It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been a good week at the library:<\/p>\n
The Clay Painting Workshop went off without a hitch.\u00c2\u00a0 The manager of Fire Your Desire ran the show, and she is fabulous.\u00c2\u00a0 The workshop was calm, orderly, and fun for all (including me!).\u00c2\u00a0 And the kids painted some great looking ornaments – I was really impressed by their creativity!\u00c2\u00a0 The workshop has inspired me, and I think I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll gather together some of my female friends for a \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Ladies Night\u00e2\u20ac\u009d at Fire Your Desire; Fridays are their chick nights, where you can reserve a table for a large group of friends, or just drop in with a few friends, and paint up a storm.\u00c2\u00a0 Sounds like a lot of fun to me!<\/p>\n
The first Teens n\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Tots Saturday Storytime went beautifully, with our first teen volunteer reading along with her mom to a small group of kids and parents.\u00c2\u00a0 They did a great job, and I have a lot of faith that Saturday storytimes are going to grow in popularity as we regularly run them.\u00c2\u00a0 Also, it looks like there are two more teen volunteers who will be helping out in the future…<\/p>\n
And then there\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the Tuesday infant and toddler storytime.\u00c2\u00a0 Another huge turnout this week, the biggest yet.\u00c2\u00a0 It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a LOT of fun, because it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not just a storytime, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s also a social event.\u00c2\u00a0 Most parents and kids end up hanging out in the children\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s room for an hour or so after storytime ends, and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s great to see friendships being made between both adults and children.\u00c2\u00a0 Next week\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Tuesday storytime should be even better, because Lois, the mother of our teen Saturday volunteer, will be helping me.\u00c2\u00a0 Two voices will carry better than one over the noisy crowd, and Lois reads a mean story (her undergraduate degree is in elementary education).\u00c2\u00a0 I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m so grateful to her for volunteering her time to make a popular event that much better!<\/p>\n
Speaking of popular events, Joanne\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Story and Craft (on Mondays and Wednesdays) continues to be a local favorite.\u00c2\u00a0 Joanne is incredibly creative, and each week\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s craft project is better than the last.\u00c2\u00a0 I love seeing the kids come up from the hour-long session with a big grin on their face, proudly holding their project, saying \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Mom!\u00c2\u00a0 Look what I made!”<\/p>\n
In other news, Children\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Book Week is next week (the 13th through the 19th), and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve put up a large display in the children\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s room with the titles of the library staff\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s favorite children\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s books.\u00c2\u00a0 Come check it out, and tell me what your favorite is!<\/p>\n
That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the weekly update!\u00c2\u00a0 I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be posting the promised JE titles tomorrow or the next day, since there are some great new titles in that section<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been a good week at the library: The Clay Painting Workshop went off without a hitch.\u00c2\u00a0 The manager of Fire Your Desire ran the show, and she is fabulous.\u00c2\u00a0 The workshop was calm, orderly, and fun for all (including me!).\u00c2\u00a0 And the kids painted some great looking ornaments – I was really impressed by … Continue reading Thursday update<\/span>