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Friday, December 22 2023 2:00pm - 4:45pm Join us in the Children's Department for a day of Lego fun! We will build with Lego starting at 2PM and at 3PM we will go downstairs to the Farish Theater to watch The Lego Movie! For grades K-12.
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Are you just starting your family tree, or have you run into a brick wall tracing a distant ancestor? Join us to share tips and learn new research strategies. All levels of experience are welcome!

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Please complete this form to request a Destination Kindergarten Storytime Kit.  Kits may be borrowed for 2 weeks.  Each kit contains: 5-7 books, a binder with songs, action rhymes, and fingerplays, and several classroom manipulatives for activities.  A staff member will contact you within 2-3 days regarding your request. 

Please note:  These kits are intended for classroom use, and you must be an employee of a childcare facility to request a kit.

 

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Available Kits:

Alphabet Kit:  Includes action rhymes, songs, and fingerplays as well as classroom activities such as egg shakers, action flash cards, and more.
B is for Bear by Roger Priddy
ABC Animal Jamboree by Giles Andreae
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr. and John Archambault
Eating the Alphabet by Lois Ehlert
LMNO Peas by Keith Baker

 

Alphabet Kit

Colors Kit:  Includes action rhymes, songs, and fingerplays as well as classroom activities such as color paddles and items for flannel and magnet boards.
Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Bill Martin Jr.
Pete the Cat, I love my White Shoes by James Dean and Eric Litwin
Lemons Are Not Red by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
Mouse Paint by Ellen Stoll Walsh
Monsters Love Colors by Mike Austin

 

Colors Kit

Dogs Kit:  Includes action rhymes, songs, and fingerplays as well as classroom activities such as an interactive B-I-N-G-O song and a doghouse game for flannel and magnet boards.
There are two varieties of dogs kits, books are split as such:
Underwater Dogs by Seth Casteel
Wiggle by Doreen Cronin
Dog’s Colorful Day by Emma Dodd
Sally Goes to the Vet by Stephen Huneck
The Dog House by Jan Thomas

Dog by Matthew Van Fleet
Dogs by Emily Gravett
Spot’s First Walk by Eric Hill
Bark, George by Jules Feiffer
Move Over, Rover! By Karen Beaumont

 

Dog Kit

Farm Kit:  Includes action rhymes, songs, and fingerplays as well as classroom activities such as a handheld set of farm animal pictures, baby chicks and mother hen flannel and magnet board activity, and more.
The Cow Loves Cookies by Karma Wilson
Chicks Run Wild by Sudipta Barhan-Quallen
Hogwash by Karma Wilson
Pete the Cat and Old Macdonald Had a Farm by James Dean
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows that Type by Doreen Cronin
Down By The Barn by Will Hillenbrand
Farm Babies by H. A. Rey

 

Farm Kit

Food Kit:  Includes action rhymes, songs, and fingerplays as well as classroom activities such as a felt pizza making set, a hungry monster set for flannel and magnet board, and more.
Pete’s a Pizza by William Steig
Stanley’s Shop by William Bee
The Watermelon Seed by Greg Pizzoli
Everyone Loves Bacon by Kelly DiPucchio
Eating the Alphabet by Lois Ehlert
Rah, Rah, Radishes! By April Sayre
Edible Colors by Jennifer Vogel Bass

 

Food  Kit

Shapes Kit:  Includes action rhymes, songs, and fingerplays as well as classroom activities such as scarves, handheld pairs of shapes, and more.
Shape By Shape by Suse MacDonald
Tangled: A Story About Shapes by Anne Miranda
Color Zoo by Lois Ehlert
City Shapes by Diana Murray
Circle, Square, Moose by Kelly Bingham

 

Shapes Kit

Things That Go Kit:  Includes action rhymes, songs, and fingerplays as well as classroom activities such as a felt traffic light for flannel or magnet board, a set of steering wheels, and more.
Go Go Gorillas by Julia Durango
Duck on A Bike by David Shannon
The Bus is For Us! by Michael Rosen
Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy Shaw
Mighty Truck by Chris Barton
Freight Train by Donald Crews

 

Things That Go Kit

 

 


 

You can only borrow one kit at a time.
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Digital Archives - Collection - Group
Fayette County History

Fayette County, Kentucky, has changed enormously since it was created in 1792. This collection contains government documents for the city of Lexington, for Fayette County, and for the merged Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, as well as funeral notices, club directories, scrapbooks, image collections and a history of Lexington Public Library.