Children`s Programs - Waterloo Public Library

Children’s Programs
Summer
2016
The summer session of programs will run from
July 11 to August 20, 2016.
Register ONLINE at www.wpl.ca
WPL on The East Side
WPL is moving east! This summer, WPL
will host drop-in family story time
programs Thursday mornings at RIM
Park. Each program will consist of stories,
songs and a number of literacy-focused
centres and activities. Fun and engaging,
programs are designed for families with
children up to 5 years old. We hope to see
you there!
Thursdays, July 14 to August 18
10:00am to 11:00am
RIM Park, Room 202 (directly above the
Bench Warmer restaurant)
Train Station Tuesdays
Join us for fun DIY projects at the Train Station.
We will have activities for both kids and
adults so feel free to bring the whole family!
We will play with fun tech, do awesome arts
and crafts, and even make our own beauty
products. Just want to relax for a bit? Every
week we will have giant colouring pages and
adult colouring books. Check in at your local
WPL one week in advance to find out what
activities will be happening each week.
Tuesdays, July 12 to August 16
2:00pm to 3:30pm
Train Station on Father David Bauer Drive
Our
programs
are free!
Book Lover’s
BINGO –
Kids Style!
This summer, kids
can participate in
Book Lover’s BINGO –
kid’s style! From June
to August, pick up
a BINGO sheet and
have your children
play along!
See page 7 for more
information.
EA R LY LEA R N I N G P RO GR A MS
519-886-1310
www.wpl.ca
Babies
Ages: birth to 12 months
with a caregiver
Discovering Math &
Science
Ages: 2 and 3 years
with a caregiver
Main Library
35 Albert Street, Waterloo
519-886-1310 Ext. 129
McCormick Branch
500 Parkside Drive, Waterloo
519-886-1310 Ext. 213
John M. Harper Branch
500 Fischer-Hallman Road
North, Waterloo
519-886-1310 Ext. 310
Tuesdays
July 12 to August 16
10:30am to 11:00am
Registration begins July 5
Mondays
July 11 to August 15
(no program August 1)
10:30am to 11:15am
Space is limited to first
20 participants
Our
programs
are free!
Discovering Music &
Movement
Thursdays
July 14 to August 18
10:30am to 11:00am
Registration begins July 7
Tuesdays
July 12 to August 16
10:30am to 11:00am
Registration begins July 5
Discovering D.I.Y.
Fridays
July 15 to August 19
10:30am to 11:30am
Registration begins July 8
Caregivers of children ages 9 and under must remain
in the library while their children attend programs.
Transition to
Kindergarten
Mondays
July 11 to August 15
(no program August 1)
10:30am to 11:30am
Registration begins July 4
Fridays
July 15 to August 19
10:30am to 11:30am
Registration begins July 8
Wednesdays
July 13 to August 17
10:30am to 11:30am
Registration begins July 6
Family Storytime
Wednesdays
July 13 to August 17
10:30am to 11:00am
Wednesday
July 13 to August 17
10:30am to 11:00am
Thursdays
July 14 to August 18
10:30am to 11:00am
Ages: 2 and 3 years
with a caregiver
Ages: 2 to 4 years
with a caregiver
Ages: 3 and up
with a caregiver
Ages: everyone welcome
Thursdays @ RIM
July 14 to August 18
10:00am to 11:00am
Saturdays
Ongoing
11:00am to 11:30am
Early Learning Programs for young children at WPL are
based on early literacy research and include tips and
information for parents and caregivers. Your active
participation in these programs will maximize the
experience for you and your child. Engaging in reading,
writing, singing, playing and talking activities together
will help to build your child’s literacy skills for life.
Look for WPL at these Special Events this Summer:
STEAM heat – Saturday, June 4 from 1:00pm to 4:00pm at the Main Library
Open Streets Waterloo – Sunday, June 12 in Uptown Waterloo
For more
information about
UW Canada Day – Friday, July 1 at Columbia Lake
these events, please
Kidspark – Sunday, August 21 from 11:00am to 5:00pm in Victoria Park visit www.wpl.ca
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S C H O OL AG E & FA M I LY PRO GR A MS
Main Library 35 Albert Street, Waterloo 519-886-1310 Ext. 129
JK to
Grade 1
Ages
Program Description
Movie Mania
Join us for songs, games,
activities, and crafts related
to the following movies.
