It was the last session of this block at Castlemilk Library and we all feel like we are great big family! We get in our circle cause circles are cool, Nerea plays music, we dance and we groove, A twirly fun Conga made with all our pals To get us all started and warm up our hearts! Make yourself big as House or As small as a mouse! As Thin as a pin! Or maybe a string?? As round as a ball, As a tree, very tall! Wobbly as jelly, Buzzy as a bee Have a wee think… What else could you be? Funky Chicken is an old-time favourite, Castlemilk families are so fast at it - They all come up with fantastic ideas, Take a wee look at what we have here… Poppy's Kangaroo was Cheeky, And Kim’s Snake rather Stinky, Haaris brought a Snow Turtle, And Anusha invited a Sneaky Sea lion  Zara’s Horse was Jumpy, And Caroline’s Dog was Dancing, Sayeda brought a Happy Cat, And Ammar’s Penguin was Fast!  Shabana’s Elephant was Angry Rumaisa’s Sealion was Dancing Abu thought of a Naughty Eagle And we also met a Strong Mohammed! Let’s Dress Up as Forest Creatures, And imagine what we can be? Butterflies, midges or rabbits, A squirrel, fox, bat or a flea! Haaris – ‘I am a hacker creeper, and [...]

Poor Bun Brother was a bit preoccupied although you wouldn’t think so when we first met him… ‘Aye, Aye, Aye I’m The Best, I’m the Best clap, clap, clap clap, clap, clap  We are the Bun Brothers; we are like no other! ‘ He was singing and cheering and clapping and he got us all involved in singing about him and his brother and how they are the best and they are like no other when suddenly… Poor Bun Brother realised that he was on his own, without his brother (who couldn’t come) and he was in a right pickle because he couldn’t remember any of his fantastic recipes! But his sadness didn’t last long as soon as he realised he had arrived in Castlemilk Library where he discovered a Delicious Crew of Brilliantly Creative CHEFs!! There was Angel Chef, Cool Chef whose speciality is pizza, Crazy Chef, Pizza Pie Chef, Mean Chef who is a dog as well as a chef, Fairy Chef, Prince Chef, Ninja Chef who specialises in Chocolate Milk, Sad Chef & Happy Chef, Wee Chef, Jamaica Chef & the world-famous Candyfloss Chef!  ‘Marvellous! We can work together and create a sublime recipe for an out of this world CAKE!!’ - the Bun Brother was beside himself. So we got working…we had a massive bowl in the middle. There were so [...]

Our Castlemilk families have many cool moves When they hear music they can’t stop to groove - Let’s dance some more! For a little bit longer! Let’s get together in a fabulous CONGA!! We also DRESS UP with gusto and style Combining materials and sharing smiles Today we decided to turn into PIRATES but colourful ones – striking like parrots!   Haaris turned himself into Pirate Angel, Anusha became Spy Pirate who spies on people, Poppy was Mermaid Pirate and she looks for cool treasure, Zara was Pirate Pretty who looks for treasure with Pirate Mermaid, Rumaisa  decided to be Cool Pirate. We also had wee pirates Massi, Udo and Ammar And wee baby Ugo was the littlest one! We blew up a Red Magic Ball and after much discussion on possible destinations we chanted the magic words… MAGIC BALL MAGIC BALL TAKE US WHEN WE WANT TO GO…WHOOOSH!! We landed on a beach…and there must have been a party going on somewhere because we could heard music  - so we immediately danced to the beach music! We couldn’t resist! ‘We are in Hawaii, it's great!’ – shouted Pirate Pretty. ‘Ice cream anyone? –  Spy Pirate offered. We all wanted some ice cream – Spy Pirate had bubble gum flavour. We went into the ocean determined to find treasure as we swam and swam and [...]

It’s so hot outside, we are melting away But in Castlemilk Library We still STORYPLAY! We giggle, we smile We’re rolling with laughter We enjoy a good play And some nice food after! Whatever the weather We are getting together To play with our friends Imagining forever…  A Sleepy Capibara, a Stinky Snake, A Happy Cow smiling and Dancing one as well.  Our Dressing Up bag Full of colourful rags That turn into magic When we mix them all up!  A pair of old tights to wear on your head A long bit that tied up will be your long tail A red pair of trousers to wear round your waist And some wee green t-shirt to cover your face… Just some bits and bobs and imagination And you are the Monster taking over a nation!  We heard of some Grannies who live in the forest They have groovy gardens with veggies and flowers -  ‘ I’m Smart Granny – I live in a purple house and my garden has poppy flowers, star flowers and sunflowers. I like making chocolate chip cookies for breakfast!’   ‘I’m Foxy Grannie – I live in a blue house. I grow potatoes in my garden, and some are magical and some are not. I hide the potatoes so no one can steal them. I like making candy for breakfast’ We [...]

Castlemilk Library is a very cool place You can come to hang out, borrow books and to play! Play? Play, you say? Well…YES! Castlemilk Library has been hosting Licketyspit’s Porridge & Play for five years now - so once a year we get together with some Castlemilk families at the library for 5 weeks in a row, to Storyplay, eat and hang out together and this is also a chance for new families to learn to Storyplay and join Licketyspit's Children & Families Network family! So, for our first session of Porridge & Play this block we had Caroline, Poppy, Jacqueline, Evie, Sayeda, Abu, Sobia, Rumaisa ,Haaris, Shabana, Anusha, & Ammar with us again and Chioma, Udo, Ugo, Jodie & Leo coming for the very first time! What a joy to see some old friends again and to meet new ones! The best thing about Porridge & Play is - you NEVER run out of friends. Now, have you ever played beach ball with a Dragon while flying up high on a Flying Balloon? WE DID EXACTLY THAT!! We blew up our Flying Balloons - they came in many colours!- and flew all over Castlemilk…What a view! We were so high that at some point we could REALLY feel the cold but luckily Anusha had brought jackets and hats for us all and Caroline had [...]