Story Hour Program 

 Every Tuesday at 10:30 am at Cooke County Library, a story hour for children & adults is held.
Each week there is a different theme and a different volunteer to lead the story hour.
The length of the program is between forty to sixty minutes. Various elements of the program include music, stories, acting, and sometimes a craft.

 If you are interested in participating in this year round event,
please contact Children's Storyhour co-ordinator, Tamera Broyles at 940-668-5530.

 Let's make this year's Story hour program as big a success as last year's!

Come partipate in all the events!

Thank you to all who volunteered and those who participated in the program.

February 2012 Schedule

1/31/12: Mittens! Mittens!

Who's got mittens?

Ms. Tamera read us a mitten poem,

that  we acted out. Plus

several stories about mittens.

We made paper mittens

stuffed with animals to take home.

1/24/12: Happy Chinese New Year!

2012 is the year of the dragon.

We learned & celebrated it! Our

artwork project was dragons which

will be on display in the Library from

1/27/12 - 2/10/12.

1/17/12: Ms. Sonia visited & read stories

about all kinds of animals: frogs, pigs, rats

& sharks. We laughed at the stories.

We colored pictures of the main

animal characters.

1/10/12: Um Um good! Soup was our theme.

Ms. Tamera read to us & we ate homemade

veggie soup on this cold wintry day.

1/3/12: Let it Snow! Let it Snow!

First we wiggly our wiggles out &

then it's time for wintery stories.

We made snowmen to take home.

And last but not least our

January snowball fight!

12/27/11: Happy New Year!

Ms. Kim read stories about New Year's

Eve to us. We celebrated by toasting,

shooting off poppers

& our traditional countdown

& confetti throwing.

12/20/11: Ms. Tamera taught us

about "Weihnachten"or

German Christmas. We sat out

our shoes out to see if

there would surprises.

After reading Christmas stories, we

checked our shoes & had surprises!

12/13/11: Cooke County Ballet Academy

performed their annual Christmas

show at Butterfield Stage Playhouse.

Ms. Tamera read "There Was An Old

Lady Who Swallowed a Bell" to us.

12/6/11: Miranda and Katelyn from the

Gainesville High School Reading Club

read "How the Grinch Stole Christmas''

 and "The Polar Express."

Then we all colored a stocking

 to hang up by the fireplace.

11/29/11: Storyteller Unleashed, Ms. Dru and her puppets

told us Native American Tales to celebrate Native

American History month. During some of the

stories she even let us tell the stories with her.

Thanks to Lizzy, Ben, and Grant Wilson

for helping with the puppets!

We all had a great time.

11/22/11: We celebrated

Thanksgiving with the Leachs.

We read stories about the

holiday, played pin the

hat on the turkey &

made pilgrim & indian hats

to wear at home on Thanksgiving.

11/15/11: The Gainesville Fire Department

 read  to us, showed us their fire

equipment & talked to us

about safety. We love having

them come every year

to remind us about fire safety.

Thanks!

11/8/11: The Gainesville Fire

 Department was suppose to come

teach us fire safety. However, they

had a "fire call" so are hoping to be

here next Tuesday, 11/15/11.

So instead Ms. Kim read us a

story about Firemen & we

sang & colored with Ms. LaDean.

11/1/11: Gainesville High Schoolers

Margaret Stogner & Ashley Lumphin

were our special guests. They

sang & read 3 stories to us.

Even though we were a small group,

we had a wonderful time!

10/25/11: We celebrated pumpkins

& Halloween with

Ms. Jane from

Lavender Ridge Farms.

Thanks for the pumpkins!

10/18/11: We were definitely ready for fun, just

like one of the stories Ms. Kim read to us.

Then we found out why bears are trouble &

why cows love cookies. Plus we 

got to have some cookies too!

10/11/11: State Trooper Tackett

talked to us about safety.

He read us a story about car safety,

but we also discussed street safety.

Plus we each got to take home

a backpack of safety goodies!

