Doodling Storytime with Just Like Home Daycare 6/ 11/09

Library Director Bonnie showed the day care how easy it was to draw a cat's face with just circles, ovals, and triangles. Each cat face was as unique as the child that drew it. Everyone had lots of fun interpreting what they saw and heard.

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Doodling Storytime 6/10/09

Kelly (age 13) was a guest reader who volunteered to read to the children for one of our weekly storytimes. Kelly read about drawing and pencils to the children. Kelly had over 45 children at her program.

The children followed the directions from Kelly to find out how simple it was to draw a cat's face with just circles, ovals, and triangles. Each child drew their own unique cat.

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Butterfly Storytime with Sally 6909

With our children's librarian is on materity leave for the summer we have asked for volunteers to help with our twice weekly storytime. We have some great readers for our Be Creative @ Your Library summer reading program.


Additonal pictures of storytimes can be viewed at Flikr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/kassonlibrary

Sally Smith was our guest storytime reader today and she chose to read about butterflies. 46 people were at our storytime and while space was tight we managed to fit all of the children in. The children enjoyed coloring or using tissue paper for their take home butterflies.

Summer Reading Program Week 1 Prizes

Summer Reading Program registration is in full swing with 306 children signup. We have a coloring contest for ages 1-18, a guessing jar fill with legos, and other numerous items that will be drawn each week. Stop in and register for our reading program and sign up for our weekly drawings. We draw each Friday afternoon and call the winners. Stop in and see what is happening at our library.

Three Family Games You Love to Play

On Simplicity is one of my favorite website sand I check it quite regularly for ideas. Here is the website. .http://www.onsimplicity.net/2008/12/family-games-you-love-to-play/
I paraphrased her thoughts and added mine.

Three Family Games You Love to Play

Family gatherings approach, with awkward conversations and blissful moments coming in equal measures. It also means it’s time to break out the games! It simply wouldn’t be a holiday in my family without the sound of plastic cups slamming down on hardwood boards and moans of “Aarrggh! You’re so mean!” and whispers of, “Hey, you should probably knock her off. She’s got two in home.” So for those of you who are game players and those of who would like to take a crack at it, take a moment to share your top three family games (of any sort, variety, or type).

Here are my favorite games:

1. Uno-this game is great when you want to get even with a sibling.

2. Mexican Train-We play this game for hours and there is always lots of heckling and cheering
This game can give you a big head or make you very humble.

3. Trival Pursuit (the original)-My sister Sandy and I are the all time champions. There only thing that trips us up is the professional teams.

What are your favorite games?

Exciting Events at the Library on Thursday 6/4

Today was extremely busy at the library with the Friends Quarterly Meeting, Intergenerational Storytime at Prairie Meadows and the start of the Summer Reading Program.

Enjoy reading about what is happening at the Kasson Public Library.

Be Creative @ Your Library

Registration for the 2009 Summer Reading Program begins today at 10:00 am.

We have lots of fun and prizes for everyone. There is a coloring contest, weekly prize drawings, MJ Sings and Dances for Preschool Kindergarten , Mad Science Fire and Ice program from the Science Museum of Minnesota for all ages, and big prizes for the children who read the most over the next eight weeks.

Sign up for Summer Reading Program can be done two ways:

Come down to the library to register or online registration at the Kasson Public Library Website.

http://www.kasson.lib.mn.us/Summer.html