Two More Days for Family Literacy Week!

Saturday:

• Lion's Pancake breakfast & Build a Snowman Day, Sicamous Senior's 
• Magic Show, Armstrong Library, 10:30am
• "Build a Book Project," SAGA Public Art Gallery, Salmon Arm, 11-4pm
• Family Storytime, Salmon Arm Public Library (ORL), Picadilly Mall, 11am
• Same at the Sicamous, ORL, 11am
• Same Enderby, ORL, 11am
• Magic Show, South Shuswap ORL, 2pm

Scroll below to see Sunday's events of Family Skate, Family Pool Party, & Jam the GM Children's Book Drive at the Sicamous Eagle's game (2pm).

In closing, remember to Drop Everything and Read for at least 15 minutes a day (DEAR).  Post back some of the things you and you family have done for Family Literacy Week.

Source: http://www.carlsbadca.gov/services/departments/library/kids/pages/srp.aspx

Family Literacy Week, Mon., Jan. 27th - Feb., 2nd, 2014

The Literacy Alliance of the Shuswap Society (LASS) invites us to "Unplug and Play" this week during "Family Literacy Week."

Check out our numerous Okanagan/Shuswap activities and schedule through the LASS site as well as download their activity passport to record all of the great things you do.

Here's a link to the Okanagan Regional Library's Magic Show, Tuesday, Jan. 28th, 6:30pm, with magician Leif David.

Here is the national website for Family Literacy Day sharing even more great ideas for this wonderful reading and learning tradition.  Click on the icons:

Look for the Honourary Chair, and famous Canadian author Robert Munsch's Family Literacy Week message.  And click here for ABC Life Literacy's specific link for Family Literacy Week.

On Twitter try  #FamilyLiteracyDay

More to come when another posting moment ... Happy reading ... Ms. M-A.

Pileated Woodpecker Visits Parkview Elementary

Click on this image for National Geographic info about the Pileated Woodpecker

We had the joy of watching a Pileated Woodpecker fly around and check out various telephone polls this morning.  For those of you who missed this siting, check out the YouTube HD clip below.

Do you know which winter birds we have in our Shuswap Area?  Check out Winter Birds of the Salmon Arm [and area] Bay courtesy of Tom Brighouse.  Let me know of the birds you have seen this winter!  Ms. M.

Bobsled Athlete Justin Kripps from Summerland heads to Sochi, Russia for the Winter Olympics

Source

Justin Kripps from Summerland and partner Jesse Lumsden bobsleigh athletes head to Sochi.  Listen to CBC's morning radio show Daybreak South interview with Justin by Chris Walker below (5:29).  CBC writes (Tue., Jan. 24th) : Sochi 2014's bobsleigh circuit will be teeming with Canucks.  One of the team members is Justin Kripps from Summerland.
    
He placed 5th at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games.  This time he's switched seats and will pilot the two and four man sleighs.  Click hear to listen to a CBC radio interview between Justin and Daybreak South's morning personality Chris Walker. 

Check out Justin and Jesse's creative fund raising tactics ...

Check out Jesse's website for training updates, videos, and more.

 

 

 

Less than a month and the winter olympics in Sochi, Russia begin (Feb. 7th-23rd, 2014)!  Meet our Canadian athletes, join us in the count down, learn about cool facts about the olympics.  Follow this exciting event here on the library blog! 

Olympic Fun Facts, Fact Monster
Winter Olympics by "Activity Village," UK

Raising Olympics Series: check out Canadian pair skaters Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir

 

 

Check out Mellisa Hollingsworth, Skeleton

 

 

Email Ms. Murrells-Allaway great sites about the olympics (smurrell@sd83.bc.ca)

Twas the Night Before Christmas

Wishing you all a merry Christmas.  May you have a wonderful holiday and may scrumptious books wash over your eyes, minds, and hearts constantly.  Here is various versions of a holiday classic for you: Twas the Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke Moore (1779 - 1863).

This version is by Peeka Productions, who create custom DVDs for babies and kids, with you as the storyteller!  * for more information.    Two girls who wanted to share their favourite Christmas story with a child they knew - Madelaine - made this DVD.

(*At Peeka Productions, we create custom DVDs for babies and kids, with you as the storyteller! All packages include a DVD and a book. Now taking appointments in Chicago.
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Twas The Night Before Christmas as told by Perry Como


A Night Before a Canadian Christmas narrated by Don Cherry ... or is it ... Clark Robertson?


Canadian author Barbara Reid does her version of Twas the Night Before Christmas - book trailer, Scholastic (51 secs)


Twas the Night Before Christmas movie 1974, (24:09)


Disney's "The Night Before Christmas"  (8:23)





Try A Moose in a Maple Tree for other great Canadian Christmas stories: Canadian Jingle Bells, and A Moose in a Maple Tree


 

Two more poems!

Well, Eden inspired other students to write poetry - thanks Eden.

Grace, Grade 3

Puzzle pieces, puzzle pieces
trying to find a pair.
Puzzle pieces, puzzle pieces everywhere.
Puzzle pieces, puzzle pieces you can hardly find them anywhere!

Carson, Grade 4

Peace peace everywhere.
You can bring peace here and there.
so please bring peace and not harm.
Peace is love from heart to heart.

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Great excitement about poetry and the world!