Date & Time
July 18 – Finding Dory
July 25 – The Secret Life
of Pets
August 8 – Ice Age series
August 15 – Cars series
Let’s Play with Radiation!
Tuesdays
July 12 to 26
2:30pm to 3:30pm
Registration begins July 5
Casting with Concrete
Tuesdays
August 2 to 16
2:30pm to 3:30pm
Registration begins July 26
New Things from Old
Thursdays
July 14 to 28
2:30pm to 3:30pm
Registration begins July 7
Airplane!
Thursdays
August 4 to 18
2:30pm to 3:30pm
Registration begins July 28
RoboTech
Wednesdays
July 13 to August 17
2:30pm to 3:30pm
Please register one week before
each program date
Sciensational Sssnakes!
Monday
July 11
2:30pm to 3:30pm
Free tickets will be available
30 minutes before program.
Grades 1 to 3
We’ll learn all about alpha, beta, and gamma rays, capture
them, and bend them to our will. If you’re really lucky, you may
be the next Incredible Hulk!
Learn about casting and create some fun, long-lasting objects
out of concrete!
We’ll be taking some old materials, toys and objects and
repurposing them into new, neat and useful ones!
Grades
4 to 6
“Shirley, we are serious” – serious about making some planes
that fly. By the way, is there anyone out there who knows how
to fly a plane?
Experience robotics, from hi-tech to low-tech. Each week we
will explore new ways of using our Sphero robots and our Lego
Mindstorms. Plus, we will design and create different types of
low-tech robots – all with different functions.
This show will feature an informal lecture about snakes, their
ecology, and conservation issues, as well as a session in which
participants are able to interact, touch, and hold the animals.
Family Fun Night
Family
Mondays
July 18 to August 15
(no program August 1)
2:30pm to 3:30pm
Please register one week before
each program date
Fun for the whole family
to enjoy.
July 11 – BINGO
July 25 – Lego Building
Challenge
August 8 – Superhero Party.
Dress up and come enjoy
games, activities, and crafts.
New Fun with Old Technology
Use ‘old’ technology and tools to make new things. Fun with
hand planes, graphite, stones, and wood!
Mondays
July 11, 25, and August 8
6:30pm to 7:30pm
Tuesdays
July 12 to August 16
6:30pm to 7:30pm
Please register one week before
each program date
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S C H O OL AG E & FA M I LY PRO GR A MS
Main Library 35 Albert Street, Waterloo 519-886-1310 Ext. 129
Ages
Program Description
Family
Design, Create, Build!
WPL at Conestoga Mall
Let your imagination and
creative skills run wild as
you design, create, and
build. Each week will have a
different focus.
Date & Time
Week 1 – Stop motion
animation and Lego
Week 2 – Yarn art
Week 3 – Initials and
Monograms
Week 4 – Popsicle/clothespin
crafts
Week 5 – Engineering
challenges
Week 6 – Paper crafts
Nerd Nights
It’s never been cooler to be a nerd! Join us for fun activities
ranging from superhero crafts to Star Wars programming
games and even robotic play. We will have Lego available every
night, plus lots more. There is something for everyone!
All ages welcome.
Wednesdays
July 13 to August 17
1:30pm to 3:30pm
at Conestoga Mall
Wednesdays
July 13 to August 17
6:30pm to 7:30pm
S UMME R R EA D I N G C LU B
Go Wild this Summer at WPL!
Our Summer Reading Club (SRC) has programs, challenges,
prizes, and fun to keep you busy from June 30 until August 27 –
all summer long! SRC sign-up starts on June 30 at all locations.
Step 1: Check out our awesome kick-off events.
We are hosting parties to start the summer right at each of our locations:
John M. Harper Branch – Monday, July 4, 10:00am to 12:00pm
YMCA Early Years Erbsville Site, 719 Erbsville Road, Waterloo – Monday, July 4,
10:00am to 12:00pm
McCormick Branch – Tuesday, July 5, 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Main Library – Wednesday, July 6, 10:00am to 12:00pm
YMCA Early Years Main Site, 161 Roger Street, Waterloo – Thursday, July 7,
10:00am to 12:00pm
Step 2: Sign up for the Summer Reading Club!
