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by Neena McBaer · Published September 10, 2016 · Last modified August 2, 2017
Pawling Library Reading Rally participants gathered on a very hot and sticky Saturday to eat ice cream sundaes and find out the final results of this summer’s reading competition. Everyone worked hard and as a community we read 342,204 minutes…that 5,703 hours of reading. That’s amazing! But with everyone gathered to hear the winner here is how our teams ranked: Teen Green Dragons Title Wave Adult Readers Red Hot Kid Readers 86,221 minutes 124,786 minutes 131,187 minutes 1,437 hours 2,080 hours 2,186 hours Congratulations to all of our Reading Rally participants who made this a fun and exciting race! You can click on our team name to see who helped log minutes for our team!
Senator Terrance Murphy visited the Pawling library on Wednesday, August 10th, at 11 am. The library received Bullet Aid funds from Senator Murphy last fall and he scheduled this visit to see first-hand how the funds were used. Karen De Gennaro, Children’s Services Coordinator, was on hand to share the Senator many of the family science materials that were purchased with the grant funds. Ms. Karen chatted briefly with him about the importance of the supplies purchased with the funds. “These materials are in constant use in our children’s programs and in our evening family science programs. They complement our literacy program, allow us to add STEM [Science, Technology, Engineering and Math] to our programs and give the children the opportunity to experience science inquiry first hand. The children love hearing about science concepts when we read about them in books, but nothing takes the place of experiencing science inquiry in action.” Along with Ms. De Gennaro, Pawling Library board members Verna Carey and Nick Robertshaw and interim Director Donald Partelow were there to greet...
Summer Volunteer Applications are due Saturday, May 28th. We are looking for volunteers ages 12 – 18 years to help with our Core Literacy, Book Buddy, Library Legion and Internet Support Programs. Summer programs will run from July 5th through August 27th, but the date and time commitments are flexible. Interested students should print, complete and submit a 2016 Summer Volunteer Intern Application by Saturday, May 28th. Applications are also available at the library circulation desk. All students will have the opportunity to log hours to apply toward their community service requirements. If you have questions, please contact the library at 855-3444. We appreciate your willingness to share your time and talents with us!
Families gathered to learn about air on Friday night in the Pawling Library’s Science Buddies program. Our family science program includes a story, important science words and lots of hands-on exploration of science themes! Check out all we learned!
If your child is 2 ½ – 3 ½ years old and you are looking for a language rich literacy program to attend, then look no further! The Pawling Library has the perfect program. Dynamic Duos is a weekly parent and child program that introduces children to group literacy programs with 45 minute sessions that develop critical early literacy and language skills that are important to your child’s future reading success. During the program, we’ll listen to books, discuss what’s happening in the story, talk about important story words, engage the children in listen and think activities and we even use rhythm instruments to encourage movement, sensitivity to word parts and rhyming! We always end with a development activity that encourages socializing, fine motor development, language skills and vocabulary. The five recommended activities to develop early literacy skills are read, talk, play, sing and write and we use four of these activities every week! Dynamic Duos takes place on Tuesdays, 11 – 11:45 am. Can’t make it on Tuesdays? The same program is offered on...
The Children’s Spring Programs @ the Pawling Library are finally here! We’ve got a lot to offer, so we hope you’ll check out all of our program listings. If you missed Crazy 8’s Math and Pete the Cat this winter, you’ll be happy to know we have included encore performances of both programs in our spring session. We’ve also got some brand new programs for you to enjoy, as well as many of our old favorites. So, check out our listing on-line! Our lottery registration will be open Monday, March 14th through Saturday, March 19th Registration confirmations will be available beginning Monday, March 21st at 12:00 pm. If you are out of town on vacation, please feel free to complete a registration form and fax it to the library at 855-8138 or scan and email it to Ms. Karen. As always, if you have any questions about which programs are right for your child, please contact Ms. Karen by phone at 855-3444 or by email. She will be very happy to explain our programs and...
Thanks to Jessica Sisalima, Pete the Cat paid a visit to the Pawling Library on Saturday to read stories, sing songs, play the “Pete the Cat Mystery Game” and make a special Pete project. It was a fun afternoon for everyone! Don’t worry if you missed Pete this visit, he’ll be back again in April for another fun visit!
During February, the library was packed with young scientist eager to learn all about inclined planes. Our Science Buddies program hosted 23 scientists ages 4 – 8 years in our We Like to Move It Program. Families enjoyed an evening of hands on science exploration and discovered that Kids + Science = Lots of fun! Check out our scientists at work!
Crazy 8’s kids became spies in training as they learned to use numbers and patterns to crack secret codes. Watch out, world! We are number-expert, mystery-cracking spies!