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Dragon Week

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Let’s explore Dragon Magic this week!

First, listen to a story about a baby dragon! (see video below)

Then stop by the library and pick up a craft bag full of supplies to make a dragon egg. Click here for the instructions. (We are doing curbside pick up only, from 11AM- 6PM M-F, so call when you get here!)

Maybe you would like to learn some computer coding as you travel through the mystical jungle and train your dragon to eat bugs or gain power-ups? Give it a try!

How would you like to learn a dance from the musical Dragons Love Tacos?

Do you want to learn how to draw a dragon? The author of Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, Grace Lin, has a wonderful video that will have you drawing dragons in just minutes.

Join us in some Dragon Magic this week!

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Online Role Playing for Teens

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Do you want to be the main character of your story?

Do you want to go on an adventure and explore ancient dungeons?

Teens in grades 6-9 are invited to participate in an online role playing game similar to Dungeons and Dragons.

No prior experience is necessary. We will be meeting every Thursday from 1PM to 2PM.

Our first virtual meeting will be on July 2nd to discuss how it all works. Check here for the link!

Hope to see you there!

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Place a Hold for Curbside Pickup

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Now that we’re open for curbside pickup, you can put in a hold request for items that are here and we will let you know when we have them ready for you.

You can search and place holds through the online catalog. To log in, your user name is the number from your library card (no space), and your password is the last 4 digits of your phone number.

To search Clark House’s items go to https://pac.sals.edu/polaris/default.aspx?ctx=88.1033.0.0.3

To search the Malta Branch’s items go to https://pac.sals.edu/polaris/default.aspx?ctx=111.1033.0.0.3

You can also email us at roundlake@sals.edu or call to have items placed on hold (Clark House 518-899-2285 or Malta 518-682-2495).

At this time we are only able to fill holds with items in Clark House and Malta, as inter-library loaning has been suspended.

Once you recieve the notification that items are ready for pickup, please follow our Curbside Pickup Procedures.

Both Branches Closed to the Public

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Both branches of the Round Lake Library will be closed to the public until further notice. We are currently filling holds for curbside pickup.

During this time, no overdue fees will be charged, and library materials can be returned in the outdoor bookdrops.

The Overdrive ebook and e-audiobook platform can be used by anyone with a card in the system, regardless of fines, overdue items or account expiration. Se e all of our online resources for more options

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DIY Mask-Making

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Want to make a fabric face mask?

Check out a these video or photo tutorials, or see our basic sewing instructions below.

Help protect yourself and others when you have to go out in public.

How to Make a Mask

What you will need:

Cotton Fabric, any color or print
Rope elastic, beading cord elastic will work (you may also use 1/8” flat elastic)
Cut the elastic 7” long and tie a knot at each end (DO NOT knot the ends of the flat)

You can Make Two Sizes: Adult or Child

Put right side of cotton fabric together. Cut 2 9×6 inch (adult) or 7.5×5 inch (child) pieces.
Starting at the center of the bottom edge, sew to the first corner, stop. Sew the elastic with the edge out into the corner. A few stiches forward and back will hold this.
Sew to the next corner, stop, and bring the other end of the same elastic to the corner and sew few stiches forward and back.
Now sew across that top of the mask to the next corner. Again put an elastic with the edge out.
Sew to the next corner and sew in the other end of the same elastic.
Sew across the bottom leaving about 1.5” to 2” open. Stop, cut the thread. Turn inside out.
Pin 3 tucks on each side of the mask. Make sure the tucks are the same direction.
Sew around the edge of the mask twice.

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Tax Deadlines Extended

Jen Adult services, Events, Explore, Features, Library Services, News

Although April 15th is usually the deadline for filing annual income tax returns, both federal and New York state deadlines have been extended to July 15th in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

IRS/ Federal FAQ

New York State FAQ

Online Arts and Entertainment

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Free 60-minute Cirque du Soleil compilation of performances

Free online guitar lessons from Fender

Author Mo Willem hosts a live virtual online Lunch Doodle every weekday at 1 pm ET

Free online art classes and groups

Disney & Khan Academy Collaboration: Imagineering in a Box

Virtually visit The Louvre in Paris, France

Google Arts & Culture– virtual tours of famous sites & museums, virtual collections, and so much more!

Online Educational Resources

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Many companies and online educational resources have opened their services free of charge during this health crisis.

Check out our homeschooling page for more great links

Scholastic Learn at Home: Fun educational lessons on the Scholastic website where new learning experiences are built around a story or video daily. For students in pre-k to 6th grade and up.

Tumblebooks is providing free access, through August 31^st, to their collections of talking picture books, read-alongs, lesson plans and more. NO LIBRARY CARD REQUIRED!!

Junior Library Guild Junior Library Guild is providing access to its JLG Digital online reading platform. With JLG Gold Standard eBooks for Elementary, JLG Digital gives you and your readers unlimited access* to read books online from any device. There is no limit to the number of users who can access the books, so tell your home-bound students to click to their hearts’ content! Titles enter and exit the digital stream regularly, so there are always new picks available.

Authors Everywhere!: A YouTube channel created and run by children’s books writers and illustrators. Workshops, readings, activities, art projects, writing games, and writing advice that will offer fun and creative distractions during potential school closures and quarantines.

ABC Ya an interactive website with over 400 fun and educational games for grades PreK to 6. Play games covering a wide range of topics, such as multiplication, typing, speech and pattern recognition. https://www.abcya.com/

Star Fall Practice phonics skills with read-along stories

Fun Brain Play games while practicing math and reading skills

PBS Kids Hang out with your favorite characters while learning

National Geographic for Kids Learn all about geography and fascinating animals

Highlights Kids Read, play games, and conduct cool science experiments

TIME For Kids: offering free online subscriptions to their grade-targeted digital library, along with educational resources and activities

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Virtual Story Times

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Dolly Parton will read bedtime stories- premiering at 6pm on Thursday, April 2

Jeff Goldblum reads Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who!

Grover reads The Monster At The End Of This Book

Local teens reading picture books on Facebook

Story Time From Space with Astronauts on the International Space Station

#OPERATIONSTORYTIME | Your Favorite Authors Host Story Time Online!

Olaf the Snowman (Josh Gad) is reading bedtime stories on Twitter

Neil Gaiman’s Mouse Circus website for Young Readers– includes full readings of Coraline and The Graveyard Book

Betty White reads Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion

Author Mo Willem hosts a live virtual online Lunch Doodle every weekday at 1pm ET

Storynory: A vast collection of audio stories where children can read along to the text. The website’s library includes original stories, fairy tales, and classics.

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