Today, St. Peter’s Head Start preschoolers read a true story about Winter, the dolphin who was rescued after losing her tail, and then learned how to swim with a prosthetic tail made especially for her. The upcoming movie, Dolphin Tale, is based on this story, and even stars Winter the dolphin as herself!
Our group made our own stop motion movie of Winter swimming with her new tail using a webcam, feltboard, and Frames software. Watch Winter as she swims to meet her friend Panama at the other side of the aquarium!
For more dolphin tales and animal rescue stories, check out these titles from the library’s collection:
Arrrrgh! Ahoy, mateys! Join us this month on Tuesday mornings at 10:30 for tales of pirate adventure, ships at sea, and sunken treasure! Featured titles include Pirates Go to School by Corrine Demas and Pirate Nap: A Book of Colors by Danna Smith. Plus, make your own spyglass to take home, or try your hand at building a Jolly Roger rocking ship using Lego WeDo kits (ages 5 and up). “X” marks the spot: sail your way to the Learning Curve for a seaworthy storytime especially for wee little mateys!
Saturday, February 11th @ 2p.m. Young Actors Theatre presents Dont U luv me? Performed by the YAT Teenz, Dont U luv me? explores the warning signs associated with teen dating violence. Appropriate for Grade6 and above, this performance is free and open to the public.
6th grade students from St. Thomas Aquinas visited the Learning Curve today to research a class project on countries of the world.
In addition to checking out books, they also used two kids’ databases available for free via IMCPL’s Just for Kids Homework page. In the bottom-right column, check out World Geography, as well as Student Resource Center. Both have excellent resources if you are looking for quality information on countries of the world—and they look great, too!
This week in the Curve, we made a stop motion animation using some blocks, a webcam, and Frames software. Watch the final product to see a city being built before your eyes!
Come by the Learning Curve to create your own stop motion project, or call 275-4222 to schedule a group visit.
Do you know how to code? If not, you should check out this article about a recent start-up project called CodeAcademy.
A quote from the article:
Educators and technologists have long been saying that coding is the new literacy of the digital age. Douglas Rushkoff, who has a new book on the subject, “Program or be Programmed,” said in the book’s trailer, “When human beings acquired language, we didn’t just learn to listen. We learned how to speak. When human beings acquired text, we learned not just how to read but how to write. And now that we have acquired computer, we should learn not just how to use computers but how to program them.”
We’d love to hear about your interest in coding and how the Learning Curve can better serve our coding enthusiasts! If you’d like to give your child a jump-start on basic programming/coding knowledge check out our Brain Games workshops starting in February.
Here’s a testimonial about Code Academy, and why having a basic knowledge of programming/coding is extremely important in the job market now and in the future.
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