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Kids fish for knowledge at the library
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Neighbors | Shaiyla Hakeem .North Lima's Alexandria Shane decorated a fish after she received her free wrist tattoo at the Boardman library. The summer reading program, Gone Fishing, taught children about fresh and saltwater fish.
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Neighbors | Shaiyla Hakeem .Child librarian Kathe Orr showed Gone Fishing participants what a real fishing rod looked like. She also showed them different types of bait including worms, leeches and minnows.
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Neighbors | Shaiyla Hakeem .Kids at the Boardman library waited in line to fish for popsicles during the Gone Fishing summer reading program July 15. The event was worth one hour on the summer reading log.
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Neighbors | Shaiyla Hakeem .Boardman library's child librarian Kathe Orr (center) led a group of volunteers in the song, "Five Fast Fishes." The kids held up their pictures of floating logs or croaking frogs whenever it was mentioned in the song's refrain.
There doesn’t have to be water in order to go fishing.
Boardman library hosted the summer reading program “Wishing You’d Gone Fishing?” July 15 for children of all ages. Child librarian Kathe Orr led kids in interactive songs, book readings and discussions about fish.
She enlightened the kids on the different types of fishing bait and let them see what worms, minnows and leeches look like by having live specimens on hand. The kids decorated an angel fish, received an aquatic stick-on tattoo and fished for popsicles with a fishing rod.
The program counted as an hour on the summer book reading log.
The next summer reading program will be held Wednesday at 10 a.m. and will feature the book, “One Less Fish” by Kim Michelle Toft.
A Mahoning County Green Team representative will lead pre-kindergartners through fifth-graders in a craft project and a discussion on how waste affects marine life.