December Programs at the Honey Brook Library

What's going on for kids in December!!

Friday Dec 6

Elves Night Out

Join us for our annual event on Friday, Dec 6 from 7-8 pm at the Honey Brook Community Library.  Listen to holiday stories, decorate a cookie, and make and take crafts.  All ages welcome.  Registration required and limited to 45 kids.  Call the library at 610-273-3303 or stop in to register.

Lego Club and Lego Club for Little Ones

Tuesday, Dec 10 - Lego Club for Little Ones at 10 am
Lego Club for kids K- 5th grade. 6-7 pm Each session is limited to 10 kids.  Registration required.

Role Playing D & D

Join us Friday, Dec 13 from 6-8:30 pm at the Honey Brook Library for a Role Playing Dungeons & Dragons program.  For ages 12 through young adult.  Limited to 8 players.  Registration required.  Call 610-273-3303 or email jspade@ccls.org

Wednesday & Thursday Dec 4 &5 are the last Story Time with Miss Jennifer for 2013.  They will start again in January.

Honey Brook Library - Coming this fall!

What's coming up at the Honey Brook Library

Raise A Reader - every other Tuesday at 10 am starting Sept 10, ages 0 - 36 months

 
 Story Time with Miss Jennifer - Wednesday & Thursdays at 10 am starting Sept 11, ages 2-5 yrs

 

 Little Lego Club - Tuesday, Sept 17, 10am - 10:30 am, ages 2- 5 yrs - 2 spots left!


  Lego Club - Tuesday, Sept 17, 6 pm -7 pm, Grades K - 5 - this program is full.

HB Library night at the Golf Zone Mini Golf - Thursday Sept 12 form 4- 9 pm (Rain date Sept 19)




 Sew In! - Saturday, Sept 14.  Sewing projects for ages 10 through adult from noon - 3 pm

Sewing Cafe with Ms Nancy - Wednesday nights from 6:30 - 8 pm.  Ages 10 through adult

Book and Yard Sales at the Library for Harmony Day - Saturday Sept 21, 8 am - 3 pm

YA Fun Night! - Saturday, Oct 26 from 5- 7 pm for tweens and teens ages 10- 16



Come join us!

Summer Fun at the Honey Brook Library - So Far!

Here are some pictures of our summer so far!

Gaming Night - Using the Xbox Kinect

 Stories in the Shade

 Doing our craft after the stories

Fish Castle Music

                                                                Local Author Joel Moore

                                                  Nature Thursdays with Phil Witman

Summer Reading Fun! Dig Into Reading!

Dig Into Reading

Honey Brook Community Library

Summer Reading Club

                            June 8 – August 17, 2013

*Pick up your Summer Reading package at the Honey Brook library, register, and start reading!       *Keep track of your reading on the reading log & earn book bucks to redeem for prizes.  Book Bucks can be redeemed through September 7, 2013

Touch A Truck -Dig Into Reading Kick Off – Saturday June 8, 2013 10am -1 pm.  Stop in and pick up a Summer Reading information packet.  

Let’s Read Math

Mondays  June 17 – July 22 at 1:00-2:00 pm. For grades 1-3.  A math program designed to intertwine a short story with games & interactive ways to use math skills.  A fine way for children grades 1-3 to keep their math skills fresh during the summer months. Registration required.

Fish Castle Music Program 

Tuesdays  July 2 - 30 at 10-11 am For ages 0-6.  An interactive kids program of song, movement, and musical instruments.  Cost is $5 per family per session.  Registration is required.

Mom & Daughter Nail Nights

Tuesdays  July 16 & 30 at 6:00 - 6:45 pm.  For ages 4 - teen. Join us for a beautiful summer mani/pedi look for Moms & Daughters.  We supply the nail polish, stickers & ideas.  Please come with unpolished nails.  Registration is required.

Gaming Night

Tuesdays  June 18, & July 2 & 23 & Aug 6 at 7:30 pm -9:00 pm For ages 8-16. Bring along your DS, IPads, or any hand held game system, or take a turn on our Xbox Kinect.  Registration is required.

Stories in the Shade with Miss Jennifer

Wednesdays  July 3  - August 7 at 10:00-11:00am.  For ages 2-6.  Join Miss Jennifer for stories, songs, and crafts outside when weather permits.  Please bring a blanket for sitting in the grass.  Designed for preschoolers, but all ages are welcome!  Aug 7 – Pirate Party!

Nature Thursdays

Thursdays  July 11 – August 8 at 10:00 – 11:00 am.  For ages 4-12

Join us at for a look at nature this summer through activities and crafts.  Joining us on July 11 & 18, & Aug 8 is Phil Witman bringing his bugs, reptiles, and animals.  On July 18  is Gene & Dee Delaplane who are local archeologists, who discuss archeology.  On Aug 1, Jim Shaner will share his shark teeth & animal bones he has found on his walks in the Chesapeake Bay area. Registration is required.

Crafting with Ms Nancy

Fridays June 21 – Aug 9 at 3:00-4:30 pm  For ages 10 through adult

Join Ms Nancy in making a variety of Steampunk crafts & sewing projects this summer. This program is for adults and young adults ages 10 and up.  Registration is required.

Fundamentals of Drawing

June 12 & 19  at 3:00-4:00 pm For ages 8 & up

Join us for drawing lessons instructed by Beverly Karlsson.  She will teach children the fundamentals using a pencil & pen and ink to create still life drawings.  This class is best suited for children ages 8 and older.  Registration is required.

July 9 – Local Author J. Arthur Moore

Join us Tuesday, July 9 at 6 pm when J. Arthur Moore of Narvon, PA discusses his book series Journey Into Darkness, a YA historical fiction Civil War Series.  Check out his book “Up From Corinth”.  This program is for ages 10 – adult.  Registration is required.

