Summer Learning in Dona Ana County

Closing out summer reading in Dona Ana County, sponsored by The Stocker Foundation provided an opportunity to attend the Hatch Chile Festival and indoor Mercado to distribute bilingual books with New Mexico Latinas.

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Todos Juntos Ahora on August 9 @Las Cruces Market!

REFORMA de Nuevo Mexico's last visit for summer reading will be at the Downtown Market on Wednesday, August 9 from 8am to 1pm. Pick up your free backback with books and enjoy some of the STEM activities! Generators, electric currents, and shadows fun!

You will also get "Farmington in a Glove" from New Mexico Farm and Ranch Museum in Las Cruces at the market.

Don't forget to register the books you are reading in Beanstack at the Thomas Brannigan Public Library and/or at your local library in New Mexico. Visit the FREE LITTLE LIBRARIES to look for more bilingual books to read this summer in Las Cruces and throughout New Mexico. If you can't find one and would like a book, email us at: reformadenuevomexico@gmail.com and we will mail one to you!

Las Cruces Market "Todos Juntos Ahora"

REFORMA de Nuevo Mexico's final visit to the Las Cruces Market for summer reading is on August 9th. Pick up a book bag of bilingual books in the REFORMA bag with other suprises for Back to School. Very special thank you to our sponsors, the Stocker Foundation for all of the bilingual books and book bags, and to Dollar General for school supplies and additional promotional summer reading materials.
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Escuela... Libros... STEAM and 2020 Bosque Chile Festival & Podcast

COVID has delayed the opening of the schools for a few weeks.  Brianna is busy deliver STEAM & books!

Summer reading logs may have closed, but you can still pick up free bilingual books, bilingual science experiments from Explora, at San Juan County and Dona Ana County NM Free Little Libraries.  Take the online survey and be entered to win a $100 gift card in August (Dona Ana County) and October.

 

Distributing Science boards, Slime kits and Circuits for Back to School at Makers Market. 
Thank you to The Stocker Foundation for STEAM and back to school support.

Hot Stuff! Chile and Children’s Books HLA Podcast, Episode #9 Friday, August 14 Join us for the next episode of HLA’s popular podcast to hear children and youth reading books about chile, staff sharing chile recipes from its community recipe exchange, and more. The podcast is free. Episode #9 is part of the 2020 Bosque Chile Festival programming, a partnership between the NHCC and Bernalillo County.

Back to School STEM "Grab -n-Go"

Back to School STEM "Grab-n-Go" will be distributed in the parking area of the Las Cruces Makers Market while supplies last beginning at 9am on Saturdays in August.  If you miss us, please contact us through the survey available on this blog, and we will mail you a STEM book and "Imagine Your Story" backpack.   Thank you to Explora for providing English/Spanish STEM science experiments and special thanks to The Stocker Foundation.

Science Fair Board & Bilingual STEM Experiments

Dona Ana County Free Little Libraries

Pick up a free bilingual and STEM book packet at Dona Ana County Free Little Libraries. Complete the survey on this blog if you could not find a packet in your NM Free Little Library and RNM will mail one to you.  

Miss New Mexico Teen Tourism, Valeria Marquez and Miss New Mexico Tourism, Daisy Cervantes along with Brianna Pena, have been busy this summer, with virtual science bilingual presentations including in packets from Explora Science Center in Albuquerque along with the New Mexico State Library's summer reading program information and links with a fun activity, New Mexico Book Bingo.   

We are limited at the Downtown Craft and Makers Market this summer through October, but have offered curb-side distribution during the virtual storytime.  

Please wear a mask and practice social distancing, we do sanitize the materials in the NM Free Little Libraries, but please wipe down if you get one, before 

you use the books, experiments, etc.   RNM is grateful to The Stocker Foundation, who has provided us with the resources to keep education during the summer months and provide support for the beginning of the school year.

RNM has supported the summer reading program at Hatch Public Library, please visit the virtual storytime and the library, if you are in the area for more details.

Look for us on September 26 for a virtual Cuentos Storytime featuring our NM Latinas through ZOOM with an opportunity for an open mic.  Email us for some details at nwnmac1@gmail.com

Imagine a Story in Dona Ana County

Lt. Governor, Howie Morales is promoting "Imagine A Story" summer reading and invites you to register, read and log books.  Register then look for the Lt. Governor's storytimes!

Featuring:  Dona Ana County in New Mexico at the Hatch Public Library with weekly virtual storytimes and activities and the Las Cruces, Thomas Brannigan Memorial Library with virtual storytimes, crafts, and teen activities.

RNM continues to promote and provide resources for summer reading with help from Miss New Mexico Teen Tourism heling distribute packets at Las Cruces and New Mexico Free Little Libraries. 

The bilingual book kits include Spanish/English STEAM experiments from Explora Science Center in Albuquerque and play New Mexico Book Bingo.  Complete the survey on this blog if you could not find a packet in your NM Free Little Library and RNM will mail one to you.  

Look for us at the Downtown Craft and Makers Market this summer through October, limited dates and please wear a mask and practice social distancing for your safety.  RNM summer reading promotion and NM Free Little Library book packet is sponsored by The Stocker Foundation.

Young Miss Latinita Mexico & Free Little Libraries

Young Miss Latinita Mexico, Brianna M. Pena Begay delivers books to (video) Free Little Libraries.

Inspired by World's Miss New Mexico Teen Tourism, Valeria Marquez and World's Miss New Mexico, Daisy Cervantes, delivering books at NM Free Little Libraries throughout Dona Ana County.

Brianna wore her mask, gloves and put books in Ziploc bags to leave in Free Little Libraries for kids to read this summer.  If you get the book, you can keep it. 

Register for summer reading and take the survey to win an incentive from REFORMA de Nuevo Mexico.   If you didn't get a book, fill out the survey and request one from RNM.  

Sponsored by The Stocker Foundation.