Summer Reading Challenge
Prize Store Now Open!
  • Wondering how to claim your Summer Reading Prizes?
  • Simply log on to READsquared, find the prize store, browse the prizes, and "buy" a prize of your choosing for 250 points!
  • Prizes will be prepared once each week. Any orders in by Wednesday evening will be available for pick up inside the library on Friday morning!
  • Need help signing up for or logging minutes read for our Summer Reading Challenge in READsquared? Check out these videos:
Learn how to Cook This Summer!
This cookbook for young chefs goes back to basics to make many of today's store-bought staples better from scratch. Easy recipes ranging from pancake mix to homemade Sriracha sauce will make kids kitchen heroes, one DIY project at a time.
This Jumbo Book is a veritable vegetable feast for novice veggie cooks of all ages.
This exciting kids book tackles all the tasty science questions you have about food! Science You Can Eat will transform your kitchen into an awesome lab through 20 fun food experiments.
Discovery Kits
      
     
         
Magnetism Lab
 Explore magnetism with easy-to-follow experiment cards with skill-building investigations on front and scientific information on back. Develop skills in identifying properties of magnets, using a compass, and recognizing that magnets have poles that repel and attract each other.
Curlies Tessellation
  Introduce early geometry shapes and their relationship to each other with the chance to improve visual and motor coordination while gaining experience in problem solving and recognizing and matching colors and shapes. Use the indicated pieces to build the shape directly on top of the drawn shape on the card.
Foam Peg Board Set
 Play with pegs and a pegboard! Create patterns with the colors, stack them into towers, and help develop fine motor skills while you build. When you’re done, knock them over and try again!
Featured July Youth and Family Events
Storytime at LTPL
Thursday, July 13, 20, and 27 at 10:30am
Toddler Yoga
Thursday, July 6, 10:30am
Nocturnal By Nature
Friday, July 14, 11:00am
Light Up Circuit Friendship Bracelets with Sloan-Longway
Saturday, July 15, 11:00am(full), 1:00pm or 3:00pm
Big Friends Cardboard Creations with Sloan-Longway
Saturday, July 22, 11:00am(full), 1:00pm OR 3:00pm
Evening Family Storytime
Thursday, July 27, 6:00pm
Daytime Lego Club
Monday, July 31, 1:30pm
Lego Night
Monday, July 31, 6:00pm
 
July Tween and Teen Events
Young Writers Club
Monday, July 10, 5:30pm
Tween & Teen Yoga
Monday, July 24, 6:00pm
Solve the Online Mystery
Tuesday, July 25, 2:00pm
 
Help Your Child Lean a Language with Little Pim on Mango
Childhood is the best time to start language learning! 
 
Little Pim is a language learning solution for children which you can access through the library's Mango subscription. With Little Pim's Entertainment Immersion Method, any child can learn a new language! Available languages include Spanish, French, Italian, German, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, Hebrew, Russian, Arabic, and English/ESL.
 
Little Pim is specifically designed for children ages 0-6. Each course features videos that teach 180 words and phrases, providing the essential building blocks of a foreign language. Building on a child's natural love of play, the videos feature real kids and lively animation to provide a captivating immersion experience.
 
To get started, log in to Mango with the following link, find Little Pim on your navigation bar, and choose a language lesson:
 
 
Summer Vacation Specials
  
 
 
Create a Paper Flower Necklace with Creativebug

In this class on creativebug, Annabel Wrigley shows you how to make a cheerful paper flower necklace using Cricut Explore. Once the paper pieces are cut out, Annabel shows how easy it is to assemble the flowers, give them fringed details, add colorful pompoms centers, and how to link the flowers together to create a pretty necklace that fits your unique style!
 
Find materials needed and the video tutorial here.
 
Summer-Themed Audiobooks on Libby
July Take-and-Make Craft Kits
Shooting Rocket Take-and-Make Craft Kit
Tuesday, July 11, All Day.
Beaded Pipe Cleaner Creatures Take-and-Make Craft Kit
Tuesday, July 18, All Day.
 
Watercolors Take-and-Make Craft Kit
Tuesday, July 25, All Day.
 

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27005 Milford Rd.
South Lyon, Michigan 48178
(248) 437-8800

https://lyon.lib.mi.us/