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- Reading – Seed
- 4-7 year olds – 105 minutes
- 8-12 year olds – 140 minutes
- 12-18 year olds – 210 minutes
- Reading – Sapling
- Must complete Reading – Seed first!
- 4-7 year olds – 105 minutes
- 8-12 year olds – 140 minutes
- 12-18 year olds – 210 minutes
- Reading – Tree
- Must complete Reading – Sapling first!
- 4-7 year olds – 105 minutes
- 8-12 year olds – 140 minutes
- 12-18 year olds – 210 minutes
- Storywalk
- Participate in the story walk in the windows of our library–stay tuned!
- Virtual Storytimes (do two!)
- Watch 5 VIP story times!
- (for 4-7 year olds) watch 5 Friday storytimes!
- (for 8+) Watch Amanda and Nicole’s Tuesday/Thursday chapter book reading–StarGirl is complete and we’re reading Charlotte’s Web right now!
- Where’s Waldo?
- Go for a walk and find 10 Waldos in the windows of our community!
- Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego? (Pick three!)
- Learn how to count to 10 in 3 languages
- Read about one landmark from another country!
- Try a new food from another culture
- Do a virtual tour of a museum or zoo!
- Chalk Challenger (do all 4!)
- Make a sidewalk mosaic
- Make a hopscotch board, and play with a family member or friend
- Write a positive message for someone walking by your home
- Make puffy sidewalk chalk (Stay tuned for a video!)
- Get Crafty (do 3!)
- Make a seek-and-find bottle (Stay tuned for a video!)
- Make an origami crane
- Make a paper chain snake! Don’t forget the forked tongue!
- Make a friendship bracelet. (Stay tuned for a video!)
- Doodlebug (Do 3!)
- Paint a rock and hide it for another person to find. (Stay tuned for a video!)
- Celebrate the 4th of July by making a firework painting (Stay tuned for a video!)
- Make a self-portrait
- Paint with bubbles!
- Get moving (do all 4!)
- Do the library’s sidewalk “obstacle” course! – Stay tuned
- Ride your bike or scooter
- Have a dance party with your family
- Go for a walk
- Ada Twist, Scientist (do 2!)
- Make Elephant Toothpaste
- Make a Volcano-and erupt it with baking soda and vinegar!
- Get a hard boiled egg into a bottle!
- Make ~magic milk~ with milk, food coloring and dish soap
- Iggy Peck, Architect (do 2!)
- Build a living room fort
- Build an epic Lego structure
- Build a marshmallow catapult out of popsicle sticks!
- Make a domino falls course where the dominos knock over something besides dominos!
- Rosie Revere, Engineer (do 2!)
- Make a 3D Star out of paper, straws or popsicle sticks.
- Build paper airplanes and have an airplane race. What kind is the best?
- Make a mechanical hand
- Build a bridge out of straws, popsicle sticks, and/or clothes pins. No glue or tape!
- Sofia Valdez, Future Prez (Do 3!)
- Find out who your alderman is and send them a message with an idea for making your community better!
- Thank your mail carrier with a nice note or treat!
- Make & Post a video of yourself saying the Pledge of Allegiance! Don’t forget to tag the library!
- Make a list of 10 things YOU would do if YOU were President!
- Splish Splash (Do 3!)
- Blow Bubbles
- Go swimming
- Play in the hose or sprinkler
- Have a water balloon fight
- Escape Artist
- Escape from 4 digital escape rooms (stay tuned for a list of possibilities)
- Not Bummer Summer (do two!)
- Make Ice Cream in a Bag
- Make S’mores
- Make Homemade Popsicles
- Make a friendship bracelet
- Old School (do all 4!)
- Write (and mail) a letter to a friend! If you don’t know a friend’s address, the library’s address is 338 W Jefferson St, Auburn IL 62615!
- Make a fortune teller
- Learn to make the Jacob’s ladder out of the Cat’s Cradle (string)
- Learn a hand-slapping game & rhyme (ex: Miss Mary Mack)
- The Lorax (do 3!)
- Catch fireflies (don’t hurt them!)
- Grow flowers
- Make a bird feeder
- Find a way to reuse or repurpose something you would have thrown away
- Selfies on the Square (do all 4!)
- Take a selfie with the Centennial Bell!
- Take a selfie with the new Little Free Library!
- Take a selfie with our READ sign!
- Take a selfie at the Boy Scout Garden!