Science Explorers at Sac City Library

Science Explorers @ the Library

Registration is now available for the after school science club at the library. Register in person at the library or call 662-7276 to reserve your spot. Space is limited.

Science Explorers @ Sac City Library

This school year, the library is holding an after-school program for kids in grades 3-6 from October 3rd through November 21st (3:30 to 5:00 p.m.).  Learn fun and wacky science with Lego machines, straw rockets, snap circuits and conduct hair-raising experiments using electricity! 

Program Schedule

October 3rd: Lego Simple Machines

October 10th: Lego Motorized Machines

October 17th: Straw Rocket Launcher (meet at library but launching at Sac Community Center)

October 24th: Straw Rocket Launcher

October 31st: No Science Club – Halloween

November 7th: 75-In-One Project Lab

November 14th: Snap Circuits

November 21st: Van de Graaf Generator

Registration

Register in person at the library or call 662-7276 to reserve your spot.  Space is limited!

Special Thanks

Funding for this science program was made possible by individuals and businesses in the Sac City community who donated money to build the science kits for the after school program.  These kits will be able to be checked out after the after school program is over in Spring 2013.  Books, audiobooks and videos for this project are funded by the 2013 Renze Grant.
Please thank these sponsors for their generous contributions:

Sac City Lions Club

Sac City Masonic Lodge

Sac City LibraryFoundation

Sac City Kiwanis Club

Jerry's Plumbing

MGM Plumbing

United Bank of Iowa

Loring Hospital

Unity Point Clinic

Citizens Bank

Iowa State Bank

Sac Education Foundation

Family First Dental

Shirley Seevers

Jackson Township

Gilbert & Barb Renze Trust

Readers of all ages will explore all things underground this summer as Sac City Public Library presents “Dig Into Reading” during their summer library program.  There is a program for babies through preschool, children in grades Pre-K through 4, a teen program for middle school grades 5-8 and an adult program.  Activities for children include:

Friday, May 31^st: Literacy Fair & Mad Science Kickoff (Fair starts at 1:00/Mad Science begins 2:00)

Friday, June 7th  :  Blank Park Zoo Show & Tell at 1:00 p.m.

Friday, June 14^th: Sanford Museum’s Archaeology Program & Cave Painting at 1:00 p.m.                     

Friday, June 21^st:  ISU-E Conservation Station 10:00 to 2:00 & Craft Day 1:00 p.m.

Friday, June 28^th: Sac County Conservation- Burrowing Animals at 1:00 pm

Friday, Aug. 9^th: Rick the Magician Magic Show & Final Party (Come for Prizes & to eat the World’s Largest Gummy Worm) at 1:00 p.m.         

The Google + Maker Camp will be held for teens with Maker Mondays at 10:00 a.m. and Field Trip Fridays starting July 8^th through August 16^th.  The Adult summer reading contest will run from June 1^st through August 30^th.  The 2013 Summer Reading Program is open to all with programs, prize drawings, story hours, reading contests and more.  Registration for Dig Into Reading is now available for all ages and families are invited to attend the Literacy Fair Kickoff on May 31^st from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. to register for summer reading, make a summer reading treasure map, check out the dinosaur cave, get a balloon animal and much more.  Mad Science will be here to kick things off with a bang at 2:00 that day!  The Literacy Fair is funded by the Decat Neighborhood Networking Grant to help kids and parents learn tips to make reading a part of every day this summer and to help prevent loss of reading skills over the summer months.

For more information, call the library at 662-7276 or visit our website at www.saccity.lib.ia.us to download the Summer Reading Guide or click on the Summer Reading tab for detailed registration information. All programs are free of charge.                        

These photos show items for sale at the library that are being offered via the closed bid process.  Iowa Code says that we can't give items away or directly sell them to interested individuals.  We have to offer them for sale to the public using the closed bid process.  If you are interested in any of these items, stop by the library to view the items, then pick up a bid packet at the city office in Sac City and drop it back off at the city office before June 25th at 4:00 p.m.  The city council will open bid packets that night and the winning bids will be notified.  Thanks for your interest!

Laura World

Tomorrow is book club day at the library and as usual, there are several books on my nightstand that are still unfinished.  Among them are the Harper Trophy editions of the Little House on the Prairie books (or the yellow boxed set for all of you Laura fans out there...which I scored at the library book sale) and a new book The Wilder Life: My Adventures in the Lost World of Little House on the Prairie by Wendy McClure.  When I was a girl I read the Little House boxed set about 5 times and it's just as I remembered. I figured McClure's book would be a good companion to read while I was reading the Little House series again and it really has been.  There have been chapters where I have had to muffle my laughter in the pillow or else I'd wake up my family.    Wendy McClure, a children's book  publisher in Chicago, recounts her adventures visiting the places the Ingalls family lived in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Kansas and South Dakota.  I had no idea that those town held Little House pageants until I started working at the library in Sac City and we got posters from De Smet, SD to post in the library window.  I recommend this book if you ever loved the Laura books and want to know more about present day "Laura World".  It is an entertaining read that may just take you back to your childhood.

Usborne Books the Library Received for Hosting a Book Fair!

This is a stack of the books the library received for hosting an Usborne Book Fair.  We're getting them into the catalog and they are starting to filter their way into the new book bins right now.  What a great end to the summer reading program this year.  I hope the kids keep coming to the library throughout the school year.  We'll be working on ways to keep them coming this fall and winter. 

There are lots of great toddler books and some really cool juvenile fiction series.  We're still waiting on the Conspiracy 365 set so check back in a few weeks for those.  Thanks to all volunteers and families who participated in the final summer reading program of the year last Friday.  It was hot but the ice cream cooled us off!