ReadSquared Reading Program

100 Pts

1000 Books 100 Things To Do Before Kindergarten

List of fun things to do with your child before they enter kindergarten.

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A Colorful Hunt

“I never met a color I didn’t like.” – Dale Chihuly
Color is everywhere! Can you guess the color for each of these riddles?

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1 Pts

A Polar Bear in the Snow

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A Seed Grows

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20 Pts

Adventure

Read an adventure book and receive 20 points, as well as a brag tag from the library front desk!

*You can also log the minutes it took to read the books.

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40 Pts

Adventure

Read an adventure book and receive 40 points!

*You can also log the pages it took to read the books.

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40 Pts

Adventure

Read an adventure book and receive 40 points, as well as a brag tag from the library front desk!

*You can also log the pages it took to read the books.

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1 Pts

Another

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Atticus Caticus

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Bathe the Cat

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Bear Came Along

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Bear Has a Belly

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Berry Song

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Big Truck Little Island

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Bodies Are Cool

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Boxitects

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Brains! Not Just a Zombie Snack

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Burt the Beetle Doesn't Bite!

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Butterflies Are Pretty... Gross!

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Cake

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Chester van Chime Who Forgot How to Rhyme

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Chez Bob

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Circle Under Berry

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Counting to Bananas

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Cyril and Pat

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Dandy

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Don't Hug Doug (He Doesn't Like It)

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Duck!

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Endlessly Ever After

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Every Night Is Pizza Night

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Facts vs. Opinions vs. Robots

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Federico and the Wolf

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Fergal and the Bad Temper

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20 Pts

Fiction

Read a fiction book and receive 20 points, as well as a brag tag from the library front desk!

*You can also log the minutes it took to read the books.

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40 Pts

Fiction

Read a fiction book and receive 40 points!

*You can also log the pages it took to read the books.

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40 Pts

Fiction

Read a fiction book and receive 40 points, as well as a brag tag from the library front desk!

*You can also log the pages it took to read the books.

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1 Pts

First Day Critter Jitters

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Give Me Back My Bones!

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Have You Seen Gordon?

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Hike

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I Am a Tiger

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I Am Every Good Thing

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I Spy Rainbow Walk

Find each of the following colors on a walk around your neighborhood. What kind of interesting things do you see? Mark each color off as you find them, don't forget to look high and low!

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1 Pts

I Was Born a Baby

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I'm Hungry! Tengo Hambre!

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Inside Cat

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Louis

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Mel Fell

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Mina

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My First Day

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My Papi Has a Motorcycle

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Norman Didn't Do It! (Yes, He Did)

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Not Now, Cow

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Not Quite Snow White

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Odd Birds

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Ogilvy

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One-osaurus, Two-osaurus

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Packs

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Perfect

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Perfectly Imperfect Mira

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Pizza! A Slice of History

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Poem in My Pocket

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Powwow Day

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ROY G BIV Poem Stack

Artists know that ROY G BIV stands for the colors of the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet. Search your book shelves, a friends, family members, or the library's book shelves to find a book in each color of the rainbow. Then stack the books in ROY G BIV order to see what book spine poem is formed. Share what each book spine says and your poem below! For extra fun, take a picture of your ROY G BIV poem stack!

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Saturday

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Seaside Stroll

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See the Cat

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Seeds Move

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Shapes

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Solitary Animals: Introverts of the Wild

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Someone Builds the Dream

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Somewhere in the Bayou

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Speak Up

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Taste the Rainbow

Color is all around us, including the food we eat! While there are many foods similar in color, you will be surprised how many different colors food is. Can you think of a food for each of the below colors? Type the name of at least 1 food for each color listed below.

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That's Not My Name!

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The Goose Egg

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The Midnight Fair

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The Panda Problem

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The Three Billy Goats Buenos

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The Yawns Are Coming!

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Truman

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Underground

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Underwear!

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Up on Bob

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Vámanos

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Watch Out for Wolf!

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What About Worms!?

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1 Pts

What Do You Do if You Work at a Zoo?

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1 Pts

Where in the World Are You?

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Wonder Walkers

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You Matter

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5 Pts

Adventure

Read an adventure story and receive 5 points, as well as a brag tag from the library front desk!

*You can also log the books regularly.

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25 Pts

Non-Fiction

Read a non-fiction book and receive 25 points, as well as a brag tag from the library front desk!

*The non-fiction book must be different from the biography book in order to complete this challenge.*

*You can also log the minutes it took to read the books.

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50 Pts

Non-Fiction

Read a non-fiction book and receive 50 points!

*The non-fiction book must be different from the biography book in order to complete this challenge.*

*You can also log the pages it took to read the books.

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40 Pts

Non-Fiction

Read a non-fiction book and receive 40 points, as well as a brag tag from the library front desk!

