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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

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