Passport to Discovery – Winter Wonderland

Passport to Discovery – Winter Wonderland

alling all young explorers! Your next adventure starts today! Join us as we get outside and have fun in the snow while watching for birds in your backyard.

Let’s get started:

  • Pick up a Take & Make Kit from your library branch to make a make a bird-themed card.
  • Have fun tracking the different birds you see in your backyard or at your local park.
  • Check out a number of resources from the Library to help you learn more about birds. Besides books, you can explore our online resources available through Tumblebooks, Hoopla, Kanopy, and PebbleGo. You can also check out a bird watching kit that includes binoculars and two field guide books: DK pocket birds of Canada, and Lorimer field guide to 225 Ontario birds.
  • Read one of these books from our collection about birds.
  • Download this month’s activity sheet if you prefer to get started from home.

Enter to win:

  • Visit your local branch to pick up a themed craft kit and activity sheet.
  • Complete at least one of the activities.
  • Return to the branch to get your passport stamped and ballot entered into a grand prize draw for a tablet! The draw will take place in Feb. 1, 2024.

 

 

Passport to Discovery – Winter Wonderland

Passport to Discovery – Peace and Kindness

Calling all young explorers! Your next adventure starts today! Join us as we practice more peace and kindness!

Let’s get started:

  • Pick up a Take & Make Kit from your library branch to make a poppy or a peace dove.
  • Play Kindness Bingo.
  • Use our conversation prompts to have important discussions about conflict resolution.
  • Read one of these books from our collection that explore peace, kindness and friendship.
  • Download this month’s activity sheet if you prefer to get started from home.

Explorers are welcome to join the program at any time. Here’s how it works:

  • Pick up a passport from your local branch to begin a full year of learning, reading, doing, and having a whole lot of fun!
  • Visit your local branch each month to pick up a themed craft kit and activity sheet.
  • Complete at least one of the activities
  • Return to the branch to get your passport stamped and ballot entered into a grand prize draw for a tablet! The draw will take place at the end of the program in February 2024.
October is Dyslexia Awareness Month

October is Dyslexia Awareness Month

October is Dyslexia Awareness Month and the Huron County Library is pleased to announce the addition of decodable books to its accessible collections.

Dyslexia is a hereditary disability that makes it difficult to read, write or spell. Dyslexia is not caused by bad parenting, a lack of access to reading materials, or lack of intelligence. According to the International Dyslexia Association, roughly 15-20 per cent of the population has a language-based learning disability, with Dyslexia being the most common cause of reading, writing and spelling difficulties.

On top of the symptoms, many people experiencing Dyslexia feel anxiety around reading and may avoid situations where they may be required to read. The Huron County Library believes that reading is for everyone and aims to make it more accessible with the addition of these materials to our collection. We thank the International Dyslexia Association Ontario for supporting the purchase of these books.

What are decodable books? They are books that are specifically designed to be easier for people with Dyslexia to read. Some features that appear in decodable books include dyslexia-friendly font, hi-lo content (which means books discussing higher level concepts while remaining at a lower reading difficulty), justified text, off white paper, and heavier weight paper.

To learn more about these materials, speak with your local branch staff or start exploring the full collection through our online catalogue.

The Huron County Library is also a member library of the Centre for Equitable Library Access which also offers access to a collection of over 1 million books, magazines, newspapers in a choice of accessible formats for people with a print disability. 

Passport to Discovery – Winter Wonderland

Passport to Discovery – Space

Calling all young explorers! Your next adventure starts today! Join us as we explore space!

Let’s get started:

  • Pick up a Take & Make Kit from your library branch to make your very own paper rocket bookmark!
  • Play I Spy with a variety of space-themed items
  • Deepen your exploration of space with these resources:
    • PebbleGo: Interactive articles in Health, Science, and Animals for students Grades K-3. Access to this resource from home requires a username and password. Talk to library staff about how to access for free with a Library card.
    • Tumblebooks: Access resources for children in K-6, including animated talking picture books, chapter books, videos, non-fiction books, playlists, graphics novels.
    • Tabletop Telescope: Check out a telescope from the library’s Object Library!
    • NASA Live: Watch live streaming from the International Space Station.
  • Read one of these books from our collection.
  • Download this month’s activity sheet if you prefer to get started from home.

Explorers are welcome to join the program at any time. Here’s how it works:

  • Pick up a passport from your local branch to begin a full year of learning, reading, doing, and having a whole lot of fun!
  • Visit your local branch each month to pick up a themed craft kit and activity sheet.
  • Complete at least one of the activities
  • Return to the branch to get your passport stamped and ballot entered into a grand prize draw for a tablet! The draw will take place at the end of the program in February 2024.

Summer Reading Week 8: A Mystery

Summer Reading Week 8: A Mystery

Where did the days go? That’s one mystery we haven’t solved yet. Can you believe it, summer readers? This week is the last week of the Summer Reading Program! We hope you have enjoyed it and had as much fun as we have!

For our last week, come prepared with questions and the desire to solve them all!  Check this out! A Mystery! We will discover missing treasures, find clues, and work together to solve the grand mystery!

We are so excited to see everyone one last time at this week’s session and have a special surprise for all of you! To find out what it is, come visit us one last time at your local library! 

You can also download this week’s mysterious colouring sheet from home and check out this week’s online reading list!

Always be curious!

Nadine and Maya

 

Summer Reading Week 6: Plants Aplenty

Summer Reading Week 6: Plants Aplenty

This week be prepared to take a look at how crazy and amazing plants actually are! We will learn that they do a lot more for their survival and our environment than we may have thought – they don’t just sit there!  What do plants eat? Bugs? Sunshine? Cheese sandwiches? Join us for week 6 and find out! This week’s theme is “Check this out! Plants Aplenty!

To have fun exploring this week’s theme from home, download our “plant-iful” colouring sheet and check out this week’s online reading list – we have “plant-y” of themed books there! (sorry for the puns, we couldn’t help it 🌱) And as always, we encourage you to head to your local library branch to find even more amazing books! We hope to see you there!

Enjoy the sunshine this week!

Nadine and Maya