Saturday, August 27, 2011
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Neighbors | Sarah Foor .During Austintown librarian Hayley McEwing's (left) reading of the book "Out of Sight," she invited story time guests to discover animals below flaps displaying their spots and stripes. Guest Mariah Schuller (right) lifted the flap for a leopard.
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Neighbors | Sarah Foor .Brylee Covan (left) discovered a pair of binoculars and the unique view it gave her while exploring the magnification station with her dad, Brandon Covan (right).
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Neighbors | Sarah Foor .At the art station, budding artist Delaney Baber created a scene of blooming flowers, using bingo daubers as her medium. The art was an exploration of George Serat and his pointillism style of painting.
By SARAH FOOR
On the evening of July 18, Austintown librarian Hayley McEwing asked guests to her “I Spy” storytime to discover different ways to observe the world.
McEwing used her event to explore the interesting and tricky world of what we see, and especially on a smaller scale.
“Have you ever stopped to think about how different things look when you begin to look at them up close?” McEwing asked to introduce her storytime. “Looking closely at things is an amazing way to see the world, and I hope that you’ll keep trying to see beyond the big picture.”
McEwing explored the book “Out of Sight” with her guests, where pop-up flaps were decorated with paintings of safari animal hides. After guessing each animal from their spots or stripes, interesting facts about the creatures were hidden below each flap.
Next, the guests investigated “A Closer Look,” which first showed close-up images of an object with progressively broader views that included a ladybug, hummingbird and cardinal flower.
McEwing taught her guests that many artists use tricks of the eye centrally in their work, including George Serat, who created paintings with dots, and Joan Steiner, who recreated many amazing scenes with everyday objects.
The group then divided to learn about sight in fun activities.
The magnification station let the kids observe and explore feathers, rocks and fingerprints with a magnifying glass. At the art table, the group created their very own Serat pointillism paintings with bingo daubers. The spy station had boys and girls pointing out objects in Steiner’s books from near, far and above.
“This is amazing,” guest Brylee Covan said as she magnified a peacock feather. “Everything looks a lot different from this angle.”