adunnuck's blog http://mcpl.info/blogs/adunnuck en Build a stand, Spark a dream! http://mcpl.info/blogs/oh-thinks-you-can-think/build-stand-spark-dream <p><img width="500" height="157" class="imgp_img" style="margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; display: block;" alt="Lemonade Stand Logo" src="http://mcpl.info/sites/default/files/imagepicker/71/Bloomington%20LD%20Logo%20Color.jpg" /></p><p>This year, the library is partnering with the Boys and Girls Club to help promote Lemonade Day Bloomington. Lemonade Day brings the community together to experience entrepreneurship, promote philanthropy, and celebrate the bright aspirations of our future leaders.</p><p><a href="http://mcpl.info/blogs/oh-thinks-you-can-think/build-stand-spark-dream" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://mcpl.info/blogs/oh-thinks-you-can-think/build-stand-spark-dream#comments Oh, the Thinks You Can Think Mon, 03 Mar 2014 20:17:15 +0000 Aubrey D. 37107 at http://mcpl.info Caldecott Worthy Books from 2013 http://mcpl.info/blogs/oh-thinks-you-can-think/caldecott-worthy-books-2013 <p>It's award season again! And in the Children's Department that means we're looking forward to the upcoming <a href="http://www.ala.org/news/mediapresscenter/presskits/youthmediaawards/alayouthmediaawards">ALA Youth Media Awards</a>. On Monday the 2014 winners of the Newbery, Caldecott, Printz, and Coretta Scott King Book Awards will be announced honoring the most distinguished books published in 2013. In particular, the Caldecott is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children to the artist of the most outstanding American picture book for children. For the second year in a row we put together what we've deemed the Caldecart<sup>TM</sup>, a library cart full of picture books published last year. For <a href="http://mcpl.info/blogs/oh-thinks-you-can-think/and-winner-2013-caldecott">the first Caldecart</a> we looked at around 30 books. This year we went crazy with 66 to peruse and evaluate!</p><p><img width="500" height="331" style="margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; display: block;" alt="Locomotive by Brian Floca" src="http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2810/12107575336_08a11a55e0.jpg" /></p><p></p><p><a href="http://mcpl.info/blogs/oh-thinks-you-can-think/caldecott-worthy-books-2013" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://mcpl.info/blogs/oh-thinks-you-can-think/caldecott-worthy-books-2013#comments Oh, the Thinks You Can Think Award Winner Caldecott Award Caldecott Honor Fri, 24 Jan 2014 01:24:18 +0000 Aubrey D. 35981 at http://mcpl.info Combat Cabin Fever in The Learn and Play Space http://mcpl.info/blogs/oh-thinks-you-can-think/combat-cabin-fever-learn-and-play-space <p><img src="http://mcpl.info/sites/default/files/imagepicker/71/8890290280_146f1dfeab.jpg" alt="Catching butterflies in the Learn and Play Space" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" class="imgp_img" width="500" height="331" /><br />Grandparents are so important in a young child’s life. Whether you see your grandkids every day or once a year, you want to share experiences that form a lasting bond with them. During these chilly days and freezing evenings, the library is the perfect destination for grandparents with their visiting grandchildren to find relief from cabin fever. Children’s Services offers many great features for young ones in our preschool area and in the Learn and Play Space. Children and their grandparents can take a break from selecting books, CDs, DVDs and computer games to explore all of the things to do in the gathering area near the baby board books. You will find comfy seating, a doll house, a train table, activity cubes, a puzzle table and a nest of AWE computers preloaded with exciting learning games.</p><p><img src="http://mcpl.info/sites/default/files/imagepicker/71/8870640616_ea0744339a_c.jpg" alt="Catching butterflies in the Learn and Play Space" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" class="imgp_img" width="500" height="755" /></p><p>The Learn and Play Space is a room dedicated to children ages birth through 6 years. Here you will find a Writing Center to practice writing notes and drawing pictures. There are a Kitchen, a Store, and a Puppet stage where you and your grandchildren can engage in pretend play. The center of the room features puzzles and other activities on our theme of the month, ”Winter.” The building area houses an exciting polar scene where children can build a world of igloos and icebergs. You'll even find a place dedicated to babies who are not yet walking.</p><p><img src="http://mcpl.info/sites/default/files/imagepicker/71/10446647105_dc9bf18e07.jpg" alt="Creating a masterpiece at the writing center in the Learn and Play Space." style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" class="imgp_img" width="500" height="331" /></p><p>These areas were designed to support your grandchild’s early literacy development. Studies show that guidance from a caring adult is critical to helping children get the most from these experiences. Come visit the library. Your grandchildren will think you are playing together, but you will know that you are helping to lay the foundation for their future success in reading and in life.</p><p><img src="http://mcpl.info/sites/default/files/imagepicker/71/8890749453_78eb97bcd1.jpg" alt="Having fun at the train table!" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" class="imgp_img" width="500" height="331" /></p> http://mcpl.info/blogs/oh-thinks-you-can-think/combat-cabin-fever-learn-and-play-space#comments Oh, the Thinks You Can Think Sun, 12 Jan 2014 15:10:43 +0000 Aubrey D. 35535 at http://mcpl.info Oskar Loves Letters! http://mcpl.info/blogs/oh-thinks-you-can-think/oskar-loves-letters <p><iframe src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/9e-Z7FVQeRo?rel=0" frameborder="0" height="295" width="525"></iframe></p><p>This is Oskar playing his favorite game. He knows the names of all the letters in the alphabet and he loves to take these magnetic letters off the wall and carry them to his parents. They were wise to help him make learning fun. All children need to know the names of the letters and the sounds they make before they begin school and learn to read. Oskar is on his way to becoming a great reader!