We have a fun little activity going on this month. Every Wednesday our Children's Department does a come-and-go craft time. We've spent the better part of a month collecting all sorts of paper towel tubes, shoe boxes and a variety of other stuff. It's always a fun and chaotic time. Here are a few pictures from this morning's event after the big rush of kids:
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| Hard at work making rain sticks and sand art |
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| The colored sand isn't all muddled together yet! | |
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| Rain sticks |
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| Waterless fish tanks |
Since we love to count things here in library world, this sort of activity is great because we will be able to count up how many of the craft kits were used and get an idea of how many children participated today ( apparently, we had 108 children who made rain sticks)!
In the coming weeks, we'll have lots of other programs and crafts to boast about. However, the biggest boast we have right now is the enormous number of children signed up for the most important part of this whole undertaking - the summer reading program. We are up to 1,134 children signed up to read 10 books or to read for 10 hours! Once the totals are in from the day care centers that are signed up, I think we'll have close to a record year. Why is that a big deal? Early childhood
literacy is key to further success in school as the child grows.
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