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>Homeschool Happenings accueille* Caitlin!

>Bonjour les amis bibliothèque!**
Homeschool Happenings was pleased to welcome Madame Caitlin Knight from Lango Philly Main Line who shared a wonderful French class! We had a wonderful group with ages from toddler through tween experience a full immersion French lesson.

Along with Cosmo, Lango’s mascot, Mme Caitlin introduced us to numéros (numbers) and couleurs (colors) with the help of Cosmo, the bulldog who is the mascot for Lango. Despite Mme Caitlin speaking totally in French, the group had no trouble following along and a few members who already spoke some French assisted.

Bienvenue 

Bienvenue
Bonjour! Bonjour!

Combien?

Quelle couleur?

Dans le cadre du parachute

Faire sauter Cosmo!

Homeschool Happenings is a new program designed for homeschooling families to socialize and experience special library events. Please join us May 11th for our next event!

*Welcomes
**Hello Library Friends!

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>Weird Science!

>The Lansdowne Library became the Lansdowne Laboratory when we made slime, putty, slime and play dough! The Homeschool Happenings and the Stop, Drop and Craft groups showed what happens when one has flour, glue, Epsom salt, food coloring and corn starch!

We used recipes from Scouting Web and here are pictures and a video from the day! While we did actually make slime, putty and play dough the groups decided to create their own concoctions in “Potions class!’

-r

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>Stop, Drop and Craft…Fundama!

>We are excited to welcome Flow Circus as a part of line up for Summer Reading 2011! Summer may be months away but we were excited to offer a sneak preview for our theme of One World, Many Stories as we made and played games from around the world using skill toys based on their Fundama program.

What is Fundama?
From their website:
1. Easy-to-make toy using basic elements such as string, tape, cups, and sticks that provide hours of challenging play;

2. From the Latin fundus: the bottom or basis for engaging programs for children, ‘tweens, & teens
Fundama will be explored further during the Summer Reading Club however check out the pictures and videos for a visual of what we will be doing.
Our newest group, Homechool Happenings!, were the first to be introduced to the games. Despite the small attendance, we were able to create The Freestyle.
Younger children enjoyed playing with the finished toys!
Later that day the ideas for the games were shared with our Stop, Drop and Craft group and the group had a blast! Some members made toys based using the instructions from the site but others got creative and made up their own.

The Basic

The Six
Later that day the ideas for the games were shared with our Stop, Drop and Craft group and the group had a blast! Some members made toys based using the instructions from the site but others got creative and made up their own.

Original creation…the Super Duper

The anatomy of making your own game

Even Miss Rachee got in on the act!

The Hammer

The Castle Wastle

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