Summer Reading Program Finale 2006
Fall Programs Kickoff
Perry Library enjoyed a wonderful Summer Reading program Paws, Claws, Scales, and Tales and teen program Creature Feature.
The library signed up more teens than ever before and had the pleasure of seeing more kids complete the program than in past years. For specific numbers about Summer Reading, see our new Children & Teen web pages now active on our website www.perrylibrary.org.
Now fall programs are ready to kick off, and we hope that the kids and parents who joined us this summer will be back for more in the fall.
The NC Museum of Natural Sciences will help us kick off the fall programs with an Indoor Nature Hike this Saturday, September 9 at 2:00 p.m. in the Perry Library Meeting Room. Signup is limited to 30 participants and is available at the Children’s Help Desk in the library, or by calling the library at 438-3316 and asking for Youth Services.
The following week all year-round library programs will resume, including Time for Tots, Preschool Storytime, and Reading Bunch. Time for Tots is storytime and toy time for ages infant – three and meets every Thursday at 5 PM. This year Time for Tots will begin Thursday September 14 with a very special event sponsored by Perry Library and Franklin-Granville-Vance Partnership for Children (Smart Start): Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. Through this program, now beginning its second year in Vance County, parents can sign up their infants and preschool age children and each month beginning soon after signup children will receive a free book for each child in the mail until their fifth birthdays, at no cost to the parents. Signup for this special Tots program is going on at the Children’s Help Desk now — sign up today or call the library at 438-3316 and ask for Youth Services.
Preschool Storytime and Reading Bunch will begin Wednesday, September 13 and Tuesday, September 12, respectively. Preschool Storytime meets every Wednesday at 4:00 p.m. and invites kids ages three – five into the world of reading and learning to use the library through simple books, songs, and crafts. Reading Bunch is designed as a reading and learning club for middle and high school students and meets Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m.
Brand New Programs for Parents and Caregivers
For the first time ever, Perry Library will offer three literacy workshops designed to get “Every Child Ready to Read!” These workshops are designed to support and educate the people who provide children’s earliest experiences in reading and literacy: parents and caregivers. In the upcoming months, three workshops will be held on three Saturdays at Perry Library. Each one will begin at 2:00 p.m. and each is intended for a maximum of 35 parents and caregivers (very young children are not recommended to attend, as this is a learning workshop for parents.) Signup for these workshops will begin a month before each event.
October 21, 2:00 p.m.: Early Literacy Workshop — Reading to Early Talkers: Newborns to Two-Year-Olds
November 4, 2:00 p.m.: Early Literacy Workshop — Reading to Talkers: Two- and Three-Year-Olds
December 9, 2:00 p.m.: Early Literacy Workshop — Reading to Pre-Readers: Four- and Five-Year-Olds
These workshops are sponsored by Perry Library Youth Services, the Public Library Association, and the Association of Library Service to Children. Signup for the October workshop will begin September 21; we hope many parents and caregivers will join us.
Upcoming Fall Programs
Freedom to Read Week: September 25 – 29. Special Program for parents and kids of all ages Friday September 29 at 5 PM. Find out where censorship hits reading and libraries in America, which books are most often banned, and what this means for you!
Teen Read Week: October 15 – 21. Teens, this is Your Week at the Library. Come in for book talks, poetry readings, or many other activities that you can suggest or organize. Soda and snacks are a sure thing.
Halloween Party: Up up and Away! Find your inner superhero Saturday October 28 at 2 PM. Costume contest, scary storytelling, and fun food.
Downtown Trick or Treat: Join Perry Library and all the downtown businesses October 31 at 5:00 – 6:30 for Trick or Treat.
Holiday Stories: Get in the holiday spirit with best-loved stories, games, and of course holiday snacks on December 16 2 PM. We may have a visit from a Jolly Old Elf…