September: Italy

Theme: Italy

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Book themes for storytimes and displays: pasta, ancient Rome, opera, folk tales, kids’ travel books

Lapsit theme(s): food, music

Book club: Ring of Fire (Century Quartet, Book 1) by Pierdomenico Baccalario ($7.99 per copy on Amazon.com)

 

Music Saturday: Two college music majors (a pianist and a singer) perform Italian songs and arias. Librarians arrange to borrow (or, if necessary, rent) a digital piano. 

Science Saturday: Make and decorate tops. Have competitions to see whose can spin the longest. Materials: cardboard, sharpened pencils, homemade modeling clay, string, pushpins, scissors (WGBH, 2010), (Helmenstine, A. M., 2012).