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APRIL IS MOUSE MONTH IN CENTRE COUNTY!
This month be part of the
"Pennsylvania One Book, Every Young Child' statewide early literacy initiative
promoting books and their importance to a child's success in learning to read.
Click here for
our suggested reading list.
Be sure to share “Inside Mouse, Outside Mouse” by Lindsay Barrett George with
the children in your life - and then visit Schlow Centre Region Library to find
more mice stories and lots of special programs throughout April culminating with
a visit to Schlow Centre Region Library on April 26 by Lindsay Barrett George,
author of “Inside Mouse, Outside Mouse”.
Click here for other activities in the
Children's Department this month.
April Bookclub
There’s a Mouse
for All Readers during the April Book Club. Sign up in the Children’s
Department and see what we have for you. Keep track of your progress on our
sticker charts and help us decorate our Allen Street window! You may register
between April 1 and 15. Read and keep track of your books until April 30. Be on
the lookout for special events fostering early literacy, culminating with a
visit on April 26 from Lindsay Barrett George, author of “Inside Mouse, Outside
Mouse.”
Once Upon A Story Time
Weekly story programs for 2
to 7-year-olds and their families...Children’s Activity Room
Join us every Saturday in April at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. for
exciting mouse-related stories! The
Children’s Department staff will present a half-hour of stories that may include
finger rhymes, flannel boards, and songs.
Reader’s Theater Festival - Bringing
Literature Alive!
Join
Dr. Tony Lentz and the University Readers for unique programs based on the best
of children’s literature. Each program features different and exciting stories
and combines the best of storytelling and theater in the Library Community Room.
Enjoy Learn how a little mouse can become "The Strongest One of All" on
March 29 at 7 p.m.
and again on April 1 at 3 p.m.
Celebrate National Library Week - April 2 - 8
Find
A Mouse for All Readers at Schlow Library. Join us as we
celebrate National Library Week with special activities. Join the April Book
Club and discover something wonderful at the Library!
Spring Into Reading on Sunday,
April 2 from 2-4:30 p.m. Join Penn
State’s Mortar Board, a national honor society for college seniors, for a fun
filled event that will kick off Pennsylvania’s One Book, Every Young Child.
Children will be able to participate in a variety of events including “Story
Time” with Nittany Lion athletes, arts and crafts stations, a ballet performance
and activities by Penn State’s Vole, sign language workshops with Penn State’s
Sign Language Club, and much more. Enjoy special guests throughout the day in
the Children’s Department.
Wednesday, April 5 at 6:30 p.m.
Sleepy time stories! Come in your pajamas, bring your favorite stuffed animal
and blanket, and snuggle up in the library as Anita lulls you to sleep with
wonderful bedtime stories.
International Journeys
Travel the world with
students from the Penn State Schreyer Honors College. On April 8 at 11 a.m.
explore a country through stories, crafts, songs, and other exciting projects.
Drop-By Activities for No School
Days
No School? No problem! Drop by Schlow Library’s Children’s Department for fun
activities.
Friday, April 14
from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. April
showers bring may flowers Make suncatchers and hang a rainbow in your window
and make a Mouse Pendant to wear home.
Thursday,
April 20 from noon-3 p.m.
is Poetry Day @ Schlow Library. We’ll provide the poems to decorate and
illustrate, but feel free to write your own.
Of course, we’ll have lots of fun Mouse poems
too.
Friday, April
21 from 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Come and plant a “Spring Flower Garden” that will last all summer! Cut, fold and
paste long-lasting flowers. Add a
scampering Mouse in your garden too.
Musical Mice and More in
the Community Room
On Saturday, April 15 enjoy an hour of singing, storytelling and movement
for children of all ages. Hosted by Heidi Biever and her musical mice. Learn the
story of "Geraldine the Music Mouse" at 11 a.m. in the Library’s
Community Room.
Children’s Theater Performance By the Penn State
Thespians
Join the Penn
State Thespians as they continue the April Early Literacy Initiative and present
their original spin on a beloved mouse tale! Thespians proudly present their
Spring Children’s Show on April 20 at 7 P.M. and again April 22 at 11 a.m.
in
the Library Community Room.
Author Reading in the Community
Room
Lindsay Barrett George,
author of “Inside Mouse, Outside Mouse” visits Schlow Centre Region Library on
Wednesday, April 26 for a special reading of her book at 7 p.m. in
the Community Room. Arrive early!
Mouse Fun with the Happy
Valley Alley Clowns
On Saturday, April 29 join the Happy Valley Alley Clowns as they
celebrate mice and early literacy! Drop by the Children's Department between
11 a.m. and noon and receive free stickers and a balloon mouse!
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