*The non-fiction book must be different from the biography book in order to complete this challenge.*

*You can also log the pages it took to read the books.

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10 Pts

Read

Reading together develops vocabulary and comprehension, nurtures a love for reading, and motivates children to want to learn to read. Shared reading (interactive reading) is an important way to help children get ready to read. Reading with children will show how books and written language work and that stories have a beginning, middle and end.

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25 Pts

The Five Practices Outside

There are five simple, powerful, and fun practices that parents/caregivers are encouraged to incorporate into their everyday lives that can help establish a strong foundation for early literacy. Those practices are: Reading, Writing, Talking, Singing, and Playing. Try to incorporate the outdoors in each practice and have fun!

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5 Pts

Fantasy

Read an fantasy story and receive 5 points, as well as a brag tag from the library front desk!

*You can also log the books regularly.

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20 Pts

Mystery

Read a mystery book and receive 20 points, as well as a brag tag from the library front desk!

*You can also log the minutes it took to read the books.

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40 Pts

Mystery

Read a mystery book and receive 40 points!

*You can also log the pages it took to read the books.

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Mystery

Read a mystery book and receive 40 points, as well as a brag tag from the library front desk!

*You can also log the pages it took to read the books.

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45 Pts

Scavenger Hunt

Time for some outdoor fun! Walk around your city or town and see what you can find for each letter of the alphabet. Bring a camera to keep track of the items you find. We've included some examples, but what else can you find? Good luck!

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Sing

Singing emphasizes many early literacy practices, and it contributes to oral language development by slowing down language and making it easier for children to hear the words. Singing is also a great way to increase children’s vocabulary as children’s songs and nursery rhymes include many new and uncommon words. Songs are a natural, fun way for children to learn language. When children sing, they hear different parts of words, pay attention to the rhythms and rhymes of language, and develop listening skills.

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20 Pts

Fantasy

Read a fantasy book and receive 20 points, as well as a brag tag from the library front desk!

*You can also log the minutes it took to read the books.

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40 Pts

Fantasy

Read a fantasy book and receive 40 points!

*You can also log the pages it took to read the books.

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40 Pts

Fantasy

Read a fantasy book and receive 40 points, as well as a brag tag from the library front desk!

*You can also log the pages it took to read the books.

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5 Pts

Fiction

Read an fiction story and receive 5 points, as well as a brag tag from the library front desk!

*You can also log the books regularly.

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200 Pts

Reading Beyond

Go beyond just reading this summer! Mix up how or where you read, or maybe what you do after reading a book.

Challenge yourself to complete at least five tasks from the list below. How many can you complete?

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10 Pts

Talk

Talking with children helps them learn oral language, one of the most critical early literacy skills. Children learn about language by listening to parents and caregivers talk and joining in the conversation. Talking in a way that encourages children to talk will help them understand what they later read. When children listen to spoken words they learn: how letters and words sound, the meaning of words, how words can be put together to communicate ideas, information and feelings.

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25 Pts

Biography

Read a biography and receive 25 points, as well as a brag tag from the library front desk!

*The biography book must be different from the non-fiction book in order to complete this challenge.*

*You can also log the minutes it took to read the books.

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50 Pts

Biography

Read a biography and receive 50 points!

*The biography book must be different from the non-fiction book in order to complete this challenge.*

*You can also log the pages it took to read the books.

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40 Pts

Biography

Read a biography and receive 40 points, as well as a brag tag from the library front desk!

*The biography book must be different from the non-fiction book in order to complete this challenge.*

*You can also log the pages it took to read the books.

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10 Pts

Camping Trip

We are going on a camping trip, but first we need to pack! Below are the definitions for 18 items you should bring camping. Enter a correct answer for each one to complete.

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5 Pts

Mystery

Read an mystery story and receive 5 points, as well as a brag tag from the library front desk!

*You can also log the books regularly.

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Write

Just like reading, writing teaches children that print has meaning, letters represent sounds, and written words represent the oral words they use every day. Scribbling and writing help children learn that written words stand for spoken language. For children, writing: begins with developing small finger muscles which will build dexterity for scribbling, then drawing, and eventually writing letters, helps develop hand-eye coordination, and helps build awareness that print has meaning.

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5 Pts

Non-Fiction

Read an non-fiction story and receive 5 points, as well as a brag tag from the library front desk!

*You can also log the books regularly.

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10 Pts

Play

Play is an essential part of childhood and is one of the best ways to learn language and literacy skills. As children engage in many types of play and across many scenarios, they talk with a wide variety of adults and peers, therefore developing their oral language, narrative skills, and vocabulary. When children play, they: develop narrative skills through imaginary play, act out real situations, learn communication, cooperation, construction and much more!

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