Saturday 28 January 2017

Last Day for Family Literacy Weed: Unplug and Play, 2017

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Salmon Arm, Sicamous, Enderby, Armstrong, Falkland, Silver Creek and other surrounding areas
there is one more day to the official Unplug and Play events:


  • Family Storytime
  • Build a Book Project 
  • Family Snow Day
  • Family Footy Soccer
  • Family Arts & Crafts: Garden Fairy Sign
  • Puzzle Hour
Go to the Literacy Alliance of the Shuswap Society (LASS) for complete details.

SD83 students return your Unplug and Play Passports to you school this week for book draws.

Have a wonderful time, Ms. M-A.

Monday 23 January 2017

Thursday 19 January 2017

Family Literacy Week, Unplug and Play 2017

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This stellar family time, reading, learning, and play annual event kicks off this Saturday.

Two events take place in Salmon Arm while many others happen in Sicamous, Enderby, Blind Bay, Armstrong, & Falkland.  For the complete schedule check your yellow passport or go to the Literacy Alliance of the Shuswap Society (LASS) web site 

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Salmon Arm Theatre Fun
WhenSat, January 21, 10:30am – 12:30pm
WhereShuswap Theatre Society, 41 Hudson Ave NW, Salmon Arm, BC V1E, Canada (map)
DescriptionEnjoy fun and games on the stage at Shuswap Theatre. http://shuswaptheatre.com/

Winner of Optical Illusion, 2016 - Mirjana Kika Milosevic

Tuesday 17 January 2017

Bears - Classic Stories & North American Types

Fiction Storytelling:

Bears are part of our Canadian culture.  Many children are introduced to bears in their childhood through the classic story The Three Bears.  This story's roots goes back to 1813 when Robert Southey would tell his created tale to his friends.  In 1837 he wrote it down in The Doctor an essay and story collection - his story is the most well known as the original work.  

And yet in 1831 " Eleanor Mure fashioned a handmade booklet about the three bears and the old woman for her nephew Horace Broke's birthday" (Wikipedia)

Twelve Years later, Joseph Cundall changes the old woman in Southey's and Mure's older version to Goldilocks which has become the most well known version:  Goldilocks and the Three Bears.  See Below for author Jan Brett's version of The Three Bears:




7:55

Below is an MGM cartoon type (Disney Type) story telling:
10.49

And yet another version of this classic tale:
5:38

Nonfiction:

- Here are the search results for the keyword "bears" in our Alexandria library database (it includes fiction and nonfiction)
- North American Bears - Get Bear Smart Society


6:15


55 mins - covers hibernation too


55 Mins

Wednesday 4 January 2017


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The Literacy Alliance for the Shuswap (LASS) writes:
"Unplug & Play is a week-long series of free family events that promote unplugging from technology and spending time together as a family and takes place each year during Family Literacy Week (at the end of January). Local organizations and businesses throughout the North Okanagan-Shuswap host free events for families. Some examples of events include: Random Acts of Reading, Preschool Storytime, Retro Games Night, Family Skate, Family Swim, Books with the ‘Backs, Sliding Party, and many more.

Thanks to the City of Salmon Arm for providing funding towards this program.
We acknowledge the financial support of the province of British Columbia."


Participate in this amazing event!

Monday 2 January 2017

Alain Bergeron, Auteur incroyable de Québec

The above pic and info are from Wikipedia.  To find out more about this amazing French author go to the author
links currently running across the top of this blog written

par moi, Mme M-A

and/or

click here :)

Happy New Year, 2017. A little beauty to you ... "Hallelujah"

In memory of an amazing Canadian poet and singer, Leonard Cohen:



See ya all tomorrow!