TODDLER/PRESCHOOL STORYTIME NEWS
	Toddler Time Ages 18 months to 36 months 11:00 AM Mondays 6:45 PM Tuesdays Jan 14/15 to Feb 25/26 Mar 17/18 to Apr 28/29
	Preschool Storytime Ages 3 to 5 years 7 PM Mondays 11 AM Thursdays Jan 14/17 to Feb 25/28 Mar 17/20 to Apr 28/May 1
	Registration required for Toddler Lapsit and Preschool Storytimes. Please phone 722-7276 ex 230 to register.

Youth Services Department
Hackley Public Library
Librarians: Jim Horan and Wendy Ely
Phone: 722-7276, ext 229

These are fun sessions where we share stories, fingerplays, games, songs and some simple crafts. We are looking forward to spending the next seven weeks with your children, and we hope it will be a rewarding experience for them! At occasional storytime sessions we might have a treat for the children. We try to avoid candy at all costs and usually have fruit, cookies, crackers or cheese. If for any reason your child cannot have such a treat, please let us know in advance so that we can arrange something else for him or her.

Parents/caregivers should stay in the building during storytime. Parents should plan on attending with their children during the Toddler Lapsits. If you need to leave, please DON´T be late to pick up your child. Even confident children can get very upset if someone is not waiting for them. We encourage parents NOT to stay in the story room for the program, as it often distracts the children. However, if your child is unsure about storytime, please feel free to sit in on the first and second sessions, if necessary, for your child to feel secure. Children do not have to participate in activities if they don´t want to--it´s okay to just sit and listen.

Your child will hopefully be able to sit quietly and listen to a story without interrupting or distracting the others. During storytime there are lots of opportunities for movement, activity and interaction. Some children, however, are just not ready for a group experience such as this and may be asked to wait and join storytime at a later date.

Please have your child use the bathroom before coming to storytime. If one child needs to leave the story room to go to the bathroom, everybody else wants to do the same! Thanks very much for your help.

Taking books home from the Library is an important part of storytime. Read the stories, talk about the pictures--make books and reading family activities! Areas to look for good books include: 398´s: folk and fairy tales; 500´s: animal, dinosaur and science books; 800´s: poetry and 200´s: Bible stories. Of course the picture book section is where you´ll find most of your selections, but don´t forget to check the juvenile fiction for chapter books to read to the entire family!

The Library also offers programming for older children. Many fun family programs are planned throughout the year, so please join us!

If you are not currently a member of the Friends of the Hackley Public Library, we would like to ask you to please consider joining if at all possible. Your $15.00 dues enables us to continue the tradition of quality youth programming at Hackley Library. Please consider joining the Friends--we need your support!

The Library does not close often, but if we do, we let the local radio and television stations know. If in doubt, call the Library before setting out.

Looking for some tips on hosting your child´s first real birthday party? Feeling a little stressed about a recurring behavior problem? Are homework blues a nightly problem at your house? Check out the Youth Services Department´s Parenting Collection--located in the display bookcase across from the first fireplace. This collection of titles has been chosen to provide information, enlightenment and a little entertainment to parents as you face the demanding yet rewarding job of raising a family.

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