Nearly 50 people enjoyed preschool storytimes this month. We discussed the beach, vacations, camping and back to school stories. We made suitcases and pencil critters and even enjoyed some S’mores.
Our circulation has increases 10% in June and July. Thank you to all our readers!
We will have Grandparent/Grandchild movie on September 12.
Melissa, branch manager
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Children's Update: Sweeny
We are changing the time for our preschool storytimes and toddler time. Toddler time will now begin at 10:30 a.m. Preschool storytime will begin at 11 a.m. We averaged more than 20 children at storytimes in August with balls and bubbles being some of the highlights. We’ll have a special guest in September when Lotta Buttons the clown will visit both programs.
Our Teen Time with Guitar Hero was lots of fun. The teens enjoyed it. We borrowed Guitar Hero from the Lake Jackson branch. Thanks for sharing! We discussed “A Separate Peace” by John Knowles and will discuss “The Hound of Rowan” by Henry H. Neff at our September meeting.
Toddler time has been steadily growing, but bedtime stories is down a bit in attendance. We hope that will change since school has started once more.
August saw the return of Kid’s Club with a back to school splash. The children had loads of fun at several water activities. No one wanted to go home. Kid’s Club will be I Spy Day this month.
For the first time in at least five summers, we ran out of reading medals. Congratulations to all our gold-medal readers!
Leslie, branch manager
Our Teen Time with Guitar Hero was lots of fun. The teens enjoyed it. We borrowed Guitar Hero from the Lake Jackson branch. Thanks for sharing! We discussed “A Separate Peace” by John Knowles and will discuss “The Hound of Rowan” by Henry H. Neff at our September meeting.
Toddler time has been steadily growing, but bedtime stories is down a bit in attendance. We hope that will change since school has started once more.
August saw the return of Kid’s Club with a back to school splash. The children had loads of fun at several water activities. No one wanted to go home. Kid’s Club will be I Spy Day this month.
For the first time in at least five summers, we ran out of reading medals. Congratulations to all our gold-medal readers!
Leslie, branch manager
Children's Update: Manvel
Preschool storytimes covered horses, sports, friends and parts of the body. We made horse heads with yarn manes and a “My Body Book.” More than 60 people attended.
We had a new member join our Teen Read discussion. To promote our teen events, I visited the high school and junior high to talk with the librarians. They were very enthusiastic about working with me.
Our first pajama storytime had a very small group, but we’re hoping this will increase with more advertising.
Beginning this month, we will have a monthly Kids’ Craft Hour and a teen activity.
Geri, children's librarian
We had a new member join our Teen Read discussion. To promote our teen events, I visited the high school and junior high to talk with the librarians. They were very enthusiastic about working with me.
Our first pajama storytime had a very small group, but we’re hoping this will increase with more advertising.
Beginning this month, we will have a monthly Kids’ Craft Hour and a teen activity.
Geri, children's librarian
Children's Update: Lake Jackson
During preschool storytimes in August, children listened to stories about rodeos and armadillos and learned how to read and design cattle brands. Beginning this month, we’ll start a new year-long theme – Be a Contrary Kid – and discuss the letters of the alphabet in no particular order.
The Domino’s Pizza Toss and Show was a great success for the second year with more than 100 people attending. There was pizza dough and cornmeal everywhere as everyone tried their hand at pizza making. After the program, pizza was provided for everyone. Thanks Domino’s!
The last scheduled program of the summer was the annual Flip-Flop Fling and Watermelon Bash. Everyone won coupons from Papa John’s Pizza, McDonald’s, El Chico, Skating America and Fuddruckers. We spent the day reading, watching films, playing games and doing crafts. Chips and dip where provided by El Chico, and H.E.B provided the watermelon. Thank you to all those who donated items!
Clowns! Clowns! Clowns! was a free special program presented by the Coastal Confetti Clown Alley of Brazoria County. The Center for the Arts and Sciences donated the use of the music theater, and tickets were printed and distributed to children at the Clute and Lake Jackson branches. Almost 100 people attended the program. Thank you to the Center for donating the performance space!
Local artist Barbara Feiner taught an altered books workshop. An altered book is a mixed-media art form that incorporates collage, painting, stamping and other decoration to create a work of art from an existing book. She displayed several of her own pieces and showed attendees how to achieve different kinds of effects in their own work. Ms. Feiner generously provided attendees with fabric scraps, paints, metal objects and stamps, along with support and inspiration as they created their own pieces of art from donated board books. Fifteen adults and teens took part in the day-long event. The library plans to have another altered book program in the coming months. Thank you, Ms. Feiner, for a wonderful program!
