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Story Time Programs
The Library provides Story Times
to help children develop a love of reading. Parents or caregivers are
required to participate with infants and toddlers, and encouraged to
participate in family story times (for children of all ages). Preschool
and Kindergarten story times are for 4- and 5-year-olds who are ready
to participate in a group activity without a parent (parents/caregivers
must remain in the library building).
Many programs at the library have been developed to help
build a more literate community. Our children's assistants specialize
in creating programs with music, motion, stories and imagination. Any
parent who visits a program with their young child can learn techniques
to use with their own children at home in family story times. Children's
librarians assist parents and children in finding books that engage
their curiosity and imagination. A library card is the only ticket you
need to bring a wonderful love of books into your home. Libraries build
literacy is for everyone.
Bellville Branch
419-886-3811
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Butler Branch
419-883-2220
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Crestview Branch
419-895-0010 |
Lexington Branch
419-884-2500
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Lucas Branch
419-892-2576
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Madison Branch
419-589-7050
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Ontario Branch
419-529-4912
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Plymouth Branch
419-687-5655 |
Main Library- Children's Department
419-521-3130 |
On-line Reading Activities
A new section of our web site contains on-line games and
reading activities for our adult learners as well as children. Additional
activities are planned to aid beginning readers. The games on these
pages were developed in Macromedia Flash. If you follow these links
and find the programs do not work, then click
here to download the plug-in. More games are planned and development
will continue over time. Please contact the webmaster if you have any
comments or suggestions for new content. Call the webmaster, Cathy Buscher
at 419-521-3152.
Sight
Word Games and Activities
Sight Words are words
new readers need to master in order to become fluent readers. Students
can practice learning these basic reading vocabularies with these activities.
- Twenty-four Matching Games
reinforce matching Dolch list basic vocabularies. These games are
similar to the Memory game played with cards. As you click on each
word, you will hear the word pronounced. The matching word games
begin with pre-primer words, then progress through primer, first
grade, second grade, and third grade words.
- Picture word games are drag
and drop type games. Learners should click on the correct words
and drag them to the correct pictures. These games help beginning
readers build a bigger vocabulary when they click on and drag words
to images of common objects.
- Sentence builder is an activity
where the learner can drag words to the correct sentence order and
hear them being read. There are only four sentences in this activity.
It is my hope that Title I reading instructors can send me sentences
and reading activities they use with their students so that I may
build additional activities of this type.
- Sight word sentences is an
interactive story book. Beginning readers can practice their sight
word vocabulary while reading a story. Each word in the sentence
can be read if the learner mouse clicks the the word. The words
are taken from the first 100 words in the Fry basic list. In time,
there will be additional stories added for variety.
- All of these activities use sound to assist nonreaders hearing
the words on the page. Once the reader knows the words, speaker
sound can be turned off for added challenge.
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