Fingerplays can be so helpful when you’re trying to remember the words to a rhyme! They are also a great way to practice basic counting and fine motor movement for children! Lyrics: Out in the Garden growing in the sun, Are five pretty flowers and I picked one! (kiss) … repeat 4,3,2,1 until no more… Continue Reading Rhyme Time: Out In The Garden with Amy
Mindful Gardening cooks! I make my favourite one-pot meal using local, organic root vegetables from Cookstown Greens (https://www.cookstowngreens.com). This video premiered on What’s Cooking, Innisfil? on Saturday, March 20, 2021 as part of the Dinner and A Movie program during Virtual Innisfil Seedy Saturdays. Ingredients: 2 sausages 1 small onion 1.5 lb total root vegetable:… Continue Reading Mindful Gardening Cooks…Roasted Root Vegetables & Sausage Video
Learn the basics of starting seeds indoors for long-maturing plants like tomato, pepper and eggplant. You’ll find out about when to start different seeds indoors, materials you’ll need for planting, and tips on equipment you’ll need to create an at-home DIY grow-light station. Presenter bio: Innisfil Seed Library founder Bridget Indelicato is a passionate seed… Continue Reading Learn to Grow Seeds Indoors Video
Sign language is a great way to develop language skills, even before a child can speak! This welcome (or farewell!) rhyme has some simple signs that you can practice with your child. Words: Hello, Friends! (alternatively: Goodbye, Friends!) Hello, Friends! (alternatively: Goodbye, Friends!) Hello, Friends, (alternatively: Goodbye, Friends) It’s time to say “hello!” (alternatively: it’s… Continue Reading Rhyme Time: Hello Friends & Goodbye Friends with Amy
Click here to view Bridget Indelicato’s Facebook interview with Rebecca from Simcoe County CAPC CPNP – MotherCare & Next Step. In this interview, Bridget from the Innisfil Seed Library speaks about the benefits of seed saving as well as how to save seeds from popular vegetables and herbs.
Learn all about insulation in this experiment from Science Buddies with Miss Jessica! This week we’re trying to build our own coolers out of household materials. Find other STEM science experiments like this one here!
eBook: French Exit Borrow this novel as an eBook on cloudLibrary Odd, cringe-worthy, and definitely funny, Patrick deWitt’s ‘French Exit’ paints a portrait of extreme familial dysfunction with an entertaining cast including an eccentric and scandalous matriarch, her son, who is stuck in a perpetual state of adolescence, and a cat who may be the… Continue Reading Brooke’s Review
eBook: Let’s Pretend This Never Happened Borrow this novel as an eBook on cloudLibrary Let’s Pretend This Never Happened is a riotously funny and irreverent memoir about one woman’s experience with mental health and the stigma surrounding her personal journey. Author Jenny Lawson recounts her life story starting with her childhood and going through the… Continue Reading Teresa’s Review
This book is beautifully written, I enjoyed the poetic descriptions as much as the story. The story is that of a blind girl during WWII, trapped in her small village when her only guide to the world, her father, doesn’t come home. Click here to place a hold on this title.
The Kiss Quotient is a sweet, funny and heartwarming romance! If you liked Pretty Woman you will enjoy this first novel by Helen Hoang. Click here to place a hold on this title.