The Readers Circle and the Bookaneers will begin meeting again in September.
Our clerk, Jessica, completed the bulletin board display in the children’s area. She has been working on this project since May trying to find book characters for each letter of the alphabet. Nice job!
Susan, children's librarian
The Domino’s Pizza Toss and Show was a great success for the second year with more than 100 people attending. There was pizza dough and cornmeal everywhere as everyone tried their hand at pizza making. After the program, pizza was provided for everyone. Thanks Domino’s!
The last scheduled program of the summer was the annual Flip-Flop Fling and Watermelon Bash. Everyone won coupons from Papa John’s Pizza, McDonald’s, El Chico, Skating America and Fuddruckers. We spent the day reading, watching films, playing games and doing crafts. Chips and dip where provided by El Chico, and H.E.B provided the watermelon. Thank you to all those who donated items!
Clowns! Clowns! Clowns! was a free special program presented by the Coastal Confetti Clown Alley of Brazoria County. The Center for the Arts and Sciences donated the use of the music theater, and tickets were printed and distributed to children at the Clute and Lake Jackson branches. Almost 100 people attended the program. Thank you to the Center for donating the performance space!
Local artist Barbara Feiner taught an altered books workshop. An altered book is a mixed-media art form that incorporates collage, painting, stamping and other decoration to create a work of art from an existing book. She displayed several of her own pieces and showed attendees how to achieve different kinds of effects in their own work. Ms. Feiner generously provided attendees with fabric scraps, paints, metal objects and stamps, along with support and inspiration as they created their own pieces of art from donated board books. Fifteen adults and teens took part in the day-long event. The library plans to have another altered book program in the coming months. Thank you, Ms. Feiner, for a wonderful program!
The Readers Circle and the Bookaneers will begin meeting again in September.
Our clerk, Jessica, completed the bulletin board display in the children’s area. She has been working on this project since May trying to find book characters for each letter of the alphabet. Nice job!
Susan, children's librarian
Children's Update: Freeport
Our preschool storytimes included stories about dragons, animals, chickens and a special dinosaur program featuring the upcoming PBS show “Dinosaur Train.” Nearly 160 people attended our storytimes in August.
Memorial Childcare comes to visit us every Tuesday for a special early-morning storytime. We are so happy to have them around!
We had great attendance at summer reading club programs this year. We hope even more people join us next summer!
Dawn, children's specialist
Memorial Childcare comes to visit us every Tuesday for a special early-morning storytime. We are so happy to have them around!
We had great attendance at summer reading club programs this year. We hope even more people join us next summer!
Dawn, children's specialist
Children's Update: Danbury
Our Friends group paid for a back-to-school party with pizza and Wii in August. It quadrupled our normal attendance. Thank you to the Friends!
We’re looking forward to working with the daycare across the street from the library, which is now under new ownership. There is also a new daycare opening in town that we are eager to work with as well.
We continue to have a popular preschool storytimes. The Wii program is slowly growing with attendance increasing since school is back in session.
Kandy, branch manager
We’re looking forward to working with the daycare across the street from the library, which is now under new ownership. There is also a new daycare opening in town that we are eager to work with as well.
We continue to have a popular preschool storytimes. The Wii program is slowly growing with attendance increasing since school is back in session.
Kandy, branch manager
Children's Update: Brazoria
We finished up the summer with preschool storytimes about Texas and tall tales, beaches, and new school years. We made Texas flag fans that proved popular with the parents, a starfish craft, and decorated foam-lettered pictures.
Our final teen program was a You, Me and Wii event. Attendance was low, but the teens enjoyed playing Guitar Hero. We also served chips and drinks.
Dawn Grimes cooked “chuckwagon grub” for one of our programs. The children were treated to rattlesnake stew, trail mix, sarsaparilla and cow patties.
Our End-of-Summer Party was a blast. Domino’s Pizza came and showed us how to make pizza crust. They threw dough at the children and let them play. Of course, they also brought pizza to eat. We served root beer floats. Popcorn was provided by the Brazoria Heritage Foundation.
The Barrow Elementary fifth graders visited the library with about 90 people. I read them a book which they loved. I also answered questions about the library. We even discussed audio books as a great way for students to earn their Accelerated Reader points. Jerry, the branch manager, took them on a tour of the library. His wife showed the students the mural of historic Brazoria in our meeting room. Two of our clerks, Magda and Melissa, gave the students a tutorial on computer use and databases. We all agreed it was a wonderful morning, and we hope that other classes will come to visit us soon.
