Summer programs will be starting Tuesday June 2.
On Tuesdays at 2:00 P.M., we will have Creative Crafts. I supply the materials and you decide what craft to make!
On Wednesdays at 2:00 P.M., we will have Popcorn Theater.
On Thursdays at 2:00 P.M., we will have Cool Stories.
On Saturdays at 12:00 P.M., we will have Wii Play.
All of these programs will be at the Library.
Thursday June 4 at Wister School at 1 pm Harmless T. Jester, master juggler and fire eater.
Tuesday June 9 at Wister School at 10 am Oklahoma City Zoo will present “Animal Orchestra”.
Funology is the best place on the Web to find things to do. Not just while you’re sitting at the computer, but anywhere. Things to do by yourself or with your friends, your parents, your pets, anyone. They will teach you a million and one ways to make things, explore the world, and discover skills you never knew you had. You’ll use words, numbers, facts, ideas, and objects you find around the house. It’s one place where you’ll never be bored!
Supplies:
* One empty half-gallon milk carton
* 2 Pencils
* Twine
* Scissors
* Wild Birdseed
This project will need the assistance of an adult to help do the cutting.
Wash out the empty milk carton and let dry. Cut out a triangular section about ½” from the bottom of each corner of the carton. Carefully poke a pencil through each side of the bottom tray of the carton to create a perch for the bird. Punch a hole in the top of the milk carton and attach a long piece of twine to create a hanger.
Children will enjoy hanging this bird feeder from a tree branch in the backyard. Remember to check the feeder on a regular basis and refill it with birdseed.
Birds also need drinking water all year long. Birds do take drinks from the snow, but if you want to do something else for the birds, try this. Place a lid of clean water on the railing of a deck or steps
Ingredients:
* Pretzel Sticks
* Large Marshmallows
* 1-2 cups Chocolate Chips
* Cookie Sheet
* Waxed Paper
* Small Saucepan
Directions:
1. Line cookie sheet with waxed paper.
2. Take one marshmallow and four pretzel sticks. Stick one pretzel into the top of the marshmallow for the leg. Put three pretzels into the front of the marshmallow for toes. Make as many bird feet as you like.
3. Melt the chocolate chips in the saucepan over low heat. Stir constantly. Remove from heat when the chocolate chips are mostly melted. (The heat from the pan will melt the few chocolate pieces remaining.)
4. Carefully dip the bird feet into the chocolate. The pretzel toes will want to slide out, and it will be easy to break the pretzel leg. Use a spoon to help spread chocolate over the bird feet. Place them on the cookie sheet to dry.
5. Eat the feet.
Variations:
For multi-colored bird feet, use white chocolate chips and add food coloring after the chocolate has melted.
A vampire tale with a twist! An adventure for the young narrator begins when he spots a strange-looking fellow in his father’s bookstore shuffling through the shelves. But the man is not browsing–he’s sucking up the ink of every printed word with a straw! Curious, the boy follows the man to a cemetery–and develops a new taste of his own!
The yuckiest site on the internet
What You Need:
Small rocks or pebbles
Small paint bushes
Water and water containers
Magic markers
Paint
A covered work area
A shoebox, yogurt or empty “Jiffy Pop” popcorn container
Hairspray
What You Do:
Make sure your pebbles are clean.
Paint words onto your pebbles. You could also use markers instead of paint.
Choose a number of words — people, places, things, action words etc. Some good ones are:
1. he
2. she
3. to
4. love
5. dog
6. went
7. walk
8. you
9. happy
10. in
11. to
12. a
13. my
14. your
15. orange
16. red
17. blue
18. purple
19. green
20. swim
21. bike
Use your imagination and make sure you draw some punctuation marks on some pebbles as well (comma, exclamation point, period, question mark etc.)
Once the pebbles are painted, let them dry and seal them with hairspray or spray varnish.
Put all the pebbles into a show box or Jiffy Pop container. You can decorate your container with paint or markers as well.
Play a game of poetry pebbles. Each player chooses a number of pebbles from the box and tries to come up with a poem or story.
Makes for a great way to begin a short story for those times when you have writers block!
WHAT’S IN IT?
