The Monterey Bay Aquarium
The Monterey Bay Aquarium in Monterey, California has live cameras set up to give you a glimpse at jellyfish, otters, sharks, penguins, and other marine life. What’s your favourite ocean animal?
Tinkershop Tutorial: Designing Stickers for the Print & Cut
Do you miss designing in the hackLAB? Join our hackLAB programmer, Rachel, for an online tutorial about how to design stickers and labels using Inkscape!
iNaturalist
Earth Day is the perfect day for a nature walk and if you bring your phone with you, make sure you have the app iNaturalist on it so you can discover and identify all the different plants and animals in your community! What’s in your neighbourhood?
Storytime: The Lorax with Amy
Happy Earth Day, everyone! In honour of this day, we are sharing one of the best stories about protecting the environment: Dr. Seuss’s The Lorax, which is published by Random House. We know all of you care a whole awful lot, so let’s make this world better, what thoughts have you got?!
Using Stories To Talk About The Pandemic
One of the best ways to explain the pandemic to your children is through the use to stories and books. Check out this New York Times article to find age appropriate resources to share with your kids.
Tinker Tuesday: Make a Monster
Time for a Tiny TinkerCAD Design Challenge! How fast can you make a monster? Use TinkerCAD (www.tinkercad.com) to create your design, and make sure you share your results with us!
Made a Code Monday: Create a Mad Libs Game
Get creative and learn to code at home! Join Library programmer, Max, and follow along with these step by step coding tutorials. Week 3: Create a Mad Libs Game.
Tinkershop Tutorial: Designing Using Inkscape & InkStitch for the Embroidery Machine
Do you miss designing in the hackLAB? Join our hackLAB Librarian, Melissa, for an online tutorial about how to design using Inkscape and InkStitch for the embroidery machine!
A Colourful Experiment
Try out this colourful experiment from Science Bob’s website with Miss Jessica! To discover even more science fun, check out Science Bob’s website. You can also find Science Bob’s books on CloudLibrary!
Storytime: Alycat and the Monday Blues with Marianna
Join Miss Marianna as she shares “Alycat and the Monday Blues” written by Alysson Foti Bourque, illustrated by Chiara Civati and published by Mascot Books. It’s the Monday before the Talent Show at school and Alycat is struggling to find out what she should do for the show. Will she find her hidden talent in… Continue Reading Storytime: Alycat and the Monday Blues with Marianna