10/4/11: Ms. Angel from AgriLife Extension

read "Tops & Bottoms" to us.

We learned about hardwork, laziness

& gardening, specifically

carrots & celery.

9/27/11: We had two guests today from

the Gainesville High School Reading Club.

 Collen and Wesley each read us a story.

We heard "The Frog Prince" and

 "Boomer Goes to School." We also

 sang "The Wheels on the Bus,"

a& found Boomer on our coloring page.

9/20/11: Ms. Kit Chase was

our special reader today. She

read us her story " Lady Q

Makes Quintessence."

Thanks Ms. Kit for

being our guest!

9/13/11: Today we had fun with

Ms. LaDean & Ms. Kim. We

sang with Ms. LaDean. Then Ms. Kim

used a storyboard to tell us 2 stories,

"The 3 Little Pigs" & "Henry Builds a Cabin."

We got to be a part of the stories by

helping put together the storyboards.

9/6/11: Ms. LaDean read

"Llama, llama red pajamas".

We sang several songs

& just had a good

time together.

8/30/11: Marching bands

& music were our themes

at storyhour. We marched

& sang songs. Then to

end our Summer,

we had sno cones

thanks to Ms. Sandy Geyer!

8/23/11: Mother Goose

shared songs  &

nursery rhymes with us.

We heard stories like

"Little Miss Muffet", &

"Mary Had a Little Lamb".

We sang "Twinkle, Twinkle,

Little Star." We just had fun!

Sponsored in part with funding from   

8/16/11: Turbo & Max visited

with their trainers,

Ms. Pat & Ms. Marli.  

We talked watch them

do tricks & learned about

their job as therapy dogs.

Best of all we all got

lots of doggie love!

8/9/11: Ms. LaDean read us

stories about  ducklings

& crayons. We sang

some of our favorite songs!

Plus we decorated out favorite

book cover to take home.

8/2/11: What a time we had!

Storyteller Unleashed, Ms. Dru

brought all her friends!

We learned how to work marionettes,

puppets & put on a variety of shows!

Sponsored in part with funding from   

7/26/11: We went to the beach

& the zoo in the books

that Ms. LaDean read to us.

The books were bought

to life by listening to seashells

& stuffed animals that

Ms. LaDean supplied.

7/19/11: Ronald McDonald & his friend

Mark entertained us with

"It's Reading Time with Ronald McDonald"

at storyhour today. He talked to us

about reading, taking care of books,

& how to read for entertainment.

He also did magic tricks, sang

with us & made us laugh!

Thanks for coming

Ronald & Mark!

7/12/11: Ms. LaDean & the younger kids

read about lost treasures,

sang songs & colored

their own treasure chest.

Susannah Cord came

& read her book,

"Fenella : A Fable of a Fairy

Afraid to Fly"  to the

older kids. They discussed

why & how she wrote it.

7/5/11: It was picnic & marionette time

with Ms. LaDean & the younger kids.

While inside the older kids &

Ms. Susan explored fossils & a snake

 in their Science Safari workshop.

6/28/11: The younger kids read with

 Ms. Jill Linnell.  They danced and

sang. They also held up pictures

to help her tell her story.

The older kids started reading

"Mummies in the Morning" and "digs."

They look forward to finding

out what happens next. 

6/21/11: The Story Time Theater

was our special guest today.

They performed "Rumpelstiltskin

& the Princess."

6/14/11: The clowns are here!!

The clowns are here!!

Kelly the Clown was our

special storyhour.

 He came & talked to

us about the circus, 

Summer Reading Program &

performed "clown tricks". 

He made us laugh!

6/7/11: Today was the storyhour

kick off to the 2011 Summer

Reading Program. We

read stories & sang songs

with Ms. Jennifer & Ms. LaDean.

Ms. LaDean & the younger kids

danced, read & made

thier own book cover.

Ms. Jennifer & the older kids

decided what topic/books they

were going to read this Summer.

By voting of hands, it was

decided Mummies & Egypt & "Digs".

