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Summer Challenge #3: Plant a Garden
This week the challenge is to plant a garden, any garden. Think of ways to involve your child in creating a vegetable, flower, or even a fairy garden. The following…
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Summer Challenge #2: Explore a New Playground
This week the summer challenge is to find and explore a new playground. Be sure to check out the playgrounds in your own backyard as well as in a neighboring…
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Summer Challenge #1: Join a Summer Reading Program
According to the School Library Journal, “Based on the findings of a recent three-year study by Dominican University’s Graduate School of Library and Information Studies, we can confirm what many librarians…
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Say-n-Play the Summer Away with Weekly Challenges
I am one for a big adventures. I love booking trips to far off destinations and then dreaming about the trip for months in anticipation. Sometimes, however, big trips just…
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Summer Challenge #10: Explore a Children’s Museum
To beat the heat of the dog days of summer, the challenge this week is to explore a Children’s Museum. Children’s Museums provide rich environments that stimulate a child’s natural…
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Summer Challenge #9: Visit a U-Pick Farm
This week the challenge is to locate and visit a u-pick farm in your area. A u-pick farm is a wonderful opportunity to develop language in a natural setting. You…
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Summer Challenge #8: Take a Walk on a Story Trail
This week the challenge is to locate and take a walk on a Story Trail in your community (or make your own). A Story Trail is when pages from a…
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Summer Challenge #7: Engage the Senses at the Farmers Market
This week the challenge is to check out a local farmers market and engage your senses while you are there. Children experience their world through their senses: smell, sight, hear,…
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Summer Challenge #6: Explore an Open Space
This week the summer challenge is to explore an open space in your city. An open space is any open piece of land that has no buildings or other built…
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Summer Challenge #5: Explore your own backyard
It’s the heart of summer and the 4th of July is fast approaching. There are generally a lot of neighborhood and family get togethers planned this week, so the challenge…