Storyvine

• Every Wednesday morning at 10:00 a.m. in the months of October and November.
• Summer Session on Wednesday mornings in July at 9:30 & 10:00 am.
• A series of storytimes for all children in daycare settings
• Hear stories (3 - 4 books), do an activity to music, experience fingerplays, see flannelboard stories, and watch a video.
• Watch library staff model presentation techniques.
• Create your own early literacy suitcase.
• At each Storyvine session, you'll receive several handouts to pack away in your suitcase.
• Come to collect terrific idea sheets, check out books, play on the preschool computers, and enjoy an enriching literacy experience.
• No registration required.

Kindergarten - 1st Grade
For Kindergarten Students:

Mad About Music!

• Set up a visit by calling Children's Services -
  832-6187 or e-mail Ellen

• A program all about music and storytelling.

• This 45 minute program may include:

For First Grade Students:

I Can Use the Library

• Set up a visit by calling Children's Services -
  832-6187 or e-mail Ellen
• In this high energy, interactive program, we
  Read great stories
  Tour the Library
  Do a scavenger hunt
• This free program is educational and fun for the students.
• We encourage all students to get a library card and check out books.
• This program is available September through March.

• Celebrate learning to read at the Appleton Public Library!
• The first grade teachers and their students are the guests of honor and the focus of our festivities.
• No one knows better than you the struggle and delight learning to read can be!
• It is an accomplishment and the library wishes to celebrate the new readers, introduce them to the Appleton Public Library's Children's Services and encourage both summer and lifelong reading habits.
• The climax will be the presentation of new library cards, with cheers for the new readers and for all of us who are interested in nuturing a love for reading.
• Plan to attend an hour during the spring of the year in April and May for this very special program.
• Staff will highlight the appropriate collections for these new young readers.
• Program is free

For Second Grade Students:

Friends of Books

For Third Grade Students:

Book Character Bash

• Join the Appleton Public Library Children's Services Section to meet classic book characters and new book characters.
• You may meet these characters via:
  Booktalks
  Reader's Theatre
  Logic
  Physical Challenges
  Storytelling with props and puppets
  Students sharing their favorite characters
  Music
• Important Details:
  Students will be encouraged to get library
          cards
  Students may choose to check out books                from the program
  Teachers may request a tour of the children's
          section
  Educational, yet entertaining
  Free
  To schedule a visit, call 832-6187 and ask         for Carole or Ellen or e-mail jepson@apl.org

For Fourth Grade Students:

Wisconsin Heritage: The Pioneering Experience

• A special program at your school or at the library based on the life of pioneers and their travel.
• An outreach visit for schools with an Appleton address.
• This free educational program offers a glimpse into Wisconsin's past and will include a discussion with titles available on the pioneering experience.
• Students will be able to look at maps, photographs, and handicrafts of Wisconsin from past to present.
• There will be trivia and booktalks about Wisconsin literature.

Outreach Programs:

Available to schools with an Appleton address

• Invite a librarian to read with your students, preferably in the school's media center/library.
• Wisconsin Heritage is for 4th Grade
• Schedule a program during the school year.