5/31/11: What a special treat we had

at Storyhour! Mr. De Cee Cornish

was our guest. He is a storyteller

& he entertained us with stories

& songs about birds, frogs &

friendship. We can't wait to

have him came back!

Sponsored with funds from   

5/24/11: Ms. Cathy from

the Morton Museum was

our guest. She bought

special items from the

museum. These items

were used by our local

Gainesville Community Circus.

She even wore one of the

clown costumes!

We read a story about circus

parades & sang some

of our favorite songs.

5/17/11: Lolly Pop the clown was

our special treat for storyhour!

She read Dr. Seuss's

"If I Ran the Circus". We

played with a parachute

& bean bags. Of

course we colored clowns.

5/10/11: "Boys & Girls of all ages-

Gather round & see what's

in store for you today!"

Ms. LaDean created our

own circus at the library.

We read about circuses,

created our own circus acts,

played circus games,

got to buy prizes 

& watched a circus DVD.

5/3/11: Dance was our theme today.

Ms. LaDean read a book

about dancing. The

McTeggart Irish Dancers

group came & performed for us! 

The performers were, Liam, Patrick

& Aaron Dhooghe. They have been

dancing since they were small.

After they danced for us we

learned a few steps too.

4/23/11: "The Ugly Duckling"

was the story presented by

Story Time Theater.

We really enjoyed

the performance!

Funding is sponsored by  

4/19/11: Happy Easter

everyone! today we celebrated

Spring & Easter. We read "Time to

Say Goodnight", sang

all kinds of songs &

had an Easter egg hunt.

4/12/11: Spring was in the

air at storyhour!

Jane from

Lavender Ridge Farms 

read us stories

about hungry caterpillars

& raindrops.  We sang

songs about butterflies

& making friends.

4/5/11: April is National Poetry Month,

so today we celebrated by

reading Mother Goose Rhymes.

We jumped over the candlestick &

colred 3 Little Kittens.

For a special treat we had a

dance lesson with 1 of the Moms.

 3/29/11: "The  Mask in the

Moonlight Goes to a Party"

was out special treat

at storyhour today!

Funding is sponsored by  

3/22/11: We learned our ABC's with

Ms. Kit Chase. She read "The Cowboy

ABC's" and drew each letter

for us. Then we colored our

 own cowboy boots.

3/15/11: We had a lot of fun

singing Texas songs with

Nanny Annie.  We sang

"Home on the Range" and

rode  a stick horse.

3/8/11: "Caps for sale, Caps for sale!"

Hats were today's theme.

We sang "Yankee Doodle

Dandy" & made our own

hat with feather to take home.

3/1/11: We "kicked" off

Texas History month

with songs about Texas

& a visit from the

Stanford House line

dancing group.  

Ms. LaDean read us

a story about pancakes

as we celebrate International

Pancake Day this month too.

2/22/11:  Our special guest

was local children's author,

Mr. Blake Davis.  He read his

book, "Santa Fe Santa".

We sang songs, colored pictures &

had a good time.

2/15/11: This week we learned

about Presidents' Day and

why we celebrate it .

We sang & played

instruments to

Etta James songs.

2/8/11: Today we celebrated

Valentine's Day early &

learned about Harriet

Tubman for African American

History month.  We sang

songs about love & trains

& made Valentines to take home.

1/25/11: Ms. Kelly from Butterfield

Stage Players shared

the fairytale of

Jack & the Beanstalk with us.

We each got to take

home "magic beans"

packets.

1/18/11: Brrrrrr! Today was the

annual snowball  fight at the Library!

Ms. Karen, Lydia & Samuel read

winter stories to us.

We made snowmen.

1/11/11: Under cozy blankets, Ms. Angel

read "Something From Nothing".

This story talked about  quilts

that are made by hand & love.

She brought a homemade quilt

to show us the details.

We each got a piece of fabric

to take home, so we could

start one of our own.

1/4/11: At our first storyhour of 2011,

we read stories about mittens,

played a game about losing our mittens,

& colored winter scenes & mittens

to take home.

