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Pick up your Winter Reading log in the Children's Department.

• Keep track of the time that you read and the activities that you complete.
• Once you have read for 15 hours and/or completed 10 activities, bring your log back to the Children's Desk to collect your prizes.
• Finishing prizes will be available from January 2 through January 31.

More information for many of the suggested activities, as well as themed reading lists, can be found below.

• Attend an event at the library.
• Look through family photos and tell the stories behind them.
• Play some favorite music and have a dance party.
• Fold and cut out paper snowflakes.
• Help plan and make a meal with your family (find kid-friendly cookbooks at the library under J641.5)
• Build a fort and use a flashlight to read inside it.
• Go on a family walk to admire holiday lights or decorations.
• Complete a jigsaw puzzle.
• Watch a new movie with your family.
• Draw or paint a winter scene.
• Write a poem about winter or a holiday tradition.
• Borrow a museum pass from the library and have an adventure.
• Borrow and try out an item from the Library of Things.
• Check out and read a magazine from the children's collection.
• Play a card game or board game with family or friends. Stop by the library to check out a board game or join us for a Puzzle and Game Swap on December 20!
• Visit the Forge and try a new creative activity.
• Read a biography about a person who interests you.
• Check out a Playaway and listen to a book while relaxing.
• Try a science experiment at home.
• Create something on the library's light bright wall or Lego table/wall.
• Sing or recite a nursery rhyme and clap along to the rhythm.
• Use a mirror to act out different emotions.
• Point out letters on toys, food boxes, and other objects around the house.
• Fingerpaint with your child.
• Make up and sing a fun song using your child's name.
• Look through family photos together and name the people you see.
• Read a rhyming book with your child and emphasize all the rhyming words.
• Help your child form letters out of clay or play dough.
• Make up a story using puppets or stuffed animals.
• Ask your child to tell you a story and write it down using their own words.
• Take turns playing "I Spy" to find colors or shapes.
• Have a tea party with real or pretend tea and treats.
• Try some yoga poses with your child.
• Build a tower with blocks or Lego bricks.
• Go for a nature walk and talk about what you see (trees, animals, tracks, etc.)
• Read a book about farm animals and practice making the animal sounds together.
• Have fun with a paper towel tube. Is it a microphone to sing into or a telescope to see the stars?
• Pick a "letter of the day" and point out things that begin with that letter throughout the day.