Martensville Messenger June 30, 2016 | Page 10

Summer At The Martensville Library Page 10 - JUNE 30, 2016 - martensville messenger Marcy Cross, Martensville Messenger Martensville Library Summer Fun Scavenger Hunt Have fun as a family this summer and work together to complete at least 10 of our summer fun scavenger hunt activities to have your family entered into our grand prize draws. Complete your chosen activities and bring this list into the library to receive your entry form by Saturday, August 27th. One entry/family. Draw date: August 29th. Enjoy the Summer! DONE Summer Fun Scavenger Hunt Activities Spend at least 30 minutes reading outside at a local park or playground. Build a fort, either inside or outside, and eat a family snack inside your fort. Enjoy an audiobook in your car on a family road trip. Have a family water fight in your backyard. Take a trip to a place or attend an event that you have never been to before. Plant a garden/flowers/tree. Cook a family meal together. Spend an evening outside looking at the stars and constellations. Fly a kite, play Frisbee, or play on the playground of a local community park. Visit a farmer’s market. Spend the day at the beach or lake to enjoy swimming, fishing, boating, etc. Find a book at the library and read it as a family throughout the summer. Create a work of art together to decorate your backyard or hang inside. Go on a neighborhood walk/nature walk and keep track of all the animals/birds. Host a BBQ or set up a lemonade stand. Visit a Saskatchewan library that you have never been to before. Go on a camping trip, even in your backyard! Create a board game and play it together. Write a story of your summer adventures as a family. Ride a rollercoaster/ fair ride or waterslide. Go for a family bike ride. Take a picture in front of a giant landmark/roadside monument. Roast marshmallows over a campfire or fire pit. Visit the Martensville Library and check out a book or participate in a program. Play with bubbles or create masterpiece with sidewalk chalk. Visit the Martensville Aquatic Centre or spray park. Work & complete on a puzzle together as a family. Have a family board game night. The Martensville Library has a full summer of events for both kids and adults. The TD Summer Reading Club’s official registration “kick off” was on Saturday June 25th for the 2016 TD Summer Reading Club across Canada. Get wild at your Library this summer with the TD Summer Reading Club for kids 12 & under. Help your kids maintain their reading skills over the summer. There are lots of fun drop-in activities for all ages. Register anytime during the summer. Kids can track their reading minutes, and do drop-in weekly crafts along with three I-Spy Games. Plus they can win prizes! The Summer Fun Family Scavenger Hunt will run all summer. It will be a list of fun activities to keep families busy during summer. Complete the tasks to enter prize draws. Marla said, “We did a winter scavenger hunt with Christmas lights and that was a lot of fun so we wanted to do it again for the summer. There is a big list of activities.” Sing With Sylvia will take place on July 11th at 10:00 am. Marla said, “She’s got © 2016 Samsung Electronics Canada Inc. All rights reserved. Samsung, Samsung Galaxy S7 edge are registered trademarks or trademarks of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., used with permissio n. a lot of energy and really engages with the kids. It’s a free performance so you can just come and hang out and sing and dance. If the weather is great we are hoping to have the show out in the park area.” Check out the Wild Imaginations Kidz Cub for ages 8 – 12 on Tuesdays from 4:30—5:30 PM. Drop in and participate in different fun activities each week like Lego Build Challenges, Science Activities, and Special Crafts. WIKC will be every Tuesday starting July 5th until August 23. Marla explained, “The challenges will change every week and it will be a surprise.” Wheatland Teen InstaChallenge is for teens 13 to 18 with a Wheatland Library Card. Follow @ Wheatland_Teen and complete the weekly challenge. Up-load your photo to Instagram and you could win a prize or an entry for the grand prize draw. Drop by the library for instructions & challenges. Marla explained, “Every week there will be a new challenge and once they’ve done that challenge their name will go in a draw. Some of the challenges aren’t reading based. They might be to take a picture in front of a bookshelf.” The Library will also be featuring a Grown Up Reading Challenge. Pick up a list from the library. Read 3 books from the list and return the card for a chance to win the grand prize. Do you have a story to tell? Sign up for a Storybird account with the Wheatland Regional Library and create your very own picture book or poem using professional artwork. Summer Story Time will be on Wednesdays at 10:15am. Story Time starts July 6th and will go until August 24th. The Library is at 66 Main Street and if you have any questions you can call 306956-7311. Summer Library Hours: Mon:10am-12pm, 1-8pm Tues:10am-12pm, 1-8pm Wed: 10am-12pm, 1-8pm Thurs: 10am-12pm, 1-8pm Fri: 10am-12pm, 1-6pm Saturday: 10am-3pm Sunday: Closed (Holiday Closures: July 1 & Aug 1st)