Library adds storytime for preschoolers

The Emmet O’Neal Library Children’s Department has added a special storytime for children ages 3 to 5 and their caregivers.

Residents who attend other storytimes have requested a program for their pre-kindergartners, so in September the library started Movers & Makers on Wednesdays at 1:30 p.m. The library’s children’s department also offers storytimes and programs for all children from birth to sixth grade, including age-specific events for 0-3 years and kindergarten to sixth grade and all-ages events geared toward the preschool set.

Merideth Stackpole, the creator and facilitator of Movers & Makers, describes the program as a time for adults to participate with their kids in themed stories and activities that build cooperation, pre-literacy skills and school readiness. She emphasizes the importance of having children’s caregivers involved in the moving and making.

 “Movers & Makers is intended to be a new opportunity for kids and their caregivers to learn and play through active together time,” Stackpole said. “It is designed around a do-and-make model of storytime.”

-Submitted by the Emmet O’Neal Library