Children

Family Reading and Science Program

Our annual Family Reading and Science Program will be held on Saturdays, January 21, February 11, and March 10.  This year’s theme is Vital Signs: How Health Works.  This program is for children in kindergarten through fifth grade, accompanied by an adult.  Workshops will be presented by a staff member from the  University of Michigan’s Museum of Natural History.

You are invited to attend all three workshops, but if you can only attend one or two, you are welcome to attend just the one(s) that fit your schedule. 

Registration is required.  Please register online here or call  or stop by the library to register.

Workshop 1:  How YOU work:  What are you made of and what do your vital signs mean?
Saturday, January 21: 10:3o – 11:30 A.M.
We will explore what makes you who you are. We’ll look at the building blocks that make our bodies (cells and DNA), figure out what the numbers doctors talk about really tell us, and see how it all works together.

Workshop 2:  Germs, parasites, and allergies: Oh, my! What makes us sick and what makes us well?
Saturday, February 11: 10:3o – 11:30 A.M.
We will look at some of the things that make us sick, and find out what our bodies do to protect themselves.

Workshop 3: Build the $6 million you: Making the most of your health
Saturday, March 10: 10:3o – 11:30 A.M.
We will learn what we can do to improve and maintain our health. We’ll examine how our environment, healthy eating, and exercise influence our health and well-being.

Registration is required.  Please register online here or call or stop by the library to register.  

Winter Book Clubs

The following book clubs are funded by a grant from Target.  Registration is required.  Please register online here or call the library at 439-1240

 

Book Buddies
Kindergarten – 1st grade

Wednesday, February 1:  4:45 – 5:30 P.M.
We’ll read a mystery together and then solve a mystery of our own.

Wednesday, February 29: 4:45 – 5:30 P.M.
We’ll read a book and participate in activities related to the story.  

Wednesday, March 28: 4:45 – 5:45 P.M.
We’ll read a book and participate in activities related to the story.  

Bookworms
2nd – 3rd grade

Tuesday, January 31: 4:45 – 5:45 P.M.
Read any A to Z Mystery by Ron Roy before the program.  (Books are located in the Juvenile Fiction area of our library under the author’slast name – Roy.  See a list here.) We’ll discuss the books and solve our own mystery.

Tuesday, February 21:  4:45 – 5:45 P.M.
Read Dragon of the Red Dawn by Mary Pope Osborne.  Copies of the book will be available at the January program and at the circulation desk after that time.  We’ll discuss the book and participate in activities related to the story.

Tuesday, March 20:  4:45 – 5:45 P.M.
Read The Chocolate Touch by Patrick Skene Catlin.  Copies of the book will be available at the February program and at the circulation desk after that time.  We’ll discuss the book and participate in activities related to the story.

Chapter Chats
4th – 5th grade

Monday, January 30:  4:45 – 5:45 P.M.
Read any mystery and bring the book with you to the program.  We’ll discuss the books and other mysteries, and then solve our own mystery.

Tuesday, February 28: 4:45 – 5:45 P.M.
Read Extra Credit by Andrew Clements. Copies of the book will be available at the January program and at the circulation desk after that time.  We’ll discuss the book and write a letter to a library in Scotland.

Tuesday, February 27: 4:45 – 5:45 P.M.
Read The Tale of Despereaux by Andrew Clements. Copies of the book will be available at the February program and at the circulation desk after that time.  We’ll discuss the book and participate in activities related to the story.

Storytime

Winter Storytime