Educational Games

We now have educational games that circulate. They come in a vinyl game board that zippers up, with a die, four movers, and a book. There are also practice sheets to do at home once you've read the book and played the game.  We even have some that are bilingual-English/Spanish.  They are located in a hanging rack below the windows in the Children's Room. Take a look the next time you stop in!

What's New in the Children's Room?

If you've been in the Children's Room sometime this week, you may have noticed something new.  We now have an Early Learning Station for children age 2-8!  The computer is loaded with educational games, available in both English and Spanish. The levels of the game vary by age level- there is spelling, drawing, and much more! Each child can play for up to 30 minutes and a parent should sign them in at the clipboard by the computer. Headphones are available for children to wear so that other patrons aren't disturbed by the sound of the games. There is also the option to use the mouse of the touchscreen monitor to play the games. Our Early Learning Station is located next to our catalog computers.

We also have purchased something new for our collection.  We now have twelve Playaway Views to circulate. Each view is about the size of a GPS and has animated stories or educational videos loaded onto it. Some are nonfiction and some are fiction. There are also some for preschoolers and some for school-aged children.  They are located on top of the picture book shelves by the elevator and patrons may checkout one at a time.

Check out our new additions the next time you visit the library!

Tween April Fools!

On Sunday, April 1^st, tweens came by for an April Fool’s Day program and made mouths out of apple slices and marshmallows. Other April Fool’s Day jokes and pranks were shared in good fun!

Our next Tween program- PoCho! is Friday, April 27th @ 6:30PM for tweens in grades 4-7.