Cooke County Library

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Children’s Class October 31, 2014: Halloween

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We had fun celebrating Halloween with Cat in the Hat today. We read about monster mommys and spooky school busses. Then we walked on a spiderweb and played feed the monster. For our craft we decorated jack o lanterns using milk jugs, paint, and Halloween stickers.

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“1,2,3…” Head Start October 29, 2014

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The 1,2,3 the Story is Coming to Me program sent Ms Kim to Head Start today. She read about farm animals to the three year olds and animals to the four year olds. They loved making animal noises! Then they each were given a book to take home. Thank you to the John and Sandy Schmitz Family for your support of this program.

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“1,2,3…” Valley View ISD

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The preschool students at Valley View Independent School District were visited by Ms. Kim today as part of the library’s “1,2,3…the Story is Coming to Me” Ms. Kim read books about dinosaurs! Thanks to the John and Sandy Schmitz family, each child was given a book of their very own.

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“1,2,3…” Southside Baptist Church Daycare

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The children at Southside Baptist Church Daycare were visited by Ms. Kim today as part of the “1,2,3 The Story is Coming to Me” program. They read about construction sites and cars. Each child was given a book about trucks to take home. Thank you to the John and Sandy Schmitz family for your support of this program.

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Children’s class, October 21, 2014: Read For the Record

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Has your dinner ever ran away from your plate? Ours did today when we read “The Runaway Dinner.” For dessert we helped Ms. Kim bake a cake and read “Bunny Cakes.” This book was chosen because it is part of JumpStarts Read For the Record 2014. Celebrate literacy and Pledge to read today! http://www.jstart.org/campaigns/read-bunny-cakes-online

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“1,2,3…” Donna Reed

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The children at Donna Reed’s childcare center were visited by Ms. Kim today for the “1,2,3…the Story is Coming to Me” program. The topic for the day was food! Each child was given a book to take home about yummy and yucky foods. Thank you to the John and Sandy Schmitz family for your support of this program!

These children are also participating in our “1000 Books Before Kindergar’d’en” pilot program. They received prizes for reading their first 100 books! #communityoutreach #1000books #123thestoryiscomingtome #earlyliteracy #read

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Children’s class October 13, 2014: Star Wars Reads Day

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On Saturday we celebrated Star Wars Reads day. We learned about Star Wars characters and then using a little science we saved them from the ice and mud. We made a Yoda shape character to take home along with a lot of Star Wars goodies!

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