Visit from Naukati Students!

We had an exciting morning over at the Coffman Cove Library today! I had been emailing with a teacher from a nearby (30 miles) town for the past few weeks, and we worked out an idea for some of the preschool and kindergarten students to make the trip over for a bit of a library orientation. There is no public library in Naukati, and most of the students had never been to the Coffman library before. They came into the kids' room with great excitement, and immediately started finding books and sitting down to flip through the pages.

The kids browsed and looked around on their own for a while, and then we got started on some orientation to checking out books and general library things. (What is a library? What is a library card? How do you check out books?)

I found this fun little video for the kids to watch.


After the video, we had a snack-- brownies, made for the students by Carolyn, who has been on board with the Coffman Cove Library since its inception. We then got all the kids set up with library cards and let them decorate the cards and make bookmarks. The kids all picked out a few books and got to use their new library membership to take some books home.

 

All in all, it was a great morning. It was wonderful to see the kids so excited about books, and it was a good way for everyone to learn about using the library.

Lots of Activities!

Last week was a busy one! We had a lot going on at the library.

Here's what the week looked like:

Tuesday: Knitting (this happens every week)
Wednesday: Yoga (also weekly) and Early Literacy in the evening
Thursday: Rocketing Into Space CILC program with kids from the school
Saturday: Pickling and Fermenting

The Rocketing Into Space program was great, and it felt successful since it was my first time getting us linked up with a CILC program. The students from the school walked down, and we were able to connect with scientists who build rockets in Alabama. They talked a bit about the rocket building and space launching processes, and the kids were all able to ask questions.