Summer Discovery
Grade K-3
May 1 - July 31, 2017
BADGE BOOK
Visit a Mahoning
County public library
near you or sign up
online on or after
May 1 to register for
the Summer
Discovery program!
Let’s Get Started on the Summer
Discovery Activities Challenge:
1
Visit a Mahoning County public library near you or sign up online
at www.LibraryVisit.org on or after May 1 to register for the
Summer Discovery program.
2
Receive a coupon for a Free Dairy Queen Cone, and a
Mahoning Valley Scrappers game voucher just for signing up!
3
Complete 3 badges and select a FREE book*.
4
5
6
Book
Library Staff/Date
Complete 6 badges. Get your choice of a FREE book or a
FREE incentive* and receive a coupon for FREE admission to
OH WOW! The Roger and Gloria Jones Children’s Center for
Technology. Plus, get an invitation to hear author/illustrator
Rosemary Wells when she visits.
Book or Incentive
Library Staff/Date
Complete 7 badges and have your name entered into a prize
drawing for a $25 gift certificate from Toys “R” Us.
Complete 8 badges by July 21 and you will receive an invitation (good for one child and one
adult) for breakfast with Rosemary Wells, author and illustrator of the Max & Ruby books.
Author Breakfast Co-Sponsored by
Home Savings & Sweeney
Earn an
invitation to
meet author &
Illustrator
Rosemary Wells
on July 28!
* Choose from available titles and prizes. While supplies last.
Complete eight out of twelve activities below to
earn your Fitness & Health Badge sticker
 Eat a healthy snack.
 Dance to music for 3-5 minutes.
 Read or listen to a book about sports.
 Read or listen to a book about an athlete.
 Take a walk with an adult.
 Play a game outside.
 Do the “Hokey Pokey.”
 Check out a book with healthy recipes.
 Count how many jumping jacks you can do in one minute.
 Do any exercise or activity (e.g., ride your bike, etc.) for five days in a row.
 Ask the librarian for a “My Plate” coloring sheet. Fill it in with pictures of
food ideas and color it.
 Go to a program at the Library.
ACTIVITIES
COMPLETED:
Complete eight out of twelve activities below to
earn your Technology Badge sticker
 Play a game on a Library computer.
 Take a selfie with a library book at the Library or at home.
 Visit the KidZone page on the Library’s website AT www.libraryvisit.org/kids
 Find the barcode on your library card or on a library book.
Ask what the purpose of the barcode is.
 Read or listen to an eBook.
 Read or listen to a book about robots.
 Use the self-check if your Library has one.
 Listen to an audio book.
 Find out how a community helper uses technology
in his/her job.
 Make a list of the kinds of technology you have
in your home.
 Learn about someone who has created a technology.
 Go to a program at the Library.
ACTIVITIES
COMPLETED:
Complete eight out of twelve activities below to
earn your Arts & Architecture Badge sticker
 Read or listen to a book about a famous building or structure.
 Learn about a building in your neighborhood.
(HINT: The Library counts!)
 Do an art project using one or more simple
ingredients from your kitchen.
 Do a craft at the Library!
 Color your activity book.
 Make something using recycled materials.
 Make a funny picture using the first letter of your name.
 Visit a museum.
 Make up your own dance!
 Draw a scene from your favorite book and show the librarian.
 Check out a book about drawing or cartooning.
 Go to a program at the Library.
ACTIVITIES
COMPLETED:
Complete eight out of twelve activities below to
earn your Science Badge sticker
 Check out a Library book with science experiments and do one.
 Look at the moon and the stars…then read by flashlight.
 Experiment with sinking and floating objects in water.
 Observe and identify insects in your yard. Look but don’t touch!
 Learn the name of a famous scientist.
 Make bubbles at home.
 On a rainy day, see how many worms you can find.
 Go on a nature walk and find different leaves.
 Plant a seed, take care of it, and watch it grow.
 Recycle something.
 Read or listen to a book about Dinosaurs.
 Go to a program at the Library.
ACTIVITIES
COMPLETED:
Complete eight out of twelve activities below to
earn your Engineering Badge sticker
 Go to a LEGO or building program at the Library.
 Make a paper airplane. It’s OK to ask for help.
 See how many plastic cups you can stack before
they fall over.
 Build a blanket fort and read in it.
 Make something using a box.
 Build something using the magnetic building blocks at the Library.
 Read or listen to a book about building something.
 Learn about bridges and then build one using things you have at home.
 Build a house using Play Doh.
 Make a tower. Use whatever materials you like.
 Learn about the pyramids in Egypt.
 Go to a program at the Library.
ACTIVITIES
COMPLETED:
Complete eight out
of twelve activities
below to earn your
Math Badge sticker
 Cook with an adult using measuring
cups and spoons. Talk about fractions.
 Go on a shape hunt in the Library and
tell the librarian how many different
shapes you found.
 Read or listen to a counting or math
book from the Library.
 Go on a number hunt in your house.
Find as many numbers as you can.
 Play a board game where you add dice
or count play money.
 Collect coins at your house and sort
them into pennies, nickels, dimes,
and quarters.
 Count the total number of books you
read or listen to in one month.
 When you are on a drive, pick a color
and count the number of cars you see
that are that color.
Add or Subtract
the numbers. Use the
color guide to fill
in the flower (or
choose your own
colors).
 Count how many steps it is from your front door to
your bedroom, then count the number of steps
from your front door to your kitchen.
Which is farther?
 See how tall you are at the start of
summer versus the end of summer.
grown? How much?
 Complete the math coloring
activity on this page.
 Go to a program at the Library.
ACTIVITIES
COMPLETED:
Have you
Complete eight
out of twelve
activities below
to earn your
Reading Badge
sticker
 Read or listen to a
book of your choice.
 Read or listen to a book
outside on a nice day.
 Read to someone.
 Read or listen to a book
about a place you would like to visit someday.
 Look at a page in a book and find each letter of your name.
 Read or listen to a book that has won an award.
 Find a new cozy spot and read.
 Read or listen to a Tumble Book from the library’s website.
 Read or listen to an animal story.
 Make your own book about your family and read it together.
 Talk to a librarian about the kinds of books you love.
 Go to a program at the Library.
ACTIVITIES
COMPLETED:
Complete eight out of twelve activities below to
earn your Neighborhood Badge sticker
 Read or listen to a book about a community helper.
 Visit a park or playground.
 Draw a picture or write a letter to a military member
and the Library will mail it for you!
 Visit the library.
 Draw a map of your neighborhood.
 Learn three things about your community.
 See how many different kinds of birds you see in
your neighborhood.
 Introduce yourself to the librarian.
 Shake hands with a community helper and tell him/her you appreciate what they do.
 Draw a picture of your favorite place in your neighborhood.
 Name the community helpers who visit your neighborhood.
 Go to a program at the Library.
ACTIVITIES
COMPLETED:
What are your
FAVORITE BOOKS?
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Attend a collage workshop with New York
Pop-Artist Michael Albert, Learn about Science with
the experts from the STEAM Museum and Whiz Bang
Science, waddle around with African Penguins from
the Wave Foundation, listen to some great music
from Rock ‘N’ Roll Pet Store and Leonardo Music
and enjoy many other great entertainers.
For a complete list of library programs, visit your
local library or visit us at LibraryVisit.org
Name:
Branch:
User name:
Password:
Summer Discovery Sponsors:
Author Breakfast Co-Sponsored by
Home Savings & Sweeney
Friends
of the
Library
Library Staff
www.LibraryVisit.org
Phone: (330) 744-8636