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Chicago Public Library Mon Dec 16 2013
Fight the Winter Break Sloth Monster with The Chicago Public Library
Winter break is no excuse for mushy brains! To prevent the decaying of young cerebral tissues over the two weeks of no-school bliss that is winter break, the Chicago Public Library has enacted the Winter Learning Challenge: Neighborhood Nature.
Beginning today through January 5, your kids and teens ages 3-18 may choose to accept the following mission: Read a book, magazine or website for 20 minutes a day for five days of winter break; discover new information about nature in the city by doing one activity; create a story, piece of art or design challenge inspired by the theme "Neighborhood Nature."
The library website offers book, activity and art and design challenges under the following themes: humans, pets, pigeons, squirrels, trees. (Example: Under "trees," participants can estimate the height of a tree by using their bodies, and/or write a poem in the shape of a tree. Fun!)
Of course creativity and learning are the greatest rewards of a project like this, but participants who turn in their completed log by January 10 will be entered in a raffle to receive an eReader, with which he or she may continue to enrich their curious, blossoming minds.
To participate, download a log from the Chicago Public Library website, or pick one up at a physical branch, and help your kid fight the winter break sloth monster!
