Welcome to the 2020 Summer Reading Program at Salmon Public Library: Imagine Your Story! Some parts of our program are going to work a little differently this year, but we’ve still got an amazing summer ahead of us!
REGISTER ONLINE OR AT THE LIBRARY BEGINNING JUNE 15. Click here to register online.
Summer Reading is a program that takes place at libraries across the United States, with the goal to keep kids reading outside of school and to encourage a life-long love of reading. At Salmon Public Library, kids who participate in the program have the opportunity to earn prizes based on the amount of time they read. Our 2020 Summer Reading program will run from June 15 through August 15. During this time, participants will earn a raffle ticket for every hour they spend reading, which can be spent on drawings for a variety of awesome prizes. (Check out our prize gallery.) Each child will also receive a free ice-cream for participating this summer.
There are two options for participating in the program:
The Family Readers program is for beginning and pre-readers (ages 1 and up) who are not yet ready to read on their own. Family Readers track time being read to by, or reading with, a family member.
The Independent Readers program is for children and teens (up to 18 years of age) who read independently.
In the Family Readers program, you will track time spent reading to/with your young child. You may track time your child spends reading any book (including ebooks and audiobooks) with a caregiver (parent, grandparent, older sibling, babysitter) as long as the child is actively engaged in the story. For every cumulative hour of reading, your child will earn a ticket to spend in the Family Readers Raffle.
Family Readers track reading time using stickers! Every 20 minutes of reading equals one sticker. We encourage you to allow your little ones to peel and place the stickers on the circles. This simple practice helps young children develop their fine motor skills, a key step in learning to write. (Besides, who doesn’t love stickers?) You can also practice counting the number of stickers with your child. If you run out of stickers or space on your log, stop by the library for more.
As an Independent Reader, you will track the time you spend reading on a reading log. For each entry on the reading log, you should include three things: the date, the book you were reading and how long you spent reading it. When you check in at the library, we will total up the number of minutes you’ve spent reading and give you a raffle ticket for every hour you’ve accumulated. Each of these tickets can be spent in the Independent Readers Raffle.
Due to concerns about COVID-19, the Salmon Public Library has made the decision not to run in-person activity programs for Summer Reading this year. While we are saddened by these circumstances, we are working hard to provide the same fun, hands-on learning experiences in an at-home setting. In place of our regular July programs, we are putting together a series of take-home activity kits—complete with materials and instructions—that your child can complete each week. Children can choose from a Family Readers kit, which will have crafts, songs, games, and more designed for young children to complete with a caregiver; or an Independent Readers kit, which will feature a different creative STEM project each week. In addition to having a great time, kids can earn an extra raffle ticket for every project they complete—either by a) sharing a picture or video on social media, or b) bringing in your finished project for us to see!
We are fortunate this summer to be partnering with a number of local daycare and day camp providers for the distribution of these kits. Kids enrolled in one of these programs will receive their kits directly through the care provider, which saves you a trip! For an up-to-date list of our partners see below.
Questions? See our FAQ below. Something more we can help you with? Give us a call at (208) 756-2311 or stop by M-F 10am-4pm.