List of fun things to do with your child before they enter kindergarten.
Perform 4 acts of kindness this summer. Log each team you perform one of these acts.
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!
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!
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!
Use Michigan Activity Pass (MAP) to visit a local attraction or Metropark.
Share where you visited.
Thank someone who makes your community a better place!
Share who you thanked.
Between July 25th & August 12th, find the secret code posted somewhere in or around the library.
Share your artistic side by adding your art to our Community Art Journal.
Show us your art once it is completed.
Read a book by an author with the same name as you. Enter the title to complete this challenge.
June is National Safety Month! Attend Story Time with New Haven Fire Chief Daniel Stier on June 28th at 11am.
Tell us the title of book he read.
July is National Picnic Month! Join us for our Pokemon Picnic on July 14th at 12pm.
Tell us what snack you got at the picnic.
Read the July Book Club pick.
National Friendship Day is in August!
Between August 1st & 12th, visit tell us the name of your best friend.
Read the August Book Club pick. Enter the title to complete this challenge.
Finish reading 10 books this summer.
You're first five finished book are already recorded! List the titles and authors of the last five books you finished.
Finish reading 5 books this summer.
The first book you finished is already recorded! List the titles and authors of the next four books you finished!
Read two books about friendship this summer! Share the titles and authors of each!
Perform an act of kindness this summer. Log when you perform one of this act.
Share a book with someone else. It can be a parent, a sibling or cousin, a friend, an elderly neighbor, or even a pet!