BY DAN HILDEBRAN
The Clay County Library’s Keystone Heights branch hosts events designed for children under five years of age to adults.
During September, the facility at the corner of South Lawrence Boulevard and Oriole Street put on Music and Movement for young children and Felt Succulents for adults.
On September 4, Savannah C. Payne led Music and Movement, a young children’s event that combined reading with music and games.
“It’s a very musical story time,” she said. “We do a lot of music and moving and very short stories, and then we get the instruments out afterward, and the kids get to play.”
“We also do family story times at 11 a.m. on Thursdays,” Payne continued. “That’s more of our bigger story times. We read longer books. We do maybe a craft or an activity afterward. Usually, the grownups or the parents hang out afterward while the kids play after we’re done with everything, and everyone really just has a fun time and learns.”
On September 13, Library programming Associate Jeniffer Stitchcomb led an event for adults called Felt Succulents.
“We’re painting the little pots, and then we’re using templates, and they’re cutting out the succulents from different felt colors,” Stitchcomb said, describing the activity.
Participant Celina Carver said she learned about Felt Succulents on the library’s website.
“I’m new to Keystone, and I’ve been trying to get out of the house,” she said. “I have a five-month-old and so we come to the little baby events, but I was like, you know what? I need something for myself, and so I saw this one, and I thought, why not?”
Carver said she is originally from Texas.
“My husband’s family is from here, and we were living in Gainesville, and I hated it,” she said. “So, we moved to Keystone because it’s a lot nicer community.”
