We have
launched the Dorothy's List Club for Youth ages 11 to 13! We will be
reading, discussing and exploring the Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award
list. Six youth met with Michelle on October 3rd to sign out our first
book and to pick the books we will be reading in the future. Multiple
copies of the books will be borrowed from the State Department of
Libraries. We will meet each month to discuss the book, do an activity
based on the book and pick up the next book. We will discuss the
possibility of attending the author ceremony in the spring. If you are interested in joining this group, please contact Michelle, email- springfieldchildrensroom@gmail.com.
We
are holding two Story Times in October. Michelle won 10 copies of Todd Parr's
newest book "Love the World" so we held a Todd Parr Story Time and each
family received a new hard cover copy of the book. The next Story Time, October 10th,
will also include a book that Michelle won! We do not have multiple copies
but the author included great activities to match the book, "Rodzilla".
Michelle will be attending a VELI-STEM workshop to cover year three of the
grant. This training will bring additional
STEM activities to present to our patrons.
Outreach to Pine
Street Preschool (Head Start) includes a parent training on October
18th. We will be talking about doing STEM activities at home.
Looking forward to attending New England Library Association Conference at the end of the month!
