Dawn Alexander came straight from the Effingham Elementary School where she works as a reading specialist. All the teachers wore these snazzy Christmas shorts today (and Santa hats) and she graciously posed for a picture before she chose her books and was on her way!
Here I am, all alone in the library on a snowy Friday afternoon. From 12:00 - 5:00, I had one patron who was not a volunteer or a member of my family. Do I look a little lonely? I was!
Yesterday was a great day at the library! The 2nd graders from Freedom Elementary visited around lunchtime, then a few students came after school to hang out at the library and play games. We played Pictionary Junior (fun) and Bingo (even more fun because there were prizes!) Here's a picture of the group concentrating intensely as Judy calls the numbers. In the evening 21 children and adults gathered to watch Secondhand Lions and eat delicious pizza. Many thanks to the Freedom Market for providing special pricing on pizzas so we can keep the cost down for our patrons. Even without the discount, the pizzas are very reasonable. We ate every bit of all six pizzas and everyone gave them a hearty THUMBS UP!
The snow is drifting down and we are feeling cranky about winter. It's a good day to come to the library and hang out. Here is a picture of Margaret and Joel who spent quite a while today coloring.
We had another high-energy day of music, stories and fingerplays at storytime today. Rhythm sticks were fun and we did a silly song called Singing in the Rain... by the end of the song we had our thumbs up, shoulders back, knees together, bums out, tongues out and eyes closed! Sylvia said that I looked so scary she was surprised the kids didn't cry HA. Then Sue helped the children made turkeys out of their hand prints and thought of a few things they are thankful for. See the picture of Skye who is thankful for the sky, for clouds and for puppies. I am thankful for being a children's librarian and having the excuse to play and have fun!
Elizabeth, Bill & Sylvia try out the rhythm sticks. The preschoolers had a blast with them this morning, but obviously adults enjoy them too.
It is traditional for children from outlying areas of Freedom and beyond to come for trick-or-treating in Freedom Village on Halloween night. Village residents can historically expect around 125 ghouls and princesses to ring their doorbells October 31st. Because this can be quite expensive for residents, Melissa Florio Nicoll proposed the idea that rural residents of Freedom who never get any trick-or-treaters donate candy to help village residents with the expense. This was advertised in the school newsletter and in Margery's town column and many people heeded the call and brought candy to the library, the designated dropoff place.
n set, made a beautiful box to store train parts in, cut dry erase boards for signage, built shelving in the closet (and now new hooks!), fixed computer keyboard drawers. Actually, he has fixed lots and lots of things and built lots and lots of things around here! This list is huge, but it's just a tiny fraction of all that he's done for the library. And even though I almost always think of some chore for him to do when he comes in the library, he still comes in every day, often bringing the mail, too. Thanks Bill!
This sweet picture was taken at the Friends of the Library annual book and bake sale during Freedom Old Home Week in August.
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