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Children at Story Time Plant Seeds!
On Tuesday, April 3, 2018, we read books about how seeds grow, all about plants and how to plant our seeds. Mr. Sizelove from the OSU Extension office demonstrated how to plant our seeds in our very own pots. Some of the children planted peas and black-eyed peas and others planted daisies and sunflowers. We talked about planting vegetables for our upcoming summer community garden. These fun and educational programs are made possible by our Health Literacy grant through the Oklahoma Department of Libraries and the Institute of Museum and Library Services! Children’s Story Time is Tuesdays @ 10:30am. For more information, call us at the library at 580-625-3076.
Dr. Seuss at Children’s Story Time!
It’s Dr. Seuss time at the library! Today, we sang and dance with our Music & Scarves, exercised and learned balancing with colored bean bags that Liz McBee brought from OSU Extension office. Liz has been teaching the children yoga which involves stretching and balancing. This class has been a part of our Health Literacy grant made possible through the Oklahoma Department of Libraries and The Institute of Museum and Library Services. We also read the book, “One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss and learned a counting game with goldfish snacks! Later, we assembled our own hat from The Cat in the Hat. We will finish out this month with more fun from Dr. Seuss! Come join us each Tuesday from 10:30am to 11:30am. For more info, call us at 580-625-3076 or visit us at www.beaverpl.okpls.org.
Lady Bugs at Children’s Story Time!
Last Tuesday at Children’s Story Time, we sang and danced with our colorful scarves, read books about lady bugs and made a healthy snack that looked like a lady bug! Our books that we read were, ” The Grouchy Lady Bug” and “The Very Lazy Lady Bug”. We talked about the importance of staying active and keeping a positive attitude and learning to drink more water! Our healthy snack consisted of apples, peanut butter, raisins and pretzel sticks. For our craft, we colored our very own water bottle to remind us to drink more water! This fun program was a part our Health Literacy grant which is made possible through the Oklahoma Department of Libraries and the Museum of Library Services. Come join us each Tuesday at 10:30 am to 11:30 am for children 0-4 years. For more information, call us at 580-625-3076.
Forgan First Grade joins us for Children’s Story Time
Forgan First Grade gets a tour of the library.
Kerri Radcliff’s first grade class visited us for the last story time of the year! They started off with a tour of the library and later enjoyed singing and dancing with scarves, read the book, ” How the Grinch Stole Christmas” and ” T’was the Night Before Christmas.” Story time is every Tuesday at 10:30am. We will be take a break during the holidays and start up again Tuesday, January 9th!
Special Presentation on Diabetes After Sit & Stretch
Liz McBee from the OSU Extension office will be giving a presentation on diabetes and pre-diabetes after our Sit & Stretch program on Wednesday , November 15th @ 11:00am. Whether you have just been diagnosed or know someone in your family with diabetes or pre-diabetes, this will be an informative presentation to help answer some questions. Liz will demonstrate some easy recipes to try and have helpful hand outs to take with you. For more info, call us at the library at 625-3076. This is all made possible through our Health Literacy grant from the Oklahoma Department of Libraries and the Institute of Museum and Library Services.