Summer Library Programs End With Trip To Outer Space
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Jamie Scott and Chasiti Moore work with Hazel Crow and Zola Croft as they decorate their rockets as part of the final session of Blackmur Library’s Summer Library Program.
WATER VALLEY – Pirates, Superheroes and Greek Legends took over Blackmur Memorial Library the past few weeks as part of the Summer Library Program.
The program – Adventure Begins at the Library – wrapped up Wednesday, June 26, with a trip into outer space. Kids participated in activities and crafts related to space exploration, including touring a scale model of the solar system set up in the library.
James McCormick set up the scale model as a way to tell the kids about the Space Walk project he helped set up at the City Park, which has informational signs about each planet of the solar system spaced out to scale along North Court Street going toward Davidson Elementary School. Jamie Scott, who also worked on creating the Space Walk, told the kids all about the project and showed them the website that can be accessed through QR Codes on each of the planet signs. The website is full of videos, information and fun activities dealing with the solar system and space exploration.
Kids enjoy a game of “Musical Planets,” circling chairs marked with each planet in the solar system. When the music stopped, a random planet was drawn and eliminated until there was only one contestant left.
To aid with their learning more about the solar system, the kids painted their own rockets they can use to travel to the distant worlds along with a passport that will allow them access to any planet in the solar system they decide to visit.
The program wrapped up the library’s summer series, which also included story time for younger children and was the best attended summer program in the post-COVID years. The summer program is facilitated each year by the Collaborative Summer Library Program organization which selects a theme and prepares a manual that can be used by each participating library to plan their own programs. Participation in the program, along with the manual, is provided to libraries across the country at no cost.
While the summer program is a wrap, it’s not the end of special programs coming up at Blackmur. The Friends of Blackmur Library will have a Lunch and Learn program later in July featuring local author Erin Roach of Oakland. The group is also planning a book sale during Watermelon Carnival Weekend at the Salt and Light Building on Main Street. And even more programs will be coming up this fall. Watch the Herald as well as the Facebook pages for both the library and the Friends group for announcements and details.
If you have any questions about the programs or the library, feel free to call (662) 473-2444 or email blackmurlibrary@gmail.com. The library is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
