Congratulations to the selected artists and winners of SFL’s Love Where You Read art contest! With nearly 20 submissions from 13 artists the library is proud to announce that the show is up and ready for viewing. The SFL Gallery is located in the … READ MORE about And the Winners Are!
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READING PROGRAMS FOR KIDS & TEENS
The fundamental keys for the development of lifelong learners are reading aloud and reading for enjoyment. Building reading fluency in young children requires repeated oral reading and modelling what a fluent reader sounds like. When you read to your child you are setting an example. For that reason, we offer year round reading programs and challenges for all ages.
BEANSTACK
Beanstack will make participating in our various programs faster and more user friendly. Beanstack includes tools to help you and your family discover books, keep track of your reading, and reach reading goals. All registrations and logging will be done on Beanstack.
- Go to stoningtonfreelibrary.beanstack.com
- Scroll down and click on “Register an individual or family”
- If you have previously used Beanstack for a reading challenge,
click on your account and choose the new challenge you want
to sign up for. - If you are new to Beanstack, you will create a new account. As
the adult or guardian, you are the driver of the car. The
account will be under your name and you can add other family
members under your name. - Fill in all required fields which are marked with an asterisk.
- Once you have created an account, you can register for the
reading challenges you wish to participate in. - The Beanstack app for any mobile device is free in the app
store and makes logging for multiple family members very
simple.
KIDS STORY TIME
Our Story Times employ techniques aimed at developing Early Literacy skills and enabling caregivers to reinforce the same skills at home. We are avid proponents of reading aloud to children, long past the time they have learned to read themselves. This improves listening skills, attention span, fluency, increases vocabulary and develops a love for story. These are all skills necessary for a successful school transition.
TECHNOLOGY
We have a sizable collection of ebooks, downloadable audio books, books on CD and PlayAway Views which offer portable audiovisual stories. We also have two Kindle Fires available for teens to use in the library. We have AWE Early Learning Stations which offer educational programming for ages 2 - 12 and PC computers for use by students age 12-18