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A wonderful Park in our Neighborhood is Robert Burnaby Park.

There are many trails a creeks for you and your Family to explore.

Even if it is raining the big trees will protect you from the rain.

There is an outside pool with a small wading pool for the little ones to enjoy too!

Here are some pictures of what you will find along your walks through the Park.

Hi Everyone,

Spring is here and all the new babies are out and about.

Here is a picture Diana, Chris and Tina took at Deer Lake this weekend of a

Mother Duck and her ducklings.

How many Ducklings do you see?

Thanks for sharing your picture with us,

Truly Ms. Trish

My name is Jamie and I am the Children’s Librarian at the Tommy Douglas Branch of the Burnaby Public Library (https://wwwbpl..bcca/). Tommy Douglas is located on the corner of Edmonds and Kingsway at 7311 Kingsway (learn more about our other three locations here: https://www.bpl.bc.ca/locations-hours). Some of you might already know me from my Storytime visits to the Twelfth Avenue, Second Street, Edmonds, Morley, and Stride StrongStarts.

I am so happy that Ms. Trish has invited me so make a guest post on her blog to talk about Burnaby Public Library and our services. Although the Library is currently closed for visits, we are still here to help you and your family! Here are some of the services we are currently offering:

• ·Need a library card? Give us a call. Having a Burnaby Public Library card will let you access all our cool online resources from home. To get a library card, just phone: 604-436-5400, Monday to Friday, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. No ID is needed, and we can make cards for everyone in your family!
•  Got questions about the community, technology, books, or anything else? Call the library at 604-436-5400 or email eref@bpl.bc.ca. We love to answer your questions!
• ·Need something to read? We have many e-books and e-audiobooks you can borrow from home and read on a screen, including picture books that are perfect for babies, toddlers and preschoolers: https://burnaby.overdrive.com/library/kids. This collection is only available for Burnaby residents. If you live in another city, make sure to ask your local library about their digital collections.

· Looking for a book suggestion? Give us a call or look at these lists for kids: https://tinyurl.com/KidsEbooksBPL. The first booklist gives great read-aloud suggestions for having Storytime at home!

• ·Searching for more stories? Check out TumbleBookLibrary, Bookflix, Indigenous Storybooks and other great options for online stories here: https://www.bpl.bc.ca/kids/online-stories .
• ·Looking for support?

We have now launched our online Community Resource Guide, which lists many great services and resources in Burnaby and beyond: https://www.bpl.bc.ca/community-resourse-guide. 

Sections include resources for food, finance, health, technology, and of course children and families.

• Keep visiting our website for news and announcements. For more information, visit:  https://www.bpl.bc.ca/news/covid19.

Remember, If you have any questions, please give us a call at 604-436-5400 or email us (eref@bpl.bc.ca). We look forward to seeing you again soon.

Warm regards!

Jamie

Children’s Librarian, Tommy Douglas Library

Our Friend Brooklyn has been very curious

about bugs! She found some snails on a walk

and took them home for the week to find out

more about them. Brooklyn put some leaves,

sticks, dirt and eggshells in the home she made for them.

The eggshells will make their shells harder and she

has observed that they can sleep a long time too.

Thank-you Brooklyn for sharing your snails with us!

It looks like mustard and rhymes with fellow

The crayon I’m holding is the color yellow.

It looks like strawberries and rhymes with bed

The crayon I’m holding is the color red.

It looks like bubble-gum and rhymes with think

the crayon I’m holding is the color pink

It looks like grapes and it rhymes with ‘urple’

The crayon I’m holding is the color purple.

It looks like grass and rhymes with bean

The crayon I’m holding is the color green.

It looks like a pumpkin and rhymes with ‘corange’

The crayon I’m holding is the color orange.

It looks like mud and rhymes with frown

The color I’m holding is the color brown.

It looks like night and it rhymes with sack

The crayon I’m holding is the color black.

It looks like snow and rhymes with  bite

The crayon I’m holding is the color white.

Click here to read this book with me.

Click here to say Brown Bear rhyme with me.

Fifty years from now it will not

matter what kind of house you

lived in, or how much you had in

your bank account, or what

your clothes looked like. But

the World will be brighter

because you are important

in the life of your Child.

Wishing All of you Amazing Mothers and Grandmothers a Wonderful Mothers Day!!!

Join me Live as I read this book! 

A Great way to focus your Child is by giving them some string, ribbon, wire or paper roll, whatever you have at home. Then find some items around the house or they can find things they can string on to the ribbon, wire or rolls. the younger they are the bigger the stringing item could be example, jar rings on a paper roll. I always feel sorry when I see flowers on the ground so I strung some that were from my garden, makes a Beautiful necklace! The Children can make patterns using a mixture of items Here are some examples I made today, hope you enjoy this hand eye coordinating activity together.

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