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July 2021 Newsletter

6/30/2021

News from Castleton Public Library - July 2021

Notes from Our Director:

Summer is in full swing at CPL! Have you signed up for our Summer Reading Club yet? Our program is inclusive of all ages -- including babies/toddlers, preschoolers, kids, teens, and adults. Join the fun and enter to win a number of great raffle prizes. You can sign up all summer long either in the library or online!

A complete listing of our July events and take-home kits is below -- or you can check out our Summer Reading Program guide for a full list of our events and take-home kits through the end of the summer.

Planning to visiting area museums this summer? Check out one of our museum passes to receive free or reduced admission. Passes are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Click here for information about our museum pass program.

Best,

Melissa Tacke

Download our Summer Reading Club Guide as a PDF

Our Take-Home Kits

Take & Make Craft Kit: Patriotic Crafts

Kit available for pick-up at the library through July 3

Get ready for the 4th of July with some fun crafts to celebrate and decorate your home! Pick up the kit by Sat., July 3.

Cool Science at Home Kit: Parachutes

Kit available for pick-up at the library through July 10

Make your own miniature parachute and learn about the science behind how gravity and other forces work! Pick up the kit by 7/10.

Take & Make Craft Kit: Paper Mosaic Art

Kit available for pick-up at the library from July 5 through July 10

Unleash your creativity and make beautiful paper mosaic art! Pick up the kit anytime from 7/5-7/10.

Take & Make Craft Kit: Crafting Bonanza!

Kit available for pick-up at the library from July 12 through July 17

Are you in the mood to make some unique crafts? Engage in open-ended creation with a variety of fun art supplies in our Crafting Bonanza kit. Pick up the kit anytime from 7/12-7/17.

Cool Science at Home: Skittles Science

Kit available for pick-up at the library from July 12 through July 24

Let’s explore the science of diffusion using Skittles! Pick up the kit anytime from 7/12-7/24.

Take & Make Craft Kit: Summer Crafts

Available for pick-up at the library from July 19 through July 24

Celebrate the summer with fun, seasonal crafts! Pick up the kit anytime from 7/19-7/24.

Take & Make Craft Kit: Collage Art

Kit available for pick-up at the library from July 26 through July 31

Make your own unique collage using pages from magazines and picture books! Pick up the kit anytime from 7/26-7/31.

Cool Science at Home: Measuring the Wind

Kit available for pick-up at the library from July 26 through August 7

Create your own anemometer to measure the wind! Pick up the kit anytime from 7/26-8/7.

In-Person Events

July StoryWalk: It's a Firefly Night

Location: Schodack Island State Park, 1 Schodack Island Way, Schodack Landing, NY 12156.

Enjoy a StoryWalk with your family. The StoryWalk begins near the playground and is available anytime! It's a Firefly Night will be up all month long. We change the book each month.

Main Street StoryWalk: Cheer

Location: The StoryWalk begins at 94 S. Main Street, Castleton, NY 12033 and is available anytime.

Enjoy reading Cheer: A Book to Celebrate Community as you walk along Main Street! The StoryWalk will be up through August 31.

Rainbow Scratch Art

Friday, July 2, 11:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Make cool rainbow scratch art with special paper! All ages. This event will be held outdoors. Registration for a specific time slot is recommended -- click here to register.

Salt Painting

Tuesday, July 6, 1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Create unique artwork using salt, glue, and food coloring! What salt painting designs will you make? This event will be held outdoors. Registration for a specific time slot is recommended--click link to register.

Teen Time: Duct Tape Crafts

Thursday, July 8, 4:00 p.m.

What can you make with duct tape? Use duct tape to make a flower, wallet, and more! For teens going into 6th-12th grade in the fall. This event will be held outdoors. Registration recommended--click link to register.

Games on the Lawn

Friday, July 9, 11:00 a.m.- 2:30 p.m.

Bring your family to play giant Connect Four, giant Jenga, and ladder toss! This event will be held outdoors. Registration for a specific time slot is recommended--click link to register.

Cool Science: Rainbow Paper

Tuesday, July 13, 2:00 - 5:30 p.m.

Join us to explore how color, light, and rainbows work by using nail polish, water, and black paper to make rainbow paper! This event will be held outdoors. Registration for a specific time slot is recommended--click link to register.

Yoga

Tuesday, July 13, 6:00 p.m.

