Memorial Day

Memorial Day is a federal holiday observed the last Monday of May. Pay tribute to the U.S. men and women who died during military service by observing a minute of silence at 3:00 PM, local time

Memorial Day weekend, also means many of you will be planning a "road trip."  In my world, there is only thing more important than the GPS, and that is my music list.  Here is a list of tunes that I think that both you and your children will enjoy. 

Each year in May, the Atascocita Branch Library, presents programs to celebrate Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month. This is an incredible opportunity for families to learn a little about  Asian, Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander peoples and their culture.  This year, we learned about Thailand.

Getting children to eat healthy is not always an easy task; so here are a few books and resources that will make this topic a bit easier to swallow, for both children and parents.  

Too Pickey! Jean Reidy

I hope that everyone has a beautiful Mother's Day.

Here are a few books that you might enjoy reading this weekend.

Families are invited to enjoy a fun shadow puppet show, a craft and and a Thai treat.  

The puppet show will be presented by our Teen Advisory Board. 

As many of you already know bluebonnets are the Texas state flower. Today, in Toddle Time, we had fun learning  the Texas Bluebonnet song.  If you were not able to attend, or would like to extend your experience, I have included resources below.  The best time to see the bluebonnets is during the month of April, but you still might be able to find a few patches here or there. 

Bluebonnet song

1 Little, 2 little, 3 little bluebonnets.
4 little, 5 little, 6 little bluebonnets.
7 little, 8 little, 9 little bluebonnets.
10 little bluebonnets standing tall!

Parents often ask me what they can do to support language development.  Of course, my immediate response is that they should read with their child.  It does not matter if your child is an infant or a student in elementary school; they will greatly benefit from this one on one time.

The next thing that I recommend are wordless picture books. I understand that this idea may seem strange to you.  So, I would like to explain why. Words are not the only way in which we communicate.  Our world is filled with visual images and the ability to understand and communicate using a visual medium is an important pre-reading skill.  

Children ages 7 to 10 years old are invited to join our Pokemon Club.
This meeting will be a great opportunity to meet other players and share ideas. Please make sure to bring your Nintendo DS, games, trading cards, and anything else you would like to share and discuss.

Pokemon Club starts at  4:00 PM
 

(CC) Image provided by Flickr member  KayVee.INC.

A lot of kids don't think they like poetry that is until, they listen to someone read a book that is funny.  So, in honor of National Poetry Month, I would like to highlight two books that will tickle your funny bone.