Homeschool families are invited to an indoor game day! Activities will vary. Come prepared to play! All ages are welcome! No registration is required.
When: Fri., March 8th, from 1 - 2:30 p.m.
Where: Library 21C | The Venue
Homeschoolers, get ready to tell the world about your favorite book! Prepare a creative book report at home and present it informally to other families in a science fair-style format. What you create to represent your book is up to you. Build a diorama, design a game based on the plot and characters, or make a poster for the movie version. Or you might create a book in a bag project, make a clothes hanger mobile, or draw the story in a comic book format. The possibilities are endless! For homeschool students in grades K – 8.
Registration opens on Fri., Nov. 3 at 10 a.m. and closes on Thu., Dec. 7 at 1 p.m. Register here to be a book presenter. Please make sure that each participating student registers separately.
If you aren’t ready to present a book report yourself, drop by to support other homeschoolers by browsing the projects and discover your next favorite book!
When: Fri., Dec. 8 from 1 - 2 p.m.
Where: East Library
Need ideas to help you get started? Take a look at our idea file.
Poetry creates opportunities for children to explore a variety of topics and emotions through writing, and Pikes Peak Library District’s annual Jean Ciavonne Poetry Contest engages 4th and 5th-grade writers. 2024's theme was Lost & Found: Poems of Importance. Young poets reflected on something they had lost or found in the last few years as they worked with poetic devices like imagery, form, meter, and rich vocabulary to create an original poem for a chance to win a prize. This contest continues Jean Ciavonne’s legacy of connecting children with poetry and writing.
Congratulations to our 2024 winners!
- Elsie Byrne, 5th Grade, Homeschool - "Overlooked"
- Lilia Gerber, 5th Grade, Gerber Homeschool - “Black and Brown Again”
- Enray Liu, 4th Grade, The Classical Academy Central Elementary - “Melody of Courage”
- Clara Pavri, 5th Grade, Colorado International Language Academy - “Figures on a Crinkled Map”
- Sara Schmidt, 5th Grade, Thomas Maclaren School - “My Lost Heart”
- Sienna Shafer, 5th Grade, Monument Academy - “The Best Dream”
Jean Ciavonne Remembered from PPLD TV on Vimeo.