Happy St. Patrick’s Day!!
Tuesday Storytime with Mrs. Megan Ms. Angela
Good morning everyone! This is Mrs. Megan and welcome to Spring Storytime 2021! Thanks for joining us virtually this season, I know we all had hoped to be back in person by now. In the mean time, we will be joining you virtually each week until April 1st. All of the programs this season will be online, and will be shared each Tuesday and Thursday morning at 10:00a.m. Be sure to keep an eye out for the spring grab-and-go crafts at each library periodically throughout the season. Thank you for joining us today, and be sure to tune in on Thursday’s Storytime!
Join the Pearl River County Library System’s PRCLS Online Kids Club this morning for a very special Storytime! Join Mrs. Megan and Ms. Angela in celebrating St. Patrick’s Day with two special stories! We each chose one of our favorite St. Patrick’s Day or Irish Folk Tale or Legend to share with you today.
Ms. Angela chose Jamie O’Rourke and the Big Potato: An Irish Folktale by Tomie dePaola and Mrs. Megan selected The Last Snake in Ireland by Sheila MacGill-Callahan, and illustrated by Will Hillenbrand. The Last Snake in Ireland is a creative combination of a couple of Irish and Scotish legends, and is so much fun to read. We hope you enjoy these stories! And make sure to come back on Thursday for more great tales!
The Last Snake in Ireland by Sheila MacGill-Callahan, and illustrated by Will Hillenbrand and Jamie O’Rourke and the Big Potato: An Irish Folktale by Tomie dePaola
Thursday Storytime With Ms. Angela
Fin M’Coul: The Giant of Knockmany Hill written and illustrated by Tomi de Paola
Hi Everyone! Ms. Angela and Mrs. Megan here, and we are so excited to welcome you to Spring Storytime, 2021. Can you believe we only have two more weeks of Storytime? This season has flown by! This week, I joined Mrs. Megan on Tuesday for Storytime, so today Mrs. Megan is joining us to share another of her Irish legends, Fin M’Coul: The Giant of Knockmany Hill written and illustrated by Tomi de Paola. This story is so much fun to read, and we hope you all enjoy it! If you enjoyed hearing this story and want to learn more about Fin M’Coul, stop by the Crosby Memorial Library and check out The High Deeds of Finn Mac Cool by Rosemary Sutcliff.
Crafts time!
This week’s craft comes from Teach-Me-Mommy.com, which has lots of great craft ideas. This project is made from simple salt-dough, rolled out to about 1cm thick (This can also be done with air dry clay). Then simply have your child press their handprint into one side, and use a clover(or any other shape) cookie cutter to cut out a hole for the frame. Poke two holes through the top for the string. Bake them in the oven for 3 hours set to 160 degrees F. After the three hours, leave them overnight, upside down, to dry out more. Note: when making the salt dough, be sure to use all-purpose flour and not self-rising. For the full instructional, click the link below to visit Teach-Me-Mommy.com
We would love to see your creations, so please feel free to send us a picture of your finished creations by emailing us at prclsyouth@gmail.com!
Music Time
Did you know that Irish and Scottish music influenced early music created in America and is still influencing it today? Early Scottish and Irish immigrants brought their music to the area known as Appalachia, where it can still be heard today in way of bluegrass and old-time hill music.
The Scots-Irish Musical Legacy in the USA by Forged in Ulster
Following the trail of the Great Wagon Road, Mark Wilson traces the road from Pennsylvania to North Carolina to discover the influence of the Ulster-Scots on the music of North America. Please visit: http://www.forgedinulster.co.uk
Traditional Irish Music
Irish Soda Bread
Mrs. Megan here with a special treat for you. For a special “taste” of Ireland, why not try your hand at making Irish Soda Bread, which is the bread Oognagh made in Fin M’Coul!This simple recipe does not use yeast, but baking soda instead to make the bread rise! In this video, Gillian is in the Old Rectory at the Ulster Folk Museum at Cultra in Northern Ireland to demonstrate how to make Irish Soda Bread. I have made it several times and it goes great with stews, soups, beans, or just smeared with butter!
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