The Joy of Reading

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Take Advantage of

Homework Help
for the

Upcoming School Year!

After a long, enjoyable summer, do your children need some help getting back to those homework assignments? Mission Viejo Library can help

Live Homework Help
People have access to a valuable resource through their library cards. They can utilize Live Homework Help, where they will find assistance in Science, Math, Social Studies, and English. Service Hours are available 7 days a week for kids in grades 4 through Introductory College level. Utilizing an instant messaging format, students and tutors communicate in real time. All tutors are retired teachers or college students who are carefully screened.

Homework Center
Register to have your 2nd to 6th grader work with a former teacher and/or experienced high school student to begin those difficult homework assignments every Wednesday from 3:30 to 6:00 p.m. starting September 13th. Students may sign up one week for a 1/2 hour session one week in advance at the Children’s Reference Desk.

Online Databases
Schoolbooks left in the classroom? Unable to get to the library between soccer games and piano lessons? Use our online databases and you will have access to dependable data that will make those assignments shine! Through Grolier Online, you may use a youth-oriented General Encyclopedia, a Science Encyclopedia, as well as the online version of America the Beautiful, our most frequently referenced series of state books. Social Studies Fact Cards Online offers a wide array of information in the social sciences, including county, Mission, and Indian tribe information. Biography Resource Center offers biographical information on many notable individuals. All your kids need to log into these databases is their Mission Viejo Library card.

Toy Return

The library is requesting a return of the summer reading program toys shown above in order to comply with a RECALL INITIATED BY HIGHSMITH INCORPORATED due to lead content. This recall will affect many public libraries across the country, including the Mission Viejo Library, who used the toys as prizes during this year’s Summer Reading Program.

The toys, a bendable dog and cat (see above picture), were found to have 0.4 and 0.24 percent lead. The maximum safety limit is currently 0.06 percent. The toys are roughly 3.75 inches long and are similar in shape to a lollipop.

We would like all children and parents to return these toys ASAP to the Mission Viejo Library for safe disposal. Replacement reading prizes will be provided in exchange for the bendable toys.”

For more information, please contact Library Administration at (949) 830-7100, extension 4002.

GET READY FOR STORYTIME!

Storytimes are back! Join us this September for our next session of storytimes at the Mission Viejo Library.

“Mommy & Me” Storytime for children ages 12-36 months and a special grown-up will be offered Mondays from 10:30am-11:00am and then repeat from 11:30am-12:00pm. Programs include stories, music, puppets, and fingerplays. Dates for “Mommy & Me” are: September 11, 18, 25 and
October 2, 9, 16, 23.

Monday evenings from 7:00pm-7:30pm children 3-6 years old are invited to join us for “Pajama-Rama Storytime”. Come in your PJ’s for bedtime stories, fun and crafts. Dates for “Pajama-Rama” are: September 11, 18, 25 and October 2, 9, 16, 23.

“Preschool Storytime” is offered on Tuesdays from 10:30am-11:00am and again from 1:30pm-2:00pm. Preschoolers from age 3-6 will enjoy stories, music, and hands-on craft activities. Dates for “Preschool Storytime” are: September 12, 19, 26 and October 3, 10, 17, 24, 31.

All of the above storytimes are held in the library community room. Doors in the children’s area to the community room will open a few minutes before each program begins.

Saturday “Family Drop-In Storytime” takes place from 11:00am-11:30am in the Wickiup in the children’s area. Join us for stories for all. Families are welcome! Dates for “Family Drop-In Storytime” are: September 9, 23, 30 and October 7, 21.

Don’t miss out on all the fun! We’ll see you at the library for storytime!