Reading Tracker

SIGN UP! WIN PRIZES!
SUMMER READING
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Infan2 yrs
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Birth
Track the hours
you spend
reading and
earn prizes.
Reading has super power!
It’s never too early or too late to help your child develop language
and other early literacy skills. There are five easy things you can
do to get your baby ready to read – talk, sing, read, write and play.
Children learn best by doing – and they love doing things with you!
– from Every Child Ready to Read
May 1
May 25
July 27
August 2
Register online: summerfest.tscpl.org (No library card required)
Start reading and tracking your time.
Last day to sign up for the summer reading.
Last day to record reading on summerfest.tscpl.org or
turn in your tracker.
Infant Reading Tracker birth to 2 years
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the time you
spend reading
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activities listed on
this tracker.
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Talking
• Encourage your baby to babble
• Talk to your baby face to face
• Have your child point out things like the
pig, dog or red truck in books you share
• Name objects everywhere you go
• Talk about what you are doing as you
do it
• Practice nursery rhymes in checkout lines
Singing
• Sing songs during diaper changes
• Sing lullabies at bedtime
• Play kid-friendly music in the car—
sing along
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You don’t need a library card to sign up for summer reading. Prizes are subject to availability.
•Practice The Itsy Bitsy Spider—use the
hand movements
• Stretch babies arms and legs to music;
get toddlers dancing
• Let your 1 year old turn the pages
• Discover concept books that teach ABC’s,
123’s and colors with your child over 1
• Pick books that rhyme
• Let your toddler smear shaving cream
while taking a bath
• Play with play dough
Reading
Writing
• Have your baby stretch for a toy during
tummy time
•Peek-a-boo
• Join a local play group—see what the
library has to offer
• Take advantage of local parks and your
own backyard
• Visit the Kansas Children’s
Discovery Center
• Read to your baby every day starting
at birth
• Share board books
• Use black, white and red books with
babies 0-3 months
• Use books with pictures of faces-especially other babies 3-6 months
• Use books with simple objects
6-12 months
• Work that those finger muscles to get
ready to write
• Encourage toys that need hand
movement—buttons to push or things
to sort
• Use knobbed puzzles
• Let your toddler scribble as you write
your grocery list
• Finger paint with your toddler
Don’t forget to bring your
completed tracker to the
library or finish it online.
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