</p><p>As Oskar grows, his parents can expand on his knowledge by introducing new games about the look and sound of letters. Here are some ways all caregivers of young children can grow a young child's letter knowledge.</p><ul><li>Point out the shapes of toys and other objects, and talk about how they are alike and different. Comparing and contrasting shapes helps children notice the differences between letter shapes.</li><li>Help your child notice environmental print such as names on food cartons or words on road signs. Point out letters as you go through daily routines.</li><li>Play games like, "We are going to go to a place to eat that begins with the letter M. Where do you think we are going?"</li><li>Talk about the letters that are most interesting to your child, like the beginning letter of his or her first and last names. Help your child find those letters on signs, food boxes, mail, and other objects. Repeat this activity using the beginning letter of other things your child likes.</li></ul><p>Read more about our Learn and Play Space <a href="http://mcpl.info/childrens/learn-and-play-space-mcpl">here</a>, then visit us and help your child find fun ways to learn!</p> http://mcpl.info/blogs/oh-thinks-you-can-think/oskar-loves-letters#comments Oh, the Thinks You Can Think Alphabet Thu, 11 Apr 2013 18:45:59 +0000 Aubrey D. 31456 at http://mcpl.info April is National Poetry Month http://mcpl.info/blogs/oh-thinks-you-can-think/april-national-poetry-month <div class="field field-type-text field-field-blog-isbn"> <div class="field-label">ISBN:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> 9781423108054 </div> </div> </div> <p>Sonnets, Haiku, Free Verse... Shel Silverstein, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost... There is a poet and style of poetry to suit you. You can sample a wide range of poetry in the juvenile nonfiction collection between 808.81 and 821.92: individual poems, collections of poems, poems to ponder silently to yourself, poems to read aloud. If you want to memorize a special poem, you might peruse a collection like: Poems to Learn by Heart, selected by author Caroline Kennedy, pictured to the left.</p><p>You can also create your own poem -- from your imagination or observation. If you look carefully enough, you can find poems all around you -- like on the spines of books at the library -- just waiting to be discovered:</p><p><img src="http://mcpl.info/sites/default/files/imagepicker/71/spinepoetry_pizza_small.jpg" alt="Image" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" class="imgp_img" height="331" width="500" /></p><p><img src="http://mcpl.info/sites/default/files/imagepicker/71/spinepoetry_frog_small.jpg" alt="Image" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" class="imgp_img" height="331" width="500" /></p><p><img src="http://mcpl.info/sites/default/files/imagepicker/71/spinepoetry_spring_small.jpg" alt="Image" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" class="imgp_img" height="331" width="500" /></p><p>Find other ideas for celebrating National Poetry Month at <a href="http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/calendar-activities/april-national-poetry-month-20478.html%20">ReadWriteThink</a>.</p><p><a href="http://mcpl.info/blogs/oh-thinks-you-can-think/april-national-poetry-month" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://mcpl.info/blogs/oh-thinks-you-can-think/april-national-poetry-month#comments Oh, the Thinks You Can Think Poetry Tue, 09 Apr 2013 23:21:18 +0000 Aubrey D. 31337 at http://mcpl.info And the winner of the 2013 Caldecott is... http://mcpl.info/blogs/oh-thinks-you-can-think/and-winner-2013-caldecott <p><img style="margin-right: auto; margin-left: auto; display: block;" class="imgp_img" alt="Image" src="http://mcpl.info/sites/default/files/imagepicker/71/caldecott2013_books_lowres_01.jpg" width="500" height="331" /></p><p>It's that time of year again, awards season! Sure the Oscars and Golden Globes may get the most media attention, but the announcement every children's librarian looks forward to is the Caldecott Medal. Each year the Caldecott Medal is awarded by the <a href="http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/caldecottmedal/caldecottmedal">Association for Library Service to Children</a> to "the artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children". The ALSC may also name a few runners-up, or Honor Books. We'll learn the 2013 medal winner tomorrow, Monday, January 28th.</p><p>So who will win the 2013 medal? In anticipation of this year's announcement our Children's Department pulled as many contenders as we could find. We chose our books based on recommendations from School Library Journal, Horn Book, and the more populist list put together by Goodreads. We dubbed our cart of thirty-some books "The Caldecart" and over the past week we've read as many of them as we could, making notes and picking our favorites. Was there a consensus? Nope! But here are a few of the books we liked the best and a few on which we couldn't quite agree.</p><p><a href="http://mcpl.info/blogs/oh-thinks-you-can-think/and-winner-2013-caldecott" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://mcpl.info/blogs/oh-thinks-you-can-think/and-winner-2013-caldecott#comments Oh, the Thinks You Can Think Caldecott Award Caldecott Honor Picture Book Sun, 27 Jan 2013 21:16:44 +0000 Aubrey D. 29250 at http://mcpl.info
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