National Library Card Month!

The library has been a busy place this month! This month we've started focusing more on STEAM, which is Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Math. Every Friday we've had activities relating to the Giant Squid and the ocean. And we did some experimenting with our Preschoolers with sinking and floating.

Here's a little peek at what's been happening:

Have you visited the library this month? Has your child showed us his or her library card? Remember... children can pick a prize and be entered into a drawing for a Target gift card through the end of September - just by showing that they're cool kids with a library card!

September Catch Up!

September was a busy month! And somehow the time got away from me for posting pictures!

 

 

 

On Tuesday, September 18, we had our first school year Reader Leader. Bailey and Piper, two of our favorite therapy dogs, came to listen to the children read. Teen volunteers also helped children read stories, play literacy games and make crafts.

 

 

Bailey and Piper will be back on October 16 at 4:30... come and read to them!

On Monday, September 24, we had our Cool Fun Family Program. We celebrated "National Library Card Sign Up Month" with cool stories and crafts! Families also made their own ice cream! Yum!

Toddler Time

Miss Linda and the toddlers had so much fun at our last Toddler Time! The books and songs were all about the farm.

Cows in the kitchen by Jane Crebbin

Do cows belong in the kitchen? Have you ever seen pigs in the pantry? This is a fun, silly book that can be sung to the tune of "Skip to My Lou."

During the song "Old MacDonald Had a Farm," the children bounced the farm animals on the parachute... always a popular activity.

 Children chose sticks or bells to play along during "Old MacDonald Had a Band."

 They shook fruit down while singing "Way Up High in the Apple Tree."

 

Singing is our Every Child Ready to Read practice for September. Singing is fun and helps children get ready to learn to read. While singing, children can hear the sounds in words. They also hear lots of rhyming words... which help them to recognize letter sounds when they start to read.

 And don't forget that every child who shows us his or her library card in the month of September gets a prize and is entered into a drawing for a Target gift card!

Join us this Thursday, September 26 at 10:30am, for our next Toddler Time!

Cool Kids Have a Library Card!

 

September is National Library Card Sign Up Month!

Every child, through age 14, that gets a library card or shows us their card during the month of September will receive a small prize and be entered into a drawing for a Target gift card at the end of the month!

Be sure to check out the programs this week!

Tuesday, Sept. 4 @ 10:30am or 1:00pm - Preschool Story Hour for ages 3-5.
Thursday, Sept. 6 @ 4:30pm - Lego Mania for all ages
Friday, Sept. 7 @ 10:30am - Mother Goose on the Loose for ages 0 to 35 months and a caregiver.