We are excited to announce the return of our English Conversation Group, Intermediate Level. Join us to practice your English conversation skills either online on Tuesday evenings or in-person at the library on Friday mornings. For more information, please email literacy@nevinslibrary.org.
Financial Literacy: Skills for a Lifetime
In an increasingly complex world, many people find it difficult to navigate through the financial world as they try to make the best decisions on how to handle their personal finances.
Join us to learn about Financial Life Cycle tools that can be utilized by people of all ages, incomes and current levels of financial sophistication in a wide variety of financial circumstances.
The Post-Retirement session for those who have already retired is scheduled for 2pm – 4pm. To register for this session, click here.
The Pre-Retirement session for those who have not retired yet is scheduled for 6pm – 8pm. To register for this session, click here.
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Throughout David Askin’s extensive capital markets career, David has been a pioneer in creating innovative solutions for real world difficulties and in finding novel ways to resolve clients’ problems. He has done this as a financial markets strategist, researcher, portfolio manager, valuation and sales executive for a series of world-class organizations. He was a co-founder of BVAL, Bloomberg LP’s premier evaluated pricing service for capital markets securities. Earlier in his career, he built successful portfolio management, sales, trading and analytics businesses across the full spectrum of asset classes, strategies and functions at firms such as Merrill Lynch, Moody’s, Drexel Burnham Lambert and Daiwa.
In his “spare time,” David has been an adjunct professor of finance at the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and at the Columbia Business School, as well as in the Financial Engineering Program at NYU’s Tandon School of Engineering. David also has published chapters in several financial textbooks, as well as articles and white papers in the field.
Robin Putnam from The Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation brings two very important programs to the library on how to be savvy about, and protect ourselves from, identity theft, fraud, and online safety.
Join us In Person as Robin Putnam, Research and Special Projects Manager from MA OCABR discusses identity theft and fraud prevention. She will discuss info about the Office and what they do, and will also cover how to spot and avoid scams, and how to prevent identity theft.
To register for this program, click here.
Join us In Person as Robin Putnam, Research and Special Projects Manager from MA OCABR leads a discussion about online safety.
It will include info about protecting yourself while accessing the internet on your devices as well as details about phishing, general protection from scams, and identity theft.
To register for this program, click here.
Robin Putman is the Research and Special Projects Manager for The Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation, which protects and empowers consumers through advocacy and education, and ensures a fair playing field for the Massachusetts businesses its agencies regulate.
We need your help to provide free, private, flexible, and individualized instruction to adults in the community who want to learn to speak and read English, or are struggling with basic reading and language comprehension.
You’ll make a great tutor if you have some extra time to give back, are over eighteen years old, or like to connect with others and learn about new cultures.
Stop by for an information session to learn more about what it takes to become a volunteer tutor:
Tuesday, April 19 at 10am
Wednesday, April 20 at 6pm
Thursday, April 21 at 6pm
These sessions will be in person here at the Nevins Library, but, if you would prefer to do the orientation from home, or you have any other questions, please feel free to contact Grace at 978-686-4080 x32 or LitVolMeth@gmail.com
Funding provided by Literacy Volunteers of Massachusetts and the City of Methuen
Parents and caregivers of toddlers and preschoolers, we have a fun challenge for you and your kids!
Welcome to the 1000 Books Before Kindergarten initiative, a program that encourages families and caregivers to read with their infants, toddlers, and preschoolers before they enter kindergarten. Studies show that regularly reading aloud to children helps strengthen their language skills, builds their vocabulary, and lays the groundwork for them to be successful readers on their own.
1000 books might sound like a lot, but they can add up quickly — for example, reading one book a day for three years, or three books a day for one year, adds up to 1,095 books!
There is no reading list for this program — any book, read by anyone, counts — your log can include books read at home, preschool, library storytimes, child care sites, and so on.
To get started, come by the Children’s Department to get a paper reading log for your first 100 books (or download it here). There is a new log sheet for every 100 books you read, and you can also track your reading on Beanstack here (or download the app on your mobile device).
Each time you have read 100 more books, come get some fun incentives for your child: a necklace brag tag and their name on our beautiful Readers’ Rainbow! If you’d like, we’ll also take a commemorative photo in front of the rainbow, and we’ll send you off with the log sheet for your next 100 books.
When you’ve reached 500 books, we’ll give you a free book — and when you’ve reached 1000, come see us for a “graduation” surprise!
Funding for Beanstack was made possible by a grant from the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners with federal funds from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).
Do your New Year’s resolutions include giving back to your community? If so, learn how you can make a difference from a distance by becoming a tutor with Literacy Volunteers of Methuen.
Literacy Volunteers of Methuen provides free, individual, student-centered literacy tutoring to adult learners. Our program is not possible without generous volunteers, like you! You’ll make a great tutor if you…
We are hosting info sessions where you can learn all about becoming a tutor. Attendance at one of these sessions is required before beginning a training. These sessions will all take place over Zoom on the following dates:
Tuesday, January 11, @ 10am-11am
Wednesday, January 12, @ 7pm-8pm
Thursday, January 13, @ 6pm-7pm
You can sign up for an info session here. Email LitVolMeth @ gmail.com if you have any questions at all (or if you do not use a gmail account). We hope to see you there!
Hola! Nǐn hǎo! Asalaam alaikum! Namaste!
We have a new language resource at the Nevins Library.
It’s called Pronunciator, and with it, not only do you get the world’s most comprehensive language-learning service (164 languages to learn, 144 languages to learn them in), but, also their Naturalization test prep service, ProCitizen!
You can customize your language lessons from a quick 5 minute a day scheme to a master course. You can also personalize the lessons to reflect the vocabulary used in your occupation.
For ESOL speakers, this database can be a great way to learn English. The varied lesson plans, quizzes, etc. will help students learn to speak, pronunciate, write, and comprehend English. For those wishing to take the Naturalization Test, Pronunciator offers step-by-step test prep in their ProCitizen tool.
Whether you are fine-tuning your language skills or learning a new language for work, a trip, school, or personal development, give Pronunciator a try!
Also Available in Spanish.
Pronunciator: Versión en español
ProCitizen: Versión en español
Have you been looking for some way to help your fellow Methuen citizens? If you have a desire to help, a high school diploma, and a fluency in English you can become a tutor with the Literacy Volunteers of Methuen!
What is Literacy Volunteers of Methuen exactly? It’s a program where we partner with the Methuen Adult Learning Center and Literacy Volunteers of Massachusetts to provide free, private, flexible, and individualized one on one instruction to adults who would like to gain proficiency in English.
To become a tutor, you need to attend one of our information sessions (dates below) and all six training sessions (which will happen this year on Wednesdays from September 1st through October 6th), and then commit to a minimum of nine months of two hours of tutoring per week.
Our upcoming information sessions will be:
Monday, August 23rd from 7-8pm
Tuesday, August 24th from 6-7pm – ONLINE — Email LitVolMeth@gmail.com for Link
Wednesday, August 25th from 7-8pm
Thursday, August 26th from 10-11am
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Grace at 978-686-4080 x32 or LitVolMeth@gmail.com
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