Summer Reading 2019 [ June]
Summer Reading started in Wednesday, June 5, 2019 with a visit from Grandpa Pokey. Kids we asked to come and sign up for summer reading and them they all got to go in the other room and get a balloon from Grandpa Pokey.
We has since then just took off running. The younger kids have made NASA Badges, Jet Packs and had a Balloon Rocket Race. All the kids made Father’s day crafts.
NASA badges 
Jet Packs
The Teens have made stress balls, paper lantern planets, painted moons, played with water rockets and tie dyed.
Moon paintings
The Adults also painted moons, made pop bottle planters, and painted galaxy sun catcher plated.
Moon paintings
Up Next?
July 3rd we will make 4th of July crackers at 2:00.
The library will be closed Thursday, July 4th.
July 5th the adults will paint gourds.
July 10th we will make DIY glitter jars at 2:00
The library will be Closed July 11, 12 & 13 for the Richmond Fair [we close every year for this]
July 15th is National Gummy worm day and we plan to attempt to make gummy worms@ 2:00
July 17 Kids will make Mini light sabers and July 18th the teens will make Mini light sabers.
July 20th is the 50th anniversary of the moon landing. To celebrate we will make straw rockets and have “moon” inspired food. The adults at 1:00 and the kids and teens at 2:00.
July 24th the kids will make pool noodle aliens, July 25th the teens will do a “break out” game. July 26th the adults will make ping pong ball “moon’ lights.
July 31st the kids will make milk Jug space helmets.
Summer Reading will end on Wednesday, August 7th with and end of summer party and the handing out of prized starting at 2:00.…
Summer Reading 2019
Richmond Public Library summer reading program started on Wednesday, June 5th at 2:00 PM. This was sign-up day everyone who wished to be in the summer reading program came in signed up and then got to see Grandpa Poke and get a balloon.
Kids we given a summer reading bag with the summer schedule for the younger kids inside each bag. The Teen and Adult schedules are on the desk if you ask for them.
Most of our events this summer will be as follows:
Kids on most Wednesdays @ 2:00
Teen on most Thursdays @ 2:00
Adults on most Fridays @ 2:00
See you schedule for other dates. Happy Reading this summer!…
May 2019
May is over, what did we do at the library? Cinco de Mayo crafts, Mother’s Day crafts , National Chocolate Chip Day and we had a meeting about the 2020 census and Friday Food club. Plus the library had there annual Taco Dinner and raffle.
On Friday, May 3rd we celebrated Cinco de May by making mini pinata’s and sombrero cookies. The kids made the cookies and then got to eat them. Once they got all the pinatas made we put them on a string and the kids got to pull the string and get the prize inside.
On May the 10th the kids made Mother’s Day crafts. The chose between a “Super Mom” candy bar or a Rock with a saying on it. The kids really like the rocks [which surprised me]
May 15th was National Chocolate Chip day, so we made Chocolate Chip cookie sandwiches. The kids really like making food crafts!
May the 16th we had a representative for the 2020 Census come and give a talk about census jobs. She explained that there will be jobs opening in our area and if anyone was interested they needed to apply online.
They will pay weekly for the hours up to so many hours and will also pay mileage. Anyone interested in apply can do so online at 2020census.gov/jobs
up next?
Summer Reading starts on Wednesday, June 5th at 2:00 PM. The library will have copies of the summer reading schedule available upon request. …
2020 Census
April 2019
April 2019 what did we do in the library this month? National Library week is in April7th – 13th, National Library Workers day is April 9th and National Library giving day is April 11th. The library Annual Open House is always held during National Library Week.
This years Open House was Tuesday, April 9th. Easter was also in April this year, so of course we did Easter crafts.
Story Time kids made Easter bunny headbands on April 17th. They looked so cute. We read an Easter story and them made our headband and had a snack.
Story Time Bunnies
Next up the school kids made Easter crafts on April 18th. The made toilet paper tube bunnies and folded card stock baskets. We had a lot of kids show up for this one. So many we had to do it in 3 different shifts.
Up last the adults made washcloth bunnies and Easter Egg planters on April 19th. There were two different bunnies to make and they herbs to pick and plant in our Egg planters
Washcloth Bunnies
