1 00:00:13,62 --> 00:00:17,65 We are here with our friends from the public library I have Alan Miller and Michael 2 00:00:17,66 --> 00:00:22,75 McArthur here to tell us all about the upcoming summer reading program so without 3 00:00:22,76 --> 00:00:26,26 further ado welcome to Adeline and Michel thank you guys both so much for coming 4 00:00:26,30 --> 00:00:30,47 today thanks for having us I know you're very busy over at the library there is 5 00:00:30,48 --> 00:00:34,68 always something going on and so maybe First you can tell us 6 00:00:34,69 --> 00:00:39,16 a little bit about what you guys do at the library and I mean when you start I'm 7 00:00:39,17 --> 00:00:44,12 a children's and family librarian there so I work in the children's department and 8 00:00:44,13 --> 00:00:51,04 I kind of had programs I planned out our pro our seasonal programs and then 9 00:00:51,05 --> 00:00:55,99 help execute them so I do story times for two and under I also work with the teens 10 00:00:55,99 --> 00:01:01,67 . And and I just kind of help coordinate staff other staff members to work with 11 00:01:01,71 --> 00:01:04,18 other groups and other ages so we have 12 00:01:04,19 --> 00:01:06,91 a really fun job get to work with the kids and you're probably 13 00:01:06,92 --> 00:01:11,54 a very huge part of the summer reading program yes I really courting the the summer 14 00:01:11,55 --> 00:01:16,40 reading program for kids and for teens so I am deep in the throes of summer reading 15 00:01:16,41 --> 00:01:20,33 preparation right now how I can imagine and yes definitely Michael one of all you 16 00:01:20,34 --> 00:01:21,78 what's your role as 17 00:01:21,79 --> 00:01:27,58 a reference librarian in the second floor of his adult services reference 18 00:01:28,27 --> 00:01:34,36 services and so I do mostly adult programming and services for adults and everyone 19 00:01:34,37 --> 00:01:37,76 else so you're the person I come running to when and the time I come up there and 20 00:01:37,77 --> 00:01:40,77 I'm lost and like where do I go I don't know what yes that's usually the question 21 00:01:40,78 --> 00:01:47,07 that's often the question yes if you're looking for but I where do I go. Wonderful 22 00:01:47,08 --> 00:01:52,34 It's great to have you both in and you both are from separate demographics as far 23 00:01:52,35 --> 00:01:55,82 as who you're working with and that's one of the beautiful things about the summer 24 00:01:55,83 --> 00:01:58,65 reading program it's not just for kids so they give us 25 00:01:58,66 --> 00:02:04,55 a little bit of an overview. Of the entire program. Well traditionally I think 26 00:02:04,56 --> 00:02:08,70 people think of kids when they think of summer reading program but we really for 27 00:02:08,71 --> 00:02:13,65 the library we really are expansive it's we do have it for kids who'd like to 28 00:02:13,66 --> 00:02:15,72 distantly but we also have 29 00:02:15,73 --> 00:02:19,40 a separate program for teens that's geared just for kids and six through twelfth 30 00:02:19,41 --> 00:02:21,04 grade and then we also have 31 00:02:21,05 --> 00:02:27,25 a separate program for adults so that kind of helps adults explore reading more and 32 00:02:27,26 --> 00:02:32,53 gives them incentive to keep reading during the summer so I'm open for all ages 33 00:02:32,54 --> 00:02:36,83 really yes really birth through birth through and is 34 00:02:36,84 --> 00:02:41,60 a really anyone can participate in summer reading program well wonderful and you 35 00:02:41,61 --> 00:02:45,91 know my next question is more geared towards the kids and the summer obviously 36 00:02:46,13 --> 00:02:48,98 they're not in school unless they're in summer school or something like that but 37 00:02:49,30 --> 00:02:53,43 a lot of parents are always concerned about their kids getting the summer brain so 38 00:02:53,49 --> 00:02:57,78 why is it important for kids to be reading how does that help with that issue so 39 00:02:57,82 --> 00:03:01,83 when kids when kids are in school they're obviously the reading all the time with 40 00:03:02,33 --> 00:03:06,95 a lot of the schools and ask cash to have kids doing setting the habit of reading 41 00:03:06,96 --> 00:03:07,53 twenty minutes 42 00:03:07,54 --> 00:03:12,10 a day and so they're really keeping up the reading skills during the school year 43 00:03:12,11 --> 00:03:16,57 but in the summer