1 cup mini pretzels
1 cup white cheddar cheese or cheese flavored popcorn
1/2 cup puffed wheat or other mini wheat cereal
1/4 cup cashew halves and pieces or peanuts, lightly salted
1/4 cup raisins
STUFF YOU NEED
Large-size bowl
Dry measuring cups
3 sealable, sandwich-size plastic bags
HOW TO PUT IT TOGETHER
1. Into a large-size bowl, dump each ingredient from a dry measuring cup.
2. Toss the ingredients together by shimmyin’ and shakin’ the bowl!
3. Throw the snack mix into 3 sealable, sandwich-size plastic bags.
4. Grab it as a speedy snack on the go!
The library now has 2 PSPs that can be checked out and used in the library. Plus we have 4 games and 1 movie that can be checked out and used on our PSPs or yours. They are Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters, Sims 2: Castaway, Hot Brain, 7 Wonders of the Ancient World, & National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets.
Every Saturday is Movie & Wii day!!! Come join us at 9:30 for a movie and at Noon for Wii play! Games include Wii Sports, MarioKart, Wii Play, and Rock Band.
The house in the night by Susan Marie Swanson, pictures by Beth Krommes
A young girl is given a golden key to a house. “In the house / burns a light. / In that light / rests a bed. On that bed / waits a book.” And so continues this simple text, which describes sometimes fantastical pleasures as a bird from the book spirits the child through the starry sky to a wise-faced moon.
The Kids Can Press jumbo book of music by Deborah Dunleavy
Beat out a trash-can rhythm, bang on a watercooler bass drum or blast a tune from a rubber-hose bugle! The Jumbo Book of Music has instructions on how to make and play instruments from all over the world. From creating a thumb piano to playing a didgeridoo, the activities in the book are fun and easy. Learn about different musical styles and make music on your own or with your friends & family without needing technical musical knowledge. You can * play music from around the world * make over 50 unique instruments * compose your own songs * create a One Kid Band * experiment with beats and harmonies * try a cappella and cool body jive * throw an African rhythm party.
Chasing Vermeer activity & games site.
Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliett
Do you like a good mystery book? Well, this just may be what you are looking for. Two bright young people have strange things begin to happen around them. Bit by bit, clues accumulate. Smart and savvy, Petra and Calder put the pieces together and a pattern emerges or does it? Can they trust anyone as they get closer to a solution? Danger begins to be their companion as they try to solve the mystery and prevent the theft of the valuable Vermeer painting. Hint: Don’t forget to use the illustrations with their hidden clues to help you solve the mystery.
Each set of pentominoes has twelve shapes and each shape contains five square blocks that share at least one side. They are used to play a variety of games and puzzles. Each piece is named after the letter of the alphabet it resembles.
http://www.scholastic.com/titles/chasingvermeer/pentominoes.pdf
20 chocolate sandwich cookies, crushed
1 (8-ounce) package cream cheese, softened
2 cups confectioners’ sugar
3/4 cup peanut butter
1 (12-ounce) container frozen whipped topping, thawed
Press crushed cookies into the bottom of a 9×13 inch pan, reserving a few for decoration. In a medium bowl, beat together the cream cheese and confectioners’ sugar. Stir in the peanut butter until well blended, then fold in the whipped topping. Spread over the crushed cookie base, sprinkle the remaining cookie chunks on top, and freeze for 1 to 2 hours. Thaw 10 to 15 minutes before cutting and serving.
A my name is ALICE, my husband’s name is AL, we live in ALABAMA and we bring back APPLES.
B my name is BETTY, my husband’s name is BEN, we live in BERMUDA and we bring back BUGS.
C my name is CAROL, my husband’s name is CARL, we live in COLORADO and we bring back CRABS.
It just goes on like that through the alphabet.
For more jump rope rhymes checkout these websites.
http://www.gameskidsplay.net/Jump_Rope_ryhmes/index.htm
http://www.aacs.wnyric.org/donius/jump_rope/rhymes.html
http://satsop.olympus.net/biz/skookum/jumpropes/tradrhyme.htm
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, is a normal boy.
He would be completely normal if he didn’t live in a sprawling graveyard, being raised and educated by ghosts, with a solitary guardian who belongs to neither the world of the living nor of the dead.
There are dangers and adventures in the graveyard for a boy-an ancient Indigo Man beneath the hill, a gateway to a desert leading to an abandoned city of ghouls, the strange and terrible menace of the Sleer.
But if Bod leaves the graveyard, then he will come under attack from the man Jack—who has already killed Bod’s family. . . .
