Learning Tapestry Weaving

This summer I'm practicing some skills I hope to transfer over to students in our library/makerspace. As the result of our Innovation Grant, we acquired several looms.  I took a class with master weaver Cynthia at The Weaving Hand in Brooklyn, and learned some new techniques, like those featured here. I'm looking forward to guiding students in how to make playful tapestries like the ones pictured here.  

Want Audiobooks?

Why listen to audiobooks?  Listening is an important skill to be both taught and learned. Children of this century live in a world where media is a dominant form of communication (25 million iPods sold last year), and imagination's greatest champion in this technological realm is the spoken word. Through the years our cultures have been nurtured and our customs passed on by storytellers--audiobooks carry on that tradition.   

(About the ALSC/Booklist/YALSA Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production)*

Our library now has a subscription to Tales2Go, which provides an enormous library of high-quality audiobook selections for children.  These are available to download onto your device (phone, tablet). Please email mckinleylibrary@gmail.com, if you'd like to sign up.

*Reference:
http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/odysseyaward/odysseyabout