ELIDA, OH (WLIO) - School may be out for the summer, but Elida Elementary is keeping kids engaged with their annual Summer Library Program.
Wednesday was the first week of the 3-week program at Elida Elementary, where students K through 5 can participate in fun educational activities along with reading. The program has been going on for over 10 years and uses lots of hands-on activities and STEM projects to get kids excited about reading. Each week there is a theme, and this week was 'adventure awaits, as the kids made tote bags to learn about insects and nature, plus they made Lego karts to race.
Both teachers and students enjoy the program for not only the learning but also the fun that comes along with it.
"It's just a fun way for the kids to get into the library. We have lots of different reading incentives. They'll set goals. If they meet their goals, they'll get prizes or books at the end of our program. We have a story, and then the story correlates with the activity that we do each week," said Mandy Henderson, Elida School District media specialist.
"We played with Legos, and especially, well, we did read a book and talked about some things about traveling the world. I was trying to build something that would probably not curve and turn around like other cars did," commented Audrey Cummins, a 4th grader at Elida Elementary School.
The Summer Library Program at Elida is free, and there is no deadline to join. The next session will be next Wednesday, June 12th, at 9:30 a.m., and the theme will be "Robots are Awesome."
