Missions
Our librarians have put together several activities, for a variety of challenges and levels. Complete an activity and you might unlock a more advanced one, and bragging rights, cool badges and maybe even a prize!

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100 Things To Do Before Kindergarten

List of fun things to do with your child before they enter kindergarten.



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Build a Blanket Fort

Build a Blanket Fort

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Build a Snowman or Snow Fort

Build a Snowman or Snow Fort

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Do an Art Project or Craft

Do an Art Project or Craft

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Kindness Counts

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



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Listen to an Audiobook

Listen to an Audiobook

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Play a Board or Card Game

Play a Board or Card Game

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Read a Book about a Winter Sport or Activity

Read a Book about a Winter Sport or Activity (hockey, ice skating, sledding, ice fishing, maple syrup making, etc). 

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Read a Book That has Been Made into a Movie

Read a Book That has Been Made into a Movie

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Read a book with "SNOW" in the Title

Read a book with "SNOW" in the Title

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Read a book with "WINTER" in the Title

Read a book with "WINTER" in the Title

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Read a Book with a Blue Cover

Read a Book with a Blue Cover

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Read a Fairy Tale or Fantasy

Read a Fairy Tale or Fantasy

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Read a Graphic Novel

Read a Graphic Novel

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Read a New Book

Read a New Book

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Read a Non-Fiction Book

Read a Non-Fiction Book

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Read an Award Winner

Read an Award Winner. Can be any award, Ladybug, Great Stone Face, Flume, Pulitzer, Newbery etc. 

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Learn About Smokey Bear

Complete at least two of these Smokey Bear activities and earn a badge!

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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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Campfire Safety

Complete at least two of these Smokey Bear activities and earn a badge!

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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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Nature Adventure

Complete at least two of these Smokey Bear activities and earn a badge!

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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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Tree Exploration

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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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Career Exploration

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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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Wildfire Science

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Make a Difference

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