MOB and PAWS for a Story

Monday, December 1st will be the last meeting of the MOB -Moms on Books at the Sylvan Lake Library. We will be meeting in the cafe of the library from 10:30-11:30 am. Bring the kids, what your reading and yourself and have a coffee with me. We'll discuss what we've been reading and have a snack with the kids.

Tuesday, December 2nd from 4-5pm the Sylvan Lake Library will be hosting PAWS for a Story. For all those kids who want to practise their reading, Peek-A-Boo the Pug will be ready for you! Held in the cafe, drop in and spend some quality time with a furry friend!

Junior Book Club

Optical Illusions are everywhere! We spent Thursday afternoon reading Chapter 4 of The Legend of Spud Murphy. Then we made an optical illusion Dog, where his eyes follow you wherever you go. Finally we ventured to the computers to check out some optical illusion sites and try to boggle our eyes.

The last Junior Book Club Game On! is next week. It is our Chocolate Tasting Party!!
We will be looking at different crosssections of chocolate bars and trying to identify them. Then there will be the blind taste testing. Finally there will be the chocolate bar personality test. AND we will be finishing "The legend of Spud Murphy".

Hippo Storytime

Hippopotamus


1. Storytime – Welcome Song
Storytime is starting, starting, starting,
Storytime is starting come listen with me.

2. Read first story "Hippo Goes Bananas" or "Sophie and Sebastian"

3. Sing: Hippo Hop HokeyPokey

You put your clean foot in

You take your dirty foot out

You put your clean foot in

and you squish it all about

You do the Hippo Hop and you hop down in the mud (pretend to squat in the mud)

That's how a Hippo cools off

Other Verses...HandsHeadsRight footLeft footElbows

4. Read second story "Grandma, Where Are You?" or "Hilda Must be Dancing"

5. Finger play: Jungle Animals

This is the way the elephant goes (clasp hands together, extend arms, move back and forth). With a curly trunk instead of a nose.
The buffalo all shaggy and fat

has two sharp horns in place of hat (point fingers out from forehead).
The hippo with his mouth so wide-
Let's see what's hiding inside (hands together and open wide and close them).

The wiggly snake upon the ground

Crawls along without a sound (weave hands back and forth).

But monkey see monkey do

is the funniest animal I ever knew! (place thumbs in ears and wiggle fingers).

6. Craft Project Directions: Construction Paper Hippo

For your hippo, you will need some gray construction paper and another piece of colored paper to place your hippo on the templates, cut out a hippo body, head, ears, and legs. Glue or tape these to the background piece of paper creating a hippo. Next add a tail and face for your hippo with crayon and other materials. If you have time add a setting surrounding your hippo.

Christmas Cheer

Christmas is coming.
Help kindle the spirit of Christmas by joining us, here at the library, on December 10th, from 7-8 pm. We are hosting our annual Christmas Cheer program.
There will be activities and crafts, as well as, snacks, music and friends.
This is a free, family event.
Please call to register as soon as possible, @403.887.2130.

Junior Book Club

Junior Book Club is now half over!
So far we have played Wii twice, were challenged to make an animal, real or imaginary, from candy, straws and toothpicks. We undertook Banana Jousting which made some very squishy bananas.
This last week was in honour of Anne of Green Gables. Tammy, one of our library techs who is from PEI, made raspberry cordial and gingersnaps from an Anne of Green Gables Cookbook for all of us to try. Then we made thaumatropes, which are a type of toy.
There are two weeks left in Game On! Junior Book Club. The next session is focused on Optical Illusions and finally the last week will feature CHOCOLATE. Tasting, personality types etc.
Book Club is on Thursdays from 4-5 pm.
I have been posting all the photo's from book club on our facebook site but I will be starting to post them here as well. I hope you enjoy them.

Classic Children Stories

Classic Children Stories

2’s and 3’s, 4’s and 5’s
45 minutes

1. Welcome Song
Storytime is starting, starting, starting,
Storytime is starting, come listen to me.

2. Read first story "Where the Wild Things Are".

3. Sing: Head and Shoulders, knees and toes

Head and shoulders, knees and toes,

Knees and toes. Knees and toes.

Head and shoulders, knees and toes.

Eyes, ears, mouth and nose.

4. Read second story "Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What do you see?" or "Millions of Cats" or "The Story of Ferdinand" or "Harold and the Purple Crayon".

5. Finger play: Where is thumbkin?

Where is thumbkin?, Where is thumbkin? Here I am. Here I am.

How are you today, sir? Very well, I thank you.

Run away. Run away.

Where is pointer? Where is pointer? Here I am. Here I am.

How are you today, sir? Very well, I thank you.

Run away. Run away.

Where is tall man? Where is tall man? Here I am. Here I am.

How are you today, sir? Very well, I thank you.

Run away. Run away.

Where is ring man? Where is ring man? Here I am. Here I am.

How are you today, sir? Very well, I thank you.

Run away. Run away.

Where is pinkie? Where is pinkie? Here I am. Here I am.
How are you today, sir? Very well, I thank you.

Run away. Run away.

Where is the family? Where is the family? Here we are. Here we are.

How are you today, sir? Very well, we thank you.

Run away. Run away.

6. Craft: Crazy Quilt – like Anne of Green Gables would have made and used.
Using bits and pieces of paper, make a crazy quilt by gluing them on a piece of construction paper.

Big Changes in the New Year!

There will be some big changes in the new year at the library. We will be closed on Mondays starting in January. The library will also close at 8 instead of 8:30 on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. There will be increases in library yearly memberships also, from $15 to $20 for regular membership and from$10 to $12.50 for seniors. More updates will be coming with the arrival of our new librarian, Shannan Sword, near the end of November.