Whew! What a year it has been. The Children's Department is back in full swing after the holiday break. Story Times, Kid's Fun Day @ Centre Market, and Toddler Time resumed the 9th of January. The new Story Time schedule seems to be working out very well. We discontinued our Wednesday afternoon Story Time due to low numbers. So far, attendance at the other three times has been great.
Madison Anchor Grant students and Laughlin Memorial Chapel students resumed their visits last week. It was great to see our afterschool kids. We are also very excited to be hosting both the Elementary and Middle School groups from the Anchor Program and the youth from Laughlin Chapel on Monday February 6 for our Black History Month program featuring Gregory Kenney.
I visited Ritchie Elementary this week to take our "Mother Goose on the Loose" program to the Northern Panhandle Head Start Pre-K class. I also got to take the same program to the Orchard Park Head Start birth-3 year old classes. We had a great time as usual! Northern Panhandle Head Start visited the library in December and January for a special Story Time and craft. It was fun to see the kids, parents, and teachers in the library. We also hosted a group of Boy Scouts in December for a tour. Several Girl Scout Troops will be visiting very soon.
We will be resuming our visits to Ritchie Elementary Kindergarten classes in the near future. I am also busy working on scheduling classroom visits and library tours for Read Across America Day in March and National Library Week in April as well as Summer Reading Program Informational Visits in April and May. The Summer Reading Theme this summer will be Dream Big-READ! There are lots of exciting programs being planned for this summer. As always we will keep you well informed of all the great programs here at the Ohio County Public Library as well as in our community.
