Scribbles

Summit Free Public Library's blog for birth thru 5th Grade, and their parents

Scribbles

Looking for up to date library information for kids and families?  Check out the articles in this blog compiled by the library staff at Summit Free Public Library.  In this blog is new and updated information about books, services and programs provided by the library.

Improve your child’s handwriting and boost their learning! Children who struggle with letter formation often expend significant mental energy on the mechanics of writing, hindering their ability to focus on creative writing and critical thinking. Our four-week handwriting workshop for children in grades K-5 will teach proper letter formation using modern methods. Each participant receives a pencil...
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Children and teens in Grades K-8 are welcome to submit a piece of artwork for the library’s 5th annual Lunar New Year Art Show. Each piece of artwork will be hung on the bulletin boards in the Children’s Department, and will be juried by library staff, volunteers, and local artists. We invite artists of Summit...
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Is your child participating in the 2025 Battle of the Books at the Summit Public Schools? Every year, the youth services department communicates with the media specialists at the public schools to make sure that we have five copies of each of the current Battle of the Books titles for Grades 4-8. The fourth grade, fifth grade and sixth...
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Teen Programs: Middle schoolers are invited to the Library after school, Monday through Friday, for our CATSS program. Here, they can hang out with friends, play video games, work on school assignments, play board games, and enjoy snacks. There’s no need to sign up—just drop by and join the fun! Join us for Teen Nights every Tuesday at...
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Although many of our weekly summer programs may end on August 15, you can still sign up and participate in the library’s summer reading program through August 31. Please visit our website to register yourself or your child for summer reading, and stop by the Ask Us desk to pick up a passport. Have you ever heard...
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There’s still time to sign up for summer reading, pick up your summer reading passport to participate this summer, and earn small prizes and free books to take home. But did you know there is another way for your child to take home a bonus prize this summer? The library is partnering with Color Me Mine...
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2024 Summer Reading Program: June 8-August 31 Children & Teens Adults The theme of this year’s Summer Reading is Adventure Begins at Your Library, and there will be a series of programs for all ages, including intergenerational programming. Some of these events will be held outdoors at local sites like Mabie Playground, while others will...
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Parents and other caregivers (babysitters, au-pairs, nannies, grandparents) are babies’ and preschoolers’ first and best teachers. However, numerous research studies have found that many children begin kindergarten without the early literacy skills needed to learn to read. Attending library storytimes is a great way to prepare young children for reading. For this reason, this autumn,...
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To celebrate our upcoming community mural program, which is the penultimate program for the 2023 summer reading program, our current storywalk book is Hey Wall, by Susan Verde. Contact our Dial-A-Story number at 908-277-9480 to listen to the story read by Youth Services Librarian Lisa O’Shaughnessy. The StoryWalk® Project was created by Anne Ferguson of...
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