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SEQUATCHIE COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
| The summer reading kids really enjoyed the visit from "Quackers" and Susie Randleman of the beautiful Art Circle Library in Cumberland County, Tennessee. |
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| 2011 Summer Reading |
| 2011-12 Story Hour |
Young children really enjoy the Preschool Story Hour. The library staff and volunteers want
everyone to have a good time and to develop and to nurture the children’s love of books and
reading. To be certain it works well for everyone, here is how it operates and what is
expected of parents and children.
• This service is usually provided during the school year each Wednesday, beginning at
10:00 am, and it lasts for about 50 minutes. Please check with the library for the latest
schedule.
• This service is for children three to five years old only. To participate your child must
have become three years old by September 1, 2010, and must not be older than five years by
September 1, 2010. Your child must be pre-registered to attend.
• The story hour seeks to introduce your child to good books and to listening. Your child
will also experience group behavior.
• Please be on time. Arrive early enough to get out of coats and for your child to visit the
bathroom. A young child is easily distracted, and latecomers are a distraction.
• Parents do not attend story hour with their children. The children form a line and enter
the story hour room together. Parents may stay near the story room area, within calling
distance, at least for the first week or two. (If they remain right outside the story hour room,
the children may hear them talking.) Young children placed in a group of strangers may
become frightened, and it may be necessary to call a parent to return for a child.
• We expect a certain level of behavior and maturity from the children. To participate a
child must be able to learn to listen to a story and to sit quietly while it is in progress. The
storyteller provides opportunities for finger play and other activities. A child who is not
ready should attend later when he or she is more mature.
• Prepare your child to attend by telling him or her about story hour. Tell the child there
will be stories read or told, finger plays, songs, crafts, and other activities. Explain you will
not attend with the child, but that you will be close, if needed.
• If public schools are on vacation or not in session on a particular Wednesday, there will
be no story hour that Wednesday.
• If at all possible, please let the library know no later than Tuesday afternoon, if your
child will not be attending on Wednesday. If a child misses three consecutive Wednesdays
without a legitimate excuse, that child will be replaced by another on our waiting list.
• We will provide a little party and refreshments for the children on Halloween,
Christmas, Valentine’s Day, and Easter. We will ask the parents to provide refreshments.
We will serve appropriate food so the party will serve as lunch on these days. We do not
celebrate birthday parties, and we ask parents not to bring refreshments on any other days,
as the activity ends so close to lunch time.
• After story hour we hope you and your child will choose books to check out so that the
story hour participation will be enhanced at home, and we encourage parents to select books
they will enjoy reading to their children.
everyone to have a good time and to develop and to nurture the children’s love of books and
reading. To be certain it works well for everyone, here is how it operates and what is
expected of parents and children.
• This service is usually provided during the school year each Wednesday, beginning at
10:00 am, and it lasts for about 50 minutes. Please check with the library for the latest
schedule.
• This service is for children three to five years old only. To participate your child must
have become three years old by September 1, 2010, and must not be older than five years by
September 1, 2010. Your child must be pre-registered to attend.
• The story hour seeks to introduce your child to good books and to listening. Your child
will also experience group behavior.
• Please be on time. Arrive early enough to get out of coats and for your child to visit the
bathroom. A young child is easily distracted, and latecomers are a distraction.
• Parents do not attend story hour with their children. The children form a line and enter
the story hour room together. Parents may stay near the story room area, within calling
distance, at least for the first week or two. (If they remain right outside the story hour room,
the children may hear them talking.) Young children placed in a group of strangers may
become frightened, and it may be necessary to call a parent to return for a child.
• We expect a certain level of behavior and maturity from the children. To participate a
child must be able to learn to listen to a story and to sit quietly while it is in progress. The
storyteller provides opportunities for finger play and other activities. A child who is not
ready should attend later when he or she is more mature.
• Prepare your child to attend by telling him or her about story hour. Tell the child there
will be stories read or told, finger plays, songs, crafts, and other activities. Explain you will
not attend with the child, but that you will be close, if needed.
• If public schools are on vacation or not in session on a particular Wednesday, there will
be no story hour that Wednesday.
• If at all possible, please let the library know no later than Tuesday afternoon, if your
child will not be attending on Wednesday. If a child misses three consecutive Wednesdays
without a legitimate excuse, that child will be replaced by another on our waiting list.
• We will provide a little party and refreshments for the children on Halloween,
Christmas, Valentine’s Day, and Easter. We will ask the parents to provide refreshments.
We will serve appropriate food so the party will serve as lunch on these days. We do not
celebrate birthday parties, and we ask parents not to bring refreshments on any other days,
as the activity ends so close to lunch time.
• After story hour we hope you and your child will choose books to check out so that the
story hour participation will be enhanced at home, and we encourage parents to select books
they will enjoy reading to their children.
Final enrollment in the 2011 summer reading program was
205 children! They read over 5000 books.
The 2011 Summer Library Program program, designed to keep kids reading through the
summer, had the theme "One World Many Stories." In addition to the children meeting reading
requirements rewarded by choosing from a “prize board” and by receiving sponsor incentives,
the Sequatchie County Library's program included arts and crafts, a story time, and a puppet
show. The program and the specially planned events were free.
We thank the generosity of our sponsors for the reading rewards they supply each summer.
205 children! They read over 5000 books.
The 2011 Summer Library Program program, designed to keep kids reading through the
summer, had the theme "One World Many Stories." In addition to the children meeting reading
requirements rewarded by choosing from a “prize board” and by receiving sponsor incentives,
the Sequatchie County Library's program included arts and crafts, a story time, and a puppet
show. The program and the specially planned events were free.
We thank the generosity of our sponsors for the reading rewards they supply each summer.
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