Kimball Library News 8/26/19

Back to school already?  Need to blow off some STEAM?  Join resident scientist, Craig Richard, and psychologist (LOL) Kathy Watson to blow off some back to school STEAM! This event will involve blasting off some worries into space with your very own bottle rockets. We will talk a bit about anxiety and worry, combine a little science of rocket launch, and then we will put it all into practice on the hill above the courtyard. Registration is limited to 15 students.  (Shhh, last time we blasted rockets then went clean into the … and ….  We’ll never tell!  Sign up and see for yourself!

REQUIREMENT: Each child must bring their OWN clean, 2-liter soda bottle for launching. Register youth ages 6-16 to be at the library on Wednesday, September 11^th, at 6 PM to have a BLAST. 

HEALTHY COOKBOOK CLUB: Do you enjoy cooking and trying new recipes? If so, why not join our Healthy Cookbook Club that meets the 3rd Monday of each month (If the date falls on a holiday, there is a make-up date.). The club chooses a different healthy cookbook to dive into for the month. Members check out a copy of the cookbook and spend time trying out the various recipes at home. When the group gathers the next month, we discuss the various recipes and share opinions of the meals tried. In addition, participants prepare and bring a sample of a recipe from the cookbook to share with the group. Newcomers are welcome, all you need is the desire to try out new foods.

Register so we know how many cookbooks to have on hand for the next meeting of this Healthy & Yummy event.  We gather on September 16th after our summertime break and will be discussing: Gluten-Free on a Shoestring: 125 Easy Recipes for Eating Well on the Cheap by Nicole Hunn.

We will also welcome special guest, Courtney Eaton, RDN, LDN.  Courtney specializes in weight management and gastrointestinal symptom management and is with New England Nutrition Advisors located in Atkinson. She is devoted to teaching, providing accountability, and supporting individuals throughout their wellness journey. She promotes small, realistic goals that result in gradual, sustainable behavior changes. Courtney will be sitting in on the group for the evening.

KIDS CODE WITH BLUE-BOTS: Future engineers entering grades one and two are invited to try out hands on coding with Gail Ramsay (Code & Circuit, Amesbury) and Kathy Watson (Kimball Library) with generously donated Blue-bots (robots designed for kids).

Watch as the actual Blue-Bot along with the one on the screen follows the program. If your code didn't do what you wanted, simply change the commands on screen and send the program again. Creating a program on-screen, sending it to Blue-Bot, and revising as desired provides an additional conceptual level of understanding that further develops algorithmic thinking skills. Blue-Bot brings science, technology, engineering, and math into the classroom for even the youngest students and helps build foundational skills for lifelong learning.

Typically, it costs $200 to send one child to a coding camp for 8 weeks. Due to donations and sponsorship from the Library Board of Trustees, this program is available for $40 per child. Registration is required in person and is complete when the fee is paid. Unattended classes are not refunded.

Class will take place at the library on Tuesdays from 3:30 to 4:30 from September 17th to November 5th. Children may take the bus from Atkinson Academy to the library if parents make arrangements with pick-up patrol. (The library is not taking responsibility for the transportation, we are only letting you know that there is a bus that stops here.) Please pack them a snack that they can have before 3:30.

This program was made possible by the generosity of the Blue-Bots donation from the Atkinson Women's Civic Club along with the Library Board of Trustees.

MORE INFO: Go to www.kimballlibrary.com to register for events or use the data bases. You may also call us Monday-Friday from 10-8 and on Saturday from 10-3 at 603.362.5234 to register with a ‘human’. Miss a news article?  Go to https://kimballlibrary.blogspot.com to read each and every one!