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Children's Room
• News & Updates •
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• Lincoln Park Story Walk®•
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Saturday, December 4
9 - 10:30 am
Lincoln Park
100 Lincoln St, Lexington, MA
9:00 AM:
Ribbon-cutting
9:00 - 10:30 AM:
Take the StoryWalk® and finish at the Lincoln Park playground where refreshments, giveaways, and a craft will be provided.
The StoryWalk® Project was created by Anne Ferguson of Montpelier VT and developed in collaboration with the Kellogg-Hubbard Library. StoryWalk® is a registered service mark owned by Ms. Ferguson. StoryWalks® have been installed in all 50 states and at least 13 countries.
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What is a StoryWalk®?
A StoryWalk® is a fun, educational experience for children – and adults – to enjoy reading and the outdoors at the same time. Take a walk along the trail and read and interact with the book as you go!
From hiding and hopping, to swimming and squirting, this book reminds readers how animals play just like we do. This picture book is based on the Cree teaching of wahkohtowin, interconnectedness and play, and includes the English and Cree names of the animals in the book, all of whom are from 'Turtle Island' (North America).
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Craft Kits Available now while supplies last!
Stop by the Library this week and pick up a special craft kit created by our friends from LexFUN! to celebrate the launch of our new Storywa lk® while supplies last! Create your own animal mask and wear it to our launch on Saturday!
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Design a 3D Printed Object
Virtual
Grades 5 - 8
Registration Required
All Month Long
Do you want to bring your ideas to life through 3D printing? LHS's 2 Bits and A Byte Robotics Team is offering an opportunity to use CAD to design an object in 3D. We have three basic design options for you to choose from - a key chain, a pencil topper, or a flexi animal. You will be using Tinker CAD, a free online software, to construct a 3D model, which will then be manufactured by LHS's robotics team.
Design a 3D Printed Object is a part of Cary Teens Lead the Way, a program designed to highlight the interests and talents of Lexington's teens.
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Preschool Arts & Crafts
Virtual
Ages 3 - 5
Registration Required
Monday, December 13th
2:15 pm
Explore, learn, and create art! A craft kit will be provided.
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Kids Cooking Green Presents: Garlic Knots
Virtual
Grades K - 2
Registration Required
Friday, December 17th
3:30 pm
Join our friends from Kids Cooking Green and learn how to make this delicious treat! We'll provide all the ingredients you need, you'll need to provide the cooking supplies and your kitchen!
Registration opens Monday, December 6th at 7 pm. Please register once per family in order to allow the most chefs to participate.
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• Preschool Activities •
No Programs the week of 12/27
Registration required only to participate virtually
Families are welcome to bring children of any age to our storytimes, ages indicate the developmental age for which the storytime was designed, but all children are welcome. Our storytimes are currently offered live outdoors and are broadcast simultaneously virtually for those unable to attend in person. We will offer our programs outdoors as long as weather and temperatures permit. We anticipate a switch to virtual only will be coming shortly and will announce on our social media channels once the decision is made to convert. We expect to resume in person, indoor storytimes beginning mid to late January 2022.
Tuesday:
10:15 am: Storytime Junior (ages 0 - 2)
Wednesday:
10:15 am: Dance Party* or Sing Along (ages 2 - 5)
*in person only, weather permitting
Thursday:
10:15 am: Preschool Storytime
(ages 3 - 5)
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• Book Clubs •
With the exception of Picture Book Posse, our book clubs will continue to meet virtually for the January - March session. Once you are registered, you are registered for all the dates listed for the club.
In order to allow the greatest amount of children to participate in our book clubs, we have implemented the following rules
- Other than our specialty book clubs (Book Talks & ComicSquad), registration is limited to 1 club per child.
- Participants must be able to attend all sessions in the season for which they register. Please do not register if you have a known conflict for more than one of the dates.
- Due to the popularity of our clubs and the waiting lists of children wanting to participate, participants will be allowed one no show. If your child misses a second club meeting, we will give their space to the next child on the waiting list. We understand that illness and emergencies occur, and those absences, if communicated with staff, will not be considered a no show. If you are removed from a club due to lack of attendance, you will not be allowed to register for any club in the next session.
- Please be on time. Late arrivals are disruptive to the discussion and may not be admitted.
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We offer the following book clubs for children:
Picture Book Posse (grades K - 1): Will be meeting IN PERSON at 4:15 pm on Wed 1/19, 2/2, 2/16, 3/2, and 3/16.
Tadpoles (grades 1 - 2): will be meeting VIRTUALLY at 4:15 pm on Thurs 1/13, 1/27, 2/10, 2/24, 3/10, and 2/24.
Bookmarks (grades 2 - 3): will be meeting VIRTUALLY at 4:15 pm on Tues 1/11, 1/25, 2/8, 2/22, 3/8 and 3/22.
Next Chapter (grades 3 - 4): will be meeting VIRTUALLY at 4:15 pm on Wed 1/12, 1/26, 2/9, 2/23, 3/9 and 3/23.
Page Turners (grades 4 - 5): will be meeting VIRTUALLY at 4:15 on Tuesdays. New for the winter session - readers will have the option to participate either biweekly, or once per month. Readers who wish to participate biweekly in Page Turners should register for both Group A and Group B. Readers who wish to only participate once per month, should choose either Group A or Group B.