Fairies Wings at the Honey Brook Library!

Who doesn't want to have Fairy Wings??  Honey Brook Library spent an afternoon making that happen.  We registered 10 children grades K-5, and each child needed to be accompanied by an adult to help them create their wings.

Supplies Needed:
4 wire hangers per child
2 rectangles of cardboard (we cut up boxes) size 3 inch by 4 inch
colored duct tape
pliers & wire cutters & scissors
silk flowers and greens
4 black knee high stockings per child
ribbon - assorted
glue guns
elastic
twist ties - 4 per child
glitter glue

Step One - Wings

Bend your 4 wire hangers to the shape you want your wings to look like. On one cardboard rectangle, place the hook part of the wire hanger on each corner to form your wings.  Secure each wire hook part with a piece of duct tape.  Place the 2nd cardboard rectangle on top of the first so that the wire hooks are in between the 2 pieces of cardboard.  Wrap duct tape around the 2 pieces of cardboard until wire hangers are secure.

 Step Two - Flowers and ribbons

On your "base", (your cardboard wrapped with duct tape) glue with a hot glue gun, greens, silk flowers, ribbons, bows, and whatever you would like to decorate with.  We made up freezer size bags of flowers and greens for each child and let them decide which pack they wanted to use.

Step Three - Putting the Stockings on the Wings

Take your 4 black knee high stockings, and cover each wire hanger (shaped as a wing) with one.  When you reach the base with the stocking, use a twist tie to secure stocking to the "wing".

Ms Nancy helps this little Fairy put her stockings on her wings.





                                


                      Working hard!

We love that we had Dads there too!

Step Four - Decorating Your Wings

To decorate the stocking part of your wings, we used colored glitter glue.  Some glued roses on to the tips of their wings with the glue gun. Some left them blank.

Step Five - Putting on the Elastic

Cut 2 strips of elastic per child.  You can either wrap around the base and secure with more duct tape, or tie them onto the bottom part of each wing (where you secured the twist tie).


Showing off our wings!

Pink, white, and red flowers were the choices we put in the pre-made bags.

Miss Jennifer and her little Fairy!

Gaming Nights

Gaming nights at the Honey Brook Library have been a great success!  Tweens and teens from ages 8-16 bring their own electronic devices or take turns using the Library's Xbox Kinect and IPad 2.

We provide snacks and drinks for the 2 hour program.  There is no structure.  The only rules are be polite and take turns.

The Xbox Kinect is great fun.! You don't use a hand held controller,  you just use your body and hands to control what is happening on screen.  These boys are playing the Star Wars game and using "The Force" to interact with the game.  We also have a sports game, and Wipeout 2.

Kids are also encouraged to bring their own Nintendo DS's.  DS's are cool because they can sense when they are near another DS.  Kids can then play a game against each other or with another person at the same time.

Finally we have our Library's IPad 2.  Kids can take turns using the apps that are on the IPad.  The top one right now is Minecraft.

Fabulous Poem!!

The Reading Mother
by Strickland Gillilan

I had a mother who read to me
Sagas of pirates who scoured the sea.
Cutlasses clenched in their yellow teeth;
"Blackbirds" stowed in the hold beneath.
I had a Mother who read me lays
Of ancient and gallant and golden days;
Stories of Marmion and Ivanhoe,
Which every boy has a right to know.
I had a Mother who read me tales
Of Gelert the hound of the hills of Wales,
True to his trust till his tragic death,
Faithfulness lent with his final breath.
I had a Mother who read me the things
That wholesome life to the boy heart brings-
Stories that stir with an upward touch.
Oh, that each mother of boys were such!
You may have tangible wealth untold;
Caskets of jewels and coffers of gold.
Richer than I you can never be --
I had a Mother who read to me.

Fun for Kids in 2013 at the Honey Brook Library!

What great stuff we have planned at the Honey Brook Library!

Tuesdays, Jan 8- Feb 12, 2013 - Raise a Reader 10 am - 10:30 am.  A free 6 week program for children 0-36 months.  Children must be accompanied by an adult. Rhymes, fingerplays, lots of music and books.  Give your child a wonderful start to becoming a great reader. Come join Miss Melissa for a fun time.

Wednesdays and Thursdays, Jan 23 - May 2, 2013 - Story Time with Miss Jennifer at 10 am. Enjoy stories, songs, and crafts at the Honey Brook Library with Miss Jennifer.  The same story time is held both days. Best suited for preschool age children ages 3-5, but all ages are welcome. For info call 610-273-3303 or email jspade@ccls.org.

Saturday- Jan 26, Feb 23, March 23, April 27 - Tweens & Teens
3-4 pm "Favorite Books & Pretty Nails".  Join us  at the Honey Brook Library to share some of our favorite School Age & YA books while we paint and design on our nails.  For ages 8-16. Call 610-273-3303 to register.

4-6 pm "Gaming Night".  Bring along your DS, IPads, or any hand held game system, or take a turn on our XBox Kinect at the Honey Brook Library. For ages 8-16.  Call 610-273-3303 to register.

Saturday March 2, 2013 Fairies! 

Join Miss Jennifer and Ms Nancy to make your own set of FAIRY WINGS
Must be accompanied by an adult who will help you design and make your wings.  Registration is required.  Call 610-273-3303 to reserve your spot.  For kids K-5th grade from 3-4 pm.

Saturday March 16, 2013 ORIGAMI

Join Miss Jennifer to make origami projects from the Origami Yoda Series by Tom Angleberger.

For kids K-5th grade from 3-4 pm.  Call 610-273-3303 to reserve your space.