Saturday, December 31, 2016

Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Tuesday, December 20, 2016

Tuesday, December 13, 2016

Article: How to help someone use a computer

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The tech instructors blog recently posted an article with helpful tips for teaching someone how to use computers:

Nobody is born knowing this stuff.
You've forgotten what it's like to be a beginner.
If it's not obvious to them, it's not obvious.
A computer is a means to an end. The person you're helping probably cares mostly about the end. This is reasonable.

Of course, some of this can be applied to teaching people other things as well. The rest of the article can be read here.

Monday, December 12, 2016

Friday, December 9, 2016

Monday, November 28, 2016

Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Friday, November 18, 2016

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

HIPPY Came to Visit

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HIPPY (Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters) came to visit Bilingual Storytime on Monday, and all the kids got a free book!


HIPPY is an HISD program that sends instructors to homes to help parents get their preschool-age kids ready for school. For more information about HIPPY, we have some flyers by the adult computers, or you can visit their website here.

Tuesday, November 8, 2016

Saturday, November 5, 2016

Monday, October 31, 2016

Friday, October 28, 2016

Wednesday, October 26, 2016

National Night Out Pictures

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On October 4 we hosted a National Night Out event, with ice cream, a mock presidential election, and a Lincoln-Douglas debate by local high school students!

Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Vote!

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Thanks to everyone who made our voting display look great!




Election Day is in less than three weeks, and the main library website has links to resources (e.g., deadlines, phone numbers to call if people have problems voting, ID policy).

We also all got an e-mail this week about the League of Women Voters' voting guide--it's available now online, and we should be getting paper copies in the next few weeks.

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Helping our community to apply for the Houston Children’s Charity programs

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The Houston Children’s Charity provides program services for children in Houston. They are receiving now applications for  "Christmas Toy Distributions" and Adopt-A-Family programs, among other programs such as “A Better Night’s Sleep"
Application forms could be found here: http://houstonchildrenscharity.org/forms/

Monday, October 3, 2016

Learning Link

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The Houston Public Library is going to officially launch Learning Link on Monday, October 3rd at 2pm at the Carnegie Neighborhood Library and Center for Learning.

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Monday, September 19, 2016

Houston Housing Voucher Program

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Houston Housing Authority (HHA) list for housing assistance from Monday, September 19, 2016 through Sunday, September 25, 2016

The application website is www.GetOnTheHHAList.com

The Housing Choice Voucher’s online application is available in English, Spanish, Mandarin and Vietnamese.

Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Saturday, August 27, 2016

Wednesday, August 3, 2016

Saturday, July 16, 2016

Happy the Clown

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Our little customers enjoyed a very funny show by Happy The Clown.
This exciting clown show included  wonderful magic tricks, delightful jokes, tons of fun, games, contests and lots of audience participation.

Saturday, July 2, 2016

STREAM TEAM by CompuDopt

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                                Science
                                Technology
                                Reading
                                Engineering
                                Arts
                                Math
HPL has established a partnership with Comp-U-Dopt to offer STREAM TEAM sessions for children here at Carnegie NL and Center for Learning.
Sessions are scheduled once a week from June 27 to August 15 on Mondays.
Students who attend more than 90% of all workshops will receive a free refurbished computer.
The first class was an all-round success.

SRP Inauguration cake

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Houston Public Library partnered with  Univision’s KXLN-TV Houston to promote  the Summer Reading Program.
In opening the inaugural session at Carnegie NL, Carmen Abrego, Community Involvement Coordinator at HPL, and representatives of Univision shared bilingual readings with the participants.

Saturday, June 18, 2016

Pet live animals and Pony rides at Carnegie

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Few SRP activities are more fascinating than petting and feeding gentle furry farm animals.
We had a Petting Zoo here at Carnegie last Wednesday, June 15. Thank you to EJC FARMS PETTING ZOO & PONY, our little customers got to touch and pet a variety of different animals. Pony rides were part of that event too.
They had a great time!
(And Sha too ^_^)

Thursday, June 16, 2016

May the Force be with...the SRP!

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Kelly Patton and Dean Turner (from the Heights Neighborhood Library) reprised a Star Wars story time they had previously performed at Harvard Elementary.
In addition to reading from Star Wars beginning readers, they sang Star Wars parody songs and told hideously “punny” Star Wars jokes.
Thank you, Kelly and Dean, for this amazing SRP activity! 

SRP Kickoff Show

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On Wednesday, June 1, we kicked off our Summer Learning Program with the most awaited event of the summer: Ronald McDonald show.

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

TOYOTA FAMILIY LEARNING PROGRAM 2016- GRADUATION DAY

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The Houston Public Library’s Toyota Family Learning Program is a national initiative of the National Center for Families Learning (NCFL) developed with generous funding from Toyota.
Carnegie NL and Center for Learning hosted the Toyota Family Learning Program for three consecutive years, 2014,2015 and 2016. The GRADUATION DAY for the 2016 edition was on May 31,  2016, at the Houston Public Library's historic Julia Ideson Building. It was a wonderful experience for the participants and all of us.




Friday, May 20, 2016

Monday, May 16, 2016

Celebrating "Cinco de Mayo" at the library

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Cinco de Mayo is probably the holiday most often celebrated that no one understands.
The date is observed to commemorate the Mexican Army's unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, under the leadership of General Ignacio Zaragoza.[
In the U.S. the date has become associated with the celebration of Mexican-American culture.

Thursday, April 28, 2016

Saturday, April 23, 2016

Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Monday, April 18, 2016

Friday, April 15, 2016

Toyota Family Learning Program: 1st Service Learning project completed!

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For the third consecutive year, Carnegie NL and Center for Learning  is hosting the Toyota Family Learning program. This program is a national initiative of the National Center for Families Learning (NCFL) developed with generous funding from Toyota.

Tuesday, April 5, 2016

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

"Seuss-A-Thon": Memories Of A Successful Day

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"From a child's first foray into the depths of a story to an adult's escape into a world of words, reading plays an integral role in our lives."

President Obama Signs Proclamation: Read Across America Day, 2016


The Dr. Seuss' Day at 'Carnegie Neighborhood Library and Center for Learning' was a tremendous success. Beginning at 9:00 am with Green Eggs and Ham, we had a full day of fun reading out loud last March 2th, 2016.
As you can see from the pictures, everyone had a great time!

Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Monday, February 22, 2016

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Friday, February 12, 2016