WAYLAND SHARES: A NEW LIBRARY SERVICE. Wayland Shares is our newest experiment: It’s a way for patrons of the Wayland Library to share their own thoughts about library-related materials and events with each other via social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and YouTube. To see our WAYLAND SHARES videos check them out here: https://www.facebook.com/pg/WaylandLibrary/videos/ or https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv_GF1zAfu-DmSJUNk2oZLg.
This new feature allows the public to contribute reviews about library events, books, movies and much more through social media. Want to review a CD you just enjoyed from the library? Did you hear an interesting speaker? Notice a cool library display or use a library’s pass to a local museum? Share your thoughts with us!
Here’s how:
- Create a short, simple video where you talk to the camera. 30-90 seconds is best. Cell phone videos are great. Nothing fancy—just talk and share! What did you like about it? Would you recommend it to others?
- Send the video to us via our Facebook or Instagram Messages: https://www.facebook.com/WaylandLibrary or @wayland_library.
- Once your video is approved by our staff and a photo/video release form is signed, we’ll post it online! If you would like to come into the library and have a staff member film for you, please message us to schedule a mutually agreeable time.
We look forward to receiving your submissions.
Adult Programs and Workshops:
Neurofeedback: Brain Training at its Best! – Psychological, Neurological, Cognitive Correction, Wednesday, July 12, 6:00-8:45pm. A free educational lecture by Dr. Jolene Ross concerning easy, effective, safe, and durable brain training for executive functioning, ADHD, memory, attention, anxiety, and depression as well as many other neurologically based disorders of the brain.- Digital Games and Education, Thursday, July 20 7:00-8:30 pm with Professor Kyle Moody of Fitchburg State University. Digital games have become a multibillion dollar industry, and their influence can be felt across many facets of society and culture. This talk will explore avenues of education and how digital games have become an essential part of teaching core concepts to players, along with how non-players can begin to understand the impact of games.
- Conerstone Collegiate Planning, Wednesday, July 26, 7:00-8:30pm. This free workshop offered by college planning consultant Robert Allen, addresses the importance of planning for all aspects of college prep. Families must ready themselves for standardized testing, applications, admissions and rejections, financial aid, personal finances, and so much more. This goal of this event is to provide recommendations for the best way to pay your share of college costs.
UPCOMING JULY BOOK DISCUSSIONS FOR ADULTS. The library runs several adult book groups, and new members are always welcome. For more information about any of the groups, call the library at 508-358-2311 or visit us online at http://waylandlibrary.org/services/your-next-great-read/book-groups/.
Clean Eating Cookbook Club, Thursday, July 13, 6:00-7:30pm. Explore clean eating approaches potluck style! Participants will make a recipe from a selected cookbook to share. While enjoying our homemade delights, we’ll discuss the book, its author, and what each has to offer. For more information, contact Sarah Hogan at shogan@minlib.net or Rachel Sideman-Kurtz at rsideman@minlib.net. This month’s book: The Oh She Glows Cookbook
BABY AND PRE-SCHOOL PROGRAMS
- Upcoming Storytimes
- Mother Goose Time (Infants-2.5 years) Tuesdays, July 11, 18, 25 and August 15 at 10:30am.
- StoryVine (2.5 -5 years) Thursdays, July 20, August 3, 10, and 17 at 10:30 a.m.
- Sparky’s Puppets, Thursday, July 13 at 10:30 a.m. Enter the construction zone! In this puppet show, children will watch the Three Little Pigs hard at work on their houses, and see magic wishes build a cottage, a mansion, and a castle! For ages 3 and up.
- Music with Sarah, Tuesday, August 1, 10:30 a.m. Kids dance, sing, and play instruments in this interactive music program led by Sarah Gardner. For babies, toddlers, and preschoolers.
SCHOOL AGE PROGRAMS
- All About Bees, Monday, July 10, 10:30 a.m. Children will listen to stories about bees, and learn about bees and beekeeping. Sweet honey treats provided. Program led by Wayland parent and beekeeper Kaat Vander Straeten. For ages 4 and up.
- Traveling Tidepools. Monday, July 17, 1:00-1:45; 2:00-2:45; 3:00-3:45 p.m. The New England Aquarium will bring traveling tidepools to the library. Children will see tidepool creatures up close! Three 45-minute sessions. Online registration required. For ages 4 and up.
- Tops and Bottoms: Drop-in Vegetable Craft Program, Wednesday, July 12, 3:00-5:00 p.m. Make wacky crafts that feature vegetable tops and bottoms. What grows up and what grows down? For ages 4 and up. Led by librarian Elise Katz.
FOR TEENS: Comic Book Workshop, Wednesday, July 19, 3:00-4:30 p.m. Teens will work collaboratively to draw a story in this comic art workshop led by local artist Dan Moynihan. For teens in grades 6 and up.
SUMMER READING PROGRAM: BUILD A BETTER WORLD. The theme for this year’s Summer Reading Program for children in grades preK-Grade 5 is Build a Better World. Children can sign up at the library (and get a goodie bag) or online at http://waylandlibrary.org/2017-childrens-summer-reading-program/ Kids will win a free t-shirt (while supplies last) once they sign up for Summer Reading and read their first book. There are many programs planned for the summer, and plenty of prizes. We will celebrate the children’s reading with an ice cream bash on Thursday, August 17. The theme for the Teen Summer Reading for youth in grades 6-12 is also Build a Better World. Teens who register online at http://waylandlibrary.org/2017-teen-summer-reading-program/ and write at least one original book review will win a prize, and be entered into a lottery for a free Kindle Fire. There will also be great programs for teens this summer.
