LAFCU’s April reading event for kids celebrates two of spring’s winged wonders: butterflies and bees.
In partnership with East Lansing Public Library, the Michigan credit union will present LAFCU Listen & Learn Butterflies & Bees, Wednesday, April 28, 7 p.m. The free, virtual event is designed to encourage children up to age 12 to read through fun, interesting and informative ways.
The featured story is “Teachers Smell Like Butterflies,” which will be read by its author, Elaine Hardy, of East Lansing. Viewers will get a close-up look at butterflies at MSU’s Michigan 4-H Children's Garden, and Don Snoeyink with Thornapple Woodlands, a Grand Rapids beekeeping business, will explore a real beehive.
“LAFCU is committed to helping the communities we serve to thrive,” said Kelli Ellsworth Etchison, LAFCU chief marketing officer and chief diversity officer. “Because strong reading skills are essential to life success, the focus of the LAFCU Listen & Learn Program is on making reading fun and enjoyable.”
The April event also features a song sung by students in Carin McEvoy’s in-person, second-grade class at East Lansing’s Donley Elementary School, and students at Abbott Nursery School, East Lansing, will share their butterfly artwork. Three $20 eGift cards for a bookstore will be awarded.
Registrants are eligible for an optional butterfly craft kit provided by East Lansing Public Library. The kits include a coloring page and materials and directions to make a yarn butterfly. Kits will be available for pick up outside the main library entrance beginning 10 a.m., Monday, April 26, while supplies last. The library is located at 950 Abbot Road, East Lansing.
Registration is at www.LAFCU.com/read. Using a provided web link, registrants can view the event on computers, tablets, smartphones and smart TVs. No additional software is required.
The LAFCU Listen & Learn Program also offers ongoing virtual readings of children’s books by phone and YouTube videos. Volunteer readers can register at https://bit.ly/LAFCUVolunteers
More information about the LAFCU Listen & Learn Program is at www.lafcu.com/read.
Michigan author Elaine Hardy will read her book, “Teachers Smell Like Butterflies” at the April LAFCU Listen & Learn event.
Grand Rapids beekeeper/presenter Don Snoeyink will explore a beehive during the April LAFCU Listen & Learn event. (Photo/KaylaMarieVideography.com)
LAFCU Listen & Learn will take viewers inside the Butterfly House at MSU’s Michigan 4-H Children's Garden.
Nursery school students are excited to share their butterfly art during the April LAFCU Listen & Learn.
Second graders will sing a song during the April LAFCU Listen & Learn.
All Listen & Learn events are designed to encourage children up to age 12 to read through fun, interesting and informative ways.