Suggested Family Activity • National 📷 Camera Day National Camera 📷 Day today gives us another opportunity to encourage everyone to take pictures of your Summer Reading Program activities during June and July. You could take a photo of your child (or an adult) reading to their pet or their Read more…
Suggested Family Activities: National Paul Bunyan Day Today is National Paul Bunyan Day, a day to remember the tall tale of Paul Bunyan and his big blue ox Babe. The giant lumberjack with tremendous strength is one of the most famous figures in North American folklore. To read up on Read more…
Suggested Family Activities: Duck Duck Goose If you can find enough players this weekend, another classic game to try out is Duck, Duck, Goose. All players start off sitting in a circle on the floor. One person is picked to start off the game as the Tapper. The Tapper walks Read more…
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…