12/28/10: Celebrating New Year's is

what we did today at storyhour!

Ms. Kimberly read us stories

about New Year's traditions,

we made hats, toasted to

the New Year & had our

own special countdown!

12/21/10: We celebrated the holiday

with Ms. LaDean by singing

Christmas carols, reading

Christmas stories & decorated

pine cone Christmas trees.

Then we had our picture taken

in the Library's elf cut out.

Merry Christmas!

12/14/10: Today at Butterfield Stage Playhouse,

the Cooke County Ballet performed for us.

There were little & big ballerinas.

Ms. Stephanie read us 2

Christmas stories. It was a special

Christmas time performance.

Thank you to the Cooke County

Ballet, the performers &

Butterfield Stage Playhouse. 

12/7/10: Magician Brett Roberts

presented his Magic Christmas

show. He showed us a

variety of tricks & made us

laugh like crazy!

Funding is sponsored by  

11/30/10:  Today 2 students from the Gainesville

High School Reading Club

came to storyhour. 

High School students

Collin Izzo & Arielle Cowart

shared holiday stories with us. 

11/23/10: Today was our Thanksgiving

celebration with Ms. LaDean.

We read stories & sang songs

about Pilgrims, Native Americans

& Thanksgiving.

We played Harvest Bingo,

made Indian headbands

& had a special snack. 

11/16/10: November is Native American

Heritage Month. To celebrate

this special topic, our storyhour

guest was Rosie Atherton. Rosie

came & told us Cherokee tales,

taught us traditional dances & songs.

11/9/10: Today we had our first

visit of the school year from

the Gainesville High School

Reading Club.  High School students

Emily Colwell & Wesley Plemons

sang songs & read stories with us.

Thanks for coming!

11/2/10: Today was the first

storyhour of November. Ms. LaDean

read us a story about November

before our special guests arrived.

Today we learned about

fire safety with the

Gainesville Fire Department

& our special visitor, Sparky!

10/26/10: Today we celebrated Fall

& Halloween with Ms. LaDean.

We sang songs, read stories,

and watched a movie.

We even had a leaf fight!

We made Scat the Cat

 to take home.

10/19/10: Nanny Annie visited

us at storyhour. We sang songs,

read & talked to us about

stranger danger & made animal

puppets to take home.

10/12/10: Ms Kelly from

Butterfield Stage Players

visited us today.  She brought

costumes for us to try on.

Then we got to participate in the play,

"Amardillo Kids to the Rescue".

This play is running at 

Butterfield Stage Players.

10/5/10: State Trooper Tackett

was our special guest today .

We discussed safety issues and rules. 

We read about police cars & got to color

in our own "safety" coloring books.

9/28/10: Ms. Donna Hertel was

our special guest today!

We read more fun stories about Fall .

It's always a special

treats when she comes!

9/21/01: Today was all

about Fall at storyhour! 

We danced like falling leaves

& listened to stories about Fall.

Then we made sparkly leaves to take home.

 9/14/10: Animals from around the world

was today's topic. The Leachs came and

read us stories about all kinds of animals.

Then we got to make an animal mask

to take home. Grrrr!

9/7/10: Rain, Rain Go Away!

On this very rainy Tuesday

we read stories, sang

songs  & drew pictures about

rain with Ms. LaDean.

8/31/10: Today's storyhour

was all about vegetables. 

Ms. Angel Neu read to us

"I Will Never Not Ever Eat a Tomato!"

We looked at different

foods & put them

on paper plates.

We decided we'd 

like to try them at home.

8/24/10: School Days, School Days!

Today we read & sang songs

with Ms. LaDean about going

to school. We got to decorate

a school bus to take home.

 8/17/10: Mr. Ryan from Frank Buck Zoo

visited us today! He read 2

stories about animals to us,

"Curious George visits the Zoo" &

"What do you know with a Tail like this?"

The coolest part was the special

guests he brought to share with us!

