Ignacio Community Library (ICL) has a myriad of ways to support parents, students, and teachers with back to school needs this fall. From digital products like databases, eMaterials, and streaming video; to physical products like books, CD audiobooks, kits, and DVDs; to regular programs, special programs, and makerspace activities; there is something at ICL for everyone!
For teachers and homeschooling parents, we have a digital product called Educate Station on our website, which includes complete curricula for multiple subjects ranging from Pre-K level through 5th grade. We also have a full suite of digital databases, including the Explora Educators’ Edition; Explora Elementary, Middle, and High School Editions; Middle Search Plus; MAS Ultra School Edition; USA Learns and more!
For students we offer programming such as our returning Teen Cafe on Wednesdays at 4:30 p.m., starting 9/11, Silly Science 9/12, Kids Book Club 9/19, and our monthly Teen Night on 9/23 where middle and high school teens get to have dinner and stay in the library after closing time.
We also offer Beanstack challenges for kids, teens, and adults which can be accessed anytime from the comfort of your own phone via the Beanstack app. Our September Beanstack challenge theme is “Get a Better Read on the World.” It’s fun to earn badges and using the app entitles patrons to win in-real-life prizes from the treasure chest and from the Friends of the Library book sale.
For parents with littles not yet in school, we will have our regular Storytimes happening every Tuesday at 10 a.m. September’s Storytime theme will be “Libraries and Books.” In case you didn’t know, we have coffee and donuts at these programs, so they can be fun both for the kids and for the grown-ups who bring them.
For adults (with or without school-aged children) we have many offerings, including physical materials for checkout. Our physical materials go beyond the standard books, CD audiobooks, and DVDs that you probably picture when you think of a library. We also offer digital materials for checkout through the Libby app with your library card and Kanopy video streaming, which includes adult and children’s content. We also have a library of things for checkout, which include things such as Escape Crates, Bike Repair Kit, Lego sets, State Parks Passes, Powerhouse Science Center Passes, Wifi Hotspots, Literacy kits and tablets, and much, much more!
We also have adult programming, including our Perfecting Your Green Chili Sauce program on Aug. 29 just in time for the Green Chile Festival that weekend! Another adult program we are particularly excited about is our Virtual Travel to Italy program on Aug. 15. This program will include elements of the food, culture, and art of Italy and a chance to visit Italy virtually through our new Quest Pro headsets. This program has space for six couples or 12 individuals, click the link on our website to reserve your space today!
As you can see, we at ICL are here to support you and the whole community; come and see for yourself!