Welcome back St. Monica Students!!!!

I was walking out of a branch of the Calgary Public Library the other day, at the same time as two young children came running in, laughing and smiling.  That brought a huge smile to my face!!  What a positive experience.  Children, happy and excited to go and use the services of a library, can there be anything better or more heart warning to a parent or a librarian?

Then I remembered that soon I will be lucky enough  to see that same kind of thing happen in our library, when our students are here again this new school year!!  Most excellent!!!  I love seeing their happy, smiling and excited faces as they come in for library period!

Welcome back St. Monica students, so happy you're here!

Are your kids spending a lot of time on the computer this summer?

Happy Summer Everyone! 

I don't normally blog during the summer holidays but I read a great article today that I thought would be interesting for kids at home during the school break.  Instead of them simply playing computer games all day long, they can now learn a new skill and have fun while doing it. 

  

"Tynker" is a new computer program that kids can use to learn how to create code at home.  It uses a "visual" programming language (making it far more user-friendly for kids) and looks way less scary than typical computer languages such as "JavaScript".

 

Read more about this cool tool (hey that rhymes!) and having your kids learn awesome new technologies by visiting the MindShift link here.