Fun & Games Recorded Events
Watch and listen to recordings of story times with our Children's Librarians, early learning programs and more. Recordings are available in english, español (Spanish), 官话 (Mandarin), 廣東話 (Cantonese) and tiếng Việt (Vietnamese).
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Early Learning Together with Miss Nancy: All About the Calendar
From days to weeks to months: join us to hear all about how calendars work. Make sure to stay tuned to the end of the video to hear a special announcement from Miss Nancy.
View Video (00:08:42) | Posted April 2021
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Early Learning Together with Erica: Story Stones
Join Erica as she shows how to create stories with your child using story stones! You can use any rocks you find around, then help your child put pictures on them using markers, paint, stickers or anything else that will stick to the rocks. Then have your child pick a rock and start creating a story!
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Early Learning Together with Miss Nancy: Doorways to Adventure - Playing
Join Miss Nancy as she steps through the doorway to adventure to the world of play! Play is one of five important early literacy skills. Nancy and some of our Library friends will show how children can play with toys that let them build, including blocks, bricks and magnetic tiles.
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Early Learning Together with Erica: Letter Hunter
Join Erica on a Letter Hunt! This is a fun way to build your child’s letter recognition and phonemic awareness. You can also create a hunt for numbers, colors, shapes...whatever you can think of!
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Early Learning Together with Miss Nancy: Zoom, Zoom, Zoom! Going to the Moon
Get ready for rhymes and a craft all about the moon!
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Early Learning Together with Miss Nancy: Cello Performance
Join Miss Nancy and her friend Karen for a cello performance.
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Early Learning with Betsy: Engineering - Let's Build a Fort!
Betsy will demonstrate how to build indoor tents/forts/cozy spots that will transform a room into a magical place to play in, or snuggle up and read together. After a long year inside, it’s fun to use those engineering skills to create a little hide away.
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Early Learning Together with Betsy: SQUIRT! Building Fine Motor Muscles
Before children are ready to write with a pen or pencil, they need lots of fun activities to strengthen their hand muscles so that they can more easily control their pencil. These are called Fine Motor skills. Join Betsy on an indoor (now) or outdoor (sunny day) activity that encourages letter and number recognition AND strengthens their hands.
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Early Learning Together with Miss Amanda: Making Up Songs
Miss Amanda highlights the early literacy skill: singing. You don’t have to be a great singer or even know that many songs. Watch her pep talk and learn a few new tricks to making up your own songs with your Early Learner.
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Early Learning Together with Erica: Measuring
Join Erica in some measuring games to build vocabulary around measurement and comparing. W