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Tag Archives: Animals
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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City Critter Chats – Parrot & Snake
Today in the Learning Curve at Central Library, Animalia came to talk about animals, and brought along Rocky the Umbrella Cockatoo and Puma the Corn Snake. Puma slithered around for a bit then decided to take a nap, so Rocky … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Special Programs
Tagged Animals, Science, Special Program, summer reading program
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Animalia Presents “Watch Out! There Are Animals About!”
Dogs and ferrets and owls, oh my! Today in the Curve, Animalia presented a special program with live animals, including some Dachshund dogs, some cats, ferrets, blue-tongued skinks, and a barn owl! We learned all about these critters and got … Continue reading
Posted in Special Programs
Tagged Animalia, Animals, special programs, summer reading program
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Animalia – City Critters
Today at the Learning Curve Animalia presented their City Critters program which included live Chinchillas and Rats!
Posted in Special Programs, Uncategorized
Tagged Animals, art, Elementary School, Family Activity, Science, summer reading program
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Hedgehugs & Porcupining
Today’s special Valentine’s story time featured cute-but-prickly porcupines and hedgehogs in need of a hug. But how do you hug a porcupine? (Very carefully). Hedgehug: a sharp lesson on love by Benn Sutton How Do You Hug a Porcupine? by … Continue reading
Under the Sea
This week, first graders from Greenbriar Elementary read stories about dolphins and other sea life, and then created their own Under the Sea pictures in Kid Pix, displayed in the slideshow below. Schools of fish, seaweed and sea creatures–what else … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Group Visits
Tagged Animals, art, Elementary School, KidPix, School Visit, Science, storytime
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Our Dolphin Tale
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, … Continue reading
Posted in Activities, Group Visits
Tagged Animals, animation, books, Frames, Stop-Motion, storytime
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Animal Cinquains!
On Wednesday, June 22nd, kids from the Interfaith Hospitality Network created their own cinquains, that they then recorded and created an accompanying picture. (What’s a cinquain? Click here to find out.) Check out the pictures and audio below!
Posted in Activities, Group Visits, Podcast
Tagged Animals, art, cinquains, Podcast, Poetry, science odyssey
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More Summer Monsters
This Monday, June 20th, kids from the Center for Inquiry visited the Learning Curve, where we read a few poems from Barry Polisar’s Curious Creatures. After talking about habitats, diets, distinguishing features, and life cycles; they then created their own … Continue reading
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Tagged Animals, art, KidPix, Science, summer reading program
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IPS #105 Podcasts
Today, 4th graders from School #105 visited the Learning Curve, and researched different animals using the Kids Search database (available for free via the Inspire link at the IMCPL Just for Kids Homework page). Check out their findings below!