TAG: young learners
What’s cooking in the mud kitchen?
Posted in Explore and Discover, kids, Parents and Teachers on May 22, 2018 at 6:00 am
By Abra Cole In the last month, my garden has gone from looking like the dark side of the moon after the zombie apocalypse to a lush green jungle of happiness. Many plants I forgot I had planted last fall have popped up to greet the sun. I already know that I want to plant […]
Tags: books, butterflies, butterfly, butterfly garden, early learning, fairies, fairy, fairy garden, family, gardening, grandparents, hobbies, kids, mud, mud kitchen, outdoor play, outdoors, parents, play, science, teens, young learners
Screen time for small kids: education or entertainment?
Posted in kids, Parents and Teachers on May 8, 2018 at 6:00 am
by Rachel Edmondson I want to start this post with a promise and a disclaimer. First, I promise I am not going to tell you to never ever let your kids watch TV, play a video game, or use a tablet. Second, I’m also not going to give you concrete answers on how you should […]
Tags: 3 Cs of media use, babies, baby, Child, Content, Context, early learning, education, educational, entertainment, family, kids, media, media use, parenting, parents, preschooler, preschoolers, screen time, tablet, toddler, toddlers, tv, video game, young learners
Celebrating & Reading Together with Día
Posted in kids, News, Parents and Teachers on April 12, 2018 at 6:00 am
By Gwendolyn Haley For Christmas, my youngest daughter received a doll that looked like her. This seems like a small thing, but I watched her study the doll’s face very closely and then beam up at the gathered family to announce, “Her eyes look like mine!” Our older daughters are blond and blue-eyed, like their […]
Tags: books, Children's Day, cultures, Dia, diverse books, diverse languages, early literacy, El día de los libros, El día de los niños, family, kids, languages, Library Day, literacy, parents, reading, teachers, young learners
Beat cabin fever with these creative and (mostly) free activities
Posted in kids, Parents and Teachers on February 20, 2018 at 6:00 am
By Rachel Edmondson If your family is like mine, then February is peak cabin fever season. While we still bundle up and go outside occasionally, we don’t last long when the weather is so chilly. This leaves a lot of time spent inside trying to keep ourselves entertained. While we love reading books, watching movies, […]
Tags: activities, baking, blanket fort, cabin fever, cookbooks, cooking, crafts, dance, decorate eggs, family, flashlight tag, food, hobbies, hoopla, indoor, indoor fort, kids, library, movies, music, parents, recycling, STEM, tag, teens, tweens, upcycling, young learners
Vote for your favorite kids & teens books
Posted in News on February 15, 2018 at 6:00 am
It’s award season again, and not just for movies and music. Here in Washington state, kids and teens have the opportunity to vote in five different readers’ choice book awards, starting in March through May 1. At Spokane County Library District, we think that letting kids have a voice in selecting the best books written […]
Tags: awards, book awards, booklists, books, Evergreen Teen Book Award, family, kids, OTTER Award, parents, Read, read and vote, reading, Sasquatch Book Award, teachers, teens, Towner Award, tweens, vote, Washington Book Awards, Washington Children’s Choice Picture Book Award, WCCPBA, YA, young learners, your voice matters
Picture books for frosty days
Posted in Parents and Teachers on January 2, 2018 at 6:00 am
by Sheri Boggs Winter is just not my thing. I’m too clumsy to ski. It’s too cold to enjoy being outside. And I get too dispirited by the short days to remember to take my vitamin D. I pretty much just grit my teeth, put on my stupid tights (and gloves, and boots, and hat, […]
Tags: book list, booklists, books, family, kids, parents, picture books, reading, winter, young learners
Social-emotional picture books to help your kids get through the holidays
Posted in Parents and Teachers on December 12, 2017 at 6:00 am
by Rachel Edmondson The holiday season is often fraught with emotions. Many adults find themselves stressed, excited, joyous, and sad—sometimes all in the same day! It’s helpful to remember that the children in our lives are often dealing with the same strong emotions. While having a vacation from school, receiving gifts, attending celebrations […]
Tags: booklists, books, children, children's books, early learners, early learning, early literacy, emotional, emotions, family, feelings, health, holiday season, holidays, kids, parents, picture books, preschoolers, reading, social-emotional, social-emotional skills, social-emotional tools, toddlers, young learners
’Tis the Season for Mobile Devices
Posted in Explore and Discover on December 7, 2017 at 6:00 am
by Erin Dodge Whether you have a new mobile device or you’re loving your old one, you have access to free apps and resources with your library card. You can download popular books, movies, music, and more. Because all of the apps and digital resources are free, avid and casual readers, listeners, and watchers of […]
Tags: adults, Audiobookcloud, audiobooks, BiblioBoard, book a librarian, books, devices, digital library, eBooks, hobbies, hoopla, ipad, iphone, kids, mobile devices, movies, music, overdrive, parents, RBDigital, reading, services, smartphone, tablet, technology, teens, tweens, young learners
Holiday Gifts for Expectant Mothers
Posted in Explore and Discover on December 5, 2017 at 6:00 am
By Stefani Miller “What do you want for Christmas?” I’ve never had trouble answering that question in the past. There’s always been a thing or two on my list. But as a newly expectant mother I find myself, for the first time, unable to answer. Before I became pregnant, I could ask for things that […]
Tags: baby, expectant mothers, family, gift giving, gift ideas, health, holiday gift guide, holiday gifts, kids, new baby, new mom, parenting, parents, pregnancy, pregnant, young learners
Big animals, big news: Connect with Washington wildlife at your local library
Posted in Explore and Discover on November 30, 2017 at 6:00 am
By Nathaniel Youmans 2017 has been quite a big year for Washington’s large wildlife. The gray wolf population in the northeast part of the state continues to rebound by an annual growth rate of nearly 30%, with the two newest established packs recognized in a Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife survey conducted late last […]
Tags: adults, animal conservation, booklists, books, Canada lynx, community, conservation, education, family, gray wolves, human population growth, kids, lynx, nature, nonfiction, nonfiction books, parents, reading, teens, tweens, urban expansion, Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife, wilderness, wildlife, wolf, wolves, young learners
