Author Archives: madeinwindsor
Press! Push! Tap!
One of the things I love most about reading to very young children is their tendency to reach out and touch the illustrations, almost as if they’re soaking up the story and words with their pudgy little fingertips! As they grow older, it seems that they often learn to sit more passively and listen as stories are read … Continue reading
Sock monkeying around!
Check out the adorable sock monkeys that our friends made this past Thursday afternoon at the South Walkerville Library as part of our March Break programming! If you missed the program but would still like to make your own sock pal, there are plenty of tutorials and patterns that you can find online. This one here has … Continue reading
Read & Create: Moo!
Parents, teachers and early childhood educators take note! “Read & Create” is a new blog feature that we’re really excited about. Each month WPL staff will review a new picture book and include step-by-step instructions for a related craft. We’re hoping these posts will be perfect for storytime inspiration or keeping your children occupied on a rainy (or snowy!) day. Let us … Continue reading
Black History Month Challenge
Stop by the Central Library at 850 Ouellette Ave during the month of February for our Black History Month Challenge. See if you can identify the 24 individuals on display. This self-run challenge is located just inside the children’s area. You can’t miss it! Who invented the streetlight? Who wrote “Bud, Not Buddy”? Who is the fastest person in … Continue reading
Wintry reads for wee ones
We were rather excited recently to look out the window and find a light dusting of snow on the cars! This got us thinking about all things wintry…snowflakes, tobogganning, snowmen, hot cocoa, icicles, wooly scarves and winter-themed story times! There are a host of perennial favourites when it comes to winter picture books. Wonderful titles like The Snowy … Continue reading
Book Spine Poetry!
Have you ever been scanning the shelves looking for something to read and had an interesting title on a book spine jump out at you? Well, what would happen if you put some of those together into little snippets of poetry? We thought we’d try our hand at composing some of these book spine poems. See our … Continue reading