when no one's asking them are checking whether they're reading 44 00:03:16,58 --> 00:03:18,20 every day the brain gets 45 00:03:18,21 --> 00:03:22,48 a little bit lazy and kids actually lose some of the reading skills if they're not 46 00:03:22,49 --> 00:03:23,35 reading on 47 00:03:23,36 --> 00:03:27,67 a regular basis during the summer so when they go back to school in the fall they 48 00:03:27,68 --> 00:03:29,10 may actually be 49 00:03:30,08 --> 00:03:34,44 a little bit behind where they left off at the end of the school years so that's 50 00:03:34,45 --> 00:03:37,43 very interesting so it is important and you know the program is 51 00:03:37,44 --> 00:03:40,87 a great way to get into the habit make a little bit more of 52 00:03:40,88 --> 00:03:43,82 a schedule out of it yeah so yeah it's really it's just 53 00:03:43,83 --> 00:03:50,00 a way for people and families to track. To track their reading we ask them to do 54 00:03:50,01 --> 00:03:53,93 twenty minutes of reading each day whether it's being doing reading or being read 55 00:03:53,94 --> 00:03:59,09 to because they're both good for the brain and and then they check in every two 56 00:03:59,10 --> 00:04:03,03 weeks with us so. It's really a self tracking system and then we give them 57 00:04:03,10 --> 00:04:08,46 a little ward a little incentive for doing it dies is. OK Is there 58 00:04:08,47 --> 00:04:10,34 a kickoff event or 59 00:04:10,35 --> 00:04:16,25 a kickoff day for the the program for yeah June seventh Tuesday June seventh from 60 00:04:16,26 --> 00:04:21,96 two pm to six pm is our drop in inner read so families can come and it's for 61 00:04:21,97 --> 00:04:26,19 families with kids and teens so they can come they sign up for the summer reading 62 00:04:26,20 --> 00:04:30,81 program if they're not already signed up and they do twenty minutes of reading in 63 00:04:30,82 --> 00:04:33,05 the library on site and then they get 64 00:04:33,63 --> 00:04:39,73 a pass to Pollack cool who are that's worth it yeah get out there to get it. Under 65 00:04:39,73 --> 00:04:45,30 . You know what I did with me there you go but that's such 66 00:04:45,31 --> 00:04:48,50 a cooperation to be for parents to I can imagine that they're looking for 67 00:04:48,51 --> 00:04:52,32 a little bit of quiet time to sit and read themselves to as their kids are reading 68 00:04:52,33 --> 00:04:56,93 so any activities or events throughout the summer for the kids and teens you know 69 00:04:56,94 --> 00:05:01,06 outside of the drop in and read days we have tons of activities in the events 70 00:05:01,07 --> 00:05:05,70 planned for kids and teens for the summer so teen programs are going to happen when 71 00:05:05,71 --> 00:05:12,23 school's out they'll happen every Friday for June and July and every Friday 72 00:05:12,24 --> 00:05:16,62 afternoon around one pm is when we'll have team events and we'll have some crafting 73 00:05:16,63 --> 00:05:21,23 events we're going to have some book clubs we're going to do some movies for teens 74 00:05:21,24 --> 00:05:22,04 for the teens they get 75 00:05:22,05 --> 00:05:25,37 a special watch and when movie so they show up for the movie they put their name in 76 00:05:25,38 --> 00:05:28,17 the drawing and then some one gets to take the D.V.D. 77 00:05:28,18 --> 00:05:29,79 Home with them so it's 78 00:05:29,80 --> 00:05:33,96 a little bonus for the teens there and then we'll also we're going have 79 00:05:33,97 --> 00:05:37,56 a very special this is our second one we did it last year and it's it was 80 00:05:37,57 --> 00:05:42,71 a really successful program but we're calling it King cuddle but the humane society 81 00:05:42,72 --> 00:05:49,46 brings over kittens and teens get to head take turns going in and socializing him 82 00:05:49,47 --> 00:05:54,00 playing with the kittens so that we're helping socialize the cats and get them 83 00:05:54,01 --> 00:05:59,26 ready for new homes but then the kids and teens who are waiting for their turn to 84 00:05:59,27 --> 00:06:04,24 socialize. Ans they're going to make like little cat toys don't sling it that we're 85 00:06:04,25 --> 00:06:06,37 going to donate to the Humane Society Oh what 86 00:06:06,38 --> 00:06:10,77 a fun partnership Wow So lots of stuff going on and they're all on the library's 87 00:06:10,78 --> 00:06:13,89 website I gotta get to Michael I didn't forget about us promise