Suggested Family Activities: Story Times Join us here LIVE at 2PM today for Virtual Story Time! Our Library Director, Dee Hare, will be reading Duck on a Tractor by David Shannon Have you checked out any of our Summer Reading Program Story Times yet? Various NERL staff are reading (either live Read more…
Suggested Family Activities: Animal Crafts If your kids love to use play dough or clay to make things, have them mold and create their own animals today. They can stick to familiar ones from around your home, such as favorite pets or the animals you see in your yard. In Read more…
Suggested Family Activity: Pig Snorting Contest Since we are learning about farm animals this week, have a Pig Snorting Contest today! Gather all your family and friends and have each person take a turn making their best pig snort. Then, decide who has the best snort! Different categories could be Read more…
Suggested Family Activity: Summer Reading National Daylight Appreciation Day Today is National Daylight Appreciation Day – a day that inspires people to take advantage of the positive benefits of sunshine. It is always held on the Summer Solstice – the longest day of daylight we will see here in the Read more…
Suggested Family Activity: Summer Reading Scholastic Activities Scholastic, one of the leading publishers of children’s books, is offering lots of FREE activities on their website this summer! You will find reading challenges, free e-book access for titles to read and watch, author read-aloud programs, and other special virtual events starring Read more…
Suggested Family Activity: Summer Reading Activity Packets! For the next two weeks, our Summer Reading Program activity packets for ages 6 and under and ages 7 to 11 will have the supplies to make a farm animal out of a brown lunch bag. You will be randomly given pieces to Read more…
Suggested Family Activities Summer Reading Game: Farmer May I Play this variation of the classic game Mother, May I this week … but since we are celebrating all the animals found on farms, have the Farmer calling out the steps instead of ‘Mother’. This game can be played with several Read more…
Suggested Family Activity: Summer Reading and Nauture Photography Day Have you checked out one our Summer Reading Program Story Walks yet? Story Walks are outdoor reading experiences where a children’s book is presented via plastic signs at various points along a walking trail. Participants walk the trial, stopping at each Read more…
Suggested Family Activity • Summer Reading Theme 2 Farm Tales This week, NERL branches begin Theme 2 of our 2021 Summer Reading Program “Tales and Tails.” For the next two weeks, we’ll be discovering all the variety of animals that live and work on farms as part of our “Farm Read more…
Suggested Family Activity • Summer Reading: National Loving Day Tomorrow is National Loving Day. This is the perfect day to extend loving kindness to others around you. One way to show loving acts of kindness is by using your manners and being polite, such as saying “Please” and “Thank you” Read more…