Join us for a 45-minute yoga session with instructor Rachel Toolan. Held outdoors. Bring your own mat. All skill levels welcome. Ages 12 & up.

Storytime on the Lawn

Thursday, July 15, 11:00 a.m.

Join Miss Joelle for a special outdoor storytime with stories, songs, and rhymes! Please bring your own blanket for your family to sit on.

Tie Dye

Saturday, July 17, 11:00 a.m.- 2:30 p.m.

Bring plain cotton tees, socks, or other clothing and twist some color into your life! This event will be held outdoors. Registration for a specific time slot is recommended--click link to register.

Send Some Love

Monday, July 19, 1:00 - 4:30 p.m.

Join us at the library to write and draw on postcards to send to family members and friends in the mail! This event will be held outdoors.
Registration for a specific time slot is recommended--click link to register.

CPL Board of Trustees Meeting

Monday, July 19, 7:00 p.m.

July meeting of CPL’s Board of Trustees. Members of the public are welcome to attend.

Yoga

Tuesday, July 20, 6:00 p.m.

Join us for a 45-minute yoga session with instructor Rachel Toolan. Held outdoors. Bring your own mat. All skill levels welcome. Ages 12 & up.

Afternoon Book Club: The Second Mrs. Hockaday

Wednesday, July 21, 1:00 p.m.

Join us for an outdoor book discussion for adults! We’ll discuss The Second Mrs. Hockaday by Susan Rivers. Books available for checkout starting 4 weeks prior to the discussion date. Registration recommended. Email director@castletonpubliclibrary.org or call 518-732-0879 to register.

New York Raptors

Wednesday, July 21, 6:00 p.m.

Meet birds of prey! Live hawks, owls and falcons will come for a face-to-face exploration of what it takes to be a raptor. This event will be held outdoors; please bring a blanket for your family to sit on. Registration is recommended--click link to register.

Teen Time: Bookend Painting

Thursday, July 22, 4:00 p.m.

Decorate bookends for your home book library! For teens going into 6th-12th grades in the fall. This event will be held outdoors. Registration is recommended--click link to register.

Chalk the Walk

Tuesday, July 27, 12:00-5:00 p.m.

Make our sidewalk colorful using sidewalk chalk! All ages.

Yoga

Tuesday, July 27, 6:00 p.m.

Join us for a 45-minute yoga session with instructor Rachel Toolan. Held outdoors. Bring your own mat. All skill levels welcome. Ages 12 & up.

Galaxy Jars

Thursday, July 29, 1:00-4:30 p.m.

Create your own beautiful galaxy jar using cotton balls and paint! This event will be held outdoors. Registration for a specific time slot is recommended--click link to register.

CPL at the Castleton-on-Hudson Farmers and Artisans Market

Friday, July 30, 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Come visit our table at the Farmers Market!

Storytime on the Lawn

Saturday, July 31, 11:00 a.m.

Join Miss Joelle for a special outdoor storytime with stories, songs, and rhymes! Please bring your own blanket for your family to sit on.

Friends of CPL Bottle & Can Drive

This fundraiser is ongoing!
Location: 6 Center Redemption, 550 South St., Rensselaer, NY 12144

This fundraiser is super-simple -- when you take your returnable bottles & cans to 6 Center Redemption, let them know that you’d like to donate to the Friends of Castleton Public Library.

Please do not bring bottle & can donations to the library. Thanks for your support!

Prerecorded Online Events

Virtual Storytime with Miss Joelle

New episode posted every Wednesday - July 7, 14, 21, 28.

Join Miss Joelle for a story and rhymes/songs that you can participate in at home! A new storytime video is posted every Wednesday. All videos are available on-demand to fit your schedule. The complete Virtual Storytime playlist can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/CPL-storytime

Digital Library Resources

Check Out Our Digital Collections!

The Upper Hudson Library System hosts a great collection of ebooks, digital audiobooks, digital magazines, and streaming video, resources for research, and more! Click here to visit our page about digital resources.

Research Your Family History!

Through December 2021, you can use Ancestry Library Edition from the comfort of your home! All you need is your library card. Click here to get started.

Borrow a WiFi Hotspot

Did you know that we loan WiFi hotspots? They can be borrowed for 14 days -- all you need is your library card! Hotspots are available on a first-come, first-served basis and can only be checked out and returned at CPL. Call 518-732-0879 or email director@castletonpubliclibrary.org for more information.

