Winston Churchill School Kindergarten student River Rosenkerr goes into moose mode as his teacher Madisyn Schillle opens Moose! by Robert Munsch during a recent class tour of the Lloydminster Public Library. Geoff Lee Meridian Source
The Lloydminster Public Library is proving to be a fertile breeding ground for young bookworms.
The library hosted a tour of three Kindergarten classes from Winston Churchill School last week with more opportunities in store for young people to explore the world of books.
“We have a ton of programming for young people,” said library director Cheryl Sikora during the first school tour last Tuesday.
“We’re gearing up for our summer reading program which will have a ton of activities in the library and also out in the community, so we’re excited to get the kids excited about continuing their literacy journey this summer.”
Ditto the enthusiasm of teacher Madisyn Schille who brought her class of young kids to tour the library, read two books, make a bookmark craft and check out a book.
“It gets them excited about reading and it gets their family excited about reading. It’s just a fun morning that we get to come out in our community,” said Schille.
“Three different classes are coming over the next two days. There will be about 60 Kindergartens from Winston Churchill here today and tomorrow.”
Schille says the youngsters are already diving into reading at school with lots of picture blocks and recognizing different letters.
“They are starting with some very basic books. They are just on the cusp of reading, so this is a way to get them excited about it,” she said.
“It’s nice to take them on field trips and explore our community and the great resources it has to offer.”
Young River Rosenkerr stepped forward to state his favourite part of the tour was “all of it.”
He also grabbed the Robert Munsch book, Moose! from a shelf and turned his hands into antlers to add to his excitement.
When it was Leo Roost’s turn to talk about what they used to create bookmarks, he explained, “We all use stickers and crayons.”
Those comments invited Sikora to say how important it is for the library to reach people of all ages, particularly the little ones.
“We have lots of things for them to do in the library and we just want to be part of their lives moving forward and to help them remember reading is fun,” she said.
“We want to be part of that in their journey.”