Visit the Frank Buck Zoo to

see more cool animals.

8/10/10: Have you ever seen a Whale Shark?

Do you know anyone who's

ever swam with Whale Sharks?

Well now we do! Mr. Dick Haayen

told & showed us how &

where he got to do this.

Our craft was  making under

the ocean pictures.

8/3/10: Today Mr. Rich came &

entertained us with a variety of 

performances. We sang songs,

he read to us & then we

had a puppet show.

We even got to make

& take home our

own stick puppet.

7/27/10: Clang! Clang! went the trolley!

Choo! Choo! went the train!

Today Ms. Kristi Rigsby, Director

of the Gainesville Chamber of Commerce

read us the story "Choo! Choo! &

then took us all on an adventure.

We got to ride one of the

Gainesville trolleys & rode the

train at Leonard Park.

There were so many of us that

we had to take 2 separate trips.

Thanks to everyone who

made these adventures possible!

7/20/10: Boy did we have all

kinds of fun today! We had 3 special

guest readers & a surprise treat!

Ms. Tanya from Butterfield Stage Players

read "Miss Nelson is Missing". This book

is a play that area kids are performing

in the next couple of weeks.

Young library patron, Sadhvika

read several stories to us.

Next Ms. Tina read & talked to us

about our 5 senses!

Our special treat was sno-cones

courtesy of Ms. Sandy & Eric's Snacks.

Great cool treat on a very hot day!

If you're interested in seeing the play,

 "Miss Nelson is Missing", 

call 665-8152 for more information.

7/13/10: We met & sang our welcome

song in the children's section

before we went our seperate ways.

Ms. LaDean & the younger kids

had a picnic day. They read

stories under the big tree, had

a picnic lunch & then played

outdoor games.

While inside the older kids

attended a Science Safari

with Ms. Susan Campbell,

We learned about magnets

& how they worked. We each

made a project to take home.

But the bonus was when we

got to meet Lightning, the

corn snake!

7/6/10: Today we had a visit

from the Gainesville Home Depot

Kids Workshop staff: Kirk McBee,

Krista Pharr, Patti Brown,

Ray Brown & Johna McBee.

They helped show us how to use

tools safely & helped us build

special projects. Some of the

items we built were helicopters,

bug houses, bean bag tosses,

hardware sorters & periscopes.

Thanks for visiting us at

the Library!

If you're interested in attending

one of these Kids Workshops

they are held at the

Gainesville Home Depot on

the first Saturday of every month

from 9am to noon. 

6/29/10: Today we were

entertained by Mark Shelton

in his "Strike, Scrape & Shake"

percussion show. He played

all types of instruments for us!  

6/22/10: Ms. Ashley came read,

played guitar & sang

with the younger kids.

The story was about Milo

Armadillo. We made up

a song to go with his story.

Ms. Beth & the older kids

learned about

George Washington &

especially about him

crossing the Delaware River.

.

6/15/10: Story Time Theater

came & performed their play

"The Little Engine That Could."

The story was about

Little Red & Little Blue.

There were all types of

trains, like a commuter train,

a freight train, a circus train,

a mail train & a wagon train.

We helped flash green lights,

chug-a-chug the trains

& stop the trains.

We laughed & laughed,

but more important we

learned that if you

think you can do it

then you can!

6/8/10: Hopalong Cassidy & Old Timer

visited us at storyhour today.

They told us a story about

how they meet & how they

solved the mystery of

who stoled the creek.

They sang to us too.

We loved having

them visit!

Funding is sponsored in part by  

6/1/10: Today is the kick off

for the Library's Summer

Reading Programs.

The theme for the youngest

kids is "Catch the

Reading Express." So

Ms. Jennifer & Ms. LaDean read

train stories & sang train songs

to the younger kids.

While Ms. Beth & the older kids

learned about US History &

Paul Revere.

5/25/10: Ms. Ann & her daughters

performed several stories as

puppet shows for us. 

The stories were "Little White Duck",

"Little Red Hen" & "Dragonfly &

the Princess."

