Kick Off Your Summer with Learning Adventures

“Whether you’re looking for music and dance activities, science experiments, family-friendly adventures, or learning about animals (plus more!), you will find media and activity resources in the Camp PBS LearningMedia collection. We’ve gathered fun, exploratory resources for you to use as you plan summer fun. This collection of resources leverages fun, educational activities to include in your daily schedule, as well as resources to help seed ideas for introducing topics to your campers. Happy exploring!”

🎁 Celebrating Winter Holidays Around the World

Our theme this year in library is Reading is Your Passport to the World, and we have been learning many interesting things about people and places in different countries.

During this time of the year, many people around the world celebrate different traditions and holidays. Use the first 2 sites below to learn more about different celebrations around the world, use the third site to explore ways that you and your family can help others during this time of the year, then have fun and play some creative holiday games.

   National Geographic Kids: Winter Celebrations

Christmas Around the World

 

 

 

  Ways to Give Back During the Holidays


GAMES

       Build a Snowman

 

Decorate a Gingerbread Baby House (Jan Brett)

 

 

 

 

   Create & Share a Snowflake

Free Access All Summer to Capstone Interactive eBooks!

Students can choose from thousands of Capstone titles and read them on any computer or on-the-go on any web-enabled device. Easy navigation on the ad-free site allows readers to search for books in English and Spanish by interest or reading level. See the link below that contains the welcome letter with the log in credentials needed. Have fun choosing & reading great books!
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Cool Tool for Watching “Uncluttered Videos”

YouTube videos can provide a wealth of information, but often, the related matter can be distracting or unwelcome. With ViewPure, you can watch videos in theater mode without comments or related videos that can clutter the screen with distractions. Simply copy and paste the URL in to the box and click on Purify. The video can then be viewed without the related sidebar content.

Inauguration Resources


January 20th is U.S. Inauguration Day for the 45th President of the United States, Donald J. Trump. 

USA.gov has designed a web site that gives users a behind-the-scene look at this important event. Users will be able to view information regarding the swearing-in ceremony and learn interesting facts about past presidential inaugurations, and see historic documents related to early presidents. You can also learn facts about presidents, vice presidents, and first ladies, past and present and learn about the election. process.

More Summer Reading Fun

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From the folks at Reading Rockets, here’s a great site that helps families explore reading adventures for their children. The free resources from Start with a Book include favorite themes such as dinosaurs, building, animals, sports, superheroes and music and include great themed reading adventure packs. Children can have fun while strengthening their reading skills. The flyer below contains more information as well as the site’s web address. Have fun reading & enjoy the rest of the summer!

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