First, I want to talk to you about the “summer slide.” The “SLIDE” is the loss of learning your child experiences over the summer months. Statistically, learning loss over the summer is shocking. Teachers often play catch up in the fall. .
The Donnelly Public Library wants to help your child over the summer by keeping them motivated to read, discover and learn.
Kick Off June 15th: 10-12 at the Library (4-H Petting Zoo)
Summer Reading Program will be Wednesdays 12-2 starting June 16th, 2021
Every Wednesday from 12-2 Miss Annabelle will feature an innovative program for children K- 6th grade.
We will also be participating in Donnelly Farmers’ Market. We will have limited contact while at Farmers’ Market but we will be there reading. This is not just an opportunity for your children to listen to some wonderful books, but it will also give you an opportunity to shop while minimizing the exposure of your child to some of the high risk elderly individuals around farmers’ market. We will be situated over by the playground this year at Farmers’ Market and hope this will allow us the opportunity to involve the children in play as well as reading. Miss Annabelle and our intern will be working at Farmers’ Market and there to help you with your children. (4-5th graders you may contact Miss Sherry about helping work the book booth as well as participating with Junior Friends of The Donnelly Library. For more on Donnelly Farmers’ Market please go: HERE!
Follow our weekly blog for additional opportunity for brag tags. Summer Reading this year will include ALL children under the age of 18. We want to encourage the pre-k kids to be reading as well.
We are bringing back Brag Tags and are going to have our own BRAG WALL. We will be listing your child’s name on that chart. Summer Reading Brag Tags
We will begin handing out reading logs starting June 1st, 2021
This will be an exciting summer. Our theme this summer is “Tales and Tails”
We are adding a SUPER fun EXTRA component this year:
#CampLibrary
Library Camp Will be offered 3 weeks this summer the last week of each month.
June 28th- July 2nd Farm Tales
July 25th- July 30th Whale Tales
August 23rd- August 27th Wild Tales
Camp runs Monday- Friday 8-5
You can choose a morning block 8-12 or an afternoon block 1-5
OR the WHOLE DAY!
Cost is:
$20 1/2 day
$40 / full day
or $100 for the WHOLE WEEK
Space is limited.