The school year is almost over but that doesn’t mean that kids should forget what books look like. For those who like reading the Estevan Public Library once again offers the TD Summer Reading Program.
It will begin July 2 and run for eight weeks over the course of July and August. It’s developed for ages six-12 and includes one two-hour visit to the library per week when participants will read books, play games and do fun activities.
“There are five different times to sign up. There is Tuesday morning, Tuesday afternoon, Wednesday afternoon, Thursday morning and Thursday afternoon,” said summer reading program co-ordinator Sarah Wright.
The library encourages children to read throughout the break-time because of the likelihood of what they call summer slide that students may have when they don’t go to school, don’t continue learning and may forget what they had studied before.
Every year the library chooses a different theme. This time the reading program theme will be nature.
“We have a wide variety of books ranging from our non-fiction about insects and frogs to our fiction for children, which include Picture of the Sky, Wild One and Summer Color,” said Wright.
Most activities take place inside the library, but when the weather is nice they go outside to play games, most of which are related to the main theme.
The reading club has been going on for quite a few years and it always was well received.
“Last year we had about 70 kids after everything was done and we want to increase that number just so we can reach more kids in Estevan,” said Wright.
To register people can either come to the library during their work hours or call 306-636-1620.
