“¡Lo pasamos muy bien al Día de los Niños!”
“We had a great time at the Day of the Children!”
We did have a great time celebrating our Spanish-speaking community at the Calhoun County Library on Saturday, April 30, 2022. We celebrated Día de los Niños, Children’s Day, from 11 AM – 2 PM with delicious food, fun, music, and friendship. Since 1925, Día de los Niños has grown into a celebration throughout Mexico, and it focuses on the importance of children in society while ensuring their well-being. The day was spent honoring children, their home languages and cultures, and promoting multilingual and bilingual literacy. The festivities were made possible through a multilingual collection development grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Along with tables displaying new bilingual and Spanish books for all ages, DVD’s, Launchpads, and Playaways, the library offered several crafts, Mother Goose on the Loose in Spanish, and Music & Movement including a picture book read in Spanish and English by our very own director, Kristen Simensen. Outside, children enjoyed face painting, games, relay races, parachutes with beach balls, and ended the day breaking open a beautiful handmade pinata in the shape of a piñata. Everyone enjoyed a tasty lunch from Pedro’s Mexican Restaurant and topped it off with a frozen treat from Randolph Artisan Italian Ice.
Attendees, vendors, volunteers, and staff all had a wonderful time embracing Mexican culture, making new friends, and having fun!
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