Jennifer C.'s blog

Hansel & Gretel

Submitted by Jennifer C. on Wed, 11/04/2009 - 1:54pm

The Houston Opera to Go presented Hansel & Gretel to us at the San Jacinto Community Center a few weeks ago, and it was wonderful!  They are superbly talented, and it was fantastic to be able to host them again.  This past spring they presented Romeo & Juliet as well.  The Hansel & Gretel story brought a fairy tale to life for the children, adults & seniors in attendance.  Afterwards, they took questions regarding their own start in opera as well as the origins of the Hansel & Gretel story.  They also made sure to explain to the children what opera is since this was the first time for many of those attending.  The performance was an abbreviated version of an opera, being only about 45 minutes. We hope to host them again sometime, so be sure to keep up with our current events!

English as a Second Language Class at Stratford - Finally!

Submitted by Jennifer C. on Fri, 09/25/2009 - 2:06pm

This upcoming Monday, from 5-6 pm, if you or someone you know speaks primarily Spanish, we will be having an ESL/Storytime hour.  If you would like to learn English, please join us, and feel free to bring your children as well.  We hope that they will be able to be involved in your learning!  We will also be having a short bilingual storytime as a part of the class.  This class is free and does not require registration at this time.  See you there!

Este lunes, el 28 de Septiembre, a las 5 de la tarde, hasta las 6, vamos a tener un clase de ingles y tambien un tiempo de cuentos bilingual.  Por favor ven y aprender con nosotros.  Sus ninos tambien estan bienvenidos.  Queremos que seran un apoyo en su aprendizaje. No tiene que registrarse ahora y la clase es gratis. Nos vemos! 

It's beginning to look a lot like....September

Submitted by Jennifer C. on Tue, 09/15/2009 - 5:48pm

Some of you may be wondering what is going on with our hours at Stratford Library.  We had slightly extended hours this summer when it was approximately 400 degrees at high noon every day (slightly exaggerated).  This was so that we could act as a "cooling center" in order to provide a place for people to get away from the heat if necessary. Now that the weather is starting to cool down a bit (i.e. 85 degrees instead of 104), we have returned to our normal operating hours.

These are the following: Monday- 12-8, Tuesday thru Thursday- 10-6, Friday- 1-6, and Saturday- 9-1.  (Also found at the top of our branch homepage where you are reading this).

So come in and see us regardless of the weather, and we'll be looking forward to chatting with you soon!

Hansel & Gretel

Submitted by Jennifer C. on Wed, 09/09/2009 - 9:49am

Do you enjoy stories of deep forests, evil witches and small children?  Not to mention houses made of gingerbread and frosting?  Then mark your calendars to join us on Monday, October 12th, 10:30 a.m. at the San Jacinto Community center in Highlands for a free performance of Hansel & Gretel by the Houston Opera to Go.  The small traveling group of performers visited us here in Highlands earlier this year when they performed a 45 minute updated version of Romeo & Juliet.  I have to say that it was one of the most enjoyable musical performances that I have ever attended!

And the Winner Is...

Submitted by Jennifer C. on Mon, 08/24/2009 - 2:40pm

AND THE WINNER IS…

Nan SmithNan Smith of Baytown!   The prize, a $50 Amazon gift card, was the result of a random computer drawing out of all of the adult readers at the Stratford Branch Library. To be eligible, the adults signed up for the 2009 Adult Summer Reading Program, called Reader Nation, and read a minimum of four books of their choice. The participants were also eligible for 3 county wide drawings featuring gift cards of $100, $150, and $200.

Hurricanes, Here We Come!

Submitted by Jennifer C. on Mon, 08/17/2009 - 1:33pm

We will have a guest speaker on the topic of general hurricane preparedness, and there will also be a time for question and answer (Q&A).  To do more research on your own, check out this website - www.hcoem.org which is Harris County's Office of Emergency Management & Homeland Security.

No registration is required at this time and the whole family is welcome.  Hope to see you there!

Aloha Summer!

Submitted by Jennifer C. on Mon, 08/03/2009 - 7:34pm

As a part of our "Aloha Summer" week here at Stratford Library, we invite all toddlers to come make their own leis at storytime this week, which is at 10 am.  "Aloha" means both hello and goodbye, by the way, so be sure to come say aloha to us this week (and wear your Hawaiian shirts!).

So, as we bid summer goodbye, we encourage you to keep reading and to log any books you may have already read. The summer reading program officially ends this Saturday, but you will be able to log through next week.

Tuesday morning at 10am, we will be visited by the Mobile Dairy Farm.  Mooo!  Then on Thursday, we will host Jungle Jim at 2pm. Bugs! Be sure not to miss either of these!

See you soon~  Aloha!

 

Quieres aprender ingles? Want to learn English?

Submitted by Jennifer C. on Mon, 07/20/2009 - 11:44am

Coming soon to the Stratford Library is a new book club for Spanish speaking parents to learn English alongside of their children.

Participants and their little ones will take turns reading to each other from a variety of children's books which are in Spanish and in English, as they are able.

The informal setting will allow parents and children to share favorite stories with each other as well as to participate in fun word games and other activities geared towards language learning.

If you are interested, please sign up at the reference desk. ~ Si tienes interes en este club de libros para aprender ingles, por favor haz reservaciones en la biblioteca.  Official schedule is to be determined.

See you there!  Nos vemos!

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