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T(w)een Summer Reading Program - Learn to Rock Sewing with Dancing Threads

Learn to Sew! T(w)eens will create a sewn paper journal/notebook while learning basic sewing skills like threading a needle, tying knots, and sewing a seam. T(w)eens are involved in the design process for the cover of their notebooks, and leave with a completed book to use throughout their summer or academic year. Variation will be available to challenge those who are already comfortable sewing.

This program is for t(w)eens entering grades 5 and up. Registration is required.

Children's Summer Reading Program - The Shanteyman, B.J. Whitehouse

Jamestown resident BJ Whitehouse (AKA The Shanteyman) presents a program of music, poetry and stories of the sea. Kids will play in a 'fufu' band, an improvisational group of players on pots and pans! Or, they will use a light block-and-tackle in a fun tug-of-war to experience the mechanical advantage of simple machines. The music of the sea is as wide as the Atlantic and as deep as the ocean. Aside from shanties, sailors sang forebitters, which were ballads or popular songs of the day. The Shanteyman uses a multi-media presentation to inspire and entertain kids.

T(w)een Summer Reading Program - Karaoke Coding! Sonic Rocks!

Presented by Rhode Island Computer Museum: This workshop uses portable mics and free coding software aimed towards educating a new generation of programmers and sound engineers. Tweens and teens will be introduced to programming using age-appropriate software tools to modify voices and/or design a beat box. They will use drag-and-drop "code blocks" that lets kids create interactive stories, animations and sounds. By the end of the session, kids will have learned how to make their very own BEAT BOX.

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