Summertime brings warmth and outdoor fun, but also lots of bugs. We've got the good bugs and we've got the bad bugs. Here are a few of each with a little information about them so if one of them should land on… Continue Reading What’s Bugging You?
Let’s make playdough with these two star ingredients: cornstarch and hair conditioner. Check out our COSMOS page for this book with step-by-step experiments you can try at home. Not only will this dough be super smooth, but it smells great too! Do sail… Continue Reading Smooth Playdough
Tween Comic Club is a place for comic lovers ages 9-14 to discuss what they are reading each month. Here is the latest list of the books we’ve been talking about and that our tween readers recommend! Follow the links to check… Continue Reading Tween Comic Club Recommends 12
In Hawaiian culture, there are several folktales as to how the islands themselves were created and about the volcano goddess, Pele (nps.gov). A volcano is a mountain that has a hole in the top and opens… Continue Reading STEAM Club: Volcanoes!
Hi Friends! As you may know, I love languages. I love learning new languages, I love speaking new languages, and I especially love to teach my friends new languages. I get all of my language books from the library and I also… Continue Reading Ms. Faith’s Favorites – La playa (the beach)
Join us on Wednesday June 23rd at 2 p.m. for a fun filled program where we will learn even more about Geysers and how they work as well as about the different kinds of geysers. We will do fun Geyser experiments… Continue Reading Fun With Geysers
Excavate your own fossils at home while learning all about fossils and where they came from! Registrants will be able to pick up their program kit from the Potomac Branch 1 week before the program. Staff will email registrants to set up… Continue Reading Fossil Dig @ Home
Pride 2021 is here and we’re kicking it off with reading lists of new and recently released LGBTQ+ titles! Some are specifically about queerness, and for others queerness is just one part of the author’s intersectional identity. This month, we will have… Continue Reading Read the Rainbow: Celebrating Pride Month with Board, Picture, and Juvenile Books
Have you ever gotten a receipt paper or a gum wrapper and just wanted to turn it into something cool? Here is a simple DIY to turn those random scrap pieces of paper into something awesome. Materials needed: … Continue Reading DIY: Origami Ring
Hi Friends! As you may know, I love languages. I love learning new languages, I love speaking new languages, and I especially love to teach my friends new languages. I get all of my language books from the library and I also… Continue Reading Ms. Faith’s Favorites – Insects
