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Hey, Kiddos! It's time for a new edition of DIY with DPPL!

What's In Your Kit?

• craft foam with sticky backing
• 5x wooden cubes
• small notebook
• ink pad

Trace a simple design onto the white, paper backing of the craft foam. Cut out your shape and stick it onto one of the cubes to make a stamp.

PRO TIP: you can use every side of a cube to make designs!

ANOTHER PRO TIP: Trace the cube and draw within the outline so you know how large your design should be.

FUN IDEAS:

• create an X stamp and an O stamp and play Tic-Tac-Toe with a friend
• use your stamps to decorate your calendar
• make a checkmark-shaped stamp to use on your To-Do-Lists
• make emoji stamps to express your mood
• create some stamps that spell out your name (just remember to flip the letters!)
• see if you can illustrate an entire comic only using your stamps!

Starting on Saturday, April 19th, stop by the Youth Services desk on the second floor of DPPL to pick up a kit (while supplies last!), and then use the materials to do the project we show you step-by-step in the video.

(Grade 1 and up.)

Happy Reading From Your Youth Services Team.

The Youth Services Team loves going on adventures together through books, movies, video games, and much more. Find out where your favorite librarians have traveled this month!

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If you love audiobooks, or if you are just getting started with them, the SYNC audiobook program is fun, and interesting.  

You may already know it as it has been a summer program for the past 12 years.

It’s targeted toward teens but anyone over 13 years old can access.

Each week the SYNC program provides two thematically paired audiobooks for checkout and use with the Sora App. 

Once the titles have been added to your shelf in Sora, you can listen to them again and again, for as long as you want – just make sure you don’t return them!

Continue Reading "The Exciting Audiosync Program is Back! Two Free Downloads a Week." →

Hey, Kiddos! It's time for a new edition of DIY with DPPL!

Starting on Saturday, February 26th, stop by the Youth Services desk on the second floor of DPPL to pick up a kit (while supplies last!).

This time, you'll learn how to assemble your very own dragon puppet using crayons, a clothespin and a googly eye!

Then use the materials to do the project we show you step-by-step in the video. 

Get out your library card, and sign up for Universal Class!

It's easy to learn something new in a simple, organized fashion with this program using a computer or a mobile device. Universal Class provides access to over 500 classes that range from technical to homespun. Classes can be taken two different ways, each self-paced.  You can work toward a certificate of completion or take the class with less structure, without assignments and just for the joy of learning.

The choice of topics is vast. Practical Microsoft Office software courses abound. Google sheets, Google docs, Google analytics in addition to all types of computer programming courses are available. The real delight is the offering of enrichment classes. History, career development, entrepreneurship, as well as, how to meditate, paint, write. 

Continue Reading "Universal Class: Easy Online Learning - free and at your fingertips" →