We have a year-round children's program, Little Bookworms: weekly, mostly preschool aged children (a few older home-schooled children) and their parents. We usually get at least 10 kids/week, sometimes as many as 25, but typically 12-15. We continue throughout the summer, even when we have our Summer Reading Club. We lose some of the school-year regulars, but pick up a lot of the summer additions. Our Little Bookworms involves music, stories, and crafts - sometimes we take "field trips" a few blocks away to a bank or the pumpkin patch. We also celebrate some of the holidays with parties for the participants.
Suzan Nyfeler, with CTLS and Every Child Ready to Read, as well as Christine McNew, with TSLAC, both have some great training and resource materials if you want to modify your children's programming. Hope this helps! --Judy Judith M. Bergeron Smithville Public Library 507 Main Street Smithville, TX 78957 TEL: 512/237-3282 ext. 2424 CELL: 512-848-5377 FAX: 512/237-4549 email: [email protected] website: www.smithvillepubliclibrary.org ________________________________ From: Pauline Lam <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, December 18, 2009 10:34:47 AM Subject: [ctls-l] year round reading programs I would like to know how many libraries have year round children’s reading program. I would appreciate if you can tell me what kind of participation you have and any other details related to the program. Thanks Pauline Lam, MLS Library Director CedarParkPublic Library 550 Discovery Blvd. Cedar Park, TX 78613 Tel: (512) 401-5624 Fax: (512) 259-5236 ________________________________
