Putting Books Into Little Hands
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Bags and books, ready to go! |
We hope this will be the start of something big... Our Little Hands, Big Steps programme, which puts books into the homes of some of our community library families, launched on June 7th at the Mathare North MYSA library. Four Mums and one Dad, with children ranging in age from three months to four years, received their first sets of books for family reading. The special book bags for the programme were created with some messy help from youngsters at our Sipili library, who hope that Little Hands, Big Steps will come to their centre soon. By the end of the decorating session, a lot of the children had decorated themselves with fabric paint! |
Sunprint Project
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Watching a sunprint emerge |
Children at Mathare North library and our partner GOAL recently had a chance to experiment with sunprints -- also called cyanotypes. They learned something about the history of photography, the power of the sun, and the creative possibilities of everyday objects. KidsLibs Trustee Susan Phillips brought the sunprint paper from the U.S., and along with volunteer Margaret Kasten explained the process and helped the children carry out each step. Leaves, flowers, toys, eyeglasses, keys, safety pins, cheesecloth....a wide array of materials were on hand, and the children made the most of them. |
