Riding and Reading in the Library!

Funded Dec 10, 2019

Thank you so much for contributing to our "Read 'n Ride" program in the Beech Springs library. Our students are constantly riding the bikes and that encourages reading and exercising. I have noticed that our boys are especially enjoying the bikes as they give them time to release pent up energy. Some of our teachers are even coming in after school and using the bikes to read and wind down from their exciting days in the classroom!

My library assistant and I put the bikes together in the library the day before we announced the program to the students. All day they were coming in the library wanting to know what we were doing and why there were exercise bikes in the library. We had a ball giving them hints and seeing the excitement on their faces as they tried to discover our secret. When the bikes were finally put together and the program was announced, students came in droves wanting to experience the bikes themselves. Many days, we have a line of students waiting their turn on the bikes. I have had several, "This is the best library ever" comments since beginning the program.

For the next step of this project, I would love to invest in books that talk about the benefit of exercising while reading/studying.”

With gratitude,

Mrs. Cantrell