ReadSquared Reading Program

75 Pts

2023 Escape the Mysterious

Your mission is to complete the escape room.

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100 Pts

2022 Ocean Movement (Ages 0-4)

How does a jellyfish move? Little ones will learn different ways creatures in the ocean move while getting up and moving!

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100 Pts

2022 Reading Beyond (All Ages)

Go beyond just reading this summer! Mix up how or where you read, or maybe what you do after reading a book.

Challenge yourself to complete at least five tasks from the list below. How many can you complete?

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200 Pts

2022 Scavenger Hunt (All Ages)

Time for some outdoor fun! Walk around your city or town and see what you can find for each letter of the alphabet. Bring a camera or list and pencil to keep track of the items you find. We've included some examples, but what else can you find? Good luck!

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2022 The Five Practices Outside (Ages 0-4)

There are five simple, powerful, and fun practices that parents/caregivers are encouraged to incorporate into their everyday lives that can help establish a strong foundation for early literacy. Those practices are: Reading, Writing, Talking, Singing, and Playing. Try to incorporate the outdoors in each practice and have fun!

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100 Pts

2022 Week 1-Fish (Ages 0-4)

Complete 3 of these Independent Activities to earn your Week 1 Badge!

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2022 Week 1-Fish (Ages 5-12)

Complete 4 of these Independent Activities to earn your Fish Badge!

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100 Pts

2022 Week 2-Marine Animals (Ages 5-12)

Complete 4 of these Independent Activities to earn your Week 2 Badge!

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100 Pts

2022 Week 2-Ocean Animals (Ages 0-4)

Complete 3 of these Independent Activities to earn your Week 2 Badge!

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100 Pts

2022 Week 3-Beaches (Ages 0-4)

Complete 3 of these Independent Activities to earn your Week 3 Badge!

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100 Pts

2022 Week 3-Beaches (Ages 5-12)

Complete 4 of these Independent Activities to earn your Week 3 Badge!

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100 Pts

2022 Week 4-Boats (Ages 5-12)

Complete 4 of these Independent Activities to earn your Week 1 Badge!

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100 Pts

2022 Week 4-Boats (Ages 5-12)

Complete 4 of these Independent Activities to earn your Week 1 Badge!

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75 Pts

2023 Photo Scavenger Hunt

Use a camera or phone to take pictures of the following things.

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100 Pts

2025 Random Acts of Kindness

Choose three random acts of kindness from the list below or choose how you want to spread kindness in the community!

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40 Book Challenge

The 40 Book Challenge encourages students to read forty books across a variety of genres. This personal challenge is designed to push readers to embrace a culture of reading, to explore all genres, and to go beyond our comfort zones. There are 9 listed genres and the opportunity for your choice of genre.

How many can you read this year?

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40 Book Challenge

The 40 Book Challenge encourages students to read forty books across a variety of genres. This personal challenge is designed to push readers to embrace a culture of reading, to explore all genres, and to go beyond our comfort zones.There are 9 listed genres and the opportunity for your choice of genre.

How many can you read this year?

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50 Pts

A Colorful Hunt

“I never met a color I didn’t like.” – Dale Chihuly
Color is everywhere! Can you guess the color for each of these riddles?

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50 Pts

Alphabet Walk

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!

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100 Pts

Camping Trip

We are going on a camping trip, but first we need to pack! Below are the definitions for 18 items you should bring camping. Enter a correct answer for each one to complete.

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Captain's Log

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.

Challenge yourself to complete at least five tasks from the list below. How many can you complete?

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100 Pts

Community Connections

A list of activities to help you engage with your community in new and meaningful ways.

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50 Pts

Community Connections

A list of activities to help you engage with your community in new and meaningful ways.

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75 Pts

Community Connections-Teens

A list of activities to help you engage with your community in new and meaningful ways.

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50 Pts

I Spy Rainbow Walk

Find each of the following colors on a walk around your neighborhood. What kind of interesting things do you see? Mark each color off as you find them, don't forget to look high and low!

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75 Pts

Indoor Scavenger Hunt

Find all of the following items in your home.

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100 Pts

Kindness Counts

Do something nice and show kindness to others! These activities are great ways to show your generosity.

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50 Pts

Kindness Counts

Do something nice and show kindness to others! These activities are great ways to show your generosity.

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Little Explorers

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!

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Modern Wonders

There are seven modern wonders of the world. Do you know where they are? Enter the name of the country for each of the seven modern wonders.

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100 Pts

Mythical Creature Quiz

Mythical creatures have origins all around the world. Let’s learn more about them and take a quiz! Can you correctly guess the right mythical creature for each question?

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100 Pts

Photo Scavenger Hunt

Use a camera or phone to take pictures of the following things.

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100 Pts

Random Acts of Kindness

Small gestures make the most difference on a daily basis. It's easy to get so preoccupied with our own lives that we forget about others, but with just one simple act of kindness, we can change the way someone else's day goes, and we can better ourselves and the world in the process. This challenge is designed for you to take the time to do something for someone else — and hopefully they will pay it forward to the next person!

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100 Pts

Reading Around

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!

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100 Pts

Reading Beyond

Go beyond just reading this summer! Mix up how or where you read, or maybe what you do after reading a book.

Challenge yourself to complete at least five tasks from the list below. How many can you complete?

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75 Pts

Reading Beyond-Teens

Go beyond just reading this summer! Mix up how or where you read, or maybe what you do after reading a book.

Challenge yourself to complete at least five tasks from the list below. How many can you complete?

