big brown horse
Hoof In Mouth
Our county's regional library has a wonderful program for kiddos (and parents) this summer. Perhaps many libraries are also doing this. Anyway, I think it is the best summer time library activity as of yet. (On top of the summer reading programs.)
Earlier in the summer (we couldn't participate until now b/c she was at her dad's) our library system provided "passports" for kiddos of all ages. Each of the 9 branches was featured on the passport.
On each library page to be stamped there was interesting info about the library, a photo of the library and a "puzzler". Sam had to answer the puzzler in order to get her passport stamped at each library. One puzzler asked "when is it was ok to put a rock through a window?". That particular library's architect incorporated a boulder (common around here) right into the window so it could be sat on inside and outside. We wouldn't have known if we hadn't gone on a mad search of that library.
After lots of seaching, we also found the tiny (hidden) library located on an American Indian Reservation. I never even knew it was there.
Anyway, it has taken us 2 full days so far and we have one more library left to go. We brought along sack lunches and had picnics out on the grounds of different libraries. It was a great few days spent together. I know my daughter (13 year old) had a blast and so did I.
Oh, and we checked out books and cds galore. She read in the car while I listened to great cds like Yo-Yo Ma's "Obrigado Brazil". Perfect mommy and daughter time.
(Luckily we live out in the country so we didn't have any hectic city driving to do, it may not have been quite as fun.)
On top of all that fun, she will get a free library bag and be in the running for other cool prizes when she turns in her finished passport. We would have had fun no matter though.
Anyone have similar fun or interesting library adventures?
edit: typos :/
Earlier in the summer (we couldn't participate until now b/c she was at her dad's) our library system provided "passports" for kiddos of all ages. Each of the 9 branches was featured on the passport.
On each library page to be stamped there was interesting info about the library, a photo of the library and a "puzzler". Sam had to answer the puzzler in order to get her passport stamped at each library. One puzzler asked "when is it was ok to put a rock through a window?". That particular library's architect incorporated a boulder (common around here) right into the window so it could be sat on inside and outside. We wouldn't have known if we hadn't gone on a mad search of that library.
After lots of seaching, we also found the tiny (hidden) library located on an American Indian Reservation. I never even knew it was there.
Anyway, it has taken us 2 full days so far and we have one more library left to go. We brought along sack lunches and had picnics out on the grounds of different libraries. It was a great few days spent together. I know my daughter (13 year old) had a blast and so did I.
Oh, and we checked out books and cds galore. She read in the car while I listened to great cds like Yo-Yo Ma's "Obrigado Brazil". Perfect mommy and daughter time.
(Luckily we live out in the country so we didn't have any hectic city driving to do, it may not have been quite as fun.)
On top of all that fun, she will get a free library bag and be in the running for other cool prizes when she turns in her finished passport. We would have had fun no matter though.
Anyone have similar fun or interesting library adventures?
edit: typos :/
For a sec I thought I was getting jipped out of door to door service free! 
