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As summer leaves, children learn about fall
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Neighbors | Shaiyla Hakeem .Children's librarian Jan Scott-Luoma (left) took leaves from the story board to show children what happens during Autumn. Canfield's Abigail Mix (center) watched the interactive story with sister, Elizabeth, and mother, Hannah.
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Neighbors | Shaiyla Hakeem .Canfield resident Elizabeth DeAngelo (back) took her granddaughter, Charlotte Bixel, to the library's Tales and Talk for 2s and 3s program Sept. 21.
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Neighbors | Shaiyla Hakeem .Canfield library's Baby Brilliant: Tales and Talk for 2s and 3s program had an Autumn theme Sept. 21. Parents pretended to be trees and dropped leaves from their branches while singing, "Autumn Leaves are Falling Down."
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Neighbors | Shaiyla Hakeem .Children at the Canfield library made scarecrows during its Baby Brilliant: Tales and Talk for 2s and 3s program Sept. 21. The next Tales and Talk program for toddlers will be Tuesday.
Summer is officially over and it’s time for trees to shed their leaves. But before kids can play in them, it’s time they learn about them.
The Canfield library gave its Sept. 21 Baby Brilliant: Tales and Talk for 2s and 3s program an autumn theme. Kids learned about weather changes and the different colors tree leaves turn.
Because of the age group, the program focused primarily on vocabulary and discovering new words. Children’s librarian Jan Scott-Luoma encouraged parents to introduce their kids to new words and specific names of items each day.
Children listened to books about the current season and learned what happens to a tree’s leaves in autumn and the sounds they make when stepped on. To end the story time, each child participated in a craft session where they made a scarecrow.
The next Tales and Talk for 2s and 3s will be Tuesday at 10 a.m. For information, visit www.libraryvisit.org.