Dinosaurs and Sharks

...and all the exciting things kids love.

So Summer Reading comes to a close at my library (outside expressing sadness and longing, inside dancing for joy) and before we look ahead to fall (or for me next summer!) I have a few fun things to attend to in the month of August.

Sharks 

Shark Week- August 10th-17th

I don't have Discovery Channel and I'm not a big fan of sharks but you can't deny the joy that Shark Week brings to so many (and of course all the useful information) I have a series of passive activities planned for the week for any one stopping into the library to enjoy.
Monday-Coloring Pages
Tuesday- Make a Shark Book (to fill with shark facts)
Wednesday- Craft
Thursday- Don't Wake the Shark Game
Friday- Shark Puzzles
Saturday and Sunday- Under the sea Sensory Bin

 Most of the ideas and activities came from Kid Zone

And of course Books! Looking for a great shark book to read aloud? I adore I'm a Shark by Bob Shea

Dinosaurs

I always go on vacation right after summer reading (whether a long weekend or maternity leave) and I always worry about how the library looks when I'm gone. I know I should just shut up and enjoy my vacation but the thought of bare bulletin board and walls just drives my artistic mind crazy. We usually leave some of our summer reading decorations up for the slow trickle of kids who are late collecting prizes. But the main board that displays our events is the first one to go blank and there is nothing to replace it with unless I do it. So I kicked myself to get something made and put up before I go on vacation so I can spend nights dreaming of the beach and sunset and not of a blank brown wall starring back at me with shame!

Aw...look at those cute dinosaurs. And who doesn't love dinosaurs (even this jaded librarian) My confession is that all the time I was working on the orange T-Rex I kept thinking of "We're Back" that stupid dinosaur movie from 90's which I probably watched a dozen times too many as a child...

And as a result, I have this lovely ear worm stuck in my head...

(Tidbit: The screenplay for this film was written by John Patrick Shanley....yes the same guy who wrote Doubt that won the Pulitzer Prize. I guess you have to start somewhere?)