Category: Richmond Public Library

Week #4 and the kids are reading strong.

This week the younger kids painted wind chimes and the older kids made light houses.

There was suppose to be an adult program but due to every one’s busy schedules it  will be rescheduled late this year.

Week #5? well we were closed on the 5th because of Independence Day

and then closed July 8, 9 and 10 for our local fair. The library has closed for the Richmond Fair for longer than I can remember. But we will have a float in the parade on Saturday.

Up next? Fish & lizards on the 14th, Bead weaving on the 15th and Game day on the 16th.…

Well we finished the 3rd full week of summer reading and we are still going strong.

This week we painted pictures, these were pictures with paint on the bottom,so all we needed was some water and q-tips [I love crafts this easy]. And can you believe, even the big kids did this craft [they must have been really bored].

Next was the teens on Thursday, June 24th HENNA TATTOOS, this is one of there favorites! The kids bring in signed permissions slips before they are tattooed, then they pick out a design,copy it to tracing paper,  transfer it to the skin, put the henna on and let it dry, tada!! at tattoo that will last [if your lucky] 3 weeks.

Last for the week, since it’s been so hot, we got some plain white fans on sticks and let the kids decorate them. The  they could use them to help keep cool.

Up next? Share your collections for the Adults on 6/29, Wind Chimes for the younger kdis on 6/20 and Lighthouses for the teens on 7/1…

Ok.. week #2 is over. We had a busy week. first we started with and adult painting class with our local artist Mary Hall. We painted barns, lucky for us we only had to paint Mary had drawn the pictures for us before hand.

Next  the kids painted water guns on Wednesday June 16th. Each child was given a plain white water gun and magic markers and stickers to decorate with.

Then on Thursday the teens made Father’s day gifts. They were given the choice of a Duct Tape wallet or a bead key chain.

Friday June 18th the younger kids also made Father’s day crafts.

Friday was also the day the Modern Woodman Tiny Tots came and planted the flower boxes out front. This year they also added a few new boxes that they had repainted.

Up next? painting pictures on June 21st and Henna Tattoos for teens only on June 24th.…

Well we got through the first full week of summer reading 2010. Seems to be going pretty good so far.

At the end of the first week we have 30 kids, 5th grade & under signed up. there are 26 6th – 12th grade kids [the teens] and 11 adults.

We started off with a balloon toss for the 5th & under kids. There were to toss a balloon into a wading pool that had a small ring inside. the ones who got their balloons inside the ring were the winners. The kids were divided into teams.

Winner were Riley Roll, Lily Roll and Brennen Geiler.

Friday, June 4th we started something new . The teens and adults participated in a digital scavenger hunt. Each team was given a folder of 20 black & white photos and told to around town and find the places.

Monday, June 7th kids were invited to decorate Sea Horses. They were given stickers, crayons and markers.

Thursday, June 10th [teens] and Friday, June 11th the kids did sand art projects. The teens had hollow ink pens and the kids had necklaces.

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5th Grade and Under

JUNE

2nd- Summer Reading Kick-off 3:00 p.m.

7th- Decorating Seahorses

11th- Sand Art Bottles

16th – Paint Your Own Water Guns

18th- Father’s Day craft

21st- Painting pictures

25th- Decorating Fans

30th- Decorating Wind Chimes

JULY

Closed July 8-10 for Richmond Fair

14th- Decorating Snakes or Fish

16th Game Day

19th- Digital Scavenger Hunt [2nd – 5th grade]

23rd- Water Game Day

28th- Shell Creatures

AUGUST

August 2nd- Miscellaneous craft day

August 6th – Game Day

August 11th – End of Summer Reading

6th Grade – 12th Grade

JUNE:

3rd- Summer Reading &Digital Scavenger Hunt sign up

4th- Digital Scavenger hunt starts

10th- Sand Art Bottles &

End of Digital Scavenger Hunt

[Pizza party for winning team]

17th – Father’s Day craft

24th – Henna Tattoos

JULY:

1st- Lighthouses

Library closed 8th – 10th for Richmond Fair

15th – Bead weaving [must sign up for this class]

16th- Game Day

22nd- Engraving Art

23rd- Water Games

29th- Build a sea creature

AUGUST:

5th- Tie dye [bring you own shirt]

6th – Game Day

12th End of Summer Reading

Adults:

June 4th – 10th – Digital Scavenger Hunt

June 15th -Painting with Mary Hall @ 2:30

June 29th- Share Your Collections @ 2:30. Bring in something you collect and some kind of food dish to go with it. [this will replace the July Geography club]

July 15th- Bead Weaving class @ 3:00

July 16th Game Day @3:00

July 20th – Bi-Folkal kit “Remembering Fun & Games @ 2:30

The rules from page one, 5th & under Summer Reading apply to all summer reading groups.

There was a Geography club on June 1st, we celebrated Greece.

There will be no Geography club in July. Since this is close to fair time the club has decided to skip July and August.

Some Rules

Books must be from this library

Only books read during program will count

[Between August 3rd & August 6th

Books must be for your reading level

If you have already read the book more than

2 times

it will not count.

Water game [s]  you will get wet. If you can’t get wet don’t come.…