Goessel Public Library

Goessel Public Library encourages children to learn and be creative with their Libraries ROCK program.
The library combines music and reading activities to keep students reading over the summer. This summer program makes sure kids won’t hit another brick in the wall when they get back to school.

We started the program in an exploration of stringed instruments.

Then transitioned to ROCKETS –cause libraries can rock(et) too!

For our third event we did some experimentation with air or wind instruments.

This week we Rocked Rhythm instruments!

Check out our Facebook Page for a video of the steel drum in action!

We’ve also been rocking “I Know a Chicken!” and “Baby Shark”

What will we do for our final Summer Reading Program event? I’m sure we will have a ROCKING good time!

Registration for activities and prizes are requested but not required. We will never turn away a reader! Prizes will be distributed until they are gone.

AFTER all the prizes have been earned, then for every level reached the reading will receive a raffle ticket for the item of their choice pictured below. The last day to receive raffle tickets will be August 6, 2018. The winners of the raffles will be notified to come receive their prize!  There will be one pizza raffled for both the Preschool through 5th and the youth. Only youth will be eligible for the iTunes gift card.

We added several cake pans today! Including a Dump Truck and the Wilton Petals set of 4!

We’ve been pretty busy around here!

Preschool story time has been fantastic!

The STEAM Afterschool Program has been going….. full STEAM!

The Second Monday Genealogy Group has been meeting!

And the Library Board of Trustees have been busy updating our policy book!

Chick Day at the Library!

Today we were all about chicks and chickens! We sang “I know a chicken” with our shaky eggs and made those shaky eggs into chicks. Then we even got to hold one week old chicks.

A BIG Thank You to all these summer reading program supporters! We had an awesome program this year but we couldn’t do it without you!

It’s been a busy morning! This camp was all about construction. First we used tongue depressors to create catapults and exploding stick structures. The structures are held together by the tension that is created when weaving the depressors together. We tried making the longer chain reaction but that’s going to take more practice and time. Finally, kits from the Construction STEM tub were used to build transformers and ramps. We had a great time!

Today was a sun powered day at the library! First we worked with Nature Print Paper. Objects were placed on special paper and then put into the sun. After five minutes the objects were removed and rinsed in water for a minute. We made some pretty neat prints! Then we broke down in to groups of 2-3 kids and put together some solar kits. Watching the kids work together was really awesome.

Solar energy! The preschool-2nd graders listened to Sun and Moon by Lindsey Yankey (where the Moon discovered night wasn’t so bad!) and The Three Little Pigs and the Somewhat Bad Wolf by Mark Teague. We also danced to the Mister Sun Song! The 3rd-5th listened to Curious George Discovers the Sun by H. A. Rey. Then we all made solar ovens just like George! Except we can melt used crayons into new creations not veggie lasagna! As our last day finale, we ate concrete. sand. dirt and rocks! Don’t worry it was actually ice cream, vanilla wafer and Oreo crumbs and m&ms!