Sign up starting June 30. It’s free and open to all kids who wish to participate.
Simply read all the books, magazines, e-Books, etc. that you want and check in
with us each time you visit. The more you check in the more chances you get
to win AMAZING prizes (tickets, books, gift certificates, and much, MUCH more!)
Step 3: Visit often!
Check out our incredible programs and take part in our ongoing challenges
and contests before the Summer Reading Club ends on Saturday, August 27.
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S C H O OL AG E & FA M I LY PRO GR A MS
McCormick Branch 500 Parkside Drive, Waterloo 519-886-1310 Ext. 213
Ages
Program Description
Date & Time
Grades 1 to 3
These programs are offered in partnership with the University of Waterloo.
All programs require registration. Please register online at www.wpl.ca
Dynamic Dinos
Wednesday, July 13
2:30pm to 3:30pm
Registration begins July 6
Feast for the Senses
Wednesday, July 20
2:30pm to 3:30pm
Registration begins July 13
Playful Machines
Wednesday, July 27
2:30pm to 3:30pm
Registration begins July 20
Why Live Here?
Wednesday, August 3
2:30pm to 3:30pm
Registration begins July 27
Fun with Spheros
Thursdays, July 14 and 21
2:30pm to 3:30pm
Registration begins July 7
Stop Motion Animation with Clay
Thursdays, July 28 and August 4
2:30pm to 3:30pm
Registration begins July 21
Lego Challenge
Thursdays, August 11 and 18
2:30pm to 3:30pm
Registration begins August 4
Nature Nuts Science
Tuesdays
July 12 to August 16
2:30pm to 3:30pm
How can scientists tell when and how the dinosaurs lived?
Kids make a fossil footprint to take home.
Learn how your five senses work together, and how they can trick
your brain!
Did you know that playground equipment does work? Build your
own to see what we mean!
Family
Grades 4 to 6
Learn more about the animals living in your backyard, and build your
own bird’s nest.
Play, learn, and explore programming using these fun,
interactive balls.
Build characters out of clay and then film them in a story you create.
Are you up for a challenge? Come out and see what you can build!
Activities, explorations, and
crafts, both indoors and out,
that will have you learning
new things all summer long.
Caregivers must stay and
participate.
Art Adventures
Join us each Thursday morning
for a story and related craft.
Experience castles and
dragons, outer space and
under the sea, watermelons,
rainbows, and more!
Week 1 – Three ways to plant plants
Week 2 – Tadpoles and more
Week 3 – All about Bugs
Week 4 – Crazy Creatures
Week 5 – Travelling Seeds
Week 6 – Backyard bugs
Week 1 – Sponge painted castles
Week 2 – Spaceships and Aliens
Week 3 – Undersea Dioramas
Week 4 – Finger dot painting
Week 5 – Modelling Clay
Week 6 – Puffy paint rainbows
Thursdays
July 14 to August 18
10:30am to 11:30am
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S C H O OL AG E & FA M I LY PRO GR A MS
John M. Harper Branch 500 Fischer-Hallman Road North, Waterloo 519-886-1310 Ext. 310
JK to
Grade 1
Ages
Program Description
Date & Time
Math, Science & Art Adventures
Tuesdays
July 12 to August 16
10:30am to 11:30am
Space is limited to first
20 participants
Amazing Art Projects
Mondays
July 11, 18, and 25
2:30pm to 3:30pm
Registration begins July 4
Design 3D Printed Keychains
Thursday
July 21
2:30pm to 3:30pm
Registration begins July 14
Fingerprint Art
Mondays
August 8 and 15
2:30pm to 3:30pm
Registration begins August 2
Mini Castle Country Creation
Wednesdays
July 13, 20, and 27
2:30pm to 3:30pm
Registration begins July 6
Papercraft Moviecraft Minecraft
Wednesday
August 3
2:30pm to 3:30pm
Registration begins July 27
Popping Piñatas
Wednesdays
August 10 and 17
2:30pm to 3:30pm
Registration begins August 3
Code Like a DJ!
Mondays
July 11 to August 15
(no program August 1)
7:00pm to 8:00pm
Registration begins July 4
Design 3D Printed Keychains
Thursday
July 14
2:30pm to 3:30pm
Registration begins July 7
Foster your child’s natural curiosity as we explore math,
science, and art through stories and interactive activities.
