Children
About the Children’s Department
The Children’s Department houses books, magazines, videos, learning kits, and more for babies, toddlers, and elementary school children. Come check it out!
100’s of New Books Now Available
We have finally finished adding new books donated last February by the Oklahoma Department of Libraries! We estimate the total to be over 600 new books. Thank you ODL! The new books cover a wide range of interests and reading levels in both fiction and non-fiction. As the books were processed, we added the available Accelerated Reader information from the website www.renlearn.com. This website is used by the El Reno Schools for AR testing and is available for anyone to use. Sorry, AR tests can’t be taken using the library’s computers.
Spring programming
The children’s department is proud to announce Spring 2010 Story Time and Book Connection schedules.
Click here to print a schedule (opens as a PDF).
Story Time is for kids ages 5 and under. Parents stay with children.
Wednesday mornings
Family Fun – 9:30 – 9:50 am
Groups at 10 am and 10:30 am (call to schedule a time)
February
3 – Winter Snow
10 – Valentine’s Day
17 – Bird Feeding Day
24 – Safari Animals
March
3 – Dr. Seuss
24 – Sports
31 – Earth Day
April
7 – Easter
14 – Spring
21 – Bugs
28 – Flowers
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Book Connection – for grades K – 5th – snacks, stories, and activities
Thursdays from 3:30 – 4:30 pm
Penguin Parade - February 4, 11, 18, 25
Dr. Seuss - March 4, 11, 25
Flower Power Tie Dye - April 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 (child will need to bring one t-shirt to tie dye)
Register by calling Penny at 262-2409 or emailing her at pbeals@elreno.lib.ok.us.
Holiday Hours Information
The library will be closed on the following days:
Thursday, December 24 – Christmas Eve
Friday, December 25 – Christmas Day
Saturday, December 26
Sunday, December 27
and Friday, January 1 – New Years Day
The library will close at 5 p.m. on Thursday, December 31 – New Year’s Eve.
National Gaming Day @ your library!
The El Reno library is celebrating National Gaming Day this Saturday, November 14!
Community members are invited to visit the library between 10 a.m. and 12 p.m. to play board games. Families and children of all ages are welcome.
The library will provide board games but you are welcome to bring your own games if you wish.
Come and play at the library!
Click here to open a PDF flyer for this event.
Fall Programs
Wednesday, September 2 is the first day in our 15-week Story Time fall session. This program is for kids under 5 and accompanied by an adult. We’ll be reading about school, community helpers, pumpkins, fire safety, and much more. Family Fun time is 9:30-9:50 a.m. Groups may sign up for a 10:00 or 10:30 a.m. session by calling Penny at 262-2409. Hurry, dates are filling fast! Click here to open a PDF of the Story Time schedule.
We are in our 10th (!) year of Book Connection. This is an after-school program for kindergarteners through 5th grade kids. We meet on Thursday afternoons from 3:30-4:30 p.m. We start with a snack (kids are always hungry!), read a little, then do an activity around a theme. Fun with SpongeBob will start us off in September followed by Saturday Movies at the Library on October 10. Have you ever worked a digital camera? We’ll show the kids some basics, let them take their own pics, then they’ll create a scrapbook to showcase them. Should be fun! Click here to open a PDF version of the Book Connection schedule.
Parents or guardians can click here to register for Book Connection
It’s too hot outside!
It’s the middle of July and it’s been hot, hot, hot all summer long. The Children’s Department recently received boxes and boxes of new books from the Oklahoma Department of Libraries. We have been working to get them on the shelves and into the hands of eager readers. We have early readers, chapter books, non-fiction and picture books. Come inside where it’s cool and enjoy our cereal box reading room as you look over our new books. A picture of the box creation can be seen on our Flickr page.
Summer Reading Success!
Our 2009 Summer Reading program – Be Creative @ Your Library – drew over 1,000 participants this year!
We couldn’t have done it without the help of our Teen Volunteers, our presenters who gave so generously of their time, and the parents who encouraged their children to participate. Thanks El Reno!