Children's Activities for the Week of February 1st - 7th

Monday
Lapsit (6 months-17 months + adult)
10:05 in the Toddler Town room
Hold My Hand (18-35 months + adult)
10:35 in the Dulaney room
On My Own (3-5 years)
10:30 in the Story Time room
Family storytime (2-5 + adult)
7:00 in the Story Time room

Tuesday
Lapsit (6 months-17 months + adult)
10:05 in the Toddler Town room
Hold My Hand (18-35 months + adult)
10:05 in the Dulaney room
10:35 in the Dulaney room
On My Own (3-5 years)
10:30 in the Story Time room
11:15 in the Story Time room

Wednesday
Lapsit (6 months-17 months + adult)
10:05 in the Toddler town room
Hold My Hand (18-35 months + adult)
10:35 in the Story Time room
Family storytime (2-5 + adult) (bi-lingual program)
7:00 in the Story Time room

Thursday
Getting to Know Your Library (Homeschool program)
10:30 in the Dulaney room

McKinney Public Library Book Club

The Age of Innocence
by Edith Wharton

Wednesday, February 4th, 12:00 noon
Thursday, February 5th, 6:30 PM
Dulaney Room

Set in New York City at the turn of the century, The Age of Innocence examines upper-class values and morals in all their conventionality and tradition, rigidity and hypocrisy, with Wharton’s subtle irony and wit. As Newland Archer is living the life of the just and doing all the right things to establish his respectability in society, his naïveté comes to the fore when his affections are torn between two women, his fiancée May Welland, the demure and proper daughter of old New York, and the mysterious and scandalous Countess Ellen Olenska, recently returned from Europe and a tormented marriage.

ESL Registration - Rescheduled

Due to the library being closed on Wednesday,

the ESL Registration has been rescheduled for

Thursday, January 29th at 6:30 pm in the Storytime Rooms.

Closed due to Inclement Weather

The Library will be

closed Wednesday, January 28

due to inclement weather.

Youth Activities for January 26th - February 1st

Monday
Lapsit (6 months-17 months + adult)
10:05 in the Toddler Town room
Hold My Hand (18-35 months + adult)
10:35 in the Toddler Town room
On My Own (3-5 years)
10:30 in the Story Time room
Family storytime (2-5 + adult)
7:00 in the Story Time room

Tuesday
Lapsit (6 months-17 months + adult)
10:05 in the Toddler Town room
Hold My Hand (18-35 months + adult)
10:35 in the Toddler Town room
On My Own (3-5 years)
10:30 in the Story Time room
11:15 in the Story Time room

Wednesday
Lapsit (6 months-17 months + adult)
10:05 in the Toddler town room
Hold My Hand (18-35 months + adult)
10:35 in the Story Time room
Family storytime (2-5 + adult) (bi-lingual program)
7:00 in the Story Time room

Please note that none of the Children’s programs will be in the Dulaney room, as AARP training will be taking place there all week.

Winter/ Spring 2009 Homeschoolers Programs

Getting to Know Your Library
Grades: K—3rd
Time: 10:30 a.m.
Dulaney Room

Thursday, February 5th or April 16th

Research Gathering Skills
Grades: 4th-6th
Time: 3:30 p.m.
Conference Room (upstairs)
Monday, February 23rd

Registration is required for these programs, please contact Wendy Turner at 972-547-7319 or at wturner@mckinneytexas.org for more information.

Basic Internet Searching
Grades: 4th—6th
Time: 3:30 p.m.
Conference Room (upstairs)

Tuesday, March 24th

Basic PowerPoint
Grades: 4th—6th
Time: 3:30 p.m.
Conference Room (Upstairs)
Monday, March 9th

Visit our website or click here for more information http://www.mckinneytexas.org/Associations/144/data/forms/1056/WinterSpring09%20(2).pdf

MS PowerPoint - Beginner Spanish Class Offered

Tuesday, January 27th at 7:00 - 8:30 pm

Registration begins at 6:30 pm at the Reference Desk on the 2nd floor.

This class is offered to anyone who wants to learn the basics of using Microsoft PowerPoint. Instruction will include what the program is, how to create simple slideshows, and using basic features and formatting.

MS PowerPoint Beginner Class

Tuesday, January 20th at 7:00 - 8:30 pm.

Registration begins at 6:30 pm on the second floor at the Reference Desk.

Space is limited, so arrive early to register.

This class is offered to anyone who wants to learn the basics of using Microsoft PowerPoint.

