Section: Elementary School
Camp For Lacrosse And Soccer
The BIG5 Lax & Soccer Academy is now taking registrations for summer camp. The focus of the camp for beginners is to learn the basics of their respective sports and for the advanced players, to master their skills. The Montclair-based sports camp is offering four one-week sessions from June 25 to July 20, with no camp on July 4. The [...]
Picture Books: Poetry For Kids
As April comes to a close and the warmer weather and summer quickly approach, my kids and I all have marshmallow roasting on the brain. It’s one of my favorite desserts and the kids always have so much fun with the sweet, sticky mess. While we don’t typically do a lot of reading while roasting, [...]
Autism Awareness: Reading List
April is Autism Awareness month but even as the month comes to a close, autism and autism spectrum disorders (ASD) will continue to be a part of our society. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Autism Speaks, one child in children is diagnosed with ASD. Gina Catania, principal of The Children’s Institute in [...]
Laning Avenue School Hosts Spring Concert
On April 11, Laning Avenue school hosted its annual spring choral concert. The event was entitled Broadway Beat and featured music from Broadway hits including Chicago, The Sound of Music, The Wiz, Grease, Fiddler on the Roof, Wicked and The King and I, just to name a few. The third and fourth grade students performed for over 400 guests [...]
Picture Books: The Duckling Gets A Cookie!?
Mo Willems, a picture book author and illustrator, is one of my favorites and his beloved Pigeon is back and in a new story. In his Pigeon series, Pigeon has many ways of trying to get what he wants whether it be by stomping, begging, laughing, hiding, or just pouting. I discovered his books through [...]
Spring Break Softball Clinic
Coach Pete Foster and the Verona High School Softball team are holding a Softball Clinic for grades 2 through 8 during the April break. The clinic will be held at F.N. Brown elementary school (125 Grove Avenue) from Tuesday, April 24 to Thursday April 26, from 1 to 3 p.m. Each day. The cost for [...]
YMCA Healthy Kids Day Coming To Verona Park
On Saturday, April 28, from 1 to 4 p.m., the YMCA Healthy Kids Day event will be held in Verona Park. The Y has partnered with area hospitals, Whole Foods Market, Take Back the Kitchen and many others to create a fun and carnival like atmosphere promoting healthy living and healthy summer habits for kids. [...]
Picture Books: Pip’s Trip
Picture books? Have we got picture books for you today. A recommendation from the Verona Public Lirary’s children’s librarian, a new pick from my favorite children’s book blog and a spotting of picture books galore at a local book store. Read on: “Pip is fascinated by the farm’s red pick-up truck and longs to see [...]
Laughing Out Loud: Z Is For Moose
For the past few weeks I’ve been working with Cheryl Ashley at the Verona Public Library talking about picture books. This week, she wrote to me about a book entitled, Z is for Moose that was also referenced on Susanna Hill’s site a couple of weeks ago. It sounded hysterical when I read that review, [...]
Are You A Happy Hippo Or An Angry Duck?
One of the best things about picture books is that they help children, and sometimes adults, speak about things in a way in which they otherwise might not be able to. During a visit to the library a couple of weeks ago, my four year old and I found this book, Happy Hippo, Angry Duck. [...]