Euclid Public Library to host egg drop event, weekly story time event continues

Mar. 23—Euclid Public Library has announced that it will be hosting an egg drop event free of charge for any child in kindergarten through fifth grade.

Starting at 3 p.m. on March 25, Youth Services Librarian Emilie Yusko will be on site to help kids wrap fresh eggs materials ready to be flung onto the sidewalk outside the library, 631 E. 222nd St.

Courtney Barnes, marking and communications manager for the library, said that the point of having events like this is to remind the community that they are there for entertainment and education at the same time.

"Of course, we are focusing on early literacy just trying to find activities for the kids that would encourage them to read and come to the library more," Barnes said. "Once kids get done putting their containers together, they will be able to go outside and there will be an egg dropping ceremony to see if it will crack. It will be a lot of fun and we are hoping for a big turnout for the event.

"We are very excited to have that event here because I remember doing that type of thing at school," she added. "It's mostly about having fun and being creative, considering the fact that this is for younger kids. It's kind of about the physics but it's more so about their creativity when it comes to building the structure and if it will work or not."

Barnes said that the library also has a family fun story time on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. with an additional night reading happening on Tuesdays at 6 and 7 p.m.

The story time has been taking place for many years, and she said it has become a popular activity for many families, some of them even becoming regulars. She said that people can come and listen to a story from a librarian and do other activities like dancing, singing, or coming up with rhymes as well.

"If the theme is about animals, then for that whole week they will do different activities like dancing or singing or rhyming, but everything to do with animals so it's very interactive," Barnes said. "Our director talked about in the past that she used to bring her children to story time."

Barnes hopes that kids go beyond the story time event and try new books on their own. She wants kids to see excitement in books and hopes they see the library as a foundation for their growth.

"It's definitely based on early literacy," Barnes said. "We are trying to, once again, get kids excited about reading, encourage them to check out a book if they need help, we can help them figure out what reading level they are on.

"It's just something to get people to read with their children and get them to read as well," she added." I really do think the kids like it, we have all types of puppets and all kinds of instruments they can use during story time. Our children's librarians are very animated."

Barnes said that the library goes beyond children's programming, and she wants people to know that they are a service to the community no matter what age they are.

"Our kids of course need to learn to read. It's an essential skill to have," she said. "All the programs, even the adult programs that we offer, we try to assist the community and provide things to them that can be helpful to them in their everyday life.

"We help seniors with giving them information that they need to avoid being scammed online, so we are really here as a library to just help the community in any way that we can, we encourage learning in general, so we just want to help people learn and provide them with information that they need- and of course it's free."

More information on the services that the library can provide can be found at their website, www.euclidlibrary.org.