5/18/10: May is Circus Month

at the Cooke County Library!

So today we had a special visitor,

Checkers the Clown.

He talked to us about different

types of safety & we got

to help perform magic tricks.

5/11/10: Ms. Jane from

Lavender Ridge Farms

came for a visit. We sang

songs & read stories

about gardens & Spring.

We planted grass seeds &

got to take it home so we

can watch it grow!

5/4/10: Along with Ms. LaDean, we

celebrated special holidays in May.

First we celebrated May Day

& danced around the May pole.

Next May is circus month at

the library. So we read a book

about cricus dreams. We saved

the best for last- Mother's Day!

We made special butterflies

for our Moms.

4/27/10: Ms. Nancy came & read us the

story of ThunderCakes.

We sang songs, made

thunderclouds & ate cake.

4/20/10: In celebration of Earth Day on 4/22/10,

Professor Pflugelhorn & friend

taught us the importance of

taking care of our Earth!

We learned about recycling

through magic tricks.

We took a pledge to respect

our Earth & keep it clean!

Funding is sponsored in part by  

4/13/10: This week the Story Time Theater

performed "The Little Red Hen"

& "Runaway Bunny" for us!

We colored "Little Red Hens".

We had a great time!

Funding is sponsored in part by  

4/6/10: April is National Poetry Month.

Today we celebrated it with

Ms. Karen, & others. We sang

& read Nursery Rhymes.

3/30/10: Rabbits, Rabbits, Rabbits!

Ms. Pennye bought us special

guests & read stories about bunnies!

We colored & decorated Easter pictures.

We had a "hoppin' good time!"

3/23/10: Gainesville High Schoolers,

Brianna Munoz & Tori Cowart

visited us at storyhour. They sang songs, &

read stories. One story was for

Texas History Month

& the other one for fun.

3/16/10: Happy St. Patrick's day! Ms. LaDean

read "King Puck," a story about Ireland.

Then we had a special 2nd grade

guest who read to us. We colored

 pots of gold and colored a rainbow

mural to hang on the wall.

3/9/10: Spring is here!

Miss Ann read stories on

 spring weather like wind & rain.

We sang songs about Spring.

We made streamers & walked

outside to see how they blow.

3/2/10: One, two, three strikes you're out!

Baseball time is here!

Today Miss Meliss & Mr. Erick

read us stories about baseball!

We sang "Take Me Out to the Ballgame",

and "Thumbs Up". Then we decorated

baseballs & baseball gloves.

2/23/10: Oh what fun we had at storyhour!

We read stories about snow,

how special we are as people

& celebrated

Dr. Seuss's birthday

with Ms. Valerie & Mr. Rich.

Green eggs & Ham, anyone?

We made our own "Cat in the Hat" hats.

2/16/10: Today we sang lots of songs

& danced with Miss Anjanette!

She read us a story about Harriet Tubman

Our craft project was a big Unity

poster that hangs on the library wall.

2/9/10: Today we celebrated many different holidays.

First we passed around a big red valentine &

 talked about love. Then we learned about Abe

Lincoln & George Washington for President's

Day. To celebrate the Chinese New Year

 we did a dragon dance. We each opened up a

fortune cookie & ate an orange for good luck.

2/2/10: We sang & played with musical instruments.

Miss Tanya Chase from Butterfield Stage Playerscame.

She read us stories about Valentine's Day & Harriet Tubman.

February is Black History Month. But our special treat was her

reading her favorite book, "The Story of Ferdinand".

We then colored hearts for our special Valentine's.

1/26/10: Miss Lisa Beedle & her son, Dallan, sang songs with us.

But our special treat was the "Three Pigs"

puppet show that she did with Dallan.

We made pig faces for our craft.

1/12/10: We had our annual snowball fight

with Miss LaDean. Then we made our own

snowballs out of cotton balls.

 1/12/10: We sang and played musical instruments

with Ella Jenkins.  Dick Haayen read us 3

stories about snow and a lost mitten.

