Category Archives: Summer Reading Program

Summer Reading Planning Workshop

Summer Reading Workshop – registration begins; RSVP by March 2
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Please share the flyer with all staff that help plan your Summer Reading Program, or work with the youth and teens in your library

This year will be a half-day workshop with performers, games and more.  At 12:30 we will start a brown bag lunch hour.  Please bring topics and lunch (sample topics:: What is a successful program at your library?  How do you get the wiggles out of kids? How do you deal with parents who don’t pay attention during family story time?…)

Summer Reading Program: Reaching Out to School Libraries

Many school aged children, especially struggling readers, forget some of what they’ve learned  or just don’t get to practice reading over the summer.   School libraries and public libraries can work together to help prevent the “Summer slide” by working together to promote Summer Reading Programs.

At the Summer Reading Planning Workshop, participants spent time discussing ways to communicate and reach out to  school librarians, school organizations and personnel to increase participation over the summer for the benefit of the children they both serve.

Here are a few ideas generated at the workshop:

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Summer Reading Program Workshop



The annual hands on activity and performers’ showcase.  Share ideas for the 2011 Summer Reading in NY Libraries program “One world many stories” and “You are here.”

In the afternoon, Beth Gallaway, The Information Goddess,  a national teen consultant will explain why teens act the way they do in the library.
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