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Enter the Land of Myths and Magic!

Land of Myths Pre-Reader Badge

Imagine your story this week in the Land of Myths and Magic!

This week, we'll focus on the Land of Myths and Magic Activity Badge and all of the virtual programs that accompany this. You will find these on Beanstack when you log into your account and click on the tab for Activity Badges. If you don't have your account set up, we have links at the bottom of this post to help you navigate our summer reading program. 

If you have a Pre-Reader who is logging books read, scroll until you see this picture:

Land of Myths Black and White Pre-Reader

Land of Myths Graphic for Pre-ReadersComplete 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.

  • Talking - Talking - Wizard Charades:
    Say the rhyme, then have your child act out an imaginary creature, an animal, or an object like a car or plane. Don’t tell!
    Have the caregiver try to guess what the child becomes.
    “Wizard, wizard please do tell,
    What did I become when you cast your spell?”

  • Singing - Singing - Explore actions and directions while you sing, “Dragon, Dragon” to the tune of “Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear”.
    Dragon, dragon, turn around.
    Dragon, dragon, touch the ground.
    Dragon, dragon, fly up high.
    Dragon, dragon float in the sky.
    Dragon, dragon, shake your tail.
    Dragon, dragon, pound a nail.
    Dragon, dragon, give a roar.
    Dragon, dragon, drop to the floor.

  • Reading - Check out and read any book from this week’s search tag: #landofmyth

  • Writing - Cutting Shapes:
    Give children a variety of textures to cut for more interactive fun. This is a great activity for being creative and using imagination.
    Supplies:
    ● Construction Paper
    ● Tissue Paper
    ● Craft Foam
    ● Recycled materials
    (newspaper,magazines, junk mail, cereal boxes)
    ● Pipe Cleaners
    ● Child Scissors
    Instructions:
    Give each child a pair of child scissors.
    Place different cutting materials at the table. Instruct the children to practice cutting using their imagination. Give prompts if needed, such as something from the garden or your favorite animal.

  • Playing - Abracadabra!
    Deposit a variety of items on the table (star, wand, etc.)
    Children observe the items closely for one minute.
    Cover the objects with a blanket and remove one object.
    Remove the blanket and invite children to identify the item which disappeared.

  • Watch one of the Land of Myths and Magic virtual storytimes during the week of July 6, found LIVE on social media. Details at https://www.handleyregional.org/youthvirtualprograms. Watch anytime on the Youth Services YouTube playlist at HRLS Virtual program.

  • 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.

There is still plenty of summer left to join the challenge! Here are your important links to know.  Reading animal graphic

Don't forgot that you can now reserve books for curbside pickup. Check out details here on how to get your books. 

Remember, 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. 

Have fun this week in the Land of Myths and Magic!