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100 Pts

ROY G BIV Poem Stack

Artists know that ROY G BIV stands for the colors of the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet. Search your book shelves, a friends, family members, or the library's book shelves to find a book in each color of the rainbow. Then stack the books in ROY G BIV order to see what book spine poem is formed. Share what each book spine says and your poem below! For extra fun, take a picture of your ROY G BIV poem stack!

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100 Pts

Scavenger Hunt

Time for some outdoor fun! Walk around your city or town and see what you can find for each letter of the alphabet. Bring a camera or list and pencil to keep track of the items you find. We've included some examples, but what else can you find? Good luck!

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75 Pts

Share the Joy

Let's work together! Complete the activities below with your little one.

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50 Pts

Share the Joy

Let's work together! Complete the activities below with your little one.

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50 Pts

Taste the Rainbow

Color is all around us, including the food we eat! While there are many foods similar in color, you will be surprised how many different colors food is. Can you think of a food for each of the below colors? Type the name of at least 1 food for each color listed below.

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100 Pts

Teen Tails & Tales Week 5

Complete 3 of these Independent Activities to earn your Ocean Animals Badge!

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50 Pts

Mythic Hero: Patch Power 2023

Your Patch Power Mission is to complete three Mythic Hero Independent Activities to earn your Mythic Hero Patch.

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75 Pts

Read

Reading together develops vocabulary and comprehension, nurtures a love for reading, and motivates children to want to learn to read. Shared reading (interactive reading) is an important way to help children get ready to read. Reading with children will show how books and written language work and that stories have a beginning, middle and end.

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50 Pts

Traveling to the Moon, Mars, and Beyond with NASA’s Artemis Project

NASA is taking the first step in the next era of human exploration with the Artemis spaceflight program! In ancient Greek mythology, Artemis was the goddess of the Moon and twin sister to the sun god Apollo. Much like NASA’s Apollo program, which took humans to the Moon in the 1960s and 1970s, the Artemis program will take humans, including the first woman and the first person of color, back to the Moon and prepare us for traveling to Mars and beyond for the first time.

The following activities are all about the Artemis program and NASA’s plans for a new generation of crewed spaceflight. Complete three of the six activities to earn your “Moon, Mars, and Beyond” badge.

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75 Pts

2023 Reading Around

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 taking a picture everywhere you take your book. Get out and read!

*Please note your pictures will only visible to library staff

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50 Pts

Back to the Moon with NASA’s Artemis Project

NASA is taking the first step in the next era of human exploration with the Artemis spaceflight program! Going back to the Moon and building a permanent presence on the lunar surface is a crucial step towards putting humans on Mars for the first time.

Learn all about NASA’s plans for lunar exploration and earn the "Back to the Moon" badge by completing four of the eight activities below!

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50 Pts

Prehistoric Explorer: Patch Power 2023

Your Patch Power Mission is to complete three Prehistoric Explorer Independent Activities to earn your Prehistoric Explorer Patch.

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75 Pts

Sing

Singing emphasizes many early literacy practices, and it contributes to oral language development by slowing down language and making it easier for children to hear the words. Singing is also a great way to increase children’s vocabulary as children’s songs and nursery rhymes include many new and uncommon words. Songs are a natural, fun way for children to learn language. When children sing, they hear different parts of words, pay attention to the rhythms and rhymes of language, and develop listening skills.

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50 Pts

Many Miles to Mars with NASA’s Artemis Project

NASA is taking the first step in the next era of human exploration with the Artemis spaceflight program! The Artemis program is all about sending humans back to the Moon in preparation for an even more challenging goal: human travel to Mars, the Red Planet!

Earn this badge and learn more about Mars by completing three of the five activities below!

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50 Pts

Sprout Scout: Patch Power 2023

Your Patch Power Mission is to complete three Sprout Scout Independent Activities to earn your Sprout Scout Patch.

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75 Pts

Talk

Talking with children helps them learn oral language, one of the most critical early literacy skills. Children learn about language by listening to parents and caregivers talk and joining in the conversation. Talking in a way that encourages children to talk will help them understand what they later read. When children listen to spoken words they learn: how letters and words sound, the meaning of words, how words can be put together to communicate ideas, information and feelings.

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100 Pts

Kids Tales & Tails Week 5-Ocean Animals (Ages 0-4)

Complete 3 of these Independent Activities to earn your Ocean Animals Badge!

Visit http://bclibraryny10.readsquared.com/readinglistpublic.aspx and choose the "Reading Ideas for Week 5-Ocean & Aquatic Animals" Reading List for some book ideas.

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50 Pts

Planning and Prototyping with NASA’s Artemis Project

NASA is taking the first step in the next era of human exploration with the Artemis spaceflight program! Space travel requires massive amounts of planning, design, prototyping, and testing to ensure the vehicles and tools sent with astronauts into space are safe and reliable.

Dive deeper into NASA’s planning and prototyping process for the Artemis missions and earn this badge by completing three of the five activities below!

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50 Pts

Time Traveler: Patch Power 2021

Your Patch Power Mission is to complete three Time Traveler Independent Activities!

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75 Pts

Write

Just like reading, writing teaches children that print has meaning, letters represent sounds, and written words represent the oral words they use every day. Scribbling and writing help children learn that written words stand for spoken language. For children, writing: begins with developing small finger muscles which will build dexterity for scribbling, then drawing, and eventually writing letters, helps develop hand-eye coordination, and helps build awareness that print has meaning.

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75 Pts

Play

Play is an essential part of childhood and is one of the best ways to learn language and literacy skills. As children engage in many types of play and across many scenarios, they talk with a wide variety of adults and peers, therefore developing their oral language, narrative skills, and vocabulary. When children play, they: develop narrative skills through imaginary play, act out real situations, learn communication, cooperation, construction and much more!

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