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Author Archives: leigh
Cardboard City Goes to the Beach
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Tagged cardboard city, Frames, iPad, Stop-Motion, summer reading program
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Cardboard City
On of our featured HowTo activities this summer is Cardboard City, where we provide the cardboard and you provide the vision! Choose from our pile of materials and supplies, then construct whatever you can dream up. Use a webcam to … Continue reading
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Tagged cardboard city, Frames, iPad, Stop-Motion, summer reading program, webcam
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Summer Reading Program: Read Together, Right Now
3…. 2…. 1…. SRP! This year’s summer reading program theme is Read Together, Right Now, inspired by the Beatles’ song and the colorful era of the 1960′s. Stop by any branch to sign up and read to earn points for … Continue reading
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Tagged activities, Read Together Right Now, summer, summer reading program
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Weekend Stop Motion
Check out this stop motion animation created in the Curve using Frames software, a webcam, and a small cast of posable characters!
Little Learners Spring & Summer Lineup
Coming up for little learners and their families, we’ll continue with select Wednesday morning story times for the month of May. Our Summer Reading Program Kick-Off event will be Saturday, June 1st. Throughout the months of June and July, story … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Books
Tagged activity, books, little learners, special programs, SRP, story time, summer
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Rainy Day Story Time
This morning was a perfect morning for stories about rain and fun with umbrellas! You can make your own mini umbrella by decorating a coffee filter for the top and using a pipe cleaner for the handle. (Bonus: For a … Continue reading
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Tagged books, craft, little learners, Pinterest, rainy day, story time
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Girl Scouts: Inventors, Architects, & Movie-Makers
This weekend in the Curve, Brownie Girl Scouts read and talked about Inventors and Architects, and then worked together to create these stop motion animations using a laptop, Frames software, a webcam, and some blocks to create the effect of … Continue reading
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Tagged animation, books, Frames, girl scouts, inventions, Stop-Motion, Video
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Imagine West Animal Podcast
Today, 2nd graders from Imagine West read the books Where in the Wild? (all about camouflage!) and Terrific Tongues (fun facts about animal tongues!). Listen to the reports below to hear some of the interesting things we learned about … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Books, Group Visits, Podcast, Research
Tagged Animals, books, Mixcraft, Podcast, Research, School Visit, snowball microphone, story time 2.0
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