Schools out!! YAAAAA! Now for a long boring summer Right? Well it doesn’t have to be. Because Adventure Begins At Your Library right near you.
Wedsworth Library invites young readers to travel around the world, explore the jungles of Africa, solve the deep mystery of who stole the lunch room’s spoons, or how to raise the perfect garden, train your dog or enjoy tons of other adventures that can be found for free at your local library. All for just opening a book one can immerse oneself in the greatest adventures of your life without leaving your chair.
So why participate in as Summer reading program? You’re done with school for the summer, you wanna relax. The Library gets it. But then again…………
The summer break has been known to cause a pronounced dip or ‘slide’ in the reading skills. A solid summer of reading is a fantastic way to help prevent any learning losses due to inactivity and also provide a little bit of fun educational activity.
To starve off those summer blahs why not set a few goals, not a lot – just a few. Find a bit of time to read every day; read 10 books; choose all your books from adventure, mystery, science fiction, a bit of history, or just the really fun books of ‘Captain Under Pants”. Any reading is better than none.
Did you know that by immersing yourself in a book you can enhance your concentration abilities? Reading necessitates extended periods of focus to follow your hero on his journey through the night to find the elusive night raider.
So on June 10th Wedsworth Library opens the doors to all the adventures your heart desires. We will offer a sack full of goodies to fill a few of those BORING moments when you have nothing to do.
You will have access to games, a free book, highlight magazines, puzzles, stickers, even some fun educational stuff, and a host of other fun stuff too many to mention.
To add a bit more of fun. Wedsworth Library would like to challenge our young patrons. A challenge that could mean a bit of a prize at the end if you are successful.
Every time you come into the library your name will be put in the hat. If you check out a book, your name gets added. There are two age levels: six years to 12 and five years and younger with prizes appropriate for that age level. At the end of the summer a name will be drawn out of the hat for each age level.
We will draw for prizes the 1st week of the month to keep everyone motivated and final prizes the 1st week of the month to keep everyone motivated and final prizes will be awarded August 26th and will be on display at the Library just to entice your get up and go reading. You never know what fun you will find at your library this summer. Stop on by for a tattoo or a sucker, but be sure you pick up your Summer Reading bag to begin the first step of your Summer Reading Adventure.