Camp Fire Nature TIKES Storytime @ Westbank

Camp Fire Nature TIKES is a new program where families with toddlers and pre-school age children (Ages 1-5) experience nature together. Once a month on the fourth Saturday, a Camp Fire USA facilitator will lead fun and educational nature-related activities, introducing them to nature-related stories via children’s books, and laying the foundation for a lifetime of healthy lifestyle activities. This creative program provides toddler and pre-school age youth with lessons that promote early childhood literacy, kindergarten preparedness, and access to the outdoors while building confidence in young families so they can connect their children to nature is a safe and supportive environment.

Camp Fire’s core values include a belief in the power of nature and the importance it plays in the development of children by awakening a child’s senses, curiosity, and desire to learn.

@ 10:30 on the fourth Saturday of the month at alternating locations beginning at Laura's Library

Date Location Theme Boook
Sept. 22, 2012 Laura's Library Bugs

Bugs! Bugs! Bugs!

 Bob Barner

Oct. 27, 2012 Westbank Library Monarch butterfly migration

Gotta Go! Gotta Go!

Sam Swope and Sue Riddle

Nov. 24, 2012 Laura's Library Seasons: trees and leaves

Red Leaf, Yellow Leaf

Lois Ehlert

Dec. 22, 2012 Westbank Library Wildlife fur, skins and coverings

Fur and Feathers

Janet Halfmann

Jan. 26, 2013 Laura's Library Oceans and seashells

Over in the Ocean: In the Coral Reef

Marianna Berkes

Feb. 23, 2013 Westbank Library Geology

Rocks: Hard, Soft, Smooth, and Rough

Natalie M. Soinsky

March 23, 2013 Laura's Library Worms

Bob and Otto

Robert O. Bruel and Nick Bruel

April 27, 2013 Westbank Library Nature Sounds: Birds

Bird Calls: Who’s that singing in the trees and fields?

Frank Gallo

May 25, 2013 Laura's Library Colors in nature

Butterfly, butterfly: a Book of Colors

 Petr Horacek

June 22, 2013 Westbank Library Nature Sounds: Nightlife Sounds of the Wild: Nighttime Maurice Pledger

 

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