You Must Be Joking!!!

Teacher:  Here’s a problem, Max.  If you have $5 in your front pocket, $10 in your back pocket, and $25 in your wallet, what would you have? Max: Somebody else’s pants! Teacher: Suzy, can you spell “wrong” for me? Suzy: R-O-N-G Teacher: That’s wrong! Suzy: That’s what you wanted, wasn’t it? A man called an [...]

Zoo Time

Saving the Baghdad Zoo: A True Story of Hope and Heroes by Kelly Milner Halls and Major William Sumner. This is the amazing story of the resurrection of the zoo and its animal population. The zoo was once the home to more than 600 magnificent animals. But, after the war in Iraq began in 2003, [...]

Stories From Around the World: Asia

The Five Chinese Brothers (China) How Tiger Got His Stripes (Vietnam) The Drum (India)  

Games and Puzzles, oh my . . .

                                             Word searches are a great way to entertain yourself and others and they have some very important and beneficial  educational aspects also.  They  can enhance such things as  your visual acuity, concentration and spelling. You can use the websites listed below to create your own word searches or puzzles using personalized words  such as [...]

Tie Dye!

Nothing says Summer better than a cool tie dye t-shirt – especially if you make it yourself! “There are many traditional variations of tie-dye around the world, each unique but basically Tie-dye is a way of creating patterns of color by folding, tying, stitching, crumpling or otherwise preparing the fabric to inhibit the flow of [...]

Lunchbox Laughs: Food Jokes

Why is corn such a friendly vegetable?           Because it’s always willing to lend an ear. What do ghosts eat for dessert?           Ice scream! Why don’t eggs tell jokes?             They’d crack each other up. Why did the boy stare at the can of orange juice?  It said concentrate. Where do smart hot dogs end up?     On [...]

Down on the Farm

My Farm Friends by Wendell Minor is a wonderfully illustrated rhyming picture book that takes its reader on a visit to the farm. You can cock- a -doodle doo like a rooster or snort just like a pig as you and your little one encounter the baby animals. And, don’t let it stop there. There [...]

Stories From Around the World: Africa

The Well of Truth The Sun and the Moon Anansi and the Sky Kingdom The Tortoise and the Wisdom Gourd Taiwo & Kenny

Puzzles & Games: It’s Your Move

Monday Puzzles and Games: It’s Your Move! Looking for an online game to play? Try http://www.gamesgames.com/games/kids-games.html. The kids’ section includes five different categories: educational, coloring, math, fast typing and music. For example, under “educational,” there is a game to test your knowledge of history, a memory game, geography games, shape train games, and a dino [...]

WATCH THIS SPACE!

As the summer goes along, the bulletin board over the picture book area at the Fremont Main Library will become covered with stars!  The star icon will be given out at the Fremont Main Library as part of the first prize for the Summer Reading Game, One World, Many Stories, so each star represents a [...]