Looking for a good socially distanced and educational activity to do with your kids?
Select libraries in Jackson and George counties are now offering the public an opportunity to take part in Storywalks.
Looking for a good socially distanced and educational activity to do with your kids?
Select libraries in Jackson and George counties are now offering the public an opportunity to take part in Storywalks.
- looking for a good socially - distanced and educational - activity to do with your kids?- select libraries in jackson and- george counties are now offerin- the public an - opportunity to take part in - storywalks.
- news 25's grace boyles has more- on what storywalks are- and where to find them from - gautier.- - story time is no longer - constrained to the four walls o- a building in jackson and - george counties.
Children and - their families are now welcome- to- take a stroll in nature at the- gautier, lucedale, ocean- springs, st.
Martin, and- vancleave libraries while - also reading.
- bethany carlisle, jackson-georg- regional library youth services- coordinator:- "we have done storywalks in our- library system in the past, but- when covid- started and as we were looking- at summer-- summer was a bit- hot.
It was - pretty warm outside.
I just kne- that this would be a great idea- for families."- while jackson and george county- libraries are still - operating on an appointment onl- system due to covid-19, the - storywalks give kids the- opportunity to visit the librar- and read new books again safely- donna holifield, youth services- librarian at gautier public - library: "it's outdoors and i - believe that that kind of - influences the reception of and- the feeling of happiness- during their learning process - and it's just motivation."- - - - laminated pages from children's- books are placed along an - outdoor path at each library an- kids can follow them from - beginning to end.
- grace boyles, news 25: "there - are different books at each of- the five- participating library locations- then, on mondays, all those - books are switched- out for new ones."- bethany carlisle, jackson-georg- regional library youth services- coordinator:- "i tried to pick a lot of topic- that had to do with science or- stem.
We have one book- over in ocean springs right now- about yoga.
You know, we have - - - - books about camping.
I just - tried to get a variety."- all the storywalks can be found- on library grounds- with the exception of ocean - springs ehich is held at- the little children's park on - washington avenue and - lucedale which is across the- street at city park.
In gautier- grace boyles, news
All branch libraries of the Jackson-George Regional Library System are open to the public as of yesterday.