We are looking forward to a new season of storytimes, bedtime stories and movies. We are also looking into new and different activities for all ages.
Jo, children's specialist
Our final teen program was a You, Me and Wii event. Attendance was low, but the teens enjoyed playing Guitar Hero. We also served chips and drinks.
Dawn Grimes cooked “chuckwagon grub” for one of our programs. The children were treated to rattlesnake stew, trail mix, sarsaparilla and cow patties.
Our End-of-Summer Party was a blast. Domino’s Pizza came and showed us how to make pizza crust. They threw dough at the children and let them play. Of course, they also brought pizza to eat. We served root beer floats. Popcorn was provided by the Brazoria Heritage Foundation.
The Barrow Elementary fifth graders visited the library with about 90 people. I read them a book which they loved. I also answered questions about the library. We even discussed audio books as a great way for students to earn their Accelerated Reader points. Jerry, the branch manager, took them on a tour of the library. His wife showed the students the mural of historic Brazoria in our meeting room. Two of our clerks, Magda and Melissa, gave the students a tutorial on computer use and databases. We all agreed it was a wonderful morning, and we hope that other classes will come to visit us soon.
We are looking forward to a new season of storytimes, bedtime stories and movies. We are also looking into new and different activities for all ages.
Jo, children's specialist
Children's Update: Angleton
Miss Emmy’s preschool storytimes will begin a new theme for the year – Every Day, Every Way. We look forward to all the children who will visit us for stories and fun.
Rosaelena, our reference librarian, will begin a new teen Wii program on September 26.
Since summer reading club has ended, we’ll be returning to a more normal programming schedule. Our Family Movie event is September 19, and Kids Kraft will be on September 15.
Angleton Christian School has begun weekly visits since school has resumed. They will be visiting our library a total of four times a week – two groups on Wednesdays and two groups on Fridays.
We had excellent attendance this summer for all of our programs, as well as a high number of medal winners. Our beautiful quilt, donated by the Plantation Quilting Guild, was won by a girl who read 60 books this summer. Congratulations to her, and thank you to the guild for the donation!
We hosted a party to thank our summer volunteers who helped us so much with their time and energy. The party included refreshments, certificates and thank-you letters. Thank you to all our volunteers!
Emma Lou, children's specialist
Rosaelena, our reference librarian, will begin a new teen Wii program on September 26.
Since summer reading club has ended, we’ll be returning to a more normal programming schedule. Our Family Movie event is September 19, and Kids Kraft will be on September 15.
Angleton Christian School has begun weekly visits since school has resumed. They will be visiting our library a total of four times a week – two groups on Wednesdays and two groups on Fridays.
We had excellent attendance this summer for all of our programs, as well as a high number of medal winners. Our beautiful quilt, donated by the Plantation Quilting Guild, was won by a girl who read 60 books this summer. Congratulations to her, and thank you to the guild for the donation!
We hosted a party to thank our summer volunteers who helped us so much with their time and energy. The party included refreshments, certificates and thank-you letters. Thank you to all our volunteers!
Emma Lou, children's specialist
Children's Update: Alvin
Our preschool storytimes covered princesses, back to school, airplanes and special Super Why storytime. Almost 150 attended our storytimes.
For the second year, we hosted an end of summer reading carnival. Nearly 300 people came to the event. We had face painting, crafts, a moonwalk and balloon art. A clown entertained the children with magic and fun. Snow cones and popcorn were served. Several parents and grandparents said they couldn’t wait for next year’s carnival.
We had 128 gold medal readers this summer. Those children read 60 books or 24 hours throughout the summer. Congratulations to all of them!
Heritage Christian Daycare, Good Seed Day Care, Next Generation and The Village Early Learning Center visited us throughout the summer. They came to events and storytimes. Thank you all for coming to the library!
Carol, children's specialist
For the second year, we hosted an end of summer reading carnival. Nearly 300 people came to the event. We had face painting, crafts, a moonwalk and balloon art. A clown entertained the children with magic and fun. Snow cones and popcorn were served. Several parents and grandparents said they couldn’t wait for next year’s carnival.
We had 128 gold medal readers this summer. Those children read 60 books or 24 hours throughout the summer. Congratulations to all of them!
Heritage Christian Daycare, Good Seed Day Care, Next Generation and The Village Early Learning Center visited us throughout the summer. They came to events and storytimes. Thank you all for coming to the library!
Carol, children's specialist
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