Then we made mittens to

wear around our neck.

1/5/10: Miss LaDean read "When it Starts to Snow."

We made snowmen out of marshmallows

and decorated them. Since it was so cold we

drank hot chocolate with marshmallows.

Then we warmed our hands by the campfire.

12/29/09: We celebrated the new year

with Miss Kim. We made 2010

party hats, made a toast to

the new year and threw confetti.

12/22/09: Deb from Butler Hill Ranch

brought a special miniature guest,

her horse Sarah Palin. Everyone

got to have pictures taken with her.

We sang Christmas songs with Miss LaDean.

12/15/09: Stephanie Stoffels from Cooke County Ballet Academy

brought 32 dancers to share a special

program with us.  The dancers ranged in age

from 3- 8 years old & they did 4 different dances.  We

read three books & sang Christmas songs together.

12/8/09: Gainesville High Schoolers

Shadae Jackson & Marina Nishimura

came.  We sang songs and read Christmas stories.

12/1/09: Karen Leach & the Cooke County

Constable of Precinct 1 came

to share stories & activites.  We made

"stone soup", colored pages about safety &

practiced our "Stop, Drop, and Roll" drill.

11/24/09: November is Native American

Heritage Month. Our special

guest today was Rosia

Atherton Parkhill. She taught us a

Cherokee song, told us Cherokee

customs & tales & had us play traditional

games. We each got our own feather &

special Cherokee name!

11/17/09: Ms. Robin & Autumn

read books on fall with the younger kids.

Plus we had a leaf fight & painted leaves.

While Ms. Rebecca taught the older kids

about Native Americans since November

is Native American Heritage Month.

11/10/09: Ryan and two helpers from the

Frank Buck Zoo came.  After singing our

songs together, Ryan read us a story and then

we got to look at the animals they brought

from the zoo.  There was a hedgehog, two

turtles, a blue-tongued lizzard, and a cute

dwarf rabbit.  We all got animal masks to take home.

11/3/09: The Gainesville Fire Department and

Sparky the Fire Dog came to teach us

about fire safety.  We learned how to Stop,

Drop, & Roll! Plus what to do in an

emergency.  Everyone got to take home a fireman's

hat & got a tour of the fire truck.

10/27/09: Pumpkin Patch Party at the library!

Miss Jennifer & Miss LaDean

read stories & sang with us.

We had a treat & got to take home our

own pumpkin & a bag with a

bookmark, pencil, and coloring pages.

10/20/09: Buckle Bear came & talked to us 

about seatbelt safety & showed us how to

properly buckle up in a car.  For art we colored

pictures of Buckle Bear.  It was a fun

and educational day.

10/13/09: Ms. Nancy Moore came &

read Fancy Nancy at Halloween.  We played

with music sticks and decorated small paper

pumpkins for our fun art project. 

10/6/09: Gainesville ISD High Schoolers

Audrey Bean and AJ Parmer came

& read books to us.  We made "hand trees"

for our art project.

9/29/09: Ms. Donna came & read stories

about pumpkins & fall leaves.  For an art

project we did leaf rubbings with crayons

& made leaf & fruit loop necklaces. 

9/22/09: Ms. Beth came & we celebrated

Johnny Appleseed's birthday by reading

about him & doing an art project

with apples & stick puppets.

9/15/09: Ms. Katie came & we read

two books & had animal crackers. 

We sang songs with Ms. LaDean,

danced with scarves, & played

musical "instruments".

9/8/09: Ms. Laurie came & we read a

story about Tacky the penguin & a

book about manners.  We got to walk

like penguins & eat oreo cookies

after trying to make the cookie look

like a penguin. We sang with Elea

Jenkins & played music with

sticks. It was  so much fun!

9/1/09: We watched "Corduroy" on an old time

movie filmstrip & had popcorn.  We sang

songs with Miss LaDean, colored pictures

of leaves, & played outside in the

sunshine with a parachute of many colors.

