Children’s Classes July 24, 2014: Batman Day!

Posted by kimr on 08 August 14

We celebrated Batman Day today in honor of his 75th anniversary. Ms. Irma and Ms. Kim read Batman books and taught us a few superhero moves. We played a Batman game and colored a picture of him. Thanks to DC Comics for our special event kits which included a poster, mask, bookmark and pins!

Literary Legos July 23, 2014

Posted by kimr on 08 August 14

Our Literary LEGO class met again today. They built robots of all kinds. Some of the robots even made ice cream! Come in and see them on display this week!

Thank you to the Dollar General Literacy Grant and the Friends of the Cooke County Library for your support in this program!

Literary Legos July 16, 2014

Posted by kimr on 08 August 14

Due to the huge success of our Literary LEGOs program, we started our second set of classes today. 19 kids joined Ms. Sherry to free build with LEGOs. They built awesome houses, double decker cars, a beach, and more!

Thank you to the Dollar General Literacy Foundation and the Friends of the Cooke County Library for your support in this program!

Literary Legos July 9, 2014

Posted by kimr on 08 August 14

Our Literary LEGOs club met for their last session yesterday. They had a free build topic so they could show their creative side. At the end of the class, they each received their own LEGO Movie book to keep. The books were donated by the Friends of the Cooke County Library.

Thank you to the Dollar General Literacy Foundation and the Friends of the Cooke County Library for your support in this program!

Children’s Class July 22: Animals, Measurement, and Space

Posted by kimr on 08 August 14

Today the younger kids learned about measurement while talking about animals and how big or small they are. They measured an elephant footprint, measured each other and sang and danced about animals. Then they colored a giraffe and gave it spots. The older kids talked about space with Ms. Jennifer. They talked about planets, constellations, NASA, and they even got to wear a space helmet!

Children’s Class July 17: Cowboy Music For Kids

Posted by kimr on 07 August 14

Marshall Mitchell performed Cowboy Music for Kids today at NCTC’s Little Theater. We sang and danced to his guitar. We also learned the meaning of respect, responsibility, honesty, integrity, and courage.

Children’s Class July 15: Colors and Robots

Posted by kimr on 07 August 14

Oh what fun we had today! The younger kids learned their colors with Ms. Jill Linnell. They also sang, danced, and colored. The older kids topic was robots with Ms. Kim. They talked about different types of robots around us. Then they built their own robots.

Children’s Class: Fish and Pond Life

Posted by kimr on 06 August 14

Yesterday, 8/5/14, we had a children’s class on fish and pond life. Ms. Jennifer read about what lives in and around a pond. We went fishing and got to hold real cat-tails. Thank you to Miss Sadhvika for planning our fish craft. It was fun!