Have your tried it yet? What did your sand do? Is it a magic trick or is it Science?
Could you form the sand into a shape under water? Could you form the sand into a shape before pouring it in the water?
Jerri
Ames Public Library Reading Program
Thursday, June 19, 2014
Thursday, June 12, 2014
Summer programming has begun!
Maureen Korte kicked off our summer reading fun at the Ames Middle School for 3,4 and 5 graders and their families.
She shared stories about George Washington Carver. In a nutshell, according to Civil Rights on Iowa Pathways (http://www.iptv.org/iowapathways) Etta May Budd met George Washington Carver when she taught art at Simpson College in Indianola. He was enrolled in one of her art classes. He was good at painting and at gardening too. Budd encouraged Carver to study plants rather than paint them. So he enrolled at Iowa State College in Ames to study agriculture.
Another was Edna Griffin who fought for civil rights for African-American people. Again, as quoted in Iowa Pathways, in 1947 she and her husband, Dr. Stanley Griffin, moved to Des Moines. They knew that it was against Iowa law for business owners to discriminate against people based on race. In 1948 Mrs. Griffin sat down in Katz Drug Store in Des Moines. The store said that it was, "not equipped to serve colored people." Mrs. Griffin sued the owner and won in court.
She will be back today at the Ames Middle School for our younger readers and soon to be reader at 1:00 at the Ames Middle School.
She shared stories about George Washington Carver. In a nutshell, according to Civil Rights on Iowa Pathways (http://www.iptv.org/iowapathways) Etta May Budd met George Washington Carver when she taught art at Simpson College in Indianola. He was enrolled in one of her art classes. He was good at painting and at gardening too. Budd encouraged Carver to study plants rather than paint them. So he enrolled at Iowa State College in Ames to study agriculture.
Another was Edna Griffin who fought for civil rights for African-American people. Again, as quoted in Iowa Pathways, in 1947 she and her husband, Dr. Stanley Griffin, moved to Des Moines. They knew that it was against Iowa law for business owners to discriminate against people based on race. In 1948 Mrs. Griffin sat down in Katz Drug Store in Des Moines. The store said that it was, "not equipped to serve colored people." Mrs. Griffin sued the owner and won in court.
She will be back today at the Ames Middle School for our younger readers and soon to be reader at 1:00 at the Ames Middle School.
Monday, June 2, 2014
It is time!
Won't be long before you are all out from school and summer fun begins. Summer fun includes signing up for the library reading program and begin to record you reading.
Which book will you begin --- will it be a read aloud with mom and dad and their favorite book from childhood-- one of my favorites from my childhood is A Cricket in Times Square by George Seldon.
You could begin with your breakfast and the cereal box in front of you or the newspaper or reading the directions for your favorite game or listening to a good book. Whatever you decide to be your first minutes - sign up and record your minutes.
Don't know how to sign up? Call the library 239-5643 or come in and we will help.
Jerri
Which book will you begin --- will it be a read aloud with mom and dad and their favorite book from childhood-- one of my favorites from my childhood is A Cricket in Times Square by George Seldon.
You could begin with your breakfast and the cereal box in front of you or the newspaper or reading the directions for your favorite game or listening to a good book. Whatever you decide to be your first minutes - sign up and record your minutes.
Don't know how to sign up? Call the library 239-5643 or come in and we will help.
Jerri
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Welcome to the 2014 APL Summer Reading Program!
Welcome to Ames Public Library's Summer Reading blog, where we invite community members of all ages to share thoughts about all things summer reading!
You'll find tabbed pages above to get you started: What are you reading lately? What do you think of "Ungifted" by Gordon Korman, this summer's All Story County Read? If you learned or did something fun at the Little Cyclones camp or attended an interesting library or community event, this is the place to let everyone know! Stop by often to see what other people are saying and to share your own summer experiences. Just add a message to the comments section!
Did you know that Ames Public Library's reading programs are now online? Click the appropriate image above to register for our Summer Reading Program and earn prizes (including, of course, the satisfaction of having read a great book--or two!--this summer!).
You'll find tabbed pages above to get you started: What are you reading lately? What do you think of "Ungifted" by Gordon Korman, this summer's All Story County Read? If you learned or did something fun at the Little Cyclones camp or attended an interesting library or community event, this is the place to let everyone know! Stop by often to see what other people are saying and to share your own summer experiences. Just add a message to the comments section!
Did you know that Ames Public Library's reading programs are now online? Click the appropriate image above to register for our Summer Reading Program and earn prizes (including, of course, the satisfaction of having read a great book--or two!--this summer!).
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