Library Field Trip

Teachers, preschool directors, scout and youth group leaders -- Bring your students to the Decatur Public Library for a field trip!

We offer a variety of program elements, suited to the ages of your kids and purposes for the visit. Possibilities include:

• Story time (especially for preschool and younger elementary-aged students)
• Children's section tour (fiction vs. non-fiction, reading levels, how books are organized)
• Resources for class projects (like genre studies, reports on particular topics)
• How to use the online catalog to search and request items
• How libraries work, including a behind-the-scenes look at Technical Services and Circulation
• Children's Section scavenger hunt
• Local History Room tour, including focus on selected elements of Decatur/Macon County history
• Library careers
  
• Free time to play
• Time to browse books, search for project resources with staff to assist
• Other ideas?

Interested? Call at the Children's Desk (217-424-2900 ext. 5) or email: kiddesk@decaturlibrary.org.

We need to know:

• possible date(s) & time(s)
• ages/grades of students
• how many students
• how many teachers/adults accompanying
• purposes for the trip, any program elements you'd like us to include

We can also bring the Decatur Public Library to YOU!

If you're a Decatur elementary school or civic organization, our story-acting team of READiculous can bring a free program to you. Check their page for more details, and contact them via email (readiculous@decaturlibrary.org) to discuss details of a program.