All Together Now

Summer is a time for fun and sun, but it is also a time when many children lose much of the crucial learning that they have acquired during the school year. Summer slide may sound like something that is fun for kids though it really isn’t fun at all. Summer slide is defined as learning loss during the summer months. Studies have shown that reading 15-20 minutes a day, 3-4 days a week during the summer can help prevent that horrible “summer slide” and help students keep up their skills. Reading during the summer helps children to retain the skills they have learned and have them where they need to be when the new school year starts.

Russell County Public Library wants to help your student to stop that “summer slide.” Join us for one of our many summer programs where children and adults alike can have fun, meet new friends, and get introduced to new books at their local library. The summer reading theme this year is All Together Now, and focuses on friendship, acceptance, and love from around the globe or right in your own neighborhood. Stop by the library to sign up, or come to any program. We will have magician Matt Fore, Tampa Taiko Japanese Drumming, Rocking and Reading with Leonardo, friendship bracelets, and friendship rock painting. During summer reading you can win prizes for simply reading books and turning in your books lists. We also continue our monthly Pokemon and Lego Build programs during the summer. Our preschool programs include Mini Music on Mondays, and Storytime on Wednesdays and Fridays; bring your preschooler out to make new friends, listens to stories, sing, dance, and do a craft.

Aside from summer reading we have other programs for patrons of all ages. On Thursdays at the Lebanon Library, we have A Cup & Conversation; come in and enjoy a cup of coffee or tea and a lite snack and get to know others in the community, play a card game, work a puzzle, etc. On Mondays at Lebanon we have Thread Up and on Fridays at Honaker Community Library we have Hooked on Crochet, whether you are experienced or a novice, or you simply want to sit and talk with those creating this beautiful form of art. We also have Connect with Crafts monthly on Mondays at Honaker and Tuesdays at Lebanon; each meeting we have a different type of craft suitable for adults or teens.

On Thursdays, we will have Teen Thursdays at our Lebanon branch to hang out with friends, do a craft, or simply learn a life skill.

The Summer Reads book club will meet on Tuesday evening, June 27^th, to talk about Remarkably Bright Creatures, which is suitable for adults and teens. This title is available in print, on the Libby app, and through hoopla.

You may call either library, 873-6600 or 889-8044, for more information. For a complete calendar of our events please see our website at https://russell.lib.va.us