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Amazing Alpacas and More from Kate Thomas

January 9, 2019

Kate Thomas will bring some of the animals she and her family raise on the homestead. The animals are bigger than we usually see so the program will be back of the Community Center but she will have tents to help with shade. There will be snacks inside the community center after the program.

Tagged 2019 Summer Reading Program, Animals, children

To the Moon With MAD SCIENCE!

January 9, 2019

Mad Science! will kick off the fun on Thursday, June 6th with their “Walking on the Moon” Show. Travel 238,900 miles above the earth as we commemorate the 50th anniversary of humans first landing on the moon. What’s it like to travel in space? With the help of some volunteers, kids will learn what it’s like to explore space and the space technology used on earth today. See how expansive our galaxy is, and help us blast off to space!

Tagged 2019 Summer Reading Program, children, Science activities

New AWE Learning Tablets Coming Soon!

August 4, 2018

We are excited to announce that Gleason Memorial Library is receiving a $4,960 Edge Technology Grant from the Oklahoma Department of Libraries and the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The grant provides for the purchase of two children’s learning tablets. The library is dedicated to offering technology to help improve the digital skills of even our youngest patrons.

The tablets are filled with trustworthy software covering art, math, reading, science, and more providing fun and entertaining learning opportunities. The two tablets from AWE Learning–the Early Literacy Station for ages 4-8 and the After School Edge for ages 6-12 each contain 70 plus software titles providing over 4000 multi-curriculum and STREAM (Science, Technology, Reading & wRiting, Engineering, Arts, Mathematics) activities.

Tablets will be kept at the library’s circulation desk and will be checked out for 30-minute periods for use in-house. Time will be extended if there are no other requests.

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