Enrich Your Homeschooling ~ Visit Us!

HERE’S WHAT AWAITS YOU:

1. 14,000 children’s books, including Board Books, Picture Books, Emergent Readers, Early Readers, Beginner Chapters, Older Fiction, Pop-Ups, Non-Fiction, and a Parent Section.

2. Inter-library Loan

3. The Book Hold

4. Audio/eBooks

5. DVDs and CDs

6. Magazines

7. Two catalog stations; two Internet stations; two AWE (non-Internet interfacing) Learning stations; four iPads; one laptop

8. Library Classes/Research Skills/Tours

9. Parenting Issue Talks from professionals

10. Bookmark this awesome Patten Free Library Children’s website http://www.patten.lib.me.us/kids/

• Books & Reading; Fun & Games; Homework Help; Monthly Flyer of family events; Parent & Teacher resources (including homeschooling); Kid’s Blog

11. Storytimes and Afterschool Enrichment Classes

• Book Babies
• Time for 2’s & 3’s
• Lego League
• Lego Robotics
• Chess Club
• Searching Science
• Language Classes
• Book Clubs
• Book Buddies/tutoring
• Family Games/Puzzle Days
• Family Contra Dancing
• Music Appreciation
• Art History
• Theatre Play Readings
• Paws for Reading
• Author Visits
• Astronomy Club

12. Summer Reading Challenges/ All literature-based themed, i.e:

• Hundred Acre Woods
• Peter Pan
• Wizard of Oz
• Mary Poppins
• Charlotte’s Web
• Narnia
• Alice in Wonderland
• Jungle Book
• Treasure Island

13. Library Extras

• Storytime Room with educational tools, games, puppet theater, piano
• Social meet ups
• Online Mango Languages
• Local Art Displays
• Study room/Community Room
• Teen Room
• Unusual Things To Check Out:

*Telescope (1); Binoculars (4); Learning Language Backpacks (French & Spanish); American Girl Doll Literacy Kits (7); Science Activity Backpacks (7); Science Topic Book Bags (7)

14. Friends of the Library Annual Children’s Book Sale and Library Book Store

15. Museum Passes

 

Submitted by Carol McFadden, PFL Head of Children’s Services