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Library celebrates moms
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Neighbors | Natalie Scott.Boardman librarian Karen Saunders used letters on the magnetic board to sing a song about mothers at the Mother's Day story time for 4- and 5-year-olds May 7.
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Neighbors | Natalie Scott.Librarian Karen Saunders read "Charlie Chick" by Nick Denchfield to children at the story time for 4- and 5-year-olds at the Boardman library May 7.
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Neighbors | Natalie Scott.Jamie Kagarise (left) and Connie Barker worked together to make a craft at the Boardman library's Mother's Day story time for 4- and 5-year-olds May 7.
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Neighbors | Natalie Scott.Karen Saunders, a librarian at the Boardman library, read "Llama Llama Red Pajama" by Anna Dewdney, about a llama that is waiting for his mother to finish putting him to bed.
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Neighbors | Natalie Scott.4- and 5-year-old children colored pictures and made cards as a craft for mothers and grandmothers at the Boardman library May 7.
The Boardman library offered a story time for 4- and 5-year-olds about moms May 7 in honor of Mothers Day. The story time was led by librarian Karen Saunders.
Saunders began the story time by singing a song about Mother’s Day. She read “Llama Llama Red Pajama” by Anna Dewdney, about a young llama who becomes frightened that he has lost his mother when she leaves him before bed to answer the phone. She also read “Charlie Chick” by Nick Denchfield, about a chick that is very large, but his mother is biggest of all, and “I Love You, Stinky Face” by Lisa McCourt, about a mother who would love her child even if he was an ape, an alligator or a skunk.
Saunders sang several songs about mothers, including “Did You Ever See a Mommy,” about all of the different tasks that mothers do every day. Saunders would first have the children sing the songs to learn the words, then they would sing them to their mothers afterward.
The Mother’s Day story time ended with a craft. Children colored pictures and made cards to give to their mothers and grandmothers for the holiday.