Summer Program

Registration	Sign-up begins Monday, July 6 and continues throughout the program. Dover Public Library card holders (including Non-resident borrowers) are welcome to register for the program. Children must come to the library in person to register and receive their booklets or reading logs. All booklets and reading logs may be taken home.
Reading Folders (for 5 & 6 year olds)	"Catch the Reading Bug" folders will be given to children ages 5 and 6 who have a Dover library card but who are not yet ready or eligible to participate in the more extensive program we have planned for independent readers. Children will list their favorite books each week (that they have read themselves or that they have had read to them) in these folders and receive a special sticker and a prize for each section completed.
Reading Logs (for Grades 1-6)	Children who have completed grades 1-6 will receive a specially designed reading log on which to record the books they read this summer and the minutes spent reading them. Each reading log has 80 "bug" symbols to be crossed out (one at a time) for every 15 minutes of reading (that's 20 hours of reading necessary to finish the log!) as well as spaces to record the titles of the books read. Children will earn a sticker for their log for every hour of reading they complete. In addition, for every 4 hours of reading, the children will "catch" a reading bug and receive a theme-related prize. Children are invited to fill out a "Readers Recommend Magnifying Glass" when they’ve finished a book they especially like. Their recommendations will be posted throughout the summer on our large bulletin board.
"Catch" the Entertainment	Wednesday July 8 @ 1:30pm: To help us celebrate the beginning of the summer program, Jerry Schneider of Morpho Productions (a former teacher and children's librarian) will present "The Bugs in Our Back Yard". His program features our "singing" insects and their "symphony of song". The program concludes with a tee shirt craft (kids may bring their own or purchase one from Jerry for $4). July 15 @ 10:30am: Wendy Booth, New Hampshire's 2008 Beekeeper of the year, from the NH Beekeepers Association, will bring a live, working beehive to the library and discuss the important roll of the honeybee, the fascinating life inside the hive, problems affecting bees, and the exciting hobby of keeping bees. Wendy will also have "hands-on" tools of the trade for all to explore. (Don't worry, the bees will not escape!) August 7 @ 10:30am: Summer Readers' Party! (see below)
Weekly Raffle	Readers earn a raffle ticket each time they receive a prize. We will pull 3 names out of our raffle jars every Friday morning. The lucky winners will receive a special prize!
"Make-it, Take-it" Craft Table	During the summer program, materials will be available for children to make 5 different crafts (a bouncy caterpillar, a butterfly magnet, a dancing spider, a ladybug bookmark, and a paper plate frog). Watch for a new craft each week! We ask parents to help their younger children at the craft table.
Monday Matinees	During the 5 weeks of the summer reading program, movies (rated PG) will be shown in the library Lecture Hall every Monday @ 3:00pm. Due to our licensing agreements we cannot advertise the title. Please call 516-6050 for titles.
"Paws for Reading"	Goldie, a certified therapy dog, and her handler, Karen, will be in the Children's Room on Saturday, July 18 from 10:30am--Noon and Tuesday, July 21 from 6:30--7:30pm. Goldie loves a good story but needs someone (children ages 6-10) to read it to her. If interested in helping Goldie and practicing reading aloud, please sign up for a 15 minute reading session during one of these times (you can also cross off a "bug" or record the book read on your summer reading logs or folders!). *Note: Therapy Dogs International, Inc. is a volunteer group organized to provide qualified handlers and their Therapy Dogs for visitation in a variety of facilities and settings. Their “Paws for Reading” program is designed to allow kids the chance to read to a non-judgmental listener in a stress-free environment. Children find themselves relaxing and having fun while improving their reading skills!
Party!	A party for all readers enrolled in the summer program will be held Friday, August 7 from 10:30-12:00. Children's entertainer Leslie Smith will entertain us with puppets, stories and songs @ 10:45 a.m. on the library lawn. We will once again be asking parents to contribute cupcakes or cookies for the celebration (since this will be so close to lunchtime, feel free to bring a picnic lunch to enjoy before desserts).