Family literacy is a building block for reading success. Pre-readers and readers are invited to join our free Summer Reading Club, which offers opportunities for children and their families to share reading time together and explore other activities that promote learning in the home.
Activities for Independent Readers
Read or listen to a book at your reading level.
Get a library card.
Locate on a map a place you would like to visit.
Attend a program/storytime at the library.
Read to a younger sibling, parent, grandparent, caregiver or pet.
Write a story or poem.
Play a board game with your family or friends.
Make a greeting card.
Write a letter to a friend.
Start a journal.
Complete a word search.
Visit a museum.
Take turns reading out loud to a friend or family member.
Draw a picture from a book you have read.
Try a science experiment.
Read a joke book and tell a joke to your family.
Check out a book from our Homework Help collection.
Perform a puppet show for your family.
Watch an educational DVD or video.
Make a recipe with your family.
Activities for Pre-readers, Parents and Caregivers
Read together.
Attend a program/storytime at the library.
Sing your child a song and clap to the words.
Sing the ABC's.
Identify the colors, shapes, and animals in a book.
Teach your child to write their name.
Repeat a sentence out loud from a book.
Identify the letters on a page.
Practice letter sounds.
Point out and read signs and labels at the store or from around the house.
Make a collage.
Ask your child questions while reading.
Point to pictures and words in the book and predict what will happen next.
