Showing posts with label Fish Castle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fish Castle. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

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.

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Fall is here - What's going on at the Honey Brook Library??

Story Time with Miss Jennifer
Enjoy songs, stories, and crafts at the Honey Brook Library for preschool story time! Help your child get a head start to being a great reader.  Wednesdays & Thursdays at 10 am from Sept 19 - Dec 6, 2012.

The same story time will be held both days.  Best suited for preschool age children, but all ages are welcome.
Fish Castle Music Program
An interactive kids program of song, movement, and musical instruments.  Cost is $5 per family per session.  This program is on Tuesdays, October 9, 16, 23, & 30 at 10 am.

Lego Club
Our Lego Club has started up again.  This social club is for children who are in grades K-5th grade and gives them an hour to build with Legos and hang out.  It is held once a month, and there is a sign up sheet located at the library's check out desk. 

Reading for the Love of It!
Join us every other Saturday from 2 -4 pm for help in picking out interesting school age fiction and non-fiction books.  This program runs from now til June 2012.  Check back for some special event days.  Sponsored by Target.

Teen Review Notebook
Have you notice a notebook sitting on the table near the YA section?  Can't find something new to read?  Inside this notebook is book reviews on our favorite YA novels.  These reviews are done my Miss Jennifer and Ms Nancy, and by YA readers.  Check it out the next time you are in the library and write your own review of your favorite book.

Pheaa Program
Join us on Saturday, Oct 6 from 2-4 pm with Michael Burke from Pheaa.  He will be here to answer all your college money questions.

Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Dream Big - Summer Reading Recap!

A look back at what we having been doing at the Honey Brook Community Library all summer!



Phil Witman brought in baby possums that he rescued when the mother was hit by a car.  They are about 4 weeks old in these pictures.  He plans to release them back into the wild.  This was part of our "Nocturnal Animals" for Nature Mornings. He had them in a pouch and then tucked into a box.  So cute!!






There are 4 baby possums in that sack.











 

 

Fish Castle Music Program



 Cyril and Catherine lead the toddlers in song













Picking out a musical instrument












Someone loves the ukelele!


Cyril and Catherine - Fish Castle Music group


Deciding on an instrument is hard!











Playing inside the "Fish Castle"














                                        

   Stories in the Shade

 




Making stepping stones




 Decorating stepping stones
                                                      

      Here are a few the librarians made.








Lots of summer fun at the library!!

Miss Jennifer
Four of Spades

Saturday, July 28, 2012

How We Are Spending Our Summer.....

So.....what have you been doing this summer??  Here are some pictures of what we have been doing at the Honey Brook Library for our Dream Big! summer programs.

Nature Mornings - Thursdays at 10 am.











Fish Castle - Tuesdays at 10 am






Gaming Nights at the Library


There are 2 weeks of summer programs left.  Come join us!


Miss Jennifer
Four of Spades

Thursday, April 12, 2012

Fish Castle Music at the Honey Brook Library



I decided to try something new at the library and try my first program that had a fee for our patrons. Fish Castle is a children's music program run by the wonderful Cyril and Catherine. I was a little worry about the attendance because of the fee. Boy, was I ever wrong!

We have had 2 of the 4 sessions we have planned and the response to the first 2 sessions has been fabulous!! We had 16 kids for the 1st session and 13 for the 2nd session. My goal for any program at our small library is 8-12 kids. The parents who I spoke to had no problem with the small cost for a music program.

Catherine and Cyril (Fish Castle) had the kids wonderfully engaged & the kids all seemed to be having a wonderful time. I mistakenly thought I could have some alone prep time while they were doing their thing. Instead, I couldn't stop singing along or I would have to stop and see what they were doing. Parents immediately started begging me to bring them back to the library again for a program, so they are booked in July as a part of our "Dream Big" Summer Reading Program




So happy that I took a leap and tried something a little different for our little ones. It has been a great success1

Miss Jennifer
Four of Spades