CITY of Stillwater News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Aug.

23, 2013 Contact: Sherry Fletcher, Director of Marketing and Public Relations Phone: 405.742.8362 E-mail: sfletcher@stillwater.org Web: stillwater.org Contact: Stacy DeLano, Stillwater Public Library Phone: 405-372-3633 x124 E-Mail: sdelano@stillwater.org Web: library.stillwater.org Children invited to practice detective skills at Stillwater Public Library Sept. 17 (STILLWATER, OKLA. / Aug. 23, 2013) History detectives at the Stillwater Public Library will celebrate Constitution Day on Tuesday, Sept. 17, by working together to solve a constitutional mystery. Twenty-five child-caregiver teams will learn about the meaning behind the U.S. Constitution as they complete activities, puzzles and codes during The Case of the Unsigned Constitution. Kids sometimes think history is a dry, boring subject, said Elizabeth Murray, childrens librarian. We want to use these fun activities to get more excited in learning about this remarkable event in history. According to Murray, the event will include activities that will help kids understand why the Articles of Confederation were replaced with the Constitution and which issues were being debated by the Founding Fathers. Murray is designing games like code-breaking, creating currency, a string maze and a nerf shootout to illustrate these lessons. Many of our childrens programs are now being designed with the public schools upcoming Common Core Curriculum in mind, said Murray. We want to find fun ways for children to analyze why events in history happened, rather than just feeding them facts. We also want to help children develop their team building skills. They will have to work cooperatively with their caregivers to complete the activities and solve the final mystery. The events activities will culminate in the signing of the Constitution and a celebration. The program, which begins at 4:30 p.m., is free and open to children in grades 1-4. Each child should be accompanied by a caregiver to create a team.

To register a child-caregiver team for the event, please call 405-372-3633 x106 or email askalibrarian@stillwater.org. For more information, please visit the library's website at http://library.stillwater.org. The Stillwater Public Library is located at 1107 S. Duck St. Library hours are MondayThursday, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Sunday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. END