StoryWalk® Taking Place this summer
Iowa State University (ISU) Extension and Outreach in Mahaska County is visiting the community libraries and community events to host StoryWalk® this summer. The StoryWalk® Project was created by Anne Ferguson of Montpelier, VT and was developed in collaboration with the Kellogg-Hubbard Library. StoryWalk® is a registered service mark owned by Ms. Ferguson. StoryWalk® was made to promote reading and exercise in both children and adults.
For 2024 Mahaska County Extension selected the book “Jack’s Garden” by Henry Cole to promote interest in flower gardening. Pages of the book are attached to yard signs. Each sign has comments which promote physical activity before participants proceeds to the next sign/page. This year the back side of the yard signs has a different book; the Little Golden Book Classic “The House the Jack Built” a Mother Goose rhyme. The StoryWalk®, is an opportunity to join family and friends, have lots of fun, create memories, play and learn outdoors! This book is appropriate for preschoolers, and the content will likely interest older children. Activities like Storywalk® can better prepare children for school and meet literacy milestones by building vocabulary skills through reading and conversation.
StoryWalk® will be at the Eddyville Akers Memorial Library June 7, Art on the Square June 8, Oskaloosa Public Library June 27, New Sharon City Park for Stilwell Library Summer Reading Event July 2 and Sweet Corn Serenade July 25. For more information on the StoryWalk®, contact the Mahaska County Extension office at (641) 673-5841 or visit their website, www.extension.iastate.edu/mahaska.
