The Wayne County Public Library is offering its free Summer Reading Club beginning May 26.
This year’s program, Unearth a Story, allows participants to win prizes the more they read. In addition, every location hosts free special summer programs and events all summer long.
Why is Summer Reading so Important?
Children who do not read during the summer may lose up to three months of reading progress, and that loss has a cumulative, long-term effect. By the end of the 6th grade, children who consistently lose skills over the summer will be up to two years behind their peers, according to the community announcement.
Even reading just five books over the summer can help prevent learning loss. Reading just 10 – 15 minutes a day as part of your routine can increase exposure to language and lead to increased skill development and retention. The more children read, the better their fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.
How to Participate
Summer Reading Club will run from May 26 through July 25. Stop by any WCPL location at any time between those dates to pick up a reading log, or you can sign up and participate using the Beanstack App.
Children and teens log their time spent reading to earn prizes and or drawing entries at every five hours read. Adults log books read to earn drawing entries.
Reading material can come from anywhere: WCPL libraries, home, comic books, and audiobooks. Any time spent reading or listening to someone read counts.
For Wooster City School Students, the Summer Reading Club is taking the place of Club 1000. When you make it to 25-hours of reading, you earn the library’s SRC prizes and you get to choose a book for yourself and a friend when you return to school.
How to Earn and Win Prizes
Children and teens can earn up to three free books of their choice.
Reading Logs: Children and teens log time spent reading and for every five hours they read, they will either earn a prize and/or a drawing entry. Any time spent reading or being read to counts. Even babies can participate as the library has prizes for them too.
Prize & Grand Prize Drawings
Children and teens earn a drawing entry for every five hours read. Children and teens can read up to 50 hours. Adults earn a drawing entry for each book read. Grand prize drawings are held after the end of the program.
Special Summer Programs
Browse the online calendar of events, or pick up a newsletter to find events for all ages.
This summer, you can attend free programs including Outback Ray, Whiz Bang Science, McKinley Presidential Library and Museum, Raptor Hollow, and more.
Get Outside this Summer
You can visit the library’s Storywalk at Kinney Field off Burbank Road in Wooster for a special story celebrating America 250, sponsored by our local Daughters of the American Revolution group.
You can also join the Bookmobile and your local branch for a fun and interactive story time at the park. Stories, music, sensory play, and crafts. Registration is required.
This article originally appeared on The Daily Record: Wayne County Library’s summer reading club offers prizes
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