A Peek at Summer Programs
by Margaret Woodruff and Sherrie Simmons
June 3, 2010, page 14.....

Wander the Winooski. Sign up to take an imaginary canoe trip from Cabot to Colchester this summer. As your family hikes the woods and trails, record the miles you travel. Stop by the library to mark the distance on our paddling map of the Winooski River. You can learn about the Winooski River watershed and the sites along its course. Stickers and markers will be available to keep track of your real and imagined journeys.

Recreation Passes are here. Thanks to generous sponsors throughout the area, the Charlotte Library will offer family passes to a variety of locations this summer. Stop by the library to check out passes to the following sights: Birds of Vermont Museum, Huntington; ECHO Center, Burlington; Maritime Museum, Vergennes; Shelburne Farms; Vermont State Parks; Vermont State Historic Sites (NEW).
Most passes are available for a two-day period and can be reserved ahead of time by calling the Library during open hours.

Make a Splash & Read! Summer Reading at the Charlotte Library
Make friends with a turtle during our Kick Off to Summer Reading on Thursday, June 24, at 10:30 a.m. We’ll have treats to eat, bookmarks to create, and, of course, the summer reading program to join. Readers of all ages can join and keep track of their reading progress over the summer. Pre-readers are welcome to sign up to log the books they enjoyed hearing through the summer months. A full calendar of the Summer Reading Program is available at the Library and online at the Charlotte Library website: charlottepubliclibrary.org.

Early literacy counts! Another reason to sign up your preschooler for our Summer Reading Program comes from Pediatrics, the journal for the American Academy of Pediatrics. According to the journal’s most recent issue, reading and being read to can encourage children to lead healthy and active lives. In connection with these findings, the American Library Association recently launched its “Every Child Ready to Read” program which seeks to give all children the pre-reading skills necessary for successful reading in school. More information about the “Every Child Ready to Read” program is available from the Youth Services librarians. Look for parent-child early literacy workshops here in the fall.