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PICTURE PONTIAC PORCH & LAWN STORY TIME! Starts Week of June 21, 2021 Tuesdays, 12:30 p.m.
(When Weather Permits) School-Aged Children
Celebrate this Summer with our outdoor story time! We’ll share adorable animal stories featured in this year’s Summer Reading Program Tails & Tales! Grab and go craft included, while supplies last. *Social distancing and masks required for attendance*
FREE VIRTUAL HEALTH SERIES FOR KIDS
Thursdays June 24 – July 29
2:00 – 3:00 p.m.
Free 6-week virtual program for kids in grades Kindergarten – 5th grade that teaches children how and why to choose healthy foods and be physically active.
Healthy Schools, Healthy CommunitiesTM (HSHCTM) is an educational program that teaches children how and why to make healthy choices. It will provide students with education on how to eat better and increase their daily physical activity. Healthy behaviors will be learned by completing interactive activities and nutrition-themed physical activity breaks. Lessons will also include Fit Bits, which are physical activity breaks to get children moving. The program aims promote healthy behaviors throughout the community.
GET MOVING CHILD’S STORY TIME
Early Literacy Program for children Birth to Aged 3
Mondays 11:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m . Facebook Live
Designed for young children that enjoy using their voices and their bodies to follow a great story!
This program uses various early literacy databases and musical/ action stories and media for programming including Storyline Online, TumbleBooks, Starfall, World Book of Early Learning, Hoopla, Overdrive, and digital images of early literacy books. Story times start out with “Stretch’ and ‘Wiggle’ Tumblebooks, and include musical videos of “Down by the Sea,’ ‘She’ll Be Coming Around the Mountain,’ ‘Aiken Drum’ or other musical videos, staggering songs, action rhymes, and books.
TELL ME A STORY
ON FACEBOOK LIVE
Literacy Program for School-Aged Children Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays
and Fridays
1:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.
Warm up with a great story four days a week.
Ride our magic story carpet of adventure for around 20 to 30 minutes every week day except Tuesday. Leave comments or Like Us on Facebook!
CRAFT ON THE GO!
School-Aged Children
Starts Week of June 21
Thursdays, 12:30 p.m.
While Supplies Last
Want something fun to do? Stop by the library and grab a craft kit to do at home! Check our web site for the dates and times for our crafts-in-the-garden outdoor programs!
MEET UP EAT UP- FREE SUMMER LUNCH TRUCK
Children of all ages can get a free lunch Monday-Friday in the Library Parking Lot.
YOUTH SERVICES ONGOING PROGRAMS
“I learned a long time ago that reality was much weirder than anyone’s imagination.” - Hunter S. Thompson