[Warning: This post is kid related and may not be of interest to anyone else]
Our library is pretty awesome, although I only have a few others to which to compare it. But the kids section is like my second home in the winter months…so I’ve spent a lot of time there.
They have boxes called “Early Learning Kits” that you can check out. Each has a particular theme (this one is “owls”) and comes with books and an interactive/craft type thing relating to the theme.
The books were a huge hit and for some reason, the part that stuck the most was that they eat mice. So I decided to make mice as a project with them because there were owls puppets in the box to “hunt” them.
Oh man did this ever turn into the game of all games.
Months have gone by and we still play a version of it (without the owls since we had to return the box already). It’s basically hide and go seek now. With paper mice.
My kids are spazzes, but I thought I might share in case you haven’t thought to check if your local library does something like this too. It’s easy to overlook this resource, but for us, it has been a huge source of enrichment.
I may be away from hhh for a bit because Kyle’s parents are in town and we are celebrating Mr 4 year old this weekend. And now I’m off to make the requested blueberry cake… (??)
