Imagine your story and you shall receive, a trip to the Land of Make Believe!
As always, a quick reminder first on how to sign up if you haven't! If you're all set, jump ahead to this week's challenge! 
- HRLS Youth Summer Reading Main Page - Learn about the challenge and how to sign up.
- Beanstack Video Tutorials - Need help registering, earning badges, or applying tickets to a drawing? Detailed videos can be found at this page.
- HRLS Youth Virtual Programs - View our online programs for the month.
- Download the June Calendar - Download and post this calendar to know what's coming up each week.
- YouTube Playlist for Past Virtual Programs - If you miss a program, find it on YouTube!
Have you taken advantage of our curb side pick-up of books yet? If not, you can check out details here on how to get your books.
Don't forget, if you watch a virtual program with a story included, it counts towards your logged reading and activity badges, so track those books! Virtual programs have their own activity badges too, so when you go online to watch, look for the corresponding badge and activity through Beanstack. The calendar will give you a hint for the badges to look for.
Each week we'll highlight an activity badge and activities, but keep in mind, you can work on these badges at any time during our summer reading challenge.
This week, we'll focus on the Land of Make Believe Activity Badge and all of the virtual programs that accompany this. You will find these on Beanstack when you click on the tab for Activity Badges.
If you have a Pre-Reader who is logging books read, scroll until you see this picture:
Complete 3 activities related to this theme that include the Five Practices of Early Literacy-Talking, Singing, Reading, Writing, Playing - to earn a virtual raffle ticket.
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Talking - Make a Story of Your OwnStart a story "Once Upon A Time" and then encourage your child(ren) to create a personal story.
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Singing - Play and sing the song “My Hat it Has Four Corners” while you count to four and imagine all the things a simple scarf can become! https://youtu.be/RDXTtmGAu9A
My Hat It has Four Corners -
Reading - Check out and read any book from this week’s search tag: #landofmakebelieve
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Writing - Texture Sorting
Put together a small bowl that has cotton balls, marshmallows and beans in it. Talk with your child about what they feel like: squishy, soft, sticky, smooth, etc.
Then have them sort by what they are.
For babies, you can use cotton balls and large marshmallows and have the baby feel each one before sorting them. -
Playing - There Was a Crooked Man
Supplies:
● Masking or painters tape, chalk, yarn, or string
Make a crooked tape line on the floor (you can also make a chalk line outside or create one with yarn or a string.)
Have children walk the crooked line.
Have them walk on the line backward, sideways, and jumping on it.
Modify it for your child’s abilities.
An adult can walk the baby on the line.
A toddler might walk backwards and forward, etc. - Watch one of the Land of Make Believe virtual storytimes during the week of June 22, found LIVE on social media. Details at https://www.handleyregional.org/youthvirtualprograms. Watch anytime on the Youth Services YouTube playlist at HRLS Virtual program.
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Watch a virtual program on the Youth Services YouTube playlist: HRLS Youtube Playlist
We'd love to share in your successes! Post what you did and share with us on Facebook or Social Media by tagging @handleyregional.
Have fun this week in the Land of Make Believe!