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Kids Read, Too!

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​The goal of Kids Read, Too! is to encourage families to read together and discuss important themes discovered in the Two Towns-One Book community read book of the year. The School Connections Committee provides a Junior Companion Book List, discussion questions and activities for featured titles, and several related events.

Kids Read, Too! 2018 Related Activities

2018 Essential Question

​What do Effective Problem-Solvers do when they Get Stuck?
Junior Companion
​ Book List ​
Family Activities for The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind

Community Connection

​Visit MiSci in Schenectady or online and see exhibits of science @ http://www.misci.org.

Visit the author's website and his work to help his hometown, Wimbe, Malawi in southeastern Africa. 
2018 ​Featured Junior Companion ​Book
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​The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
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 William Kamkwamba
 Click here for a video of story being read aloud​.   ​
When a terrible drought struck William Kamkwamba's tiny village in Malawi, his family lost all of the season's crops, leaving them with nothing to eat and nothing to sell. William began to explore science books in his village library, looking for a solution. There, he came up with the idea that would change his family's life forever: he could build a windmill. Made out of scrap metal and old bicycle parts, William's windmill brought electricity to his home and helped his family pump the water they needed to farm the land. (from amazon.com).

Science @ the Library

Saturday, February 24
CPH Library
  • Hands-on science explorations featuring electricity & more
  •  Materials are on loan from the Mohawk Valley Library “Science in the Summer Program”
  • Presented by Carl VanTine & friends
A lively crowd of adults and children were amazed by how electricity works. Thanks so much to Carl VanTine and his crew and the Mohawk Valley Library Association for loaning all the wonderful materials.
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Science expert Carl Van Tine encourages young minds to explore how electricity works.
See photos taken by Erica Miller of the Daily Gazette

An additional Kids and Family activities are being planned. Dates and times announced soon.
After School Science Project at CAPTAIN

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Friends of the Clifton Park-Halfmoon 
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Public Library 

475 Moe Road
Clifton Park, NY 12065

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