Summer programs

 This is what I have planned for this summer. I focused on a lot of drop-in events and those will need to be adapted as we settle into the new program spaces.

Self-directed programs, available during all open hours

• Monthly scavenger hunt with stickers/tattoos as prizes
• June - seeds/plants
• July - insects
• August - I spy out the windows
• Summer reading
• Read and Grow

Self-directed programs at specific times

• Open Activity Room (ironically, I think I'm actually going to have to do these in the Storyroom lol)
• Seeds
• Weather
• Chemistry
• Heat
• Birds
• Jellyfish
• Bubbles
• Insects
• Patterns
• Maps
• Cooperation
• Storyroom Playgroup (and this will have to go in the Activity Room)
• Family Board Game evening
• Pokemon Hangout

Storytimes

• Paws to Read (outside presenter)
• We Explore Art
• We Explore Storytime (outside presenter)
• Family Storytime (outside presenter)
• Wiggles and Words
• Firefighter storytime (outside presenter)

Other events

• Drive into summer (outside presenter)
• Land of Stories (kick-off)
• Plant a seed, read
• Destination Imagination (outside presenter)
• Youth D&D (run by adult services department)
• Family Camp-out

Performers (only otherwise noted, events are at the Recreation department or summer school)

• Dino Discovery
• Science Heroes (library)
• Rope Warrior
• Madison Circus Entertainment
• Will Branch musician
• Figureheads music
• Snake Discovery
• Na Hale Studios
• Science Assemblies (library)

Teen Events

• This is a little tricky - I started sending these out at the beginning of the month and not putting them on the calendar. My plan was to have times for the teens to volunteer, a weekly time when they could hang out in the Create Space, and one or two TAB meetings where we decorated the teen space. However, the Create Space isn't ready and we don't have anything ready for TAB meetings either. So we'll see what happens.