forgets, Peter comes for Margaret and takes her to the Neverland, where she tells him stories about himself, to which he listens eagerly. When Margaret grows up she will have a daughter, who is to be Peter’s mother in turn; and thus it will go on, so long as children are gay and innocent and heartless.
On the Same Page 2020 – Open Book Discussion
On the Same Page 2020 – Open Book Discussion
As Part of the Library Book Club
Wednesday, February 26, at 1:30 pm in the Entry Foyer
and
Thursday, February 27, at 6:00 pm in the Entry Foyer
Children, Tweens, Teens and Adults are welcome to join this On the Same Page discussion about Peter Pan, the mischievous boy who refuses to grow up.
“Listen, then,” said Wendy, settling down to her story, with Michael at her feet and seven boys in the bed. “There was once a gentleman—”
A Story for the Ages
Our story starts as Peter Pan lands in the Darling’s proper middle-class home to look for his shadow. He befriends Wendy, John and Michael and teaches them to fly over the rooftops of London (with a little help from fairy dust). He and Tinker Bell whisk them off to Never-land, the island where lost boys play, mermaids splash and fairies make mischief. But a villainous-looking gang of pirates lurk in the docks, led by the terrifying Captain James Hook. Magic and excitement are in the air, but if Captain Hook has his way, before long, someone will be walking the plank and swimming with the crocodiles…
“It’s awfully sad,” the first twin said cheerfully.
“I don’t see how it can have a happy ending,” said the second twin. “Do you, Nibs?”
“I’m frightfully anxious.”
“If you knew how great is a mother’s love,” Wendy told them triumphantly, “you would have no fear.”
“I don’t see how it can have a happy ending,” said the second twin. “Do you, Nibs?”
“I’m frightfully anxious.”
“If you knew how great is a mother’s love,” Wendy told them triumphantly, “you would have no fear.”
On the Same Page 2020 – An Introduction to Fencing
On the Same Page 2020 – An Introduction to Fencing
With Dusty Johnson!
Friday, February 21, starting at 7:00 pm in the Community Room
Come learn the basics of swordplay in this hands-on On the Same Page evening for the active and adventurous.
“Proud and insolent youth, prepare to meet thy doom.”
“Dark and sinister man, have at thee!”
Fencing Maestro Dusty Johnson
Mr. Johnson started fencing by joining the SCA then taking a class offered by his university. He founded the Ricks College Fencing Club in 1987 and later started his own club called Fox Fencing in Southeast Idaho which he ran for thirty years. During this time he took his students to Nationals and the Junior Olympics. He has since retired from teaching fencing.
Safety Concerns
This is a night for adults and teens only (aged 12 and up). Also, you’ll need to sign up for this event at the circulation desk because space is limited.
Peter was a superb swordsman, and parried with dazzling rapidity; ever and anon he followed up a feint with a lunge that got past his foe’s defence, but his shorter reach stood him in ill stead, and he could not drive the steel home. … Hook sought to close and give the quietus with his iron hook, which all this time had been pawing the air; but Peter doubled under it and, lunging fiercely, pierced him in the ribs. At the sight of his own blood, whose peculiar colour, you remember, was offensive to him, the sword fell from Hook’s hand, and he was at Peter’s mercy.