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

Summer: Oceans of Possibilities

As the long awaited months of summer have finally arrived and fun in the sun is what we are all thinking about, we also need to help encourage students to keep reading over the summer. Summer reading is critical, not only for helping children to maintain their learning while school is out, but also for fostering social-emotional development. Kids will discover joy in reading and will learn the importance of lifelong learning.  

Summer Reading Programs at your library can help develop this love of learning and reading in kids and adults alike. Russell County Public Library has a fun-filled summer reading program for all ages. Our Summer Reading kick-off starts on Tuesday, June 14th at the Lebanon branch with a Launch Party and Summer Reading sign-up. Honaker Summer Reading kick-off will be Friday, May 17th. Throughout the summer we will be enjoying activities such as an aquarium diorama, a bubble party, robotics, a theatrical production, magic show, assorted arts and crafts, and an end of summer bash.

Summer is a time of fun, and to prove the kids that reading is something fun and enjoyable, let them read whatever they want, whether it be a book below or above their reading level, comics, graphic novels, or to listen to audiobooks; it is all good for them and is something that may bring them enjoyment for a lifetime. Come out and join Russell County Library at Lebanon and Honaker for a summer full of fun from June 14-July 28, we can’t wait to see you!! 

Posted by Belinda Levy

Explore Tails and Tales at Your Library

Russell County Public Library will kick-off Summer Reading 2021 on June 15th with a Scavenger Hunt at the Main Library in Lebanon, Virginia. Since last year’s Summer Reading had to go all-virtual because of Covid-19, we are super excited to welcome you back for a summer full of fun things to do at your library.

 The benefits to readers in a summer reading program include:

• Encouragement so that reading becomes a lifelong habit
• Reluctant readers can be drawn in by the activities
• Reading over the summer helps children keep their skills up
• The program can generate interest in the library and books

During our summer reading program, not only will you and your child be defeating the summer slide of learning loss, but you will also have the opportunity of so much family fun. We will kick-off Summer Reading at both branches with the Tails and Tales Scavenger Hunt where your child can win prizes and books, and this is just the tip of the iceberg. We will have Summer Story Time at both branches every Wednesday for six weeks starting June 16th. Pre-school, elementary and middle schoolers, teens, and adults will all be welcomed to multiple programs. The library will have something for everyone. Come check us out for a summer of fun. 

Schedule of Events

Kickoff & Scavenger Hunt

Lebanon: June 15 at 12 PM

Honaker: June 16 at 3 PM

Summer Storytime

For preschoolers

Lebanon: Wednesdays, June 16 – July 21 at 10:30 AM

Honaker: Wednesdays, June 16 – July 21 at 2 PM

Book Club

For middle schoolers & teens

Lebanon: June 17 and July 22 at 2 PM

Honaker: June 18 and July 23 at 2 PM

Picture Frame Craft

For teens

Lebanon: June 24 at 2 PM

Honaker: June 25 at 2 PM

Bubble Brigade

Lebanon: June 29 at 11 AM

Honaker: June 29 at 2 PM

Treasure Box Painting

For elementary & middle schoolers

Lebanon: July 6 at 2 PM

Honaker: July 7 at 3 PM

Journaling

For middle schoolers, teens, & adults

Lebanon: July 8 at 2 PM

Honaker: July 9 at 2 PM

Sand/Rock Jar Craft

For elementary & middle schoolers

Lebanon: July 13 at 2 PM

Honaker: July 14 at 3 PM

Magic Show by Matt Fore

Honaker Elementary School: July 20 at 10 AM

Lebanon: July 20 at 1 PM

Posted by Belinda Levy