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August 9, 2016 By

Monday July 25h the library was visited by Mr. Drew DeCarlo the McKeesport area band director and music teacher. He taught the children about musical instruments and tempo, lead the […]

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On July 23rd the children’s department celebrated the joys of camping indoors. They read a book about camping, roasted fake marshmallows over a pretend fire, and learned all about Smoky […]

July 30, 2016 By

Saturday July 18th marked the end of our Summer reading program “Ready, Set, Read” for 2016. A picnic was held outside in the lot next to the library. Hot dogs, […]

July 28, 2016 By

Throughout the Summer reading program the children were encouraged to learn about healthy eating,  movement, and general well being.  On July 16th the children participated in a fitness circuit outside […]

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On Wednesday July 13th the children’s department celebrated building with ABC’s. The kids built structures with letter building blocks and listened to a story all about letters. Toddler Time never […]

July 20, 2016 By

Monday July 11th we celebrated Mother Goose Olympics at the children’s library department. The children recited nursery rhymes at different themed stations, each child went home with a gold medal! What […]

July 16, 2016 By

On July 9th the Children’s department was invited to participate in a community celebration for Monessen. We read a bubble themed book called “POP” and the children were invited to […]

July 6, 2016 By

Miss Marsha started out today’s toddler time with a story about the Gingerbread man. After storytime the children played a giant version of the board game Candyland, and each child […]

July 3, 2016 By

On July 2nd the Children’s Library Department celebrated America by hosting the event “Red, White and Move”. Miss Marsha read the book “God Bless America” highlighting the lyrics to the […]

June 30, 2016 By

The Toddler Time theme of the day was animal yoga, which gave the children a chance to move and sound just like their favorite animals. They were treated to an […]