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Kids, Teens, & Families 
Scott County Library Newsletter  
7/5 SUMMER SPOTLIGHT EDITION

We have new weekly videos, upcoming mailout events to sign up for, and more in this week's newsletter!

    

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Caregiver Corner

From Our Friends at the CAP Agency

Head Start and Early Head Start is a free, high-quality center-based preschool or home visiting experience for pregnant women and children ages 0-5, focusing on the development  of school readiness skills. Education, health, and family support are provided. Eligibility is based on family income.

For more information and an application, call 651-322-3500 or visit www.capagency.org
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 WEEKLY AT HOME EVENTS:
Previous week's theme: Celebrations & Family
Upcoming week's theme: 
Read, Write, Fun!
   
~Previous storytime video~
Family Traditions
~Available starting this Monday~
Summer Spotlight Dance Party #2
Get ready to dance and move with Wendy's Wiggle, Jiggle, & Jam! Wendy will sign songs that celebrate reading and stories!
In respect of copyright, videos with books will be active for only one week.

photograph of the letters Q U I Z on a colorful background
~Available until Monday night~
Holidays and Celebrations Around the World
~Available starting this Tuesday~
Harry Potter Trivia!
Difficulty Level:  Easy-Medium
The Harry Potter series has sold millions of copies around the world and was made into eight movies - test your knowledge of the Harry Potter story with our new quiz!
How Does Your Garden Grow quiz results: Wow, we had 18 players score 100% on the quiz, congratulations! 
We've built our trivia challenge in Kahoot!, but there's no need for you to create an account - just click the link, spin for a randomly generated player name, and play.

~Previous Workout Wednesday: Discus, Javelin, & Shotput~
~Available starting this Wednesday~
Workout Wednesday: Baseball & Softball!
Round the bases with Silver Medalist Sarah and her friends! Are you keeping track of the Mystery Word each week?
Workout Wednesdays

~Previous Special Performance 
(available all summer): The Jolly Pops~
~Available starting this Thursday~
cover of the book See the Cat Special Performance: 
The David & Mike Show!
The Mike & David Show features the Minnesota author/illustrator team of Mike Wohnoutka and David LaRochelle doing some drawing, telling some (bad) jokes, and sharing a preview of their upcoming book: SEE THE CAT: THREE STORIES ABOUT A DOG. Viewers are encouraged to participate throughout the entire video, including trying their own hands at an Artist's Challenge. 

~Previous Friday Science Fun : Water~
~Available starting this Friday~
Friday Science Fun: Sound Experiments!
If you loved the Professor Prchal programs at the library in previous summers, tune in to see Professor Anna Prchal demonstrate and explain some fun science experiments.
Friday Science Fun videos

~Previous Family Fun Break: Insect Savenger Hunt~
~Available starting this Saturday~ 
Family Fun Break: Make Your Own Mini-Books
Gather the family and enjoy a special challenge to complete each weekend! This weekend, you write and illustrate your own mini-book with a special printable from our Thursday Special Performers David & Mike!
Event Registrations this Week:

Registration now open for: 
Teen Escape Room by Mail: 
Best for ages 12-18; mailout begins 7/23. There's a disturbing collection of ghosts in our cellar, and they're busying ransacking the old boxes and trunks stored there. If you can discover their names you can put them to rest - can you solve the mystery and free the spirits with the help of four sets of clues mailed to you every week for four weeks? Sponsored by Metropolitan Library Services Agency (MELSA).

Registration now open for: 
For ages 3-11 (ages 3 - 6 will need assistance, ages 7 and up can work independently). Mailout on 7/17. Collect flowers and leaves to make a sun catcher with contact paper and card stock.  Kit includes contact paper and card stock to make 2 sun catchers (you will need to collect your own nature items). 
Funded by the Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage (Legacy) Amendment.

Registration now open for: 
For ages 12-18; mailout on 7/17. We provide decorator tips, couplers, bags, frosting recipe, and a cookie along with instructions and rules - all you need to do is make the frosting and design, create, and photograph a Summer-themed cookie! Most creative and artistic cookie earns a $20 Michael's gift card! 
Funded by the Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage (Legacy) Amendment.

Registrations open for:
For ages 12-18. Now it's your turn, teens! Give a gift to yourself or someone you love with Scott County Library's 100 Gifts Poem Project! Local poet Molly VanAvery will create poems for 100 kids, teens, & adults in Scott County. Watch Molly's one-minute introductory video here. 
Funded by the Minnesota Arts & Cultural Heritage (Legacy) Amendment.
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