WiFi Inside and Outside of Our Building

Our WiFi is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You can access the public WiFi inside, on the front lawn, or alongside the building on Stimpson Avenue (the signal is strongest near the front of the building). Just look for the network called "Castleton Public Library." There's no password to connect!

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Register for CPL's Summer Reading Club!

6/8/2021

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Registration is now open for Castleton Public Library's Summer Reading Club! All ages can participate.

Register in person at the library anytime! You can register all summer long.

Want to know what's going on this summer with our events and take-home kits? Download a copy of our Summer Reading Club guide, or pick up a copy at the library!

Prefer to record your reading online? Register and track your reading on our READsquared site. If you need some help getting started using READsquared, click here to download a how-to guide. Still have questions? Email director@castletonpubliclibrary.org or call us at 518-732-0879.

Whether you record your reading on paper or online, the more you read, the more chances you earn to win a prize! This year, our prizes are $30 Amazon gift certificates. We'll draw 30 winners! Submit your reading/activity logs by 6:00 p.m. on Monday, August 30 to be eligible for our prize drawings. We'll also have special goody bags available to pick up at the library from 8/16-9/4 for all youth participants.

If you need some art supplies this summer, ask us for a Summer Art Kit at the library, while supplies last! The art kit includes markers, crayons, kids scissors, glue, and a glue stick.

We're looking forward to a fun summer full of reading, exploration, and learning! Have questions about our Summer Reading Club? Email director@castletonpubliclibrary.org or call 518-732-0879.

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June 2021 Newsletter

6/1/2021

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News from Castleton Public Library - June 2021

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Notes from Our Director:

Save the date -- our Summer Reading Club starts in just a few short weeks! We have our official Summer Reading Club Kickoff on the library lawn on Saturday, June 26 (see events listing below for details). You can sign up for our Summer Reading Club any time, all summer long, beginning Friday, June 25. We'll have more information about this summer's activities and reading fun available on our website after June 15. Stay tuned!

We're happy to share that we've partnered with the Castleton-on-Hudson Main Street Association (COHMSA) to offer a Main Street StoryWalk! A StoryWalk places pages from a picture book along a walking route so families can enjoy a story and the outdoors at the same time. The StoryWalk begins at 94 S. Main Street. Follow the notes on the pages to go to the next page in the story. The Main Street StoryWalk is part of COHMSA's three great reasons to visit Main Street this summer, along with the Main Street Mile and geocaches on Main Street! Learn more about COHMSA here.

Don't forget about our fun take & make craft and science kits for children and teens! Our June kits are available for pick-up from now through Friday, June 25:

Cool Science at Home: Paper Rockets
Take & Make Crafts: Rainbow Crafts
Teen Time: Design Your Own Journal (for teens in 6th-12th grades only)

Once our Summer Reading Club starts on 6/26, we'll offer a different craft kit every week and a different science kit every two weeks, all summer long! Learn more about our summer kits later this month!

Best,

Melissa Tacke

Download our June Events Calendar as a PDF

Our Take-Home Kits

Cool Science at Home: Paper Rockets

Kit available for pick-up at the library from June 1 through June 25

In this month's science exploration, make your own paper rockets and learn about the science behind how they work! The how-to video and handout will be added to our Cool Science playlist on 6/1. Pick up the kit anytime from 6/1-6/25. Click here for link to the how-to video.

Take & Make Crafts: Rainbow Crafts

Kit available for pick-up at the library from June 1 through June 25

Brighten up your day with rainbow-themed crafts! The how-to video will be added to our Take & Make Crafts playlist on 6/1. Pick up the kit anytime from 6/1-6/25. Click here for link to how-to video.

Teen Time Kit: Design Your Own Journal

Available for pick-up at the library from June 1 through June 25 (6th-12th grades only).

Take a blank journal and make it your own with fun decorations and designs! Teens in 6th-12th grades are invited to pick up a kit at the library any time from 6/1 through 6/25. Click here for link to how-to video.

