2008 was a busy year in Children's Services! Here are some highlights:
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January 2008 musicians from the Fort Wayne Philharmonic performed pieces from Beethoven Lives Upstairs in the Jeffrey R. Krull Gallery.
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February 2008, the winners of the Your Reading Pet Photo Contest were announced.
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March 2008 over 300 children & adults attended the Homeschool Sneak Preview.
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April 2008 the kids in the Early Reader Roundup group practiced their emotions with Mo Willem's Elephant & Piggie characters.
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May 2008 Time 2 Chime, the homeschool handchime choir, finished off their year of practice with a live performance.
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June 2008, Fritz the GermanFest dog stopped by Children's Services to sign up for the Catch the Reading Bug Summer Reading Program.
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July 2008 kids had the opportunity to meet a ballet dancer from the Fort Wayne Ballet as part of a special SmartStart Preschool Storytime.
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August 2008 kids displayed their good sportsmanship and concentration skills at the Children's Services Chess Tournament.
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September 2008 things got very fancy at the Fancy Nancy Tea Party.
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October 2008 the Art Out of the Box kids painted two cars on the Library Plaza.
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November 2008 hundreds of children and grown ups enjoyed performances by Justin Roberts and the Not Ready for Naptime Players.
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December 31, 2008 we prepared for another wonderful year!
Please remember: The Main Library and all branches of the ACPL will close at 5pm today & will be closed all day tomorrow. Please visit early to pick up your books and other materials. The Main Library will re-open on Friday, January 2nd at 9am. Branch libraries will re-open at 10am.
Early Reader Round-up - Grades K-2 - will be discussing Little Bear, by Else Holmelund Minarik.
Reading Rocks! - Grades 3-5 - will be talking about Poppy, by Avi.
The Reading Rocks! Homeschool Book Club for 3rd through 5th Graders wrapped up its last meeting of the school year on Friday, May 8th, with a discussion of Beverly Cleary's The Mouse and the Motorcycle.
Looking for extension activities, discussion questions, or supporting information for your classroom, literature circle, or book club? Take a look at these two websites, graciously provided to us by a homeschooling mom:
Last month, the Early Reader Roundup kids met to discuss Good Night, Good Knight by Shelley Moore Thomas. After talking about the book, everyone made a story spinner like the one that you see pictured here.
On December 31, 2008 we prepared for another wonderful year!
The Early Reader Roundup kids met on Friday, September 5th to discuss On the Go with Mr. & Mrs. Green by Keith Baker. After the discussion, the kids created their very own board games with words from the book. Check out more pictures of the program here.
Early Reader Roundup (Grades K - 2): Mouse Soup, by Arnold Lobel
Reading Rocks! (Grades 3 - 6): Holes, by Louis Sachar
Yesterday, the Reading Rocks Homeschool Book Club met and discussed Prince Caspian, by C. S. Lewis. We had a dynamic discussion about characters -- which were our favorites, what qualities did they possess that made them appealing. We also talked about the setting of the story, and the differences between the setting of The Lion, the Witch, and The Wardrobe and Prince Caspian.
The Fabulous Fridays Homeschool Book Club: Early Reader Roundup met yesterday afternoon to talk about the book I Am Invited to a Party by Mo Willems.
Yesterday the Early Reader Roundup book club met to discuss Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish. We talked about silliness, misunderstandings and words that sound the same, but mean different things.
Yesterday the Early Reader Roundup (Grades K to 2) kids met for our Fabulous Friday Homeschool Book Discussion. We talked about pests and pets as we discussed the book Hi, Fly Guy! by Tedd Arnold. We each made our very own Shrinky Dink pet to take home. Then we created awards for our pets, because every pet is special and deserves an award!
The Reading Rocks! Homeschool Book Club, for Grades 3 - 6, had a great discussion about Chasing Vermeer, by Blue Balliett. Some of the things attendees liked about this book were...
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