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Boardman mixes fun with fitness for children
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.The children and their caregivers were given the chance to visit five different tables for crafts after storytime. The tables each had one of the five senses on them.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.Different textured items were placed on the "touch table" for children to feel. There were bean bags and pieces of netted fabric.
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Neighbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.The children at the Boardman libray on Nov. 18 were given shakers to shake during a song while at the Fitness Fun storytime event.
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Neigbors | Alexis Bartolomucci.The children put the different parts of the body on the Snoopy head to learn which body part was related to what sense.
By ALEXIS BARTOLOMUCCI
The Boardman library hosted a new event with a special guest for their Baby Brilliant program. Austintown librarian, Ashley Potopovich, came to the Boardman library to lead the children in a Fitness Fun storytime - a first for the Boardman location.
Fitness Fun Storytime, which has been done at other libraries in Mahoning County, is a fun event that gets children moving while learning.
Potopovich focused on the five senses for storytime. She emphasized learning body parts and which part is used for different senses.
This storytime started with the “Can’t Wait to Celebrate” song. Following the introduction, the children did the five senses song. The five senses song instructed the children to point to their body parts when the song listed the different senses.
The only book that was read was “The Bear Went Over the Mountain,” by Iza Trapani. When the book was finished, Potopovich gave the children egg shakers. The egg shakers were used to shake during the song “All the Raindrops,” to act as a rain sound.
The children then participated in an activity working on identifying body parts. Potopovich held up pictures of body parts and said what sense comes from the body part. The children would then shout out the name of the body part.
“Tooty Ta” was the last senses song and the event ended with the usual “If You’re Happy and You Know It” book and dance.
There were five different tables with activities for each sense. The child listened to shakers, smelled scents, touched textures, looked through colorful tubes and had a snack to take home.