Summer Fun CalendarThis family calendar is built around helping your

child to be ready for school.

Track your activities online by registering at broward.org/library/summer and then download the

Beanstack Tracker app.

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Read a book together and then retell the story inyour own words.

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Take a family walk and count

the steps. What else can

you count?

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Join the Broward County Libraries Early

Learners Summer Program!

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Sing variations to beloved songs,

like “Old MacDonaldHad a Jungle”.

5

Go outside and draw

pictures withsidewalk chalk.

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Take turns choosing

songs to singtogether.

7

Talk about thedifferent sounds you

hear at home andoutside.

8

Create anocean in a water

bottle! Mix blue food color, 1/3 water,

2/3 oil.

9

Visit a Broward County Library and choose a book to

read together.

10

Talking about shapes helps in learning letters.

What shapes can you find?

11

Sing a familiar song replacing all the words with the names

in your family.

12

Blow bubbles! How big a bubble

can you make?

13

Tell a story about a time

someone was kind to you and how it made

you feel.

17

Make a fruit salad.Count the

different fruits!

18

Experiment with sinking and

floating with household items. Make

guesses.

19

Practice writing or tracing your

name.

20

Sing B-I-N-G-O and use movements instead of clapping.

14

Try saying hello in other

languages.

15

Have a family dance party. Can you march or stomp to

the beat?

16

Visit a BrowardCounty Park.

21

Build something with

blocks. Talk about your new building.

22

Make a simple puzzle. Cut up a page from an old calendar,

magazine orcereal box.

23

Happy Birthday Eric Carle!

Read one ofhis books.

24

Write a dinner menu and

read it together.

25

Make up actions to favoritenursery rhymes.

26

Make letters out of

play dough.

27

Draw a treasure map together. Go

on a hunt for a hidden letters, numbers, or

colors.

1

Sort some toys by color. Count them.

Which has more or less?

2

Make your own bubble solution

and bubblewands.

3

Rock in your read shoes and read a Pete the Cat book.

4

Happy Fourthof July!

Watch fireworks or have a picnic.

28

Play restaurant and take turns

orderingand cooking.

29

Listen to somemusic from a

different country.

30

Visit a BrowardCounty Beach. Use

all your senses.

8

Imagine stories for the things

you see outsideyour window.

9

Talk about yourfavorite color andname items of that

color.

10

Try some color mixing with paints or

colored water.

11

Read a book that features a family that is different from

yours.

15

Start to tell a story and take turns filling in the blanks.

“One day there was a ____________”

16

Use household items as musical

instruments. Have a family jam session.

17

Read a book and act out

the movements.

18

Build something out of blocks. How many

blocks did you use?

22

While grocery shopping, read aloud words on packages of the items you put in

the cart.

23

Read a book about feelings. Have a family talk about

expressing feelings.

24Use

ABC magnets on the refrigerator

or cookie sheet. Build words, sing the ABC

song.

25

Talk aboutopposites.

Sing loud and soft,fast and slow.

5

Make a family book with drawings

of all members. Don’t forget to add

the names!

6

Imagine a different ending

to a favoritebook.

7

Sing about activities while you

are doing them. Songs can help with

transition.

26

Create a new recipe

with one of yourfavorite foods!

27

Read a favorite story more than

once today.

28

Practice scissor skills by cutting up play

dough.

12

Count the days left until school.

How many are left?

13

Use a ruler (or your feet)

to measure thingsaround the house.

14

Find a bookand sing the words!

19

Create a picture book using

photos from a magazine.

20

Enjoy a new book by “reading”

the pictures, not the words.

21

Visit the moon rock at the Main

Library. Or look and talk about the moon

tonight.

29

Tell a story about your day.

30

Build a reading nest and snuggle uptogether to read a

book.

31

Play I-Spy to improve memory

and concentration.

1

Practicecounting by 1s,

5s, and 10s.

5

Use library resources to

download a free song for a family dance

party.

6

Talk about the items on

your grocery list.

7

Tell a storystarting with the

ending first.

8

While doing laundry, use colored

socks to make a simple pattern.

2

Make a sock puppet

and create apuppet show.

3

Trace your hands on paper and

create somehand art.

4

Make up actions to favorite

nursery rhyme songs.

9

Visit a Broward County Library and tell us about your

summer!

10

Read a story about school.

5 more days!

11

Share your favorite memories of

school.

4 more days!

12

Play school. Who will

be the teacher?

3 more days!

13

Talk about sharing and making

new friends.

2 more days!

14

Practice your school morning

routine.

1 more day!

15

Happy First Day of School!

Have fun as you Talk! Sing! Read! Write! Play!

your way to school.

Read 10 books, color in a music note, and log online.

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Register online

broward.org/library/summer

username: First Initial, Last Name, and last 3 digits of your phone number (or username of your

choice)________________________________________________________________________________

Password:

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Broward County Library & Broward County Public Schools encourage families to read over the summer months, complete activities from our

summer calendar and earn a chance to win great incentives, a book and grand prizes.

Sign up at broward.org/library/summer or ask a librarian!

Name: _____________________________________________________________

June 1 - August 14, 2018Talk! Sing! Read! Write! Play!

Early LearnerSummer CalendarBest for: babies, toddlers,

preschoolers and especially those entering kindergarten!

Earn up to 5 prizes!

Read 50 books: earn a prize for every 10 books and earn chances to win a grand prize!

Read 50 more books: earn 5 more chances to

win a grand prize!