Each  Monday … (Starting June 2)

In response to the popularity of our 2023/24 Summer Picture Book Club, we will begin posting a new 2025 PICTURE BOOK CLUB to encourage parents, teachers, and caregivers to read to their children over the summer.

Each week the focus will be on two books available at libraries and local and online bookstores. Because there is a lot to learn about children through picture book stories, the posting will include:

• What Adults Can Learn from This Story – important information about your child that each story can remind you of.

• Make This Story Come Alive for Your Child – activities for you to do with your child that connect to each story.

See The Complete List of Books for the 2025 Picture Book Club. You can use it to arrange to  have the books on hand for each week.

On one Tuesday – June 3 – we will re-post all  weeks of the 2024 Summer Picture Book Club along with a link to the complete list of the 2024 books for anyone who didn’t participate in the past or wants to repeat it.

Each Wednesday … (Starting June 4)

We will re-post SUMMER ACTIVITIES offering parents, teachers, and caregivers things to do with children that can lead to moments of quality time* for adults and kids.

Quality time happens when we least expect it, often around the smallest and least expensive events.  You can’t schedule it. It doesn’t take a lot of time. Instead, it takes a lot of small moments. Be prepared to be surprised by many “magical” moments while doing our summer activities.  If you fully tune into your child, you and your child can make an amazing connection.