Take & Make Crafts: Patriotic Crafts

Kit available for pick-up at the library from June 26 through July 3

Get ready for the 4th of July with some fun crafts to celebrate and decorate your home! The how-to video will be added to our Take & Make Crafts playlist on 6/26. Pick up the kit anytime from 6/26-7/3. Full Take & Make Crafts playlist here: tinyurl.com/CPL-Crafts

Cool Science at Home: Parachutes

Kit available for pick-up at the library from June 26 through July 10

Make your own miniature parachute and learn about the science behind how gravity and other forces work! The how-to video and handout will be added to our Cool Science playlist on 6/26. Pick up the kit anytime from 6/26-7/10. Full Cool Science playlist here: tinyurl.com/CPL-Science

In-Person Events

June StoryWalk: Five Busy Beavers

Location: Schodack Island State Park, 1 Schodack Island Way, Schodack Landing, NY 12156. The StoryWalk begins near the playground and is available anytime!

Enjoy a StoryWalk with your family! Five Busy Beavers will be up all month long. We change the book each month.

Main Street StoryWalk: Cheer

Duct Tape Crafts (REGISTRATION REQUIRED)

Saturday, June 12, 11:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Make fun crafts using duct tape! All ages welcome. This event will be held outdoors. Masks required. Registration for a specific time slot is required -- click here to register.

Afternoon Book Club: Stranger in the Woods (REGISTRATION REQUIRED)

Wednesday, June 16, 1:00 p.m.

Join us for an outdoor book discussion for adults! We’ll discuss The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit by Michael Finkel. Books available for checkout at front desk. Masks required. Registration required. Email director@castletonpubliclibrary.org or call 518-732-0879 to register.

Storytime on the Lawn

Thursday, June 17, 11:00 a.m.

Join Miss Joelle for a special outdoor storytime with stories, songs, and rhymes! Please bring your own blanket for your family to sit on. Masks required for all participants age 2 and older.

CPL Board of Trustees Meeting

Monday, June 21, 7:00 p.m.

June meeting of CPL’s Board of Trustees, held virtually. Members of the public are welcome to attend. Email director@castletonpubliclibrary.org for Zoom connection information.

CPL at the Castleton-on-Hudson Farmers and Artisans Market

Friday, June 25, 4:30-7:30 p.m.

Come visit our table at the Farmers Market!

Summer Reading Club Kickoff

Saturday, June 26, 10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

School is out and Summer Reading is in! Sign up for our Summer Reading Club and pick up a coupon for a free Stewart’s ice cream cone! Can’t come today? You can sign up for our SRC all summer long!

Perler Bead Crafts (REGISTRATION REQUIRED)

Monday, June 28, 2:00 - 5:30 p.m.

Come make something awesome out of perler beads! All ages welcome. This event will be held outdoors. Masks required. Registration for a specific time slot is required -- click here to register.

Kids' Book Bingo (REGISTRATION REQUIRED)

Tuesday, June 29, 3:00 p.m.

Come play bingo at the library with our special book-themed bingo set. Recommended for ages 7-12. This event will be held outdoors. Masks required. Registration is required -- click here to register.

Rainbow Scratch Art (REGISTRATION REQUIRED)

Friday, July 2, 11:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Make cool rainbow scratch art with special paper! All ages. This event will be held outdoors. Masks required. Registration for a specific time slot is required -- click here to register.

Friends of CPL Bottle & Can Drive

This fundraiser is ongoing!
Location: 6 Center Redemption, 550 South St., Rensselaer, NY 12144

This fundraiser is super-simple -- when you take your returnable bottles & cans to 6 Center Redemption, let them know that you’d like to donate to the Friends of Castleton Public Library.

Please do not bring bottle & can donations to the library. Thanks for your support!

Prerecorded Online Events

Virtual Storytime with Miss Joelle

New episode posted every Wednesday - June 2, 9, 16, 23, 30.

Join Miss Joelle for a story and rhymes/songs that you can participate in at home! A new storytime video is posted every Wednesday. All videos are available on-demand to fit your schedule. The complete Virtual Storytime playlist can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/CPL-storytime

Kids Cook: Mini Pepper Pizzas

Video posted on Tuesday, June 8

Learn to make pizza using bell peppers instead of crust for a healthy and tasty pizza twist! The video will be added to our Kids Cook playlist on 6/8. Full Kids Cook playlist: tinyurl.com/CPL-KidsCook

Digital Library Resources

WiFi Outside Our Building

Our WiFi is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. You can access the public WiFi at the picnic table on the front lawn, or alongside the building on Stimpson Avenue (the signal is strongest near the front of the building). Just look for the network called "Castleton Public Library." There's no password to connect!

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