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Visit Our Homework Collection to Keep Your Children Learning Over the Summer

Are you looking for ways to keep your  child’s school skills sharp this summer?  Make sure to stop by the Harnish Main Library to explore our Homework Collection.  This collection consists of a variety of educational resources that support the curriculum needs of teachers, homeschooling families, and parents of children in grades PreK – 8th grade.  Math, science, reading, Spanish, social […]

Lego WeDo
Programs

Lego WeDo Buddies

The first session of LEGO WeDo Buddies ended this week. The children built and coded LEGO robots like an alligator whose mouth opened and closed and a lion who sat up and laid back down. They learned about motors, pulleys, gears, and levers through simple robotics. Pairs of children worked with one of our amazing Summer VolunTeens for three weeks […]

STEAM

Nature Growing Inside the Library

Come in to the library and visit our new friends, Audrey the Venus Fly Trap and some newly emerged Painted Lady Butterflies. The Venus fly trap is native to North Carolina, the only place in the world they grow in the wild. They are carnivorous plants, but because the soil became deplete of nutrients they evolved to catch live pray. […]

Book Lists

Road Trip! Family-Friendly Audiobooks to Help Pass the Time

Summer is here and that means road trip season is in full swing!  Audiobooks are just the thing to keep kids (and parents) entertained during a long trip.  Avoid the “are we there yet?  and “how much longer?” questions by bringing along a few engaging audiobooks that your whole family will love!  If you’re in need of a few suggestions, […]