Summer Programs and Storytimes!

Registration for all summer programs begins on
Monday, June 6th.

All registration links are in the sidebar.

Below are printable versions of the brochure and flyers with more information on what we will be offereing this summer. Click on the images and they will enlarge for printing or onscreen viewing.

Don't forget to sign up for our Online Summer Reading Program. If you read 20 picture books or 5 chapter books you get a Library Owl T-Shirt (in kids sizes 2T-4T and youth size M-while supplies last).

Registration Begins on Monday!

Registration for all summer programs begins on Monday, June 6th at 7am! Yay!

Trip to the City!

Toddler Program

Opening Activity:
Hand out train tickets and ride the "train" to the city.

Books:
City Animals by Simms Taback
Wow! City! by Robert Neubecker
Where's Walrus? by Stephen Savage

Flannelboard Rhyme:
5 Little Trains,
Painted black,
They coming chugging down the track,
with a chug chug, choo choo
Hear the whistle blow!
One little train goes chugging home!
Chugga chugga, chugga chugga, chugga chugga,
CHOO CHOO!

4 Little Trains...

Shaker Song:
The Elevator Song by Marylee

Craft:

Springtime Specials!

                             Registration Links in Sidebar
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Science in the Summer

Science in the Summer 2011

Simple Machines

For children entering Grades 2-6

Monday, August 1^st – Thursday, August 4^th

Registration will take place Monday, May 2^nd through Tuesday, May 31^st

SIGN UP FOR SCIENCE IN THE SUMMER

Science in the Summer is a program sponsored by the GlaxoSmithKline Foundation and the Delaware County Library System. The program introduces students entering grades 2-6 to the fun of science. Brief, experiment-oriented courses are taught by certified teachers at the Swarthmore Public Library. Children will learn as they participate in fun, hands-on science activities and experiments. This year’s theme is Simple Machines.

GlaxoSmithKline’s Science in the Summer program will teach students about Applied Physics using six kinds of Simple Machines - lever, inclined plane, screw, wheel, pulley and gear. Students will build simple machines that help people to do work more easily, such as lift huge boulders, build bridges, pump water, etc. Students will learn about motion, discovering that everything in the universe moves and why.

Science in the Summer will be held at the Swarthmore Public Library from Monday, August 1st through Thursday, August 4th. Each child will attend one 45 minute class (either morning or afternoon session) Monday through Thursday. The class schedule is as follows:

AM Level 1 (Grades 2-3) 10:00 am – 10:45 am

Level 2 (Grades 4-6) 11:00 am – 11:45 am

PM Level 1 (Grades 2-3) 2:00 pm – 2:45 pm

Level 2 (Grades 4-6) 3:00 pm – 3:45 pm

This program is free for participants but space is limited. Selection will be done by lottery. Children entering grades 2-6 are invited to register for the lottery. Parents must complete a registration form in person at the library for each child. Registration will run from Monday, May 2nd through Saturday, May 31st.

Please call the library at 610-543-0436 with any questions or email swarthmore@delcolibraries.org.

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Peep Show!

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May Storytimes!

                 Registration begins on Monday, April 25th.
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