Local library and retirement residences create ‘meaningful experience’ with Intergenerational Storytime

Kingston Frontenac Public Library celebrates 100 years of Storytime

January 2, 2019January 2, 2019 Nour Mazloum 0 Comments activities, books, children, crafts, events, family-friendly, intergenerational storytime, kids, Kingston, Kingston Frontenac Public Library, music, reading, retirement residences, Royale Place, seniors, singing

Bringing seniors and children together can have a profound impact on both parties, allowing seniors the opportunity to socialize with the youngest generation, and children the opportunity to learn from those who’ve come before them. Thanks to a pilot program launched by the Kingston Frontenac Public Library in partnership with

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November 7, 2018 Tori Stafford 0 Comments Calvin Park branch, children, children's story hour, event, family, Isabel Turner branch, kid's books, kids, Kingston, Kingston Frontenac Public Library (KFPL), Kingstonist, library, reading, Rideau Heights Branch, Storytime

In 1918, librarian Aimee Kennedy came up with an idea to host a children’s story hour at the library in Kingston. Little did she know, ‘Storytime’ would continue for the next century, and 100 years later, the Kingston Frontenac Public Library would be hosting an event to honour that first