Dia de los Ninos at San Lorenzo Library

What fun we had today at the San Lorenzo Library. The children made Domroo Drums and Maracas. Their use of color was awesome, and they created beautiful instruments. The age range was 4-12, with a variety of skill levels. A young blind girl with Cerebral Palsy had fun making maracas with her mother as well. The kids were delighted with the "music" they were able to make when the craft time was done.

Upcoming Programs

Because my website doesn't update properly, I will continue to add new programs here.

4/29 Dia de los Ninos at San Lorenzo Library 2:30
5/2 Cinco de Mayo at Fremont Main Library 11-12 (registration is required)
5/2 Cinco de Mayo at Newark Library 1-2 We will make Domroo drums and Maracas
5/9 Butterfly Gardening & Craft at Newark Library 12:30-2
5/11 Butterfly Craft at Dublin Library 4-5
5/27 Cooking with Tweens at San Lorenzo 3:00 (registration is required)

You can find the information for registration at www.aclibrary.org click on branch

I have many creative programs available for the Summer Reading Game, if you haven't already booked. I am also available for programs for your teen volunteers.

Write A Book Contest

I am in the creativity business, yet I still am constantly amazed by the creativity these youngsters have! Today at Newark Library, I gave each child a book, and tons of goodies to work with. They each created a book that was outstanding. A 2 year old wrote letters and numbers, while a 5 year old wrote 15 pages of story telling that was fantastic. I don't have a first place ribbon for everyone, but I would say at least half of them fell into that category. Judging was difficult to say the least! This is a fabulous program for your libraries. It will need an hour and 1/2 to give them that extra time to finish up. We advertised 6-13, and ended up with a 5 year old that could write his own, so he was welcomed. The 2 year old "wrote" his own too, so he'll get a superstar award. I helped a couple of reluctant boys come up with a story line, but other than that and a little spelling help, the kids worked independently. I was also very proud of parents and grandparents for not being too helpful! Librarian Kat was very impressed with the quality of her littlest patron's works.