8/25/09: Ms. Jane from Lavendar

Ridge Farms came & read a

book called "Zenia's Garden".  She

brought fresh flowers from her

farm to share.  Each child took home a

fresh zenia & colored pictures of flowers.

8/18/09: Ms. Kimberly came & we

read a story about Larry the polar

bear who likes to eat ice cream. 

Then we made homemade ice cream &

colored pictures of ice cream cones.

8/11/09: Ms. Ann read us books

about colors, Pinkalicious, Goldlicious.

We sang songs, colored cupcakes

& then ate real ones that were

made special for us.

8/4/09: Miss LaDean sang

"The Wheels on the School Buss"

with us & then read us the

story, "If You Take a Mouse

to School." She had a puppet

pet mouse who helped read the

book. Then we had chocolate

chip cookies & colored.

7/28/09: Storyteller, Jiaan Powers,

came and told folktales from

around the world. We got

to participate & laughed lots!

Funding is sponsored in part by  

7/21/09: Miss Victoria read us stories about

pirates & the library dragon.

We sang songs & made

pirate hats & colored

library dragons.

7/14/09: Dick Haayen read books about

cars & tractors to the younger kids.

Songs were sung & crafts were  made.

While Susan Campbell, from

"Science Safari" taught

the older kids about optical illusions.

Each kid made an optical

illusion to take home.

Funding is sponsored in part by  

7/7/09: Therapy dogs, Turbo & Max

came for a visit with their human friends.

We watched a DVD on safety with dogs

& how to care for our dogs.

6/30/09: Today Lolly Pop the clown

was the special guest for storyhour.

Lolly Pop sang songs & read stories

with the kids. Smiles

were found all around!

6/23/09: After Miss LaDean and everyone sang

together, special guest Miss Cinde presented a 

fun program called "Wild About Books". 

Miss Cinde shared two puppet friends,

an ostrich and an elephant, and did some magic tricks.

Afterwards the kids were able to color their

own picture of a book to take home.

Funding is sponsored in part by  

6/16/09: Miss Jill & the younger kids

sang, read stories about liking yourself,

were entertained by puppets &

made a Father's day craft. While

Miss Jennifer & the older

kids read Charlie Brown's

Fathers' Day & made cards

& awards & coupons to

give their Dads.

6/9/09: The younger kids & Miss LaDean  

sang songs & had an old-fashioned

puppet show. While Miss Jennifer &

the older kids learned about the

Spanish missions in Texas.

6/2/09: Today was the 1st storyhour

in the Summer Reading Programs.

Miss Jennifer & Miss LaDean.

Miss LaDean & the younger kids

sang songs, read stories &

colored cowboy hats.

While Miss Jennifer & the older kids

discussed things you find in Texas,

like longhorns, cowboys, & oil.

We read "The Dirty Cowboy"

& did a dot-to-dot of boots.

5/26/09: The Leaches come sing

songs, read stories & have

fun with us!

5/19/09: Ashley Hartman read us a pirate

story and sang songs with her guitar.

Then we planted pirate grass

and made pirate hats.

5/12/09: During our special storyhour, "Circus in a

 Suitcase," the children helped our guest peform

magic tricks. Then we made circus

elephants on a stick.

5/05/09: Andrea Offner read the poem, "A

Penny for Mother's Dreams." Then

we sang and danced to "Weeping

Willow" and other songs.

4/28/09: State Trooper Tackett

came & talked to us about safety.

He handed out pamphlets

Then read us "Gloria & Officer Buckle".

We sang songs with Miss LaDean

& colored in the coloring books

he brought for us.

4/21/09: April is National Poetry Month.

So today we had "live poetry". The

Red River 4-H Cub came &

performed "Three Little Pigs"

& a variety of school poems.

We read stories & sand songs.

We laughed & laughed.

4/14/09: "It's a Big Bug World"

was our special theme today.

We saw & participated

in magic surprises!

Colored different insects

to take home.

It was lots of fun.

Funding is sponsored in part by