Last Monday, we had an end-of-school year party for the pre-teens and teens that went over really well. We had 20 kids that came for zombie tag, a zombie craft, snacks and a movie. This also kicked off our new pre-teen/teen library group. We have established a teen book club and teen advisory group to help us develop programs and more at the library. They plan to meet once a month on the second Friday of the month through the summer. General youth group is at 2:30 pm, and Book Club is at 4:00 pm. Kids can come to one or the other, or both!
We also have activities and craft days on alternating Mondays. Monday June 12th will be a craft day, and we will make a Father's Day craft that kids can give to their dad!
The next Monday will be a game/activity day, with various games or activities planned.
We will also have Friday Movies every other week, except the last week of June, since there are 5 Fridays in June. The next movie day will be June 16th. Movies will be the 1st and 3rd Fridays of the month.
We're also gearing up for our annual summer reading program that starts in July. This year's theme is "Build a Better World". Summer reading/story hour will be every Wednesday for 2-3 yr olds and 4-6 year old, and every Thursday for 1st grade-4th grade and pre-teen/teens. Summer reading program starts on Wednesday, July 5th and continues until the end of July.
Wednesday groups - 10:00 am - 2-3 year olds for 1/2 hour.
11:00 am - 4-6 year olds for 1 hour
Thursday groups: - 1:30 pm - 1st - 4th graders
2:30 pm - Pre-teen/teens - 5th grade and up.
The only change to this schedule will be on July 19th - we will have the Grout Museum at 10:00 am that day, so summer reading groups for that day will shift down to 11:30 for 2-3 year olds, and 12:00 for the 4-6 year olds. So come to the Grout Museum program and stay for story hour!
You can find our Google calendar with the full schedule at https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=v0kb64vf1d69suihhq7kkgvqv8%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/Chicago
You can find our Google calendar with the full schedule at https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=v0kb64vf1d69suihhq7kkgvqv8%40group.calendar.google.com&ctz=America/Chicago
Another fun thing we are doing this year is a youth scavenger hunt that starts on July 14th. We are still planning this, so more information will be coming soon.
For summer reading this year, we have some great prizes! We have 2 Kindles to give away! Kids can earn tickets to be put into a drawing for a Kindle, or they can win one by reading the most minutes. Things that kids can do to earn tickets - come to programs at the library, read at the library, complete the scavenger hunt, and more. We'll have more information on all the ways to win, and other prizes kids can win, in the coming weeks.
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