When I was in high school, we got to choose our own gym classes every quarter. We would gather in the gymnasium and wait for our turn to pick. The older students always went first, and we followed alphabetical order….
Summer Adventure Scavenger Hunt The Children’s Department’s unofficial mascot, Michu Michu, traveled around the library this summer. Michu wasn’t alone, though. His friend Library Mouse came along for the ride! Michu Michu and Library Mouse wanted to learn more about…
When I was growing up (many years ago), there was no cable or internet. Instead of Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, we expressed ourselves through the written word and kept our memories in journals, photo albums and scrapbooks. During this past…
What is a hero? Marvel and DC come to mind first with their superheroes Superman, Ironman and Batman. But who are our real heroes? Who is your hero? It might be one of your parents, aunts or uncles. Or maybe…
We are offering a kits for children getting ready to begin kindergarten called Kindergarten Concept Kits. Each kit will be themed and include fun hands-on activities to help get your child excited about learning. And the educational themes are so…
We have an exciting new kit to offer our younger patrons who participate in our LIVE online programming! We will be offering a limited number of music kits each month. Each kit will include a shaker egg, wrist bells, a…
STEAM, or STEM as it is better known, is an acronym for “Science, Technology, Engineering, Art & Math.” Recently Art has been added, but not in the way you may think. The concept of STEAM is to teach in a…
How do you communicate with your friends or family? What do you do for entertainment? How are your foods prepared? How do you get from place to place? Everything around you and everything you come into contact with on a…
I remember as a child playing with Play-Doh all the time, creating little cakes or animals, playing for hours at a time. Then when my kids were young, they would play with it using the different accessories that you could…
When I was a young child growing up, journaling and having a diary was a big deal. Teachers, parents, even church emphasized the importance of this. At school, journaling was used as an assignment for many things. Our church believed…