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Jazzing Up Your Children’s Programs

Explore engaging children's programs like Babytime, Toddler Dance Party, and Elvis Party. From finger painting to jazz music, offer fun activities inspired by iconic songs and books. Incorporate interactive sessions like storytelling with Elvis books, musical chairs with Rockabilly Rhythm Sticks, or creating recycled instruments. Encourage creativity with arts and crafts themed around music, such as painting to the classics or making origami instruments. Join the fun with community events like Library Patrons Got Talent and Camp Cheers with singalongs. Let's make learning lively with the Science of Sound experiments and movie screenings like Frozen Sing-a-long. Discover a world of musical adventures for kids of all ages!

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Jazzing Up Your Children’s Programs

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  1. Jazzing Up Your Children’s Programs Rene Crump and Emily Winfrey Gaston County Public Library

  2. Programs for Babies to Pre-K

  3. Early Literacy Programs • Babytime • Toddler Time • Preschool Storytime • Wiggle Time

  4. Early Literacy Programs • Toddler Dance Party • Song Cube • Nursery and Action Rhymes • Finger Painting to the Classics • Parachute Play • Puzzle/Puppet Play

  5. Storytime Ideas: Beatles Books: Octopus’s Garden Beetle Bop The Very Clumsy Click Beetle Songs: Birthday Yellow Submarine Twist and Shout

  6. Storytime Ideas: Elvis Books: Bawk and Roll Corduroy King Bidgood’s in the Bathtub Elvis: The Story of the Rock And Roll King Love Me Tender Songs: Teddy Bear Hound Dog Blue Suede Shoes

  7. Storytime Ideas: Jazz • Books: Jazz Baby Jazz Man When Louis Armstrong Taught Me to Scat • Songs: What a Wonderful World A-tisket, A-tasket That’s Jazz Jim Gill's Follow the Band Rockabilly Rhythm Sticks Cool Itsy Bitsy Spider

  8. Storytime Ideas: Books You Can Sing

  9. Storytime Ideas: Books You Can Sing

  10. Storytime Ideas: Books You Can Sing

  11. Programs for Grades K-5

  12. Comic Con: Guardians of the Galaxy • Grow a Groot • MaKeyMaKeys and Scratch • Star Lord Target Practice • I Am Groot Handprint • “Hooked on a Feeling” musical chairs • Cassette Tape Craft

  13. Music Olympics • Limbo • Musical chairs • Music trivia • Finish this song • Humming challenge or Name that tune

  14. Elvis Party • Magnetic Dress Up • Make a crown • Put on your Elvis hair • Elvis trivia • Elvis clips and books

  15. Luau • Local ukulele player • Limbo • Hawaiian Dance • Pineapple craft • Lei necklace or headband

  16. Decades Parties • Time machine to “travel” through at door. Kids might walk into a Sock Hop, a Disco Party, etc. • Feature music from each decade, including popular dances and novelty songs • Activities that kids played in the decade you’re featuring: marbles, Twister, hop scotch, hula hooping, etc. • Backstage passes

  17. Library Patrons Got Talent! • Talent Show • Karaoke/Open Mic • Freegal Dance Party • Lip Sync Battles

  18. Arts and Crafts • Recycled musical instruments • Origami instruments • Guitar pick jewelry • Paint to the classics

  19. Rocks! • Punk rocks • Painted rocks • Pet rocks • Scavenger hunt Image source: Pinterest

  20. Make Your Own Kind of Music • MadewithCode • MaKeyMaKeys • Garageband • iMovie

  21. Who Was Program • Read fun facts from the series • Printable activities at WhoHQ online http://www.whowasbookseries.com/ • Photo Booth • Instrument petting zoo

  22. Pete the Cat Party • Pete-related crafts • Pin the tail on Pete • Count the groovy buttons • Pete the Cat songs singing competition

  23. Camp Cheers and Singalongs • http://www.ultimatecampresource.com • (Also on Youtube!) • https://campsongs.wordpress.com/

  24. The Science of Sound • Soda bottle music • Sound wave editing • Non-Newtonian fluid or cornstarch monster

  25. Movies • Frozen Sing-a-long • Rock Dog • Rockadoodle • Sing! • Coco

  26. Community • Drum Circle • Gaston County Museum • Schiele Museum • Local gem club • Local musicians • Local dance studios

  27. Libraries Rock and So Do You!

  28. Contact Us! Rene Crump Branch Manager, Union Road Library Rene.crump@gastongov.com Emily Winfrey Youth Services Manager, Gastonia-Main Library Emily.winfrey@gastongov.com

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