Tag Archive for: Summer 2023

Jerissa

How Did We Do?

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As the Summer Library Program draws to a close, we want to thank all the children, teens, and families who participated in our summer events and summer reading program! THANK YOU! We hope your children discovered great books and that your family was able to enjoy one or more storytime, Dabble Box Open Lab, Thursday Performance, teen event, etc.

Please help us continue to improve the Summer Library Program by completing this quick survey. Whether or not you participated in our program, your responses will inform what we offer during future summers. We appreciate your feedback!

 

Here’s a link to that feedback survey one more time.

Jerissa

Elephant and Piggie PARTY!

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Calling all Elephant and Piggie fans for an Elephant and Piggie PARTY!!

FUN FACT: The last Elephant and Piggie book (The Thank You Book) was published more than seven years ago. Still, the 25 titles in this series are consistently among the most popular and loved books at the library.

Join us as we celebrate these favorite characters during our Elephant and Piggie Party on Friday, July 28, from 10-11:30 a.m. in the Riverview Room on the library’s third floor. We’ll enjoy storytime at 10 a.m., followed by self-paced games, crafts, and snacks. Get your cameras ready, as Elephant and Piggie will be making an appearance live and in-person!

Have you read all the books in the series? Find them here!

Have you read them all 10 times and need something different? Check out these playful and just-as-loveable Elephant and Piggie read-alikes.

While Elephant and Piggie and Pigeon may be his most popular characters, Mo Willems has other books that your child is sure to enjoy. Check them out!

Happy reading, and see you on the 28th!

Jill

Summer Decorations are back!

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We always strive to make the Youth Services room colorful and magical each summer, so that families look forward to seeing our summer theme come alive in the library. This is my eighteenth year planning decorations for the Youth Services room for the summer, and my first year decorating our newly renovated space. I have an amazing team every spring that helps me create the decorations, and we try to put them up as close to June 1 as possible so it’s like Dorothy coming out of the house into beautiful, colorful Oz. Laaa…. It’s the beautiful summer decorations!

This summer’s theme is Garden of Stories, and we went all-out with flowers this year. We hope that the decorations will bring a smile to your face on your next visit! I’ve included a peek of some of this summer’s decorations as well as a few throwback photos as well. See you soon at the library!

Andria

Summer Reading Is in Full Swing

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The L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library’s annual Summer Library Program is going strong!

Nurture your child’s interest in reading by signing them up for the Summer Library Program. Reading during the summer months helps prevent summer slide, a decline in reading ability and academic skills. Research shows that participation in summer reading programs can increase reading skills, motivation, confidence, and enjoyment. Find out how to get started below!

Summer Reading Program

Youth ages 0 to 18 can earn a free book this summer by participating in the Summer Library Program.

  • Sign up anytime, June 1–August 15.
  • Set a reading goal and start reading. Track your progress on the reading record.
  • Complete 5 activities from the activity list on the reading record.
  • Claim your free book (!) by bringing your reading record to the Youth Services desk by August 15.

How to Start…

Want to know more? Check out our Summer Library Program page to sign-up, download our event flyer, and so much more.

Questions? Call 715-839-5007 or email ysstaff@eauclaire.lib.wi.us

Katie H

Playing is Learning

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Does your family visit the library to play?

Play and Learn is a library play space designed for early childhood literacy and learning. It’s inspired by Every Child Ready to Read practices: talk, sing, read, write and play. Engaging with your child in these activities helps them develop the skills they need to learn to read!

The Play and Learn theme this summer is On the Farm and In the Garden. We have tons of fun farm and garden toys, puzzles, games, and activities including a raised garden bed, a chicken coop, and even a toddler gym with a slide!  Also featured this summer are songs and rhymes to sing together, a barn puppet theater, and a stage and costume area to put on a show. Stop by the library this summer and learn through play!

Alisha

Bippity-Boppity…BookBike!

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Books.  Bikes.  Activities.  Libraries.  A beautiful day.  Put them together and what’ve you got?  Bippity-Boppity…BookBike!  The library’s BookBike, a mini library on wheels, brings the library out into the community.  It makes weekly visits to the Downtown Farmers Market in Phoenix Park on Wednesdays and Saturdays.  Keep your eye out, though, because we pop up at all kinds of events around the community!  The BookBike collection includes a variety of new and popular titles that often have a lot of holds.  Check out a handful of books, chat with staff, sign up for a new library card, try out our activities or a Dabble Box kit, or find a spot in the grass to enjoy a new story.  Take a look at the BookBike calendar to see where we’ll be next!

Alisha

Summer Shows for Kids and Families

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Our summer performer series is returning with TWO performances each week!  So many of our all-time favorite performers are returning this summer including a brand new comedic show from A Touch of Magic Entertainment, the brilliantly hilarious comedy of Kenny Ahern, live reptiles and amphibians, totally awesome “science-ing” with popular UWEC professor, Erik Hendrickson, a magic show with Glen Gerard, and an interactive musical program from Duke Otherwise!  Visit us Thursdays, June 15-July 20 for shows at 10 a.m. and repeated at 1 p.m.  FREE tickets are available one week prior to each program to reserve your spot.  Stop by the library to pick up your tickets, or give us a call at 715-839-5007.  All shows will be held in the beautiful new Riverview Room on the library’s third level.

 

June 15: A Touch of Magic: Treasure Beyond Measure

June 22: Kenny Ahern: To Laugh is to Live

June 29: Reptile and Amphibian Discovery Zoo

July 6: Science Theatre: Fun with Liquid Nitrogen

July 13: Magic and Comedy with Glen Gerard

July 20: Duke Otherwise

 

(Psst…Want a sneak peek?!  Check out this fun music video from Duke Otherwise!)

Alisha

Mondays = Fundays this Summer!

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Mondays at the library this summer are going to be SO. MUCH. FUN!  With programs for grades K-6 on seven consecutive Mondays, there is something that will suit everyone’s fancy.  Arts and crafts enthusiasts will like the Upcycled Art or Explore with Paint programs.  Are you a fan of comic books?  Check out the Comic Book Bash!  Have you ever secretly wanted to send something over the library’s bridge from the second story down to the first?  Then come to the Zip Line program where we’ll build a creation to send down the one-story zip line.  Are your interests rooted in gardening?  Visit the From Seed to Plant program.  A Grossology program will be held for the strong-stomached, and science (and/or candy) fans will love our Candy Science program.

“Do I need to bring anything,” you ask?  Nope!  All materials will be provided, while supplies last.  Come to one or all!

See all of out summer activities at www.ecpubliclibrary.info/kids/summer2023

Schedule

June 12: Upcycled Art

June 19: Zip Line

June 26: Comic Book Bash!

July 3: From Seed to Plant

July 10: Grossology

July 17: Explore with Paint

July 24: Candy Science