Games Kids Play: Enhancing Language and Literacy Development through Games
Just in time for the holiday gift-giving season, Dr. Lauren Katz and Dr. Joanne Pierson of the Literacy, Language, and Learning Institute (3LI - www.3-li.org) will discuss the role that everyday board and card games, including some of the classics, play in helping children develop language and literacy skills. Drs. Katz and Pierson, speech-language pathologists with advanced degrees in education and a specialty in dyslexia, will highlight games for preschoolers to young adults that the family can enjoy together while supporting and building skills in vocabulary, memory, social language, comprehension, reading, and spelling. So come in on December 11 from 7:00-8:00 PM and get great ideas to round out your holiday shopping list!
A Holiday in the Islands Concert
Looking forward to the holidays, but already weary of the cold? We have the solution and something for everyone. Enjoy the amazing Gratitude Steel Band as they present "A Holiday in the Islands Concert" on Sunday, December 15 at 2 PM. Chaz and his band, a product of Trinidad and Tobago, will perform fun music celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanza. You won't be able to sit still through this upbeat performance.Christmas Romances
Romance authors love to pen novels and stories set in and around Christmas and we love to read them. This year there is a bumper crop of these seasonal tales, so grab your hot cocoa and enjoy.
Sleigh bells in the snow by Sarah Morgan
The Christmas he loved her by Juliana Stone
Carla Kelly's Christmas collection: four stories filled with romance and Christmas cheer by Carla Kelly
The cowboy's Christmas baby by Carolyn Brown
Lady Jenny's Christmas portrait by Grace Burrowes
Take me home for Christmas by Brenda Novak
Hummingbirds Music Together: Holiday Music Celebration
On Wednesday December 18 from 10:00-10:45 AM, you and your child, 0-5 years old, will help bring the holidays to life with music and dance as we ring in the season with music from The Nutcracker, as well as other musical classics that are part of winter holiday celebrations across the world. Music Together is an internationally recognized early childhood music program for babies, toddlers, preschoolers, kindergarteners, and the adults who love them. This program will be presented by staff from the Grosse Pointe Music Academy of Canton.[Nutcracker-19 by Michael O'Brien is licensed under CC BY-NC 2.0]