Steps in planning your field trip.

• Field trip must be scheduled by noon Oct 13, 2023

• Loveland Public Library field trip contact Jo Conlon, Digital Media Literacies Coordinator

• Loveland Fire & Rescue Authority -  contact Ned Sparks   ned.sparks@cityofloveland.org 

• Call transportation (Theresa) 2-3 weeks before your field trip, schedule a school bus. Each campus pays for the cost of the school bus. 

Timeline Library Card

• Five weeks to complete steps for students to obtain a Loveland Public Library card. Please plan ahead. 

  • Guardian completes library card application (5 weeks before the field trip)

  • Completed card applications sent to the public library (4 weeks before the field trip)

  • Loveland Public Library needs 4 weeks to process the cards so they are ready the day of your field trip

Letter to First Grade Teachers.

Hello First Grade Teachers, 

We have an exciting opportunity for you and your students. The Loveland Public Library is partnering with our district to offer our first graders a special field trip. Each visit will include: (1) children's department tour (2) story time with a librarian (3) browsing and check-out of one book per student (4) if additional time remains, first graders might enjoy Self Serve StoryWalk or the new park.

The hope is through this partnership, our Thompson First Graders will understand that the library is a place to connect with the community and experience reading for fun!  Additionally, the goal is for every first grader in our district to have their very own library card!  

Please select a date that works for your entire first grade team on the “SighUp Genius” link below. Once you have selected your date more information about logistics will be shared with you. 

Field Trip Sign Up Form

Jo Conlon jo.conlon@tsd.org   970-613-5169

Checklist.   

• Teachers explanation of what the field trip opportunity is and its connection to standards.

• Experiential visit for 1st graders to begin understanding that "Reading is Fun" and "We are all readers in different and similar ways. The public library connects you with your community throughout your life. The programs, materials, and events at their community library are for everyone to enjoy."

• Each visit will include: (1) children’s department tour (2) story time with the library, reading book theme (3) browsing and check-out of one item per student. 

• Parent letter and Permission Slip

• Library card applications sent home 5 weeks prior to field trip day

  • Completed library card applications delivered to the public library 4 weeks prior to the field trip so each student will receive their public library card the day of the field trip

• Two to three volunteers per class day of the field trip

Day of the field trip.

• Group students by class AND have the correct library cards follow each group.

• Please take a basket to collect all checked-out library books so children can quickly move from station to station.

• Please take a baggie to collect all library cards so that library cards are also not displaced or lost.

• Three library stations, please group first-grade classes into three groups with adults. 

Day after the field trip.

• Consider sending a student written thank you letter to the LPL. They like to display the letters in the Children's section to show the community. 

• NEW for 2023-24: When students return to the public library after their field trip, inform library staff so you are entered into a prize drawing!