If you are registered in the TD Summer Reading Club: Agent 009 you should take a look at the great website TD has had created for the program. It has games to play, mysteries to solves, books to read and you can submit book reviews.
Do you like Mysteries, Spies and Adventure?
The theme for this year’s TD Summer Reading Club is Detectives: Agent 009.
You will receive an Agent 009 poster, stickers and a special copy of the Case Files souvenir booklet!
Come back to the library once a week, whenever it is convenient for you, and make sure to bring your Case Files booklet with you!
Tell the library staff what you have been reading and receive a clue for your Case Files that will help you to solve the Mystery of the Missing Library Book!
Once a week you will be entered into a draw for great prizes.
Visit your local library branch anytime between June 20th and August 17th to register. Kick Off Party Information
Babies, Toddlers and Preschoolers
Help your child get ready for reading! Show them how much fun reading can be by joining Read n’ Grow at your library!
This program is designed for parents/caregivers and their children. It focuses on developing children’s early literacy skills through fun activities that can be done at home or on the go.
Once a week you and your child can visit the library to tell the staff about what activities you have been doing, enter in the weekly prize draw and check out some great books and other materials.
The best thing is you can visit whenever it is convenient for you because there are no set times.
Visit your local library branch anytime between June 20th and August 17th to register.
Question:
Why doesn't the library offer children's programs in June?
Answer:
In June Children's staff are very busy creating programs for the summer. They also spend a lot of time going out to schools and daycares to talk about the Summer Reading Clubs.
If you have a question for Children's Services send an email to: kids@picnet.org
Click on the titles below to read the stories that won the Library's Short Story Contest! The files are in PDF format.
Junior Kindergarten to Senior Kindergarten
Secret Library Friends by Layan
Grade 1 to 3
Delicious Stories by Nura
Grade 4 to 6
Mystic Past by Taylor
Top Ten Reasons to Have a Library Class Visit
- It’s free.
- It’s fun.
- It has something for everyone.
- It encourages them to get excited about books and reading.
- It builds good homework & research skills.
- It helps them visit new worlds; both real and imaginary.
- It provides students with free access to computers and the Internet.
- It introduces students to fun programs at no cost.
- It helps create life-long learners who have the tools to help themselves.
- Without your help they might miss out on this wonderful resource!
Class Visit Services
- Bring your class into the Library for a tour and so much more!
- Can’t make the trip? Let us bring the library to you!
- Have an assignment? Theme-specific presentations on request!
- Invite the Library to participate in your school event!
For more information contact:
Grades JK - 6
Central Branch: Randy Jarvis
905-831-6265 ext. 6247
randyj@picnet.org
www.picnet.org/kids
Petticoat Creek Branch:
Monica Mahabir
905-420-2254 ext. 6004
monicam@picnet.org
Grades 7 - 9
Elizabeth Demarco
905-831-6265 ext. 6252
elizabethd@picnet.org
www.picnet.org/teens
If you want to motivate students who enjoy reading; get a team together and match wits with some of the best readers in town or even across the Durham Region!
The Durham Region Battle of the Books Committee annually puts together two booklists, one for Juniors (grades 4, 5 and 6) and one for Seniors(grades 7 and 8.) Your Battle of the Books team reads their list of books and then in April, the teams from each school meet for the Semi-Battle competition.
The Semi-Battle consists of three rounds of play where each team is asked a series of questions. The top three teams from each division then go on to the Final Battle to compete for gold, silver and bronze medals. The gold medal winners are awarded a trophy for their school and go on to compete in the Regional Championship against the other Durham Region Gold medal winners.
For more information about Battle of the Books and how it all works please check out Battle Of the Books.
Her parents are off on adventures around the world. Collecting strange and wonderful things. Meanwhile Ottoline Brown is home, in her big apartment. She is in charge of looking after her parents collections of odd things...such as teapots with more than one spout. Mr. Monroe, who is a rather hairy sort of creature from Norway, looks after Ottoline. Together they investigate mysteries, which of course involves plenty of disguises and hunting for clues.
This is a wonderful read, aimed at children in grades 2 to 3. Not something you want to miss!
Friday July 4th, at the Junior Puppeteer Show, Mr. Sam Solomon, from the Canadian Progress Club Durham South, presented a $500 donation to Library Board Member Mrs. Shirley Van Steen. This money was donated to the Pickering Public Library to be used for the Summer Reading Club.
I came across an interesting idea today while reading one of my favourite blogs,The Crafty Crow.
The idea is for children's activity bags. You fill plastic ziplock bags with activities for your child to do while in the car, on the plane or where ever you are when the need to occupy your child arises. Each bag holds one complete activity. The activities could just be a fun way to pass time but they often also help your child learn something or practice a skill. The author of The Crafty Crow has 13 examples of ones she has made to use with her toddler but the possibilities are endless.
These activity bags seem like they would be a great way for kids to practice the six pre-literacy skills that we teach here in our storytimes. Here is one of my ideas for Letter Knowledge, aimed at the preschool set:
Take pictures that start with the letter A, B and C. Like - Apple, Ant, Ball, Bug, Cat, Crow. Include containers labeled with A, B and C. The child then has to divide the pictures into the containers based on what letter they start with.
This would help children connect the written letters to the sound they make in words. Knowing the names and sounds of letters helps children figure out how to say written words.
What ideas do you have for activity bags? Post your ideas in the comment section and I will post them.
