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Mallory Valerie Emily Mickels just saved up nine hundred ninety-nine nickels. This catchy sentence was a trick to help the story time children remember the names of the planets and remember them quick. Summer story time started on Monday, June 3 with 14 children attending. We read the book Chicken In Space by Adam Lehrhaupt and made rockets to send our own chickens out in to space. On Wednesday 22 children listened to the story There’s No Place Like Space –All About Our Solar System by Tish Rabe. To help the children learn more about the solar system they made head bands which included the planets as well as the sun. With the help of Mallory Valerie Emily Mickels you can learn the names of the planets as long as you save up nine hundred ninety nine nickels.
Activity time began on Thursday, June 6. Travis Rudloff from the Antelope County Extension office read Let’s Explore the Moon by Walt K. Moon. The kids also made “moon sand” and built space stations. Stop by the library and vote for your favorite space station. A trophy goes to the winner!

Story time kids flying their rockets!

Story time kids showing off their “solar system” headbands.

Come join Elgin Public Library for story time beginning Monday, June 3. Young children from the ages of three to seven are invited to story time on Monday and Wednesday mornings from 10:00-10:45. If you have young visitors in your home they are welcome to come too! Join us for stories, crafts and games. IT WILL BE OUT OF THIS WORLD!

Children who have completed grades 2-5 are invited to come on Thursday afternoons at 1:00 for activities which may include plays, games, art projects, etc. Activity time will last about 1 hour and will start on Thursday, June 6 and end on July 11. Travis Rudloff will once again be in charge of activities for the upper grades.

5-4-3-2-1- Blast off to summer reading and a “Universe of Stories”. On May 20, 2019 the Elgin Public Library hosted an assembly for grades Kindergarten through sixth from both Elgin Public and Saint Boniface Schools. The assembly was presented by Dr. Todd Young from Wayne State College. His talk included information about Apollo 11 and space exploration, in honor of the 50th anniversary of the moon landing. Dr. Young entertained the students with his hands on approach and audience participation. Dr. Young is a Professor of Physics & Astronomy at Wayne State College and the Director of the Fred G. Dale Planetarium.
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We had an “egg”cellent day at the library on Friday, April 19. Children enjoyed decorating Easter eggs with colored pasta and listening to the book, Turkey’s Eggcellent Easter. Easter is almost here—and Turkey knows just how to celebrate. He’s going to win the eggstra-special Easter egg hunt! The only problem is that animals aren’t allowed to enter. So he and his barnyard friends come up with a top-secret plan. With his trademark disguises and a whole lot of help, Turkey goes undercover. Will his basket of tricks help him win a prize?
Speaking of Easter egg hunts and prizes, the children wrapped up story time by hunting Easter eggs. It was a fun way to start the Easter weekend.

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Celebrate Easter at the library. On Friday, April 19, Elgin City Library will be having an Easter story time and activity from 10:00 to 11:00. Children of all ages are invited to attend.

What do you do on April Fool’s Day? Why not visit the third grade at Elgin Public and St. Boniface schools. That is exactly what we did. We read the story, Arthurs April Fool, by Marc Brown. The story is about Arthur who worries about remembering his magic tricks for the April Fool’s Day assembly and Binky’s threats to pulverize him. The story was followed by several April Fool’s Day activities. When all activities were complete, they received a key to unlock a container which held special April Fool’s Day treats. The kids were surprised to see “brown E’s” in their container. April Fools!

Elgin Public Third Grade Class

St. Boniface Third Grade Class

Lego League will be held Monday, March 18 from 4:00 to 5:00. Hope to see you there.

The library will be closed today, March 13.

Elgin Public Library is open today, March 7.