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Hamilton Public Library

On Your Mark, Get Set... Read! - June 28 - July 1, 2016

Summer Reading Program 2016

Library staff member Renee French leads the children in a yoga demonstration.

Children make Olympic wreaths to celebrate the upcoming Rio Games.

A teen volunteer assists the children in a Minute-To-Win-It game of "Grab Bag" to pick up paper bags with their mouths without touching the floor.

Friends of the Library volunteer Cecelia Jenson assists children in their Minute-To-Win-It games tallies.

Children play a Minute-To-Win-It game to blow index cards partially, but not completely off the edge of the table.

Children play a Minute-To-Win-It game to transfer cotton balls from a bowl in their lap to one on top of their heads.

A child plays the Minute-To-Win-It game "Small Transfer" by moving beans with a straw.

Library staff member Stacey Moore tells the children about Olympic Sports.

A child plays the Minute-To-Win-It game "Grab Bag" to pick up paper bags with their mouths without touching the floor.

A child plays the Minute-To-Win-It game "Cotton Ball Nose" of transferring cotton balls from one plate to another with their nose.

Children play a Minute-To-Win-It game to transfer cotton balls from a bowl in their lap to one on top of their heads while blindfolded.

Children play the Minute-To-Win-It game "Cotton Ball Nose" of transferring cotton balls from one plate to another with their nose.

Friends of the Library volunteer Tom Adams joins in on the fun.

Library staff member Renee French addresses the group regarding the day's activities.

Friends of the Library volunteer Pete Jordan sets up the backboard for ping pong basketball hoops.

Volunteer Laura Wallace and Friends of the Library volunteer Kate Edwards steady cardboard basketball backboards.

Children work hard to make basketball hoops.

Children enjoy an "old-fashioned" game of hopscotch.

A child concentrates to get the hopscotch pattern just right.

Library staff member Renee French instructs children on how to make their own bubble wands.

Children work hard on homemade bubble wands while library staff member Renee French looks on.

Children work hard on making skeleton names while volunteers assist.

Children are hard at work on crafting skeleton names.

Library staff member Renee French leads the children in a yoga demonstration.

Library staff member Renee French demonstrates some basic stretching.