B-HVS Holiday Celebration

Again this year, I was invited to be a part of today's Holiday Celebration for the students at Bridgewater-Hebron Village School. I brought holiday books from the Gordon-Nash and a few special ones from my personal Christmas collection. Students were able to listen to a read-aloud, draw, color, or browse books on their own. Favorite books were If You Ever Want to Bring a Pirate to Meet Santa, Don't! by Elise Parsley and The LEGO Night Before Christmas illustrated (with LEGO!) by Amanda Brack. Also a hit was The Night Before Christmas illustrated by B-HVS's Administrative Assistant, Mrs. Hunewill, when she was a Newfound third grader.

It was wonderful to see so many of our former Storytime patrons at their school! Thanks to Ms. Connor at B-HVS for inviting the Gordon-Nash to be an important part of this memorable school tradition.

#BuildtoGive

This December in LEGO Club, Mr. Dowal and I challenged kids to make a MOC that would help to give bricks to children who might not necessarily have any. Through a promotion by the folks at LEGO.com, for each MOC photo posted on social media, a LEGO set will be delivered to a child in need somewhere in the world. Our LEGO Club kids made the Christmas ornaments and scenes posted here with the hashtag #BuildtoGive. MOCs will be on display at the library until mid-January.

Saturday Stars

Trees That Sparkle & Shine

we read this week Mr Willowby's Christmas Tree, a rhyming book by Robert  Barry. It's about a Christmas tree that would almost fit each time it was placed, and the funny things that happened when it was cut to fit. Then we used sparkles to decorate our own paper tree, and worked the small muscles in hands and fingers as we picked up sequins and other glittery things and dabbed glue. We brought our trees home as a decoration for Christmas!

Stars In Our Eyes

At last week's Storytime, we read Henry's Stars by NH author David Elliott, then read (and sang!) Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star by Kate Toms, filling in the words in the rhyming text. Then we decorated and embellished felt stars to bring home and hang. See how they twinkle?

December Events for Kids

Turkey Day

There was lots of practice with scissors this week as we made turkeys after hearing stories about Thanksgiving! Happy Turkey Day!

LEGO Club: Building Bridges

November's LEGO Club had the challenge of building a bridge using bricks provided by Mr. Dowal. MOCs will be on display this month upstairs in the display case! 

Crazy 8s Club: "Road Trip"

The New Hampton Community School After School Program kids used a math skills to calculate mileage and gas consumption as they drove their vehicles from coast to coast. In the process, they learned about cardinal and ordinal directions, the patterns in our interstate highway numbers, and practiced with the abbreviations for each state.

Animals in Fall

Our fall stories, about small animals preparing for colder weather, and our squirrel craft, with a paper bag body and a big bushy tail!