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Remember to bring your kids to the Halloween event at Interlochen Public Library on October 26th from 2 to 4 p.m. There will be lots of spooky fun, crafts, and ghostly goodies for everyone to enjoy! It's a great opportunity for children to have a blast and get creative with Halloween-themed crafts.
Join Miss Jennifer and her ghouls for an afternoon of spooky fun, crafts, and ghostly goodies. I encourage you to dress up.The Friends of Interlochen Public Library will provide all snacks. For more info, call the library at 231-276-6767.
We want the best for all Interlochen residents, so I’m very proud to share that Interlochen Public Library has received a national grant to help make our community an even better place for everyone. Libraries Transforming Communities: Accessible Small and Rural Communities is an American Library Association (ALA) initiative that provides community engagement and accessibility resources to small and rural libraries to help them better serve people with disabilities.
The competitive award comes with a $20,000 grant to help the library increase the accessibility of facilities, services, and programs for disabled people in our community.
As part of the grant, IPL staff will take an online course on leading conversations, a skill vital to library work today. Staff will then host an in-person discussion with residents with disabilities about their needs and how to use the grant funds to serve our community members with disabilities better.
There is a lot of room for collaboration with your organization! Your deep connections to the disabled community and experience working with children/adults with disabilities will help us reach our goals. Here is the link to our brief (and anonymous) survey to help develop an Accessible Small and Rural Communities Disability Access and Inclusion Plan to guide our initiatives to provide enhanced spaces and services. Your survey responses will help us figure out where we can improve. We will be sure to handle your feedback with the highest confidentiality.
Many thanks for your consideration and your work in the community.
Sincerely,
Jennifer, IPL Library Director
Build With STEAM and Miss Shelly!
In the early years, integrating STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) activities can provide young learners with a holistic and engaging approach to learning. Incorporating STEAM activities early in life can help your kiddos develop critical thinking, problem-solving skills, creativity, and a love for exploration. Activities such as building blocks to understand basic engineering principles, creating art using different materials to foster creativity, and conducting simple science experiments to explore cause-and-effect relationships are all great ways to introduce STEAM to young children. These activities can be designed to be hands-on, sensory-rich, and age-appropriate, fostering a love for learning and laying the foundation for future academic success.
Join Miss Shelly on October 12th in the children's library for some STEAM fun and building!
Don't Miss Out!
Join us for a morning filled with discovery, creativity, and fun. Let's explore the world of STEAM together.
Join us on November 2 from 10 am to noon for this author's talk and presentation by Barb Barton. This is the first book to present the rich tradition of wild rice in Michigan and its importance to the Anishinaabek people who live there. It focuses on the history, culture, biology, economics, and spirituality surrounding this sacred plant. The story travels through time from the days before European colonization and winds its way forward through the logging and industrialization eras. It weaves between the worlds of the Anishinaabek and the colonizers, contrasting their different perspectives and divergent relationships with Manoomin.