Summer Reading

As part of our summer reading program, my library hosts presenters one night a week for five weeks. Here's a photographic recap of this year's performers.

Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers - Everybody Loves Pirates

Mad Science of Maine

Magician Peter Boie

Juggler and stunt artist Steve Corning

Chewonki

After the presenters, we have our end of summer reading party. 

Zippety Day!

Today was Zippety Day at my library, a day to celebrate our mascot. And what better way to celebrate than with a party? With games, crafts, a specially written story, and a craft, Zippety Day is one of our favorite events to plan.

One of four posters featuring zippety

Playing Feed Zippety a Cookie

fishing - photo by Nicholas Navarre

Playing Musical Statues - photo by Nicholas Navarre

Wearing our Zippety hats with Zippety!

 

Science with little kids

I hosted two programs this week: Science After Dark and Puppets!

Science After Dark compiled some simple science experiments using everyday materials. We explored inertia, chemical reactions, static, hydrophobic materials, and the joys of slime.
 

showing how inertia works with cardstock and a penny

we made observations on the effects of hot and cold water on glow sticks

experimenting with marbling food coloring on shaving cream

borax and glue slime

In Puppets this month we began constructing the puppets for our annual puppet show. This meant working on several different kinds of puppets all at once, so I wasn't able to get very many photos. Here's a couple of shots of the in progress puppets. 
 

School vacation

This week was school vacation in our area. During February break we try to have special activities for school-aged kids. Our selections this week were: chess and board games, art, snowman day, and our monthly puppet workshop. I thought of lots of things I could write about our programs but I've decided to let the photos speak for themselves.

Chess and board games

 

Art

 

 

 

Snowman day
(I will add that our snow was not particularly good for snowmen, though we managed to make a few small sculptures)

photo courtesy of Nicholas Navarre

photo courtesy of Nicholas Navarre

photo courtesy of Nicholas Navarre

photo courtesy of Nicholas Navarre

Puppets

Point of clarity - this is Modok and Captain America

Time Travel and TYCTTL

We had two big programs for kids at my library this week. Wednesday night we invited kids to time travel to ancient Egypt. Among other activities we made headdresses, played a game, wrote hieroglyphics, and made a mummy. 

Our "mummy" before being wrapped

Saturday we participated in Take Your Child to the Library Day. This is an initiative to get young families into libraries and for kids to get library cards (check out their website here). For us, this means storytimes, crafts, and plenty of decorations.
 

Working on crafts

A new library member!