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100 Things To Do Before Kindergarten

List of fun things to do with your child before they enter kindergarten.

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2024 Book of the Year
Read our 2024 Book of the Year, "Murder Your Employer" by Rupert Holmes. 

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A Colorful Hunt

“I never met a color I didn’t like.” – Dale Chihuly
Color is everywhere! Can you guess the color for each of these riddles?

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Adult Summer Reading Mission
Read, give, and listen your way through this list and finish the summer reading program in one spot!

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Alphabet Walk

Go for a walk and look for letters of the alphabet all around you! For example, two branches on the ground might form the letter T. The goal is to find the letters without having to move items around to create the letter. Mark off each letter as you find it!

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10 Pts
Ask a Librarian - Week 1

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Ask a Librarian - Week 8

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Book Quiz

Test your book knowledge and challenge yourself by answering these multiple-choice questions about popular books. For more quizzes visit https://www.quiztriviagames.com/.

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300 Pts
Book Review

Let us know what you thought of the book you chose to read! Please include the following in your review.

  • The name of the author and the title of the book.
  • The main theme.
  • Brief Summary of the book. 
  • Include a brief quote that gives an example of something you thought about the book. It shows what the main character is like, etc.
  • Write a conclusion that brings everything together.
  • Find similar books. 

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300 Pts
Book Review

Let us know what you thought of the book you chose to read! Please include the following in your review.

  • The name of the author and the title of the book.
  • The main theme.
  • Brief Summary of the book. 
  • Write a conclusion that brings everything together.

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100 Pts
Camping Trip

Spend the night off the beaten path in a tent or RV. Upload a photo of yourself at your campsite and collect the badge and a vinyl National Park sticker. This activity is worth 100 points toward program completion.

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300 Pts
Editor
Have you always had an itch to wield the red pen? Now's your chance! Grab your favorite pen be it red, purple, green, black, etc. and have the time of your life. These advanced readers' copies are intended for readers' to not only tell them what they are doing right, but what they are doing wrong and that includes grammar and punctuation. Are they missing a comma? Mark it! Is that word spelled wrong? Mark it! Do they have an incomplete sentence? MARK IT! Flex those English skills and get to work. Don't forget to take credit for your work -- on any page you made corrections, please clearly write your initials in the corner.

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300 Pts
Editor
Have you always had an itch to wield the red pen? Now's your chance! Grab your favorite pen be it red, purple, green, black, etc. and have the time of your life. These advanced readers' copies are intended for readers' to not only tell them what they are doing right, but what they are doing wrong and that includes grammar and punctuation. Are they missing a comma? Mark it! Is that word spelled wrong? Mark it! Do they have an incomplete sentence? MARK IT! Flex those English skills and get to work. Don't forget to take credit for your work -- on any page you made corrections, please clearly write your initials in the corner.

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100 Pts
Family Reading Night Games
Don't forget to play book BINGO for your chance to pick out a free book to keep!

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Family Reading Night Goodie Bag
Start your night with a bag of bookish swag!

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100 Pts
Family Reading Night Photo Booth
Take a photo with our special forest backdrop!

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Family Reading Night Reading Nook
Read one book or have one read to you by a friend or family member.

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Family Reading Night Scavenger Hunt

Use the clue from each activity to find and fill in the missing words of the quote. Once you've found all the words, don't forget to spin the prize wheel!


"Those _1__

don't ___2____

in __3___

will __4___

__5__ it!"

by Roald Dahl

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30 Pts
Farmers Market Secret Code
ADULTS - Ask one of the Market Managers for the secret code in order to get a voucher for 5 free books at the book sale!

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100 Pts
Geocaching Adventure

Check out our Geocaching Kit. Upload a photo of yourself with a cache you find and collect the badge and a vinyl National Park sticker. This activity is worth 100 points toward program completion.

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Gift Basket Drawing Entry
Please describe each of the 5 books that you have read during the reading program. Your answers will be compared to your reading submissions.

