North Bingham County District Library

Will you catch the reading bug this summer? Do you like adventure, would you like to be a Knight, a Princess or a cowboy? Reading can take you to places of wonder and excitement. Are you willing to miss out because you think reading isn't cool? This summer "Catch the Reading Bug" and let us know the most exciting place you visited in your imagination!

Special thanks to Read to Me, a service of the Idaho Commission for
Libraries. Read to Me is an early literacy initiative which provides
information, training, technical assistance, and resources for Idaho libraries
and their community partners.
This project made possible by a grant form the U.S. Institute of Museum and
Library Services under the provision of the Library Service Technology Act.

Each week there is a different Bug Theme with corresponding
activities for your summer fun. Be sure to catch the reading bug!

Tips 4 Parents

Bugs, Bugs, Bugs

Week 1

Bugs, bugs, everywhere! In the garden, in the air. Bugs that fly and bugs that creep, Bugs that burrow deep, deep, deep. Firefly bugs caught in a jar, But no bugs in my candy bar! Bugs, Bugs, Bugs, of every kind.How many bugs can you find?

• Read "Bugs, Bugs, Bugs" on the Tumblebook site. Click here to go there. Then click on Storybooks, then look for the "Bugs, Bugs, Bugs" book.
• Bug Coloring Page
  Bring the coloring page back to the library and you will receive a prize.
• Game Page
• Bug Jokes
• Firefly flashlight craft
• National Geographic Bug Videos Online
  

Week 2

Spies use bugging devices and other ingenious contraptions to spy on people. During Wold War II, there was a top-secret spy training school in Canada named Camp X. Read about Camp X in the websites below or check "Camp X", a novel by Eric Walters that makes up a story of what might have happened if two boys infiltrated the camp.

• The Canadian Encyclopedia Camp X
  » Camp X
• Camp X Students' Resource. See old photos of the camp and learn about the spy training there on the "official" Camp X site.
  » Camp X Students' Resource
• The Canadian Encyclopedia Youth Encyclopdia. Intelligence and Espionage
  » Intelligence and Espionage
  
• More great sites about spying:
  » Espionage and Spy Games on Cryptokids
  » Be a GeoSpy

• Read "Ace Lacewing" on the Tumblebook site. Click here to go there. Then click on Storybooks, then look for the Ace Lacewing book.
• Scrambled word game page

Week 3

Do you like to draw or paint? Then you may be a Doodle Bug!  Draw your favorite bug and bring it into the library to be displayed this week.

• Read "Roberto the Insect Architect" on the Tumblebook site.
  Click here to go there. Then click on Storybooks, then look for the book.
• Coloring pages
• Learn to draw
• Word Search Game Page

Week 4

Bedtime, pop quizzes, home work, doing chores, Brussels sprouts for dinner.........What bugs you?

• Read "Diary of a Spider" on the Tumblebook site.
  Click here to go there. Then click on Storybooks, then look
  for the book.
• Coloring Pages
• Great web sites about cleaning your room
  Play the game"I Don't Want to Clean My Room"
  Decorating kid rooms- ideas
• Crossword Puzzle

Week 5 

What makes you sneeze or cough or even throw up?  Learn all about germs and germ bus through this week's websites, and game page.

• Read "Summer the Town Bit Back" on the Tumblebook site.
  Click here to go there. Then click on Storybooks, then look for the book.
• Why do you sneeze, what causes a cold, do you like gross things, then check out these web pages!
• Grossology word search

Week 6

A caterpillar crawling on a milk weed will some day be a beautiful butterfly. Will the ugly duckling turn unto a Swan? Do you want to learn what a tadpole becomes? Us the websites and books to find the answers to these questions!

Read the book of your choice on the Tumblebook site.
Click here to go there. Then click on Storybooks.
• Bug to Butterfly Cryptogram
• Monarch Butterfly Facts, Photos and Coloring Pages
• 123 Child Bug, Bees and Butterflies
• Chenile stem butterflies

 

Week 7

Have you ever seen a bug driving down the road? Not a bug bug, but a Volkswagen Beetle!  If you want to learn more about cars and the VW Bug check out these websites.

• Read "Why Libraries Matter" on the Tumblebook site.
  Click here to go there. Then click on Storybooks, then
  look for the book.
• History of the Volkswagen bug on a VW enthusiast's site.
  » Volkswagen Bug
• Wikipedia's entry on VW Bugs.
  » Wikipedia's - on VW Bugs
• More great sites on cars:
  » Otto the Auto - GAMES
  » Travel Games and Games for the Car

Week 8

• Read "Diary of a fly" on the Tumblebook site. Click here to go there. Then click on Storybooks, then look for the book.