Programs
Read On! Summer Reading
Summer is here and we’re so excited! It’s our busiest time of year with our Summer Reading Program for children, teens, and adults. We have classes and activities almost every day of the week and we have a huge increase in the number of people we see each day. It’s fantastic!
Beyond being super fun for both library staff and, we hope, our community, our Summer Reading Program has a very important purpose: it encourages kids and teens to read all summer long. All the research says that when students read over their summer break, they do better the next school year and avoid the dreaded “Summer Slide” where they forget what they learned the previous year.
We want our Summer Reading Program to be fun for all ages, so we have several different ways to participate. For our youngest participants, grab our Toddlers’ Activity Sheet with listening goals and family-friendly activities. For every five activities completed, the child gets a free book!
For kids entering Kindergarten through sixth grades, our Kids’ Reading Record Sheet is a place to keep track of time spent reading (or listening). For every 10 circles (five hours) completed, the child gets a free book!
For teens entering grades seven through twelve, our Teens’ Reading Record sheet uses lines to keep track of time spent reading. For every two hours of reading, teens get entered into a weekly prize drawing. For every 10 hours, they get a free book!
Because we all know kids mimic what the adults in their lives do (and because kids shouldn’t have all the fun), we have a reading and activity Bingo sheet just for grown-ups. For every Bingo, adults are entered into a weekly prize drawing. When you get a blackout, you’re entered in our grand prize drawing.
Visit the Library to sign up!
Storytime is Back!
Toddler Storytime is back from its winter hiatus!
Join us every Wednesday at 10:30am for stories, songs, activities and crafts especially geared towards the youngest members of our community.
Choose Your Challenge! Sign up now.
Start 2017 with a bang by choosing one physical well-being and one mental well-being challenge from our list as sign-up. The first 26 people to sign up get free swag like t-shirts and water bottles!
Sign up at the Pryor Public Library or the Pryor Creek Recreation Center between January 2 – 8, 2017.
Choose one mental and one physical challenge to work on for the next 6 weeks, fill out the form, get your swag, and go forth and challenge yourself!
Challenge runs January 9 through February 20 – we want to give you time to cement your new healthy habits.
For each week that you successfully stick to your challenges, you’ll get a ticket in our drawing for a $25 gift card to The Book Exchange and a Samsung Gear Fit2 (size large). Winner’s announced February 24th.
Simply visit the Library or Rec Center each week, show your challenge calendar to a staff member, and fill out an entry ticket for each challenge successfully completely that week.
Coloring for Grown-ups
The Pryor Library invites you to share in the calming activity that’s sweeping the world – coloring isn’t just for kids anymore.
The intricate designs aren’t ones you’ll find in children’s coloring books. They are often dense geometric or floral patterns, but are equally likely to be detailed fantasy scenes – even moments from popular TV shows like Sherlock or Outlander.
Coloring can be a great relaxation technique. It can lower the activity of the amygdala, a part of the brain that controls emotion and is particularly affected by stress. It promotes imagination and creativity, and allows us time to quiet our busy minds and focus on the moment.
It’s also just plain fun to see a black and white page slowly turn into a riot of color.
If you’d like to try it for yourself, the Pryor Library is hosting monthly coloring nights every first Monday at 7 pm.
The Library will provide coloring pages, colored pencils, tea and snacks, and a relaxing atmosphere. All you need to do is be ready to let your worries go for an hour or two … and just color.
[a version of this post was originally published in the Pryor Times.]