Reedsburg Public Library summer youth programs announced
Reedsburg Public Library is pleased to announce a relative return to normalcy for youth summer library programs after a year of virtual experiences! An outdoor shelter on the south side of the library will allow for a full slate of library experiences from guest presenters to library storytimes and activities. Reading challenge progress will be reported online, but incentive prizes can be redeemed in person.
The youth summer program Tails and Tales officially begins on Tuesday, June 1, when the Beanstack online platform (www.reedsburglibrary.beanstack.org) opens for logging of reading progress. Reading incentive programs are available for those newly born to age 17! Prizes are awarded at registration, the 3rd & 6th badge, and final completion. Virtual tickets can be earned to enter in drawings for a number of ultra cool grand prizes at the end of the summer.
Special events this summer include Mary Tooley’s Art in a Suitcase: True Tales about Tails program on June 9 at 2 p.m., and the performance of musician John Duggleby on Tuesday, June 29, at 6 p.m. Reedsburg Public Library’s Annual Worm Races are scheduled for Family Fun Night Tuesday, Aug. 3, at 6 p.m.
A number of summer library favorites return in 2021 with no registration required. Babygarten at 10 a.m. on Wednesdays is a lapsit program for infants up to age two and their caregivers. Lunch Bunch Storytime will be Wednesdays at noon, where families may bring their own food for a “lunch bunch” gathering. A truncated version of this storytime will also be shown on Facebook on Fridays at 10 a.m. Reedsburg Writers, a group for children and teens who can write independently meets each Monday at 10 a.m. to work on their own creative writing projects. Teen Time for grades six to 12 meets Fridays at 1 p.m. for crafts, games and more.
Programs requiring registration include Reedsburg Readers I and II, Discovery Days and Preschool Players. The Reedsburg Readers groups meet every other Tuesday at 2 p.m. for discussion and activities related to an interesting chapter book read prior to the meeting. The first group is for youth entering grades two and three, while the second is for those entering grades four and five. Discovery Days, for kindergarten through fifth grades, meets every other Thursday at 2 p.m. for various activities or crafts. There will be three sessions of Preschool Players for 4- and 5-year-olds, with live-streamed performances on Thursday, June 17; July 13; and Aug. 12 and practices on the two preceding days.
Community outreach to Loganville returns as Reedsburg Public Library youth services staff visit every other Thursday at 10 a.m. starting June 10 at the Loganville Village Hall parking lot. There will be no presentation but library customers may pick up their holds as well as Beanstack prizes, as well as children’s take-home crafts. Please contact the Library to coordinate pick-up in Loganville.
For more information about youth summer programs at Reedsburg Public Library, check out the library’s website at www.reedsburglibrary.org, call the library at 768-READ (7323) or email info@reedsburglibrary.org.
