We held a special storytime based on families in conjunction with the 'Caring for Family Treasure' Exhibit. Panels containing tips on how to preserve heirlooms such
as textiles, family videos, jewelry, clocks and watches, photographs,
paintings and paper items such as books, letters, certificates and
maps are on display. The exhibit, designed by collections care professionals, offers
helpful hints on the proper display, storage and handling of items, as
well as expert advice on things not to do. It will be available for
viewing during library business hours.
On Saturday, Jan. 4, at 1-3 p.m., DeLano and library volunteer Theo
Yoast will present a class designed to help beginners learn how to start
researching their family genealogy. The first part of the session will
introduce participants to the resources available in the library,
throughout town and on the web. The second part will introduce the
library’s online genealogy databases, Heritage Quest and Ancestry.com.
On Saturday, Jan. 11 at 1 p.m., Aimee Bryant, director of the Sheerar
Museum of Stillwater History, and Registrar Ashlie J. Hight will
present “Family Heirloom Preservation.” The presentation will go into
more depth on caring for the types of items displayed in the exhibit.
Opening Song: The More We Get Together
*We sing and clap to our opening song. All Stillwater Public Library
story times start with this song and the children learn that song means
story time is starting.
Book: Homeplace by Anne Shelby
Fingerplay: "Finger Family"
(Hands up, fingers pointing up)
This is my father (point to a finger for each member of the family)
This is my mother
This is my brother
This is my sister
This is the baby (Baby is the little finger)
Oh! How I love them all. (Clasp hands together, hold to chest)
Book: I am me by Karla Kuskin
Fingerplay: "Grandparents"
Here are Grandma's spectacles (circle eyes with thumb & index finger)
and here is Grandma's hat. (Circle hands on head)
Grandma claps her hands like this, (clap)
and folds them in her lap. (Lay hands in lap)
Here are Grandpa's spectacles(circle eyes with thumb & index finger)
and here is Grandpa's hat. (Circle hands on head)
Here's the way he folds his arms. (fold arms)
And takes a little nap. (lower head, close eyes, snore)
Book: Harris finds his feet by Catherine Rayner
Craft: Family Tree. We created family trees by gluing pictures of family members on a tree. At home you could make a similar tree using photographs of families members.
Other books to checkout:
Beginnings: How Families Come to be by Virginia Kroll
Shanghai Messenger by Andrea Cheng
When We're Together by Claire Freedman