- Group A: 1/4, 2/1, and 3/1
- Group B: 1/18, 2/15, and 3/15
Specialty Book Clubs
Children may participate in the specialty book clubs in addition to one of the grade specific book clubs above.
ComicSquad (grades 4 - 5): Will be meeting VIRTUALLY at 4:15 pm on Thursday 1/6, 1/20, 2/3, 2/17, 3/3 & 3/17 - bi-weekly book club that focuses on reading and discussion graphic novels and comic books. Come discover new graphic novels and connect with other readers who enjoy this format!
BookTalks (grades 4 - 6): Will be meeting VIRTUALLY at 7 pm on Monday 1/3, 2/7, 3/7, 4/4, 5/2 and 6/6. This monthly book club encourages readers through novels and nonfiction to take steps to becoming citizens of the wider world and seeing a broader perspective. We’ll be reading stories that offer a different perspective of the world from how we may experience it and talking about what that means. We’ll be discussing issues such as human rights, diversity, and current events as they relate to the books we read.
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What Our Book Clubs Are Reading
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Tadpoles (K and 1st Grades)
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by Joan Holub and Suzanne Williams
Book 1: The Little Goddess Girls
Young Athena is carried by a storm to Mount Olympus, where she follows the Hello Brick Road toward Sparkle City hoping Zeus will help her get home.
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Book 1: Fort Builders, Inc
Caleb and his best friend Jax are excited to start their own fort-building business. Can they finish the fort in time for Analise's big birthday bash?
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Bookmarks (2nd & 3rd Grades)
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Book 1: The Infamous Ratsos series
Rat brothers Louie and Ralphie Ratso try to prove they can be as rough and tough as their father in the Big City, but every time they try to show how tough they are, they end up accidentally doing good deeds instead.
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Book 1: The Dragonsitter series
It had sounded so easy: Eddie just needed to watch Uncle Morton's unusual pet for a week while he went on vacation. Turns out, looking after a dragon isn't easy at all. Soon the fridge is empty, the curtains are on fire, and the mailman is running away ... Not to mention the smell. It's no fun finding dragon poop on your favorite shoes! What is Eddie going to do?
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Next Chapter (3rd & 4th Grades)
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Book 1: Boy Called Bat series
For Bixby Alexander Tam (nicknamed Bat), life tends to be full of surprises -- some of them good, some not so good. Today, though, is a good-surprise day. Bat's mom, a veterinarian, has brought home a baby skunk, which she needs to take care of until she can hand him over to a wild-animal shelter. But the minute Bat meets the kit, he knows they belong together. And he's got one month to show his mom that a baby skunk might just make a pretty terrific pet.
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Rescuing a squirrel after an accident involving a vacuum cleaner, comic-reading cynic Flora Belle Buckman is astonished when the squirrel, Ulysses, demonstrates astonishing powers of strength and flight after being revived.
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Page Turners (4th & 5th Grades)
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by Ryan Calejo
Steeped in Hispanic folklore since childhood, middle schooler Charlie Hernández learns the stories are true when, shortly after his parents disappearance, he grows horns and feathers and finds himself at the heart of a battle to save the world.
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ComicSquad (3rd - 5th Grades)
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Blue is an orphan who disguises herself as a newsboy at the only paper in town that tells the truth during the war, but she struggles with her secret and befriends Crow, a boy who is also not what he seems.
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Seventh grader Jordan Banks loves nothing more than drawing cartoons about his life. But instead of sending him to the art school of his dreams, his parents enroll him in a prestigious private school known for its academics, where Jordan is one of the few kids of color in his entire grade. As he makes the daily trip from his Washington Heights apartment to the upscale Riverdale Academy Day School, Jordan soon finds himself torn between two worlds--and not really fitting into either one. Can Jordan learn to navigate his new school culture while keeping his neighborhood friends and staying true to himself?
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Book Talks (4th - 6th Grades)
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Eleven-year-old knuckleball pitcher Vivy Cohen, who has autism, becomes pen pals with her favorite Major League baseball player after writing a letter to him as an assignment for her social skills class.
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Children need not be familiar with the work of Franz Kafka to appreciate the story of this kind gesture. After encountering a young girl, Irma, who is crying over her lost doll. Kafka reassures her that the doll is not lost, only travelling, and returns the next day with a letter from dear Soupsy. The doll’s letters tell of her worldly adventures and buoy Irma’s hurting heart. Rebecca Green’s illustrations delight, as always.
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This collection presents a series of interconnected stories and poems following a group of youth who are attending a two-day intertribal powwow in Ann Arbor Michigan. Each story features characters that appear throughout the collection giving the work a cohesiveness often lacking in short story collections. Strong themes of forgiveness, cooperation, and the importance of family carry throughout the work. A wonderful introduction to the work of many incredible writers.
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Wordless picture books are wonderful for readers and listeners of all ages as they help build confidence and encourage a positive reading experience.
They help reader's comprehension skills and they make the reader an active participant in the story! Storytelling with wordless books increases vocabulary and verbal skills!
Here are a couple ways to use wordless books with your children:
- Let your child create their own story
- Take a picture walk - talk about the pictures you see on each page and as your child open ended questions
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