Happy First Day of School!

We've seen so many of you today getting ready for school, which is such a nice last minute reminder of summer before we kick off into fall! Yesterday, the librarians chose the prize drawings for the summer reading program. Today, we called all the winners. We had over 7,700 raffle tickets, and that is a tremendous number of entries, culminating in 34 prize winners and 7,700 books entered :) And today... someone donated our first prize for next year's raffles (only 9 more months)! If you want to donate to next year's prize raffles, please let us know! It's super fun to put together a prize bag for the children :)

Signs of fall!

I put out the Halloween and Thanksgiving movies today! I do love the fall ... though not everyone agrees with me :) Miss A

Summer Reading ends Saturday

Remember to stop by for your last visit before Summer Reading ends Saturday. We cannot say enough good things about all the readers in Stratford. You've done a truly impressive job.

Summer Reading for school

This question comes up a lot in the Children's Department, so here is a quick answer.

Children entering Stratford Schools grades K-6 can access their summer assignments here:
http://stratfordk12.org/Content/2013_Summer_Assignments_For_Students.asp

Children are required to participate in the Stratford School's summer reading.
HOWEVER, there is no *required* reading. Children can read suggested titles from the Governor's Challenge as well as the Stratford Public Schools' Lists or read age appropriate books of their own choice. The most important thing is that every child read this summer!

Some helpful reading links are here:
http://stratfordk12.org/images/customer-files/ElementaryEducation/2013SummerReadingk-2.pdf
http://stratfordk12.org/images/customer-files/ElementaryEducation/2013SummerReadingGrades3to6.pdf
http://stratfordk12.org/images/customer-files/ElementaryEducation/2013GovernorsSummerReadingChallenge.pdf

Fossils and Dinosaurs this Saturday at 11 a.m.

Children ages 6 to 12 can join us for a fun and fabulous dinosaur presentation. See real fossils!
Call us at (203) 385-4165 to register.

Summer Fun!

We had a blast yesterday at Turtle Dance Music and today is Drummer Edward Leonard at 4 p.m. and 6 p.m. (Call to see if we have room at 203-385-4165).

Saturday we have Fossils and Dinosaurs at 11 a.m. for children ages 6 to 12. Please call us to come!

Preschool Music Events

We're having a Preschool Music Marathon next week and you're invited!

Monday at 10:30 a.m. Turtle Dance Music ages 0-6
Tuesday at 4 p.m. OR 6 p.m. Fun with Rhythms with Edward Leonard ages 2-8
Wednesday at 6 p.m. Music with Miss Debbie ages 2-6

Sign up for any event at 203-385-4165!