Play & Learn Continues!

Last Friday was our final Play & Learn program at the Molly Pruitt Library at Roosevelt. We were sad to leave the wonderful Pruitt Library staff, families and facilities behind for the summer. But, a few of our new friends were able to join us this morning at Central Library for more Play & Learn fun. Below are some photos from the fun times we had a Pruitt.

Play & Learn is a great time to test career options.

Perhaps civil engineering is in the future for this participant!



This game of bowling was as much about print awareness and matching colors as it was about knocking the bottles down with the ball.





Here was another experience in parallel play,

this time with bird seed, funnels and construction vehicles.



We can all benefit from some basic carpentry skills.
These carpenters' dedication to safety was admirable!



 Did you notice? None of the children in these pictures were using books. But they were getting ready to learn how to read by building skills such as vocabulary, narrative skills and print awareness.

Story Time + Play & Learn kick-off

Yesterday we kicked off our Story Time + Play & Learn series at the Forest Hills Library. We have the privilege of offering Play & Learn activities immediately following the regularly scheduled Story Time presented by the fabulous Forest Hills Children's Librarian. If you were there yesterday, you know that we had a very large crowd! Little Read Wagon staff was busy non-stop, but with the help of the Forest Hills staff we managed to take a few photos.


The writing/collage table was very popular.

Squeezing the glue out of the bottle takes a great deal of strength! Getting the glue to land where you want it requires some concentration. Fortunately, both elements were in abundant supply.

Playing side-by-side with the home-made play dough.

Play dough is very easy to make, and the variations are endless. It appears that there is some intense thinking happening here!

More parallel play: Sidewalk chalk and painting with water.

Summer time often means that we experiment with more outdoor activities as space and temperature allow. If you plan to join us, please dress for the weather!