List of fun things to do with your child before they enter kindergarten.
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!
Captain’s logs and ship’s logs have a rich history, and provide insight into how life on seafaring vessels went (and still go today). Continue this tradition by keeping track of what, where, and how you read this summer.
Using the provided clue(s), guess the name of the fairy tale!
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!
This week we’ll meet creatures from fantasy and science fiction, including mermaids, aliens, and unicorns, plus dinos from the distant past. It’s a week of fantastic beasts! This is where you find them.
In this tasty tale of cooperation and unity, Mayor Ann Chovi and her daughter Nan Chovi must decide who makes the best pizza in the town of Mozzarella—Vincent Van Dough or Leonardo Da Munchi. Vincent thinks the dough is the best part of the pizza! Leonardo believes it’s the sauce! Find out how Nan Chovi resolves this delicious dilemma in The Great Pizza Contest.
Arthur C. Doyle is a hardboiled Private Fly who solves tricky mysteries by figuring out what people are really feeling. When he’s faced with a tough case involving a pilfered prized pastry, Arthur and his partner Stella Spider will literally have to walk in someone else’s shoes to bring the culprit to justice.
Moth and Sloth are the best of friends until Sloth’s insecurities put their friendship in jeopardy. Eventually, Moth and Sloth learn what’s involved in being a true friend. This heartwarming tale of friendship is set in a tropical rainforest and is sprinkled with scientific facts about the symbiotic relationship between sloths and moths.
In this original fairytale, a boy named Bartholomew Huggins longs to do something big and important. When Queen Beneficent offers a reward to anyone who can restore kindness to her kingdom, Bartholomew hopes to do something truly spectacular, but he soon discovers that it’s often the smallest acts of kindness that make the biggest difference.
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!
Join Page and Kenny as they bring a fairytale book to life with their Once Upon a Time Machine. Then make some fun fairytale projects and even a tasty recipe. Complete three activities to earn a Happily Ever Laughter Badge.
The adventure begins at Page Turner’s mysterious lighthouse when Kenny accidentally releases Shelldon the Tale Snail. Our intrepid Storyologists must travel to the Lost Library of Atlantis to find the only book that can stop Shelldon from devouring every story in the lighthouse.
Grab your binoculars and compass and get ready for a journey through the jungle. Then get ready for some adventure themed crafts and a fun game that will get you up and moving. Complete three activities to win an Adventure Quest badge.
Traveling in their submarine, our intrepid heroes head for the Great Barrier Reef in search of the next clue that will lead them to the Lost Library of Atlantis. Along the way, they find themselves trapped in the Bermuda Triangle where they must decipher a message that is sent using semaphore code, the flag signals used by sailors.
It gets a bit chilly as our intrepid heroes follow the clues (and a pod of whales!) to the arctic where they gather enough information to solve more ocean riddles. As they continue their search for the Lost Library of Atlantis, they get stuck in The Great Pacific Garbage Patch where they learn things that we all can do to help keep the ocean clean and safe.
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Who doesn’t love pizza? Watch a tasty show then try acting it out yourself or grab an apron and get cooking with some delicious recipes and crafts. Complete three activities to earn a Pizza Pizzazz Badge.
Shiver me timbers! Get ready me hearties for some seafaring fun with an outrageous show and pirate themed Arrrrrts and crafts. Complete 3 activities to earn a Book Buccaneer Badge.
Our Storyologists are closer than ever to discovering the Lost Library of Atlantis and retrieving the only book that will stop the Tale Snail. They travel to the deepest part of the ocean and collect fascinating facts that help them solve the final clue. But will they make it to the Lost Library of Atlantis in time or is this THE END for our intrepid heroes?
SHOW: The Ocean’s Got Talent
We’ve searched the seven seas for some of the ocean’s most talented creatures. Octopus performs an amazing vanishing act. Mantis Shrimp proves he’s not just a pretty face. And Angler Fish has a “glowing” personality. With so much talented competition, will Seymour the Sea Slug still be able to shine?
(Encore Adventure)
Shiver me timbers! Captain Book has been cursed to live as a pirate with a book permanently attached to his hand. To break the curse, kids at home join Page, Kenny, and a cast of salty dogs on a comic quest to discover the captain’s treasure trove of overdue library books. (Encore Adventure)