we got 88 00:06:13,90 --> 00:06:19,15 a couple minutes left but the kids I don't have kids in my program so the kids out 89 00:06:19,16 --> 00:06:23,66 of the. So the summer reading program for adults Michael it has changed 90 00:06:23,67 --> 00:06:27,36 a little bit this year what exactly are we looking at for this summer this summer 91 00:06:27,37 --> 00:06:29,63 we revamped it it's a little more of 92 00:06:29,64 --> 00:06:33,12 a Reading Challenge or push we just were basically doing 93 00:06:33,13 --> 00:06:34,86 a reading Bingo so looks like 94 00:06:34,87 --> 00:06:39,36 a bingo card you know the space just like your center for space and for each square 95 00:06:39,85 --> 00:06:43,13 you have a different kind of book that you would read so you get four in 96 00:06:43,14 --> 00:06:44,94 a row you get bingo you get 97 00:06:44,95 --> 00:06:49,19 a prize so our prize the start off is like two levels you get the first two two 98 00:06:49,20 --> 00:06:51,48 bingos you get a free D.V.D. 99 00:06:51,49 --> 00:06:57,32 Book that comes with the third bingo we have gift cards to different local 100 00:06:57,33 --> 00:06:58,43 businesses and T. 101 00:06:58,44 --> 00:07:02,52 Shirts and some more exciting things and then anything goes you get after that so 102 00:07:02,53 --> 00:07:06,35 for an above which averages out to your reading about a book of weeks that's 103 00:07:06,36 --> 00:07:12,00 a pretty challenging thing for just anybody who isn't an avid reader. 104 00:07:13,21 --> 00:07:17,04 Our prize we've got some fantastic donations from some local college kind of 105 00:07:17,05 --> 00:07:22,95 a cultural package we got family memberships year long family memberships to the 106 00:07:23,02 --> 00:07:29,43 pain museum I D S public museum for tickets to the museum all donated by those 107 00:07:29,44 --> 00:07:32,09 institutions and we're going to raffle you get 108 00:07:32,10 --> 00:07:37,00 a ticket for basically your fourth through. Up to twelve bingos if you can knock 109 00:07:37,01 --> 00:07:41,21 those out and we have some avid readers I don't know why don't we speed reading 110 00:07:41,22 --> 00:07:45,92 I'll go I haven't had one of the blackout that entire card. Some variance is the 111 00:07:45,93 --> 00:07:50,73 win win though so we're really excited about it hopefully you know for parents 112 00:07:50,74 --> 00:07:51,10 it'll be 113 00:07:51,11 --> 00:07:54,70 a chance to read with their kids give them some incentive you know which is 114 00:07:54,71 --> 00:07:58,55 a family we're reading and gather you've got to do your twenty minutes I don't mind 115 00:07:58,56 --> 00:08:03,70 I'm going to OK everyone rich. And you know hopefully will be some fun at the roots 116 00:08:03,71 --> 00:08:07,69 and different things that you might not have read otherwise definitely While 117 00:08:07,70 --> 00:08:11,49 wonderful so much to talk about we could take you segments for all this but people 118 00:08:11,50 --> 00:08:16,70 can sign up on the library's website which I stress public library dot org They can 119 00:08:16,71 --> 00:08:20,38 sign up actually they can seem to volunteer which we also really need to hit 120 00:08:20,39 --> 00:08:25,64 because they're big programs lots of again we do our best but we definitely always 121 00:08:25,65 --> 00:08:29,23 a needing help from the community who come out especially on the star sign up days 122 00:08:29,24 --> 00:08:33,59 and for the programs and you can sign up by coming into the coming into the library 123 00:08:33,59 --> 00:08:39,52 . On the first floor second or third floor will be Sign ups and online for 124 00:08:39,53 --> 00:08:44,22 volunteer volunteer information wonder thank you both so much for coming in today 125 00:08:44,23 --> 00:08:47,41 and best of luck to you on your final preparation and I will see you this summer 126 00:08:47,42 --> 00:08:51,51 for those memberships Absolutely they're getting tired of me and you know I think 127 00:08:51,52 --> 00:08:51,82 guys. 128 00:09:00,64 --> 00:09:04,01 Gosh today was supported in part by the friends of both C.M. 129 00:09:04,01 --> 00:09:10,71 . And Aurora health care fifty 130 00:09:10,72 --> 00:09:17,58 five North West Haven Dr. Set 131 00:09:17,59 --> 00:09:21,07 design provided by house of flowers one nine hundred twenty old home of the local. 132 00:09:25,31 --> 00:09:26,06 Gosh today.