― Paul Cézanne
Today marked week two of the summer reading program. Last week we read about yucky worms and made worm art, this week we read about creepy carrots and made creepy carrots. So far, so fun.
Does it seem like we've approached Dig Into Reading from the dark side? I hadn't realized it until I wrote that first paragraph. Oh well, yucky and creepy are fun. Next week we'll tackle bored potatoes. WHAT?? Oh great; I guess we are not all happy sunshine over here with the reading program.
Let's see: Yucky, Creepy, Bored are the sub-themes for the first three weeks of the summer reading program. The first two weeks were super fun. I have high hopes for next week. Who doesn't love to be bored? I don't know exactly what the final three weeks of the program may entail, but I'm sure it will be better than it sounds.
You can stop at the library and pick up a reading log. I like to keep track of the time spent reading versus the number of books. That way a kid who reads Harry Potter over the summer can have equal footing with kids who read one Mo Willems book after another. Each oval is worth 20 minutes of reading, so if you only read for 10 minutes, just fill in half of the oval. We'll have prizes to give away on August 13th; but if you fill out one whole book log before then, you can bring it in for an extra prize and get another book log to start the process over again. Of course, to make it more challenging, your second book logs ovals are worth 30 minutes of reading. (I'd hate for those avid readers to claim all the great prizes right away.)
I'm at the Coleraine Public Library on Tuesday mornings from 10:00-11:00, and at the Marble Public Library on Tuesday afternoons from 1:00-2:00. This is a fun, free program.
Stop by next week, we'll explored being bored together!
“What I say is that, if a man really likes potatoes, he must be a pretty decent sort of fellow.”
― A.A. Milne
