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Discovery Room
Come enjoy
this parent/child interaction center with puppets, puzzles,
a dress-up center, and more! A different thematic unit is featured
approximately every six to eight weeks. Thematic units may include
craft activities, listening stations, games, puzzles and books.
Computer
Center
The computer
center features educational games, reference materials, and
word processing programs. Just stop by the Information Desk
to sign up!
Internet
access is also available in the Children's Department for
children through sixth grade. A parent or guardian must sign
a permission slip for their child to receive an internet card.
Ask at our Information Desk for more information.
Outreach
Programming
- A
Book for Every Baby:
The
mother of each child born at the two Bloomington/Normal
hospitals is presented with a packet of information that
promotes awareness and use of public libraries and their
services. Every packet includes a book for the baby, a
pamphlet describing programs, services, and media specifically
designed for the parents of young children, and a coupon
that may be redeemed for other gifts when the parent visits
either the Normal Public Library or Bloomington Public
Library, the co-sponsors of this project.
- Off-Site
Programming:
We
are happy to offer storytelling or information programs
to nursing homes, churches, community centers and schools.
For
more information contact the library at 454-4668.
Services for Teachers and Students
- Tours
and More:
Would
you like to take your students on a FREE field trip but
don't know where to go? Why not bring them to the library?
Come learn and play with us!
We
have many fun programs and resources designed especially
for teachers and their students here at the library. All
programs can be adapted to the age level of the students
and needs of the teacher.
Classes
can learn about the library and its resources through
a Library Tour. A Storytelling Session,
full of books, songs, and fingerplays can be added on
to any tour or can be enjoyed on its own.
Our
Discovery Room is always open during library hours for
classes to enjoy while at the library. The Discovery Room
contains books, educational activities, puppets, games,
and toys. Why limit yourself to only one library visit?
With our Stories & More program,
classes are invited to come to the library to enjoy storytelling
sessions and the Discovery Room several times a year or
even on a more regular basis.
Classes
studying specific subjects can come to the library for
a Research Help Visit where students
can receive special help finding materials needed to write
reports or to make special presentations. A librarian
will be available to show specific useful resources and
to assist students with the use of the online catalog.
Again,
please contact the library preferably two weeks in advance
at (309) 454-4668 to schedule any of these FREE fun programs
and activities. The library staff will make every effort
to accommodate as many requests as possible.
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Outreach
Services for Teachers and Students
Can't
come to the library?! Then let us bring the library to
you! School Visits are available to individual
classrooms, multiple classrooms/grades, school library
classes, large group assemblies, or even school fairs
or open houses!
Want
to introduce your students to fun, quality books? Then
you should take advantage of our Classroom Booktalks
program. A library staff member will visit your classroom
bringing books to life with riveting descriptions and
interactive antics. We can provide booktalks on new, holiday,
or award winning books such as the Rebecca Caudill, Monarch,
or Unit 5 / District 87 Reading Unites book award nominees.
We can also try to accommodate requests for booktalks
on specific themes.
Or
let us supplement your teaching by providing Drop-In
Themed Storyhours full of books, fingerplays,
and songs.
A
special program for preschool and Kindergarten classes
is HOPPER. Helping Our
Providers Promote and Encourage Reading
is a program created to help children understand the importance
of reading and learning. HOPPER (the frog puppet) and
a member of our staff will visit your location and provide
a mini-storytime all about frogs. We will leave a variety
of materials in the classroom, including HOPPER, for teachers
and students to enjoy for one month.
Help
your students get to know their public library by booking
one of our Library Informational Visits.
Students will be introduced to the parts of the library,
its materials, programs, and resources. They will also
learn how to get their own library cards. A question and
answer session along with a reading of a funny or seasonal
story or set of poems will serve to end the visit with
a smile.
Or
maybe our Surprise Reader program is
more what you're looking for. As part of this program,
a library staff member will pop in to your classroom to
read a fun read-aloud book. You can sign up for a specific
"pop-in" time or you can be brave and add your
name to the list of teachers willing to have one of our
librarians truly just drop-in out of the blue to read
a book to your students and you!
Contact the library preferably two weeks in advance at
(309) 454-4668 to schedule any of these exciting programs
or any of our other FREE fun programs and activities.
The library staff will make every effort to accommodate
as many requests as possible.
- Teacher
Packs:
Teachers who teach in Bloomington/Normal are invited
to call the Children's Department to request a pack
of books on a particular subject(s). Teacher packs
contain up to one book per student and are checked
out for six weeks. Teachers in the Unit 5 school district
can have the books delivered to their schools by the
school delivery system. Call us at 454-4668 for more
information or to request a teacher pack. We are currently
not accepting teacher pack requests by email. Please
call or come in to the library to make a request.
Click
here to see the teacher pack guidelines!!
Click here to fill out a Teacher Pack Request online!
Collections
Display
Do you have
a collection that you would like to share with the community
by putting it on display? The Normal Public Library offers a
locked display case at the top of the stairs in the Children's
Department. If you would like your collection to be considered
contact Jamie in the Children's Department at 454-4668.
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