Nezperce Community Library

Be Creative @ The Nezperce Community Library

A total of 80 children from preschool through sixth grade registered at the Nezperce Community Library for the Summer Reading Program “Be Creative @ the Nezperce Community Library”.  (see Teen Summer Reading 2009 for their informaton) A total of 60 of those signing up completed ALL six weeks of the program.  The children participated in the different activity sessions (see all pictures below).  For the final session of programs, a picnic was held at the Memorial Park with 35 kids of ALL ages participating in sidewalk painting art, making their own bookmarks, making masks, follow the leader, dancing, a lunch of hot dogs and ice cream.  Parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts and older siblings joined in with the fun as well.  Everyone had a GREAT time with a final event of the day - the water balloon toss.   Not only did it serve to cool everyone off on a VERY warm day, but to help wash off the ice cream cone drips and spills.

                                Picnic in the Park
          Big Bubbles                       Book Marks                     Croquet                 Sidewalk Painting 
                         

                          Follow the Leader                     Eating Hot Dogs
                                     

                         WHAT WE HAVE DONE THIS SUMMER
                                        Art in the Park
Lots of kids and adults gathered in Memorial Park for 2 hours of fun and art.  They danced, pounded flower petals into fabric then framed their art, painted rocks (& a few faces), decorated masks on a stick and created their very own feet paint art.
           Dancing w/Melodee                   Making flower art w/Ellen                Pet Rock Painting
                                               

                      Creating Masks                                         Feet Paint Art
                           
          
                                    June 3 through July 17
              
          Click on the link following each session to have fun on-line!
           "Art for Fun" w/Marta               A Lifetime of Color
                                         
           "Creative Play" w/Kimberly       Learning Games for Kids
                                
     "Dancing with the Stars" w/Melodee   Dance-Kids -Learning about Dance 
                           
           "Magical Music" w/Becky           Learning Games for Kids - Music
                             

           LOTS OF ACTIVITES - FREE BOOKS - PRIZES

   
      Junior-Senior High School Reading Club
             Contact Jeanne Wasko or Maxine Riggers to register

                             Adult Summer Reading
Register at the Library and set a reading goal.  Win a prize when you reach your goal by July 17.

   Special thanks to Read to Me, a service of the Idaho Commission for
Libraries. Read to Me is an early literacy initiative which provides
information, training, technical assistance, and resources for Idaho libraries
and their community partners.

This project made possible by a grant form the U.S. Institute of Museum and
Library Services under the provision of the Library Service Technology Act.