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SHELF BROWSING WILL ALSO BE OPEN AGAIN!
Please note:
Thank you for your patience during this time. We continue to be cautious as our community’s health and safety is our primary concern.
Today we learned about opposites during Storytime! Everyone did a wonderful job sharing their opposites 😊
Here are some more ideas for exploring opposites around your home!
Explore “a little/a lot” during lunch and snack time
Cut the food items you serve to your group into tiny pieces. Just for laughs, deposit only a few pieces on each child’s plate. For example, you may offer only two tiny apple pieces. Wait for children to react and tell them you have given them “a little” or “very few”. Next, offer several pieces of the food you are serving and tell them they now have “a lot” in their plate. Variation: Replace solid foods with a liquid such as juice, water, or milk. Pour “a little” in each child’s glass and then pour “a lot” in each child’s glass.
Loud and Quiet Sound Bottles
Use empty plastic bottles to create a sound game. Each bottle must produce a different type of sound when children shake it. Some bottles should produce loud sounds while other bottles should produce quiet sounds. For example, one bottle could contain rice while another bottle could contain dried peas. A few additional suggestions: tiny bells, tiny rocks used in aquariums, and dry pasta. Use items that will barely produce a sound such as couscous, water, and pompoms to create “quiet” bottles. Seal the cap on each bottle using hot glue and let children shake them to explore different sounds. Use the words “loud” and “quiet” during their exploration.
On and off
Get out a couple flashlights and then dim the lights in your home. Have fun turning the flashlights “on” and “off”. You can also talk about the difference between “dark” and “well-lit.”
Mirror Fun
What child doesn’t love looking in the mirror? Have fun with them while showing them silly/serious, and happy/sad.
Sink or float
Fill a large container with lukewarm water. Gather several different objects, some that are light and others that are heavy. Show them how certain objects float and others sink.
We also talked about the letter “V” today. A scavenger hunt looking for things that begin with “V” is a great way to explore the alphabet and get in some movement too! What things did you find that start with “V”?
Janice Recommends Resistance Women by Jennifer Chiaverini
Janice says, “The idea of women secretly fighting against Hitler is what made me pick this book to read. These women leading ordinary lives made life-changing choices as they fought for freedom.
This is for anyone who enjoys historical fiction. Several characters are based on real-life women, one of them an American who decided to stay in Germany.”
This book is available at the Mulvane Public Library, put a copy on hold today! This book is also available as an eBook and Audiobook on the Libby App, which you can access through your Mulvane Public Library card, and they are also available through cloudLibrary, which you can access with your free Kansas State Library card. Call us if you need to get your Kansas State Library card.
