Week 1 Activities
Our Blue Planet
- Complete/attend a Summer STEM From Your Library activity.
- Check out a new fish at National Geographic Kids.
- Read a book about the ocean.
- Compare “blue water” depths w/ plastic cups, water & blue coloring.
- Find an answer: What recycles in our area and see how much you can recycle in a week?
Week 2 Activities
Ocean of Wonders
- Complete/attend a Summer STEM From Your Library activity.
- Check out a new fish at National Geographic Kids.
- Play “Go Fish” with your family or friends.
- Paint with bubbles.
- Find an answer: Do things sink or float differently in saltwater or freshwater?
Week 3 Activities
Explore New Depths
- Complete/attend a Summer STEM From Your Library activity.
- Check out a new aquatic creature at PBS Kids Wild Krats.
- Go a day without screens – TV, computer or phone games.
- Use food colored water to change the color of a flower.
- Find an answer: Are sounds different underwater?
Week 4 Activities
Seven Seas, Infinite Stories
- Complete/attend a Summer STEM From Your Library activity.
- Do a scavengers hunt at Switch Zoo Animal Games.
- Visit & tour an online aquarium such as Monterey Bay Aquarium & write down 3 new things you discovered.
- Paint an ocean creature rock.
- Find an answer: Why do some animals use sonar to communicate? Why does it work?
Week 5 Activities
Discover Treasures
- Complete/attend a Summer STEM From Your Library activity.
- Check out a new baby animal at Zooborns.com.
- Create a treasure hunt for friends or family.
- Construct a lighthouse with Legos, or another building material.
- Find an answer: Why is ocean water so salty?
Week 6 Activities
Uncharted
- Complete/attend a Summer STEM From Your Library activity.
- Visit & tour an online aquarium such as Monterey Bay Aquarium & write down 3 new things you discovered.
- Go swimming/have a water fight.
- Learn the clapping game to a “Sailor Went to Sea, Sea, Sea.”
- Find an answer: Why does ice float on water, but when you swim in deep water, it’s cold?
Summer STEM Crafting for Kids and Tweens
Sponsored by the Idaho Commission for Libraries and the Idaho STEM Action Center
Tuesdays at 2:00 pm
For Kids ages 6 – 8 & Tweens ages 9 – 11 and their accompanying adult. Come to the library and participate in an activity that’s about science, technology, engineering, or math!
Any additional Summer STEM from your Library Make or Take STEAM kits will be available at the Front Circulation Desk following the activity.
STEM Crafting for June:
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June 14: Learn with NASA – For this period relevant activity, we will celebrate the 1960’s with the Apollo moon landing! Natalie Macbeth, our NASA Solar System Ambassador, will help us launch air compressor rockets, and we will make sandwich cookie moon phases, erupting moon rocks, learn about ocean tides & the moon, and make a solar system for your pocket.
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June 28: Jellyfish in a Bottle – For this activity, we will be making a floating jellyfish using a paperclip and a straw in a water bottle.
STEM Crafting for July:
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July 5: Life-Size Whale – For this activity, we will be drawing a life-size whale with sidewalk chalk.
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July 12: Growing Crystals on Seashells – For this activity, we will be growing crystals on seashells using a chemical solution.
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July 26: Stretchy Sand Slime – For this activity, we will be making stretchy Sand Slime using sand and glue.
Summer STEM Lego Club
Sponsored by the Idaho Commission for Libraries and the Idaho STEM Action Center
Tuesdays at 2:00 pm
For Kids ages 6 – 8, Tweens ages 9 – 11, and Teens ages 12 – 18. Anyone under the age of 12 needs to be accompanyied by an adult.
Do you love Legos? Join other kids who love the ever popular bricks at Madison Library District’s first LEGO club!
DATES:
- June 21
- July 19
Chess and Game Club
Monday, June 13, at 4:30 pm
For Tweens ages 9 – 11, and Teens ages 12 – 18.
Learn the art of Chess and other games with the master of fun and strategy, Nick Allison!
Games and supplies will be provided.
Mancala Madness!
MONDAY, June 27, at 4:30 pm
For Teens and Tweens ages 9 – 18.
We wanted to do something a little different then usual and do an outside mancala game using squishy balls, buckets with water, and running around. It should be a lot of fun!
Star Party!
Friday, July 8, at 9:00 pm in the Community Room Parking Lot
EVENT CANCELLED DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND OUR CONTROL
Come out and gaze at the stars! We’ll have our big telescope set up, and Cathy Stanton, former Star Ranger, will be there to take you on a guided tour through the universe.
Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Don’t miss it!
Tween
Summer Reading
AGES 9 TO 11
See You in 2023!
Each year, from June through July, we host Summer Reading. The 2022 Summer Reading Theme was “Oceans of Possibilities.”
All participants completed reading challenges at their own pace. We had weekly book club, story times, & craft programs.
Our 2023 Summer Reading theme will be “All Together Now” and should prove to be just as fun! Watch this page for more details.
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Reading Resources
Thank You to Our Summer Reading Sponsors
These amazing businesses and organizations donated over $60,000 to make our 2022 Summer Reading possible. We appreciate their support of literacy in our community!
Regular Hours of Operation
- Monday – Thursday: 9:00 am – 8:00 pm
- Friday: 10:00 am – 6:00 pm
- Saturday: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm
- Sunday: CLOSED
Closures in 2023
- January 2 – New Year’s
- January 16 – Martin Luther King, Jr., Day
- February 20 – President’s Day
- March 24 – Staff Development Day
- April 1 – Closed for Maintenance
- May 27-29 – Memorial Day
- June 19 – Juneteenth
- July 4 – Independence Day
- September 2-4 – Labor Day
- September 28 - Library Conference (LCEI)
- October 7 – Closed for Maintenance
- November 10-11 – Veteran’s Day
- November 22 – Closing at 5:00 pm
- November 23-25 – Thanksgiving
- December 23-26 – Christmas
- December 30-31, 2023 – New Year’s
- January 1, 2024 – New Year’s Day
Address
73 North Center
Rexburg, Idaho 83440
We are located on Center Street, just north of Main Street, by the Historic Rexburg Tabernacle.
Contact Us
(208) 356-3461
24 Hour Phone Renewal: (208) 356-6658
askmadisonlibrary@madisonlib.org
Madison Library District
73 North Center
Rexburg, ID 83440
A public library.