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I Spy Rainbow Walk

Find each of the following colors on a walk around your neighborhood. What kind of interesting things do you see? Mark each color off as you find them, don't forget to look high and low!

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Investigative Intern

Investigative journalists dig deep to work to expose the world of crimes, corruption, and more. Use your investigative skills to determine whether these facts are true or false. Dig deep and see what you can uncover!

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It's All Fun and Games

Embrace your inner child while involving the family with these ideas for summer fun.

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Kids Alphabet Walk

Go for a walk and look for letters of the alphabet all around you! For example, two branches on the ground might form the letter T. The goal is to find the letters without having to move items around to create the letter. Take a picture of each letter and upload below.

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Level up Your Reading
Level up your reading and challenge yourself to try new things. Reading can happen anywhere, and new books await!

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Little Explorers

Get your little ones to expand their horizons. This can be accomplished by trying something new or seeing things in a different light. Teach your little ones that you don’t have to travel far to explore new things—wonderment can be found everywhere!

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Play, Laugh, Learn
Activities preschoolers and their caregivers can engage in any time to encourage learning, language skills, and fun!

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20 Pts
Pre-K Little Explorers

Get your little ones to expand their horizons. This can be accomplished by trying something new or seeing things in a different light. Teach your little ones that you don’t have to travel far to explore new things—wonderment can be found everywhere!

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50 Pts
Random Acts of Kindness (Round 1)
Choose a random act of kindness from the list below or chose how you want to spread kindness in the community!


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Reading Around

Books can take you around the world and back, even if you're only in your backyard! Show us all the fun and exciting places you read by marking each place you read. Get out and read!

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Reading Beyond

Go beyond just reading this summer! Mix up how or where you read, or maybe what you do after reading a book.

Challenge yourself to complete at least five tasks from the list below. How many can you complete?

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100 Pts
Reading List - Extra Points!!
You will find a list of discussion questions for specific book - If you read one (or more) of these books & answer the discussion questions, you will receive more points!

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10 Pts
Return Mural Page
Return your piece of our circulation desk mural to receive an additional entry into the end-of-summer prize drawing! If you forgot what number your coloring sheet was, it was written on your registration bag.

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ROY G BIV Poem Stack
Artists know that ROY G BIV stands for the colors of the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet. Search your book shelves, a friends, family members, or the library's book shelves to find a book in each color of the rainbow. Then stack the books in ROY G BIV order to see what book spine poem is formed. Share what each book spine says and your poem below! For extra fun, take a picture of your ROY G BIV poem stack!

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Scavenger Hunt
Time for some outdoor fun! Walk around your city or town and see what you can find for each letter of the alphabet. Bring a camera or list and pencil to keep track of the items you find. We've included some examples, but what else can you find? Good luck!

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Storytime Live


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Taste the Rainbow
Color is all around us, including the food we eat! While there are many foods similar in color, you will be surprised how many different colors food is. Can you think of a food for each of the below colors? Type the name of at least 1 food for each color listed below.

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Teen Reading Around

Books can take you around the world and back, even if you're only in your backyard! Show us all the fun and exciting places you read by taking a picture everywhere you take your book. Get out and read! 

*Please note your pictures will only visible to library staff

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The Five Practices Outside
There are five simple, powerful, and fun practices that parents/caregivers are encouraged to incorporate into their everyday lives that can help establish a strong foundation for early literacy. Those practices are: Reading, Writing, Talking, Singing, and Playing. Try to incorporate the outdoors in each practice and have fun! 

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Books Create Inclusion and Understanding

This mission will take you on a years-long journey to different places and through families.

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Embrace Every Narrative

This mission will take you on a years-long journey to different places and through families.

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50 Pts
Random Acts of Kindness (Round 2)
Choose a random act of kindness from the list below or chose how you want to spread kindness in the community!


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Random Acts of Kindness (Round 3)
Choose a random act of kindness from the list below or chose how you want to spread kindness in the community!


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Random Acts of Kindness (Round 4)
Choose a random act of kindness from the list below or chose how you want to spread kindness in the community!


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