Clague Library Enrichment Activities for Reading and Learning: May 2020

Friday, May 29, 2020

It's Fun Friday!

Start a Family Book Club

this Summer!

Share the pleasure of reading with your entire family. For ideas on how to get started, click here.

Thursday, May 28, 2020

Thoughtful Thursday

Thoughtful Thursday!

Challenge your vocabulary with these fun activities.

Wednesday, May 27, 2020

Work Out Wednesday

Try this 5 minute video work out to get moving,

reduce stress and improve your immune system!

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Today is National Paper Airplane Day!

May 26th is National Paper Airplane Day!

Get out some paper and get folding! Visit this website for activity ideas and watch this video to learn how to make your own paper airplane.

Thursday, May 21, 2020

Mark your calendars for June 1st!

Nicola's Book announces their summer reading club which will begin on June 1st. Read to earn $5 coupons for books at Nicola's. See HERE for details!

Typing Tuesday

Today is Typing Tuesday!

Practice your skills to improve your speed and accuracy.

Go to Typing Club.

Monday, May 18, 2020

Barnes & Noble’s National Children’s Short Story Contest

"Attention all young storytellers and promising wordsmiths!
Barnes & Noble is calling on children ages 6-12 to share
their original short stories for a chance to be published
in a book!"

See HERE for details! Deadline is May 29th!

Thursday, May 14, 2020

Thoughtful Thursday - Take a Geo Quiz!

Test your geography knowledge!

Take the National Geographic for Kids Quiz.

Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Podcasts About Pets

Podcasts About Pets for K-12 Students

School Library Journal Article

by Anne Bensfield and Pamela Rogers
May 06, 2020 | Filed in News & Features

Pets are important companions to adults and
children who are home during the pandemic:
A look at the myriad shared photos on social
media and Wired’s recent article “Thanks to Sheltering in Place, Animal Shelters are Empty” makes that abundantly clear. It’s a good time to tune into pet-focused podcasts
for some extra comfort and some fun, too.

Tuesday, May 12, 2020

Celebrate National Limerick Day!

May 12 is National Limerick Day! What is a limerick you ask? According to Dictionary.com, a limerick is "a humorous, frequently bawdy, verse of three long and two short lines rhyming aabba, popularized by Edward Lear". Here is an example:

There was an Old Man with a beard
Who said, "It is just as I feared!
Two Owls and a Hen,
Four Larks and a Wren,
Have all built their nests in my beard!"
--Edward Lear

Try your hand at creating your own limerick using this poem generator website