School Age Program: Ages 7 to 11
Summer Reading is a great way to help
school age children keep their reading skills, and not suffer from a summer
slide.
School Age Reading Form
(to print and return)
Every beach bug on the form represents 30 minutes of reading time
(either independent reading or being read to). Every time you complete 30
minutes of reading simply color one of the beach bugs. Each of the four rows on
this page can be cashed in for one prize, so you can earn up to four prizes this
summer. We will collect the sheet when it is completed. Prizes can be claimed
from July 7 through July 12 and again August 11 through August 16. There is a
limited number of each prize and when they have disappeared, they are gone .
Registration Start Dates for programs below:
Set A Begins May 27 | Set B Begins June 30 - The Library will be closed July 4, No programming.
Look for the Storymobile this summer.
The storymobile summer reading schedule
Summer Reading Programs
Come Learn With Us@JVB
Each week children ages 6-11 with help of the Master Gardeners, will learn all about creepy crawlers, buzzers and fliers around the garden.
Program Time- Wednesday - 1:00-2:30pm
Location: Family Place Room, you must register separately for each program
Set A
A1 - June 11 - The Buzz After Dark
A2 - June 18 - Butterfly Magic
A3 - June 25 - What's Bugging Your Garden
A4 - July 2 - The Good, The Bad, and the Bugly!
Let's Get Buggy with Amy Kutay!
Each week children ages 6-11 will learn about bugs with Amy Kutay, professor of Entymology at Lock Haven University. You must register for a week at a time.
Location: Family Place Room
Set A - Program Time - Monday 6:30-7:30pm
A1 - June 9 - Intro to Insects- What makes a bug a bug
A2 - June 16 - Legs and Antennae-The better see and feel you!
A3 - June 23 - Peek-a-Bug - Camouflage and mimicry.
A4 - June 30 - The Bugs of PA- Identifying & collecting them.
Set B- Program Time - Wednesday - 1:00-2:00pm
B1 - July 16 - Intro to Insects- What makes a bug a bug
B2 - July 23 - Legs and Antennae-The better see and feel you!
B3 - July 30 - Peek-a-Bug - Camouflage and mimicry.
B4- August 6 -The Bugs of PA- Identifying & collecting them.
Let's Make a . . .
Children ages 6-11 are invited to join us at the Library for a variety of Art programs. All materials are provided.
Program Time - Friday - 1:30-2:15pm - Location: Family Place Room.
Set A
A1 - June 12 & June 20 - Let's Make a Bug Mural
Set B
B1 - July 18 - Let's Draw Bugs
B2- August 1 & August 8 - Let's Build Fantasy Bugs
Saturday Programs
Registration required
Introduction to Insects - We're Buggin out!
For children 6-11 years.
Learn how to indentify and begin an insect collection with Professor Amy Kutay.
Set A - Saturday, June 14 - 11:30-12:15pm - Location: Family Place Room
Meet the Bee Man - For children 6-11 years.
Dr. William Blodgett will teach us about honey bees complete with a real working hive!
Set A - Saturday, June 21 - 2:00-2:45pm - Location: Family Place Room
Set A - Saturday, June 28 - 2:00-2:45pm - Location: Campbell Street Center
Learn How to collect BUGS with Amy Kutay - For families with children of any age.
We will meet in the Family Place Room at 10am, then walk to Brandon Park where we will collect and observe insects, then release them. Please bring a
sweep net (picture) if you have,
or can make one!
Set B - Saturday July 19 - 10-noon - Location Family Place Room & Brandon Park
The
Butterfly Guy - For children ages 5 and older. Come meet Rick Mikula, the "Butterfly Guy" and learn about all kinds of butterflies from
around the world.
Set B - Saturday, July 26 - 1-2pm - Location: Family Place Room
Zoo America "Bugs"
For families of children ages 5 and older. The nice people from Hershey Park Zoo
America have developed a program all about insects. Specifically for this year's
summer reading program theme. Sure to be a big hit!
Set B- Saturday, August 2 - 11-11:45am - Location: Family Place Room
Set B- Saturday, August 2 - 1-1:45pm - Location: Family Place Room
Special Programming
Registration required.
The Spider Lady and "Mazie"
Come meet Chris Lynn and her fuzzy pet tarantula Mazi and learn
fascinating facts about spiders. For children ages 6-11 years old.
Set B - Thursday, August 7 - 1-2pm - Location: Family Place
Room
Parent/Child
Food Fear Factor
Got a mom who would eat anything? Will you? Does dad eat bugs? Grandma snack on
snails?
The Library is challenging teams of two-one parent/grandparent/uncle or aunt and
an 8 to 11 year old- to sign up for Teen Food Fear Factor. Teams will compete to
see who will eat the most, the grossest, the fastest.
The members of the winning team will each win a $50 Lycoming Mall gift
certificate. The runner up team will each win a $20 Wal-Mart gift certificate.
Team members must be related.
Set B- Sunday, July 27 - 2pm - Location: Family Place Room
F.A.L.C.O.N Site Programs
Puppy Love at the FALCON Sites
Registration required.Call 323-7705 or email
Victoria Thompson-Hess
- Children's Programming Coordinator
This unique program matches families of reading-aged kids with gentle therapy
dogs who love to listen to good books! a great way for your child to get
comfortable reading aloud.
Program Time - Monday Nights-6:30-7:30pm
Program 1 - 6:30-7:30pm - June 9 - Michael Ross
Program 2 - 5:30-6:30pm - July 14 - The Center
Program 3 - 6:30-7:30pm - August 11 - Newberry Estates
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