Come and create fun and amazing art pieces inspired by
famous artists like Chihuly, Van Gogh, and Pollack. Participants
must be accompanied by a caregiver.
Grades 1 to 3
Come learn how 3D printing works and design your own
keychain! The library will print them and you can pick them
up the following week. Participants must be accompanied by
a caregiver.
You can’t get more original than fingerprint art! Come and learn
about fingerprints and identifying fingerprints, then create a
cool fingerprint art piece. Please note that children should be
able to attend both weeks of this program. Participants must be
accompanied by a caregiver.
Construct a mini cardboard castle, complete with mini
creatures to populate the land! Will you build a moat? Soaring
towers? Secret passages? Perhaps a fire breathing dragon will
find its way to this medieval mayhem.
Minecraft jumps from the screen into real life…and then back
onto the screen! Pair up and use paper craft Minecraft blocks
and an iPad to create a stop motion mini movie!
Grades 4 to 6
Make your very own piñata to celebrate the summer! Create
a snazzy piñata to hang as a decoration in your room…or fill it
with treats for a party and POP it!
Learn how to use Sonic Pi to code your own music! Make
funky sounds and crazy beats while you watch everyone dance
to your music.
Come learn how 3D printing works and design your own
keychain! The library will print them and you can pick them up
in a week.
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S C H O OL AG E & FA M I LY PRO GR A MS
John M. Harper Branch 500 Fischer-Hallman Road North, Waterloo 519-886-1310 Ext. 310
Ages
Program Description
Date & Time
Open Family Maker Space
Tuesdays
July 12 to August 16
2:30pm to 3:30pm
Choose your Own Adventure!
Thursday
July 14
6:30pm to 7:30pm
Everlasting Sandcastles
Tuesday
July 19
6:30pm to 7:30pm
Family BINGO Night
Wednesday
July 27
6:30pm to 7:30pm
Design 3D Printed Keychains
Thursday
July 28
2:30pm to 3:30pm
Registration begins July 21
Duct Tape Creations
Wednesday
August 3
6:30pm to 7:30pm
Sharpie Tiles Art Project
Tuesday
August 9
6:30pm to 7:30pm
Sticks ‘N’ Stones, Makin’ Bones
Thursday
August 18
6:30pm to 7:30pm
Come play, learn and make almost anything with our
high- and low-tech tools.
Bring the family to sit in on a giant story where the whole
audience chooses the adventure as we go along. Bring a
pillow and blanket to get cozy or cool off with some popsicles
while we carve our own path through an amazing story!
Family
Make a sandcastle that won’t wash away with the tide! Join us
to create and decorate your very own forever sandcastle.
Get the family together and come out to enjoy some
BINGO fun!
Come learn how 3D printing works and design your own
keychain! The library will print them and you can pick them up
in a week. Participants must be accompanied by a caregiver.
Join us as we step into the world of duct tape. Come make
your own creation!
Come and create a stunning piece of art with just Sharpies
and rubbing alcohol.
Let’s use sticks and stones to make some 3D dinosaur bones!
Use blueprints of fossils to make a miniature replica of
dinosaur bones or create your own prehistoric creation!
Book Lover’s BINGO – Kids Style!
This summer, kids have the chance to participate in Book Lover’s BINGO – kids style!
From June until August, kids can pick up a BINGO sheet and play along! Each BINGO
square challenges you to read something specific: a book with a one-word title, a book
that has a cover you love, a book that scares you, a book that became a movie... and many
more! Write your title on the BINGO square and every row you complete nets a chance to
win! For the younger set, we have a Junior Book BINGO to challenge their reading skills.
Can you be in the Summer Reading Club and take part in Junior Book BINGO? Of course!
We are always happy about more reading!
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Saturday, June 4
1:00pm to 4:00pm
Main Library, 35 Albert St., Waterloo
WPL and our community partners are hosting a fun-filled afternoon of
hands-on fun, interactive STEAM stations and exciting demonstrations.
-
Coding centres
UW EcoCar
Maker activities
Life-size games
Lego mosh pit
Adult colouring
- International music instruments
- Bubbles, bubbles and even more bubbles
- Invitation to Creation centre
- Stomp Rockets
… and more!
For more information visit wpl.ca or phone 519-886-1310 ext. 110.