Kaleidoscope Wonders
Has your little scientist ever taken apart a kaleidoscope? You and your child will explore kaleidoscopes using a tabletop model and make and reflect a geometric design into infinity! Also make and take your own simple kaleidoscope viewer. You can even check out a few dazzling books while you’re there. What fun!

 

Insects Aren’t As Yucky As You Think
Did your child ever get “bugged” by an insect? Come to the library to study some friendly ones. Your child will learn about the life cycle of a ladybug and the life cycle of a Monarch butterfly, with little hand-sized models. See our collections of dearly departed insects and work with your child to create their own insect model. Take home a picture of an insect to color. Plus you’ll find insect books by Eric Carle – need we say more?

 

 Wee Weather Watchers  
Calling all mini-meteorologists – it’s time to learn about the weather. Your child will “be” the liquid in a thermometer, as they learn about temperatures and how to dress for them. Have fun making a take home thermometer and a simple kite to experiment with wind. And just think about all of the wonderful weather books at the library! The forecast is for interesting science with a good chance of fun!

 

Make a Date With Dinosaurs

Too young for a scary trip through Jurassic Park? Our dinosaurs are much more tame. Complete a Protoceratops dinosaur skeleton by putting the last few pieces in place. See how your eyes, arms, and teeth(!) match up with those of the dinosaurs in our Life Size Dinosaurs book, and  learn a little about meat and plant eaters with small models of our prehistoric pals. Bring your camera for a photo-op with a baby T-rex. You’ll rooooar for more!

 

Trees, If You Please

There is more to trees than meets the eye! Learn about all those parts of a tree you don’t see, use a hand lens to take a closer look at leaves and find matches for the ones from the same tree, and make a model of a tree from real parts. Finish your day by “being” a seed as it goes from its hiding place in the soil to a tree with new seeds of its own. You will even find a treeful of books to read. Tree-rific!

 

 

Constructing Your Own Fun
Get right down on the floor and build something! Use our pieces to make your own structure, and make a roller coaster that will give a ball a looping thrill ride. Take the challenge to build the tallest tower – quickly, before it falls! And take home a picture of one of the world’s great bridges to color. Build a great day with us!

 

Up Up in the Air
It’s time for little pilots to take flight! You and your child will learn about how things move through the air by folding and flying amazing paper airplanes and helicopters, building a simple kite from paper and straws, making a straw glider, and testing our hover craft that can float on a layer of air. As they say, “The sky’s the limit”!

A Noisy Library
The library won’t be its usual quiet self today. You and your child will make a musical scale with water glasses, try to guess what’s inside that gives the shakers their sound, make vibrations ripple across a Dancing Water Bowl, use plastic Boomwackers to make up a song, and make and take a simple rhythm instrument. Great musicians have to start somewhere!