Instruction will include what the program is, how to create simple slideshows, and using basic features and formatting.

Youth Activites for January 19th - 25th

Tuesday
Lapsit (6 months-17 months + adult)
10:05 in the Toddler Town room
Hold My Hand (18-35 months + adult)
10:05 in the Dulaney room
10:35 in the Dulaney room
On My Own (3-5 years)
10:30 in the Story Time room
11:15 in the Story Time room

Wednesday
Lapsit (6 months-17 months + adult)
10:05 in the Toddler town room
Hold My Hand (18-35 months + adult)
10:35 in the Story Time room
Family storytime (2-5 + adult) (bi-lingual program)
7:00 in the Story Time room

Thursday
Game Day (school aged children)
4:15 in the Story Time room

Youth Activites for January 5th - 11th

Monday
Lapsit (6 months-17 months + adult)
10:05 in the Toddler Town room
Hold My Hand (18-35 months + adult)
10:35 in the Dulaney room
On My Own (3-5 years)
10:30 in the Story Time room
Bluebonnet Book Club (Homeschool program)
3:15 in the Dulaney Room
Family storytime (2-5 + adult)
7:00 in the Story Time room


Tuesday
Lapsit (6 months-17 months + adult)
10:05 in the Toddler Town room
Hold My Hand (18-35 months + adult)
10:05 in the Dulaney room
10:35 in the Dulaney room
On My Own (3-5 years)
10:30 in the Story Time room
11:15 in the Story Time room
Internet class (Homeschool program)
3:30 in the Conference room

Wednesday
Lapsit (6 months-17 months + adult)
10:05 in the Toddler town room
Hold My Hand (18-35 months + adult)
10:35 in the Story Time room
Family storytime (2-5 + adult) (bi-lingual program)
7:00 in the Story Time room


AND DON’T FORGET THIS PROGRAM ON SATURDAY!—NOTE THAT THE TIME IS NOW 2:30 P.M.

Saturday
KITE (Kindergarten through 6th grade)—Mr. Robert’s Pizzeria
2:30 in the Dulaney Room

Free Creative Writing Seminar at McKinney Public Library

Dulaney Room, Roy and Helen Hall Memorial Library, 101 E. Hunt St.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009, 7 PM

Explore the adventure of creativity with author/publisher Sonja Linsley at a free Creative Writing Seminar on Tuesday, February 3, 2009, at 7 PM, in the Dulaney Room of the Roy and Helen Hall Memorial Library. Through group participation, class members will get an overall view of the importance of planning a story and demonstrating characteristics.

Ms. Linsley is frequently a guest speaker in schools and colleges where she presents an interactive creative workshop on story structure and character development. She is the owner and publisher of Higher Ground Press, LLC of Allen, TX, and has twenty years experience in research, journalism, advertising, public relations and promotions with books and authors.

For more information, please call the Library at 972-547-7323, or visit http://www.mckinneypubliclibrary.org/.

Free Spanish Course

Would you like to learn some basic vocabulario en Español?

In February and March, McKinney Public Library will once again offer its Basic Spanish Language Course, in eight sessions.

These classes will be held in the Dulaney Room of the library, 101 E. Hunt St., from 2-3:30 PM each Wednesday from February 4th to March 25th.

Instructor Irma Wall has developed a practical lesson plan covering areas such as pronunciation, numbers, the calendar, institutions, transportation, colors, shapes, body parts, the weather, telling time, and more.

The program is free, and is intended for individual members of the McKinney community, not for corporate continuing education.

Pre-registration is required, and the class is limited to forty students.

To register for the eight-session course, or for additional information, please call the library’s main number, 972-547-7323, or contact Michael D. Smith, Reference Librarian, at 972-547-7321, or by email at msmith2@mckinneytexas.org.

The Other Censuses

Time: 10:30-11:30
January 24, 2009

Did you know there are more censuses than the population censuses we all use in genealogy research? Nationally known guest speaker Brenda Kellow will help us learn what they are and how to use them effectively on January 24. No pre-registration required.

McKinney Public Library , 101 E. Hunt Street

1 block north of Historic Downtown McKinney on the corner of Hunt and Tennessee Streets.

Resume Writing Class Offered

Resume Writing Class:

Tuesday, January 6th at 7:00 pm

Registration begins at 6:30 pm - 2nd Floor Conference Room

This class is offered to anyone who wants to learn how to prepare a resume. Instruction will include proper formatting, guidance in what to include and what not to include, and how to attach a resume to an email.

Space is limited. Click here to register.