Summer Reading Instructions for Kids

Recommended for birth to 2 years of age.

• Starting the day you pick up your childs reading log or printing it from this page, check off each activitiy on the log as you complete it with your child.
• Return the completed form by July 31, 2013, and be entered into a drawing for parents to prize.
• (NOTE: You can’t get prizes the same day you sign-up.)

• Thick, sturdy cover and pages
• Bright, colorful, clear pictures
• Simple geometric shapes
• Photos of faces, especially babies
• Few words
• Nursery rhymes
• Stories with rhyme, rythm, and repetition

• Parents as Teachers [3]
• Reading Rockets [4]

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Reading Log Downloads

• Wee Reader Log (English) [5]
• Wee Reader Log (Spanish) [6]

* Reading logs are also available at any library location.

• Recommended for children who are not yet reading, or who are not yet comfortable reading on their own.
• You can READ or do ANY of the activities listed on the back of your Read-With-Me Reading Log [7].
• When you complete a task, color in one star or sun.
• Once you have filled in all the stars or suns bring this page in to the Library for a prize.
• All finishers will receive an invitation to a finishers party.
• All reading logs need to be returned by July 31st, 2013.
• When you return your completed reading log you can enter to win Prizes! [8]

Read-With-Me Suggested Activities

• Take turns telling stories during meal times.
• Draw, write, or paint with an adult.
• Act out your favorite book with your dolls or stuffed animals.
• Attend a library program. To sign up for the library calendar by e-mail, go to www.lexpublib.org/nextreads [9].
• Hunt for letters, shapes, or colors.
• Take a nature walk and talk about the plants and animals that you see.
• Read a rhyming book and make your own silly rhymes.
• Listen and sing along to a music CD from the library.
• Sign-up for e-mail reminders online or at the Library.
• E-mail subscribers will be eligible for special prizes.
• Or other educational activities of your choosing.

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Reading Log Downloads

• Read-With-Me Reading Log [7]

* Reading logs are also available at any library location.

• Earn double minutes for school required reading.
  For example: 15 minutes of school required reading will count for 30 minutes.
• Bring a friend to sign up for Summer Reading - earn 15 minutes.
• Come to a program at the Library - earn 15 minutes.
  To sign up for the library calendar by e-mail, go to www.lexpublib.org/nextreads [9].
• Bring a friend to a program at the Library - earn 15 minutes.
• Read to someone - earn 15 minutes.
• Ask the librarian for other ways to earn minutes.

• All reading logs need to be returned by July 31st, 2013.
• When you return your completed reading log you can enter to win Prizes! [11]

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Reading Log Downloads

• Reader's Reading Log [12]

* Reading logs are also available at any library location.