Literacy at Home – Doodle Colouring
Paper and drawing materials (markers, pencil crayons, crayons) are all you need for this easy activity that supports writing development.
Paper and drawing materials (markers, pencil crayons, crayons) are all you need for this easy activity that supports writing development.
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It’s a new week, which means it’s time for a new weekly scavenger hunt! We’ll be bringing you a new list of items for children to find every Monday morning for the next few weeks. This week we invite you to see what Flying Creatures you can find!
We’re back with another simple activity that you can use at home with your children to help support the development of their early literacy skills!
One of our most popular programs is Yarn & Yap, where folks come into the library to meet other fans of the fibre arts. So until we meet again, we wanted to share some of our staff’s favourite places to go for supplies, ideas, and help.
This weekend, we challenge you to become more familiar with our science database ScienceFlix by trying out this fun Tornado in a Bottle experiment!
Singing is a great tool for language development because it slows down the rhythm of our speech – helping children really hear the sounds of our language! It can also help introduce new concepts to your child, or to smooth your way through any rough patches in your day. Also it’s just plain fun – no matter what kind of singing voice you have!
Can you find a way to drop an egg from a one metre height WITHOUT it breaking?
Check out this #staffpick recommendation from Andy!
Salt Tracing is a really simple activity that you can do with minimal materials which supports all of the practices except singing (although we bet you could build some singing into it)!