From WOOD COUNTY DISTRICT PUBLIC LIBRARY
“Build a Better World” this summer with the Wood County District Public Library’s Youth Summer Reading Program. Registration begins from the “Observation Deck” of the Children’s Place all day Wednesday, May 24th along with a “Touch a Truck” visit in the library parking lot between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Registration continues all summer and is also available online http://wcdpl.readsquared.com .
Monthly calendars of programs and events can be found in the WCDPL Family Connect Magazine widely distributed to schools, organizations, and businesses as well as picked up from the library. Calendars are also available from the library website http://www.wcdpl.org/CPCalendar.
Youth registrants receive a one use pass to the BG Pool and Water Park as well a coupon for a McDonald’s Happy Meal. Later in the summer, one day passes to the Wood County Fair will be distributed to participants.
The Children’s Place is encouraging everyone to set their own summer reading goals. As readers report their reading progress, they earn incentive prizes to be picked up at the library. All participants qualify for a final end of summer raffle, but the more stories climbed, the more chances to win! Levels are set at the tallest building in Wood County, the tallest in Ohio, in the United States, and the tallest building in the world. Readers will identify and learn about these buildings and other skyscrapers and engineering feats from the “Observation Deck” and the world map display in the “Observation Deck.” All summer, a “Bridge to Literacy and Better Understanding” will be constructed by a growing community of readers.
Everyone is invited to explore many languages and images of beautiful libraries around the world from the Children’s Place castle.
Counting stories this summer is determined by the reader: picturebooks, chapters, beginning readers, audio books, ebooks, comic books, scripts, book trailer videos and suggested podcasts all count. A wide variety of book lists and suggested resources can be found on the library website http://www.wcdpl.org/greatbookskids Books read to oneself, listened to, and that readers share aloud all count, even if the books are reread multiple times. Library books and personal books from home all count.
Storytimes for Preschoolers on Tuesdays at 10:30 a.m. and again at 7 p.m. as well as Babies and Toddlers on Thursdays at 10 a.m. and again at 2 p.m. continue all summer with “Every Child Ready to Read” workshops on a Saturday morning each month.
School aged children aqes 5+ years old are encouraged to participate in weekly programs including Wednesday’s 11:00am-noon hands-on “STEM Builders with Lubrizol” and “Community Helper Reading Buddies” on Thursdays from 11:00am-noon. Fun supportive read aloud practice and conversations with Community Helpers and Children’s Place staff will begin on Thursday, May 25th with turns reading to Mayor Dick Edwards. Additional guests each Thursday, will include the BG Police and firefighters, Wood County Hospital nurses, and more. STEM Builders with Lubrizol begins on Wednesday, May 31 and will feature a wide variety of experiments and hands-on engineering demonstrations with Lubrizol chemists and Children’s Place staff.
In addition to all of the scheduled programs and events for all ages, the Children’s Place is turning into an extensive construction zone! Stop in and experience the new Rigamajig giant building kit, play with blocks and puzzles, or a small scale toy tool bench, build an object on the 3D printer, and create a craft at the “WCDPL Recycling Center” while caring for the environment and learning about local recycling opportunities.
“Build a Better World” WCDPL Youth Summer Reading Program is generously supported by the Friends of the Library as well as reinforced by thoughtful wish-list givers, braced by local businesses and organizations and fortified and made more fun by an amazing crew of Volunteens!
