Garbage Truck Storytime Day 2

Day 2 of Garbage Truck Storytime was just as popular as Day 1. The children enjoyed the stories and movie but were excited about creating their very own truck. Lots of concentration went into the details on the trucks.

Girls working hard.

Finished truck!

Additional photos can be viewed at http://www.flickr.com/photos/kassonlibrary/

Our website is http://www.kasson.lib.mn.us/

Library Signup Month

We had a mom, with her newly adopted five month old daughter, come into the library for a very special purpose. She had just offically adopted her daughter and wanted to commerate the moment with her daughter's first library card. What a great idea!!

For me it was a wonderful photographic moment! She will be the representative of the Kasson Public Library during September for library card signup.

Movie Book Night at the Library

Think you got problems at home
and school? I bet Matilda has you beat with her home and school life.

Matilda was chosen to be the September book made into a movie night. Children read the book, watched the movie and ate popcorn.

This is the third month the library has sponsored for "Tweens" movie book month. Any student between 4-6 is invited to read the book of the month and watch the movie and discuss what you like better the movie or the book.

Garbage and Garbage Trucks

The children read stories about
garbage and trucks with Children's Librarian Ingvild.

Then they got the chance to contruct their very own truck out of shapes. They liked pasting and coloring their trucks.

Finished truck.

The boys are very intent on making their truck special.

Additional photos can be viewed at http://www.flickr.com/photos/kassonlibrary/

Our website is http://www.kasson.lib.mn.us/

Fall if Offically Here!

Enjoy the day and especially the weather.

Apple Tasting

The library's outreach program called
Books On Wheels goes to Prairie Meadows every month to share magazines, books, and a informational program with the seniors.

Today Library Director Bonnie Adams talked about apples through statistics, a story, and a few jokes. The fourteen residents tasted 4 types of apples :Gala, Red Delicious from the state of Washington and Granny Smith, and Fuji

from Chile. The consensus of the group was that Gala and Granny Smith were the best. They all look forward to looking at the magazines and receiving books they ordered.

Additional photos can be viewed at http://www.flickr.com/photos/kassonlibrary/

Our website is http://www.kasson.lib.mn.us/

YEAH!!! I Finished 23 Things On A Stick

http://23thingsonastick.blogspot.com/

I finally finished the self-guided program called 23 Things on a Stick (in reference to the state fair food on a stick) sponsored by SELS on the 2nd round. I received a certificate and a 1g memory stick. 23 Things On a Stick was developed by the seven multitype multicounty library systems as part of the staff development the multitypes offer in their regions. This statewide program has helped local library staff , library boards, and library patrons find out what is out on the web and how can they best use them.

What I liked best about this program is that you do not have to search for the sites on your own they are easily accessed. This site will stay up indefinitely to help anyone who wants to know what Flikr, Nings, widgets, RSS feed, etc. and how you could benefit with this extra knowledge.

At our library we are already using some of the things we have learned in our blogs, flikrs accounts and our website. I am trying to set aside time each day to further explore these sites and continue to hand out postcards to patrons and tell others about this great site.