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  • PRE-SCHOOL STORY TIME Picture of Beth Trupp, Youth Services Librarian, telling a story to preschoolers. - Tuesdays 6:30-7:00 p.m. & a repeat session Thursdays 10:00-10:30 a.m. (school year)
    Pre-school story time is a half hour program for children ages 3-6 consisting of stories, finger plays, songs, and films following a theme. Parents may stay if they wish. Materials are chosen not only for a theme but also for their quality and appropriateness to children of this age. Favors are usually given to each child to help them remember the stories and also help parents who may want to follow-up with activities at home. Following or preceding story time, parents are encouraged to spend time with their children checking out books and using library materials.




    Story Time Schedule

    Date Theme

    January 3                                Favorite Stories!
    January 8 & 10                       Mother Goose Stories
    January 15 & 17                     ABC's
    January 22 & 24                     Dinosaurs
    January 29 & 31                     School
    February 5 & 7                       Chickens
    February 12 & 14                   Happy Valentine's Day
    February 19 & 21                   Music
    February 26 & 28                   Snakes
    March 4 & 6                           Fish
    March 11 & 13                       St. Patrick's Day
    March 18 & 20                       Easter Eggs
    March 25 & 27                       Shapes
    April 1 & 3                             Spring Time
    April 8 & 10                           Rain & Rain & Rainbows
    April 15 & 17                         Space
    April 22 & 24                         Puppies
    April 29 & May 1                   Pandas
    May 6 & 8                             Mother's Day
    May 13 & 15                         Catch the Reading Bug
     
     



    TODDLER STORY TIME - JUST FOR 2 YEAR OLDS!!
    Watch for our Toddler Story Time session.  Pre-registration is required! Activities are centered around the 2-year-old and a parent.  If you would be interested in attending with your 2-year-old, please call Beth Trupp, Youth Services Librarian, at 436-7433 or stop by the library and pick up an information folder.


  • SUMMER READING PROGRAM


    Summer reading program for preschoolers through high school begins on May 29 at Gering Public Library. The theme for preschool through 4th grade is "Get a Clue @ Your Library" and will include reading, prizes, activities. Every Wednesday afternoon there will be crafts and movies. Come and listen to a "mystery" book read aloud every Monday and Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. during the summer reading program.

    The 5th through high school age program is "YNK" and will include prizes for reading and a grand prize of an I-Pod shuffle. Special programs will be held on some Friday afternoons.

    Both programs begin with a special sign-up day on Tuesday, May 29, from
    10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.  Registration will continue throughout the summer program, which ends July 7 with a swimming pool party.

     


     

  • PROJECT S.M.I.L.E (See Me In the Library Event)

    A cooperative program between Gering schools and the library. Second grade classes visit the library each month (January through May) for special programs, while learning about the library and checking out books.

  • MORE INFORMATION

    Please call Beth Trupp or Sandy Strey at 436-7433 for more information about any of these programs. Picture of a child reading a book.

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