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…
Top 10 Tips for Reading to a Child Get everyone in your family involved – parents, baby-sitters, grand-parents, aunts & uncles, brothers & sisters – anybody! Don’t be self-conscious and worry about how you sound. Each person has a different reading style so read however you feel most comfortable. All Read more…
We are so thankful for Ms. Greene and all the work she does to help make the monthly packets. My kids have loved working on all the activities. – Ashley Higginbottom
Suggested Family Activity • Friday, August 7 Tomorrow is Global Sleep Under the Stars Night. You can celebrate by having a camp out in your own backyard this weekend and taking time to look up at the stars. Gazing up at the night sky can feel very peaceful as you Read more…
Suggested Family Activity • Thursday, August 6 Today is both National Root Beer Float Day and National Wiggle Your Toes Day so celebrate them both by wiggling your toes while you enjoy a nice, cold root beer float. To make a root beer float at home: Put a scoop of Read more…