SUMMER LEARNING
2021 activity book kids • teens • adults
THIS SUMMER EXPLORE MORE Each year, Kitsap Regional Library invites the community to read 10-100 hours over summer and tackle a unique, personal learning goal through our summer learning challenges. We hope to hear all about your experiences and to see you at one of our upcoming virtual summer performer events. Spend your summer with the Library and learn something new. The adventure starts now.
How it Works Step 1: Choose your challenge! Check out the 10-100 Hour Reading Challenge or the Explore More Learning Challenge. If you’re feeling really adventurous this summer, try both! Step 2: From June 1-Aug. 31, plan your learning adventure and start reading. Track your progress here or connect with the challenges on desktop or mobile at KRL.beanstack.org. Step 3: Earn badges, rewards and prizes! Complete the Learning Challenge for a ticket toward our end-of-summer grand prize drawings. All entries must be submitted by Aug. 31.
Awesome Prizes Await You Read 10-100 Hour Challenge: Read your 10 hours this summer for your first prize. Kids and teens earn a free book of their choice while adults win an outdoor blanket mat. Read all 100 hours for your very own, beary cool 100-Hour Reader T-shirt. Explore More Learning Challenge: Complete your Summer Learning goal to earn a ticket toward our end-of-summer grand prize drawings.
Connect with Your Branch Bainbridge (206) 842-4162 Downtown Bremerton Kingston
(360) 377-3955
(360) 297-3330
Little Boston Manchester
(360) 297-2670 (360) 871-3921
Port Orchard
(360) 876-2224
Poulsbo (360) 779-2915
Prize Pickup Prizes can be picked up at all locations during the month of August. Stay tuned for special pick up events outside of our libraries at the end of August.
Stay Connected! Visit KRL.org/summer to learn more about Summer Learning, connect digitally to your challenges, explore upcoming virtual events and more! Thanks to our community sponsors: Kitsap Regional Library Foundation, Kitsap Community Foundation and Friends of the Library.
Silverdale
(360) 692-2779
Sylvan Way (360) 405-9100
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Start this summer off by reading your first ten hours. Kids and teens earn a free book of your choice while adults win an outdoor blanket. Track your reading by filling in a trillium flower petal for every 20 minutes read.
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Use this tracker to record your reading offline or call your preferred branch and we’ll help you log your hours, digitally. You may also log your reading on the digital tracker for desktop and mobile to earn badges and rewards at KRL.beanstack.org.
100-Hour Reader T-shirt
READ 100 reading challenge
Only 90 more hours to go! Continue on your reading journey and complete all 100 hours to earn a coveted Summer Learning 100-Hour Reader T-shirt.
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Tracker can be used to redeem a T-shirt June 1-Aug. 31 2021.
EXPLORE MORE learning challenge
Think through ideas that excite you and pinpoint something you want to try this summer. Follow the steps to plan and prepare for your journey and when you’re ready, do it! We’ll help guide you through the process of brainstorming, selecting your goal, planning and exploring it, celebrating all the small successes along the way. Complete your goal and share your experience with us for a chance to win a fabulous prize.
1. Explore Different Paths What do you want to learn or try this summer? Do you have a goal you’d like to achieve? List all your ideas.
2. Pick a Direction Out of your ideas, select one and identify your summer learning goal.
3. Get to Stepping! It’s time to go on your learning adventure. What will it take to accomplish? Plot out your steps to completion.
HEAD TO THE NEXT PAGE Tell us about your adventure and enter into our end-of-summer grand prize drawing.
4.Time to Unpack What was your experience like? What did you learn? If you were to try again, what would you do differently?
Congratulations, Explorer! You did it! You’re one step closer to owning one of our awesome 2021 Summer Learning prizes. There are a few ways to enter: turn this booklet into your favorite branch, complete the digital challenges through Beanstack, or simply give us a call!
Local Book Store Gift Certificate
$100
Cuddle & Play Kit
Explore More Kit
“I’m Booked” Kit
Gamer On-the-Go Kit
Take your new stuffed bear to the backyard and break out your jump rope, playground balls and obstacle course gear. This kit is a great way for little learners 3-7 years old to adventure outside.
Head to the hills with a Discover Pass and America the Beautiful National Parks Pass. Choose from one of the following annual memberships as an added bonus: Bloedel Reserve, Point Defiance Zoo or Woodland Park Zoo.
This summer, you’re booked, letting new stories fill your days with adventure. Enjoy a $100 gift certificate to your favorite local bookstore along with a book holder and travel pillow combo for easy reading.
No matter where this summer takes you, your Nintendo Switch Lite can go too. Take learning and fun on-the-go with your new gaming console and “Animal Crossing: New Horizons” game.
Select your prize and we’ll enter you into the end-of-summer grand prize drawing. All prize options are available at each branch and we’ll be notifying winners by September 15. We can’t wait to hear about your Explore More adventure!
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School or City: Some prizes may require adult supervision. No purchase necessary to win. Promotion running June 1-Aug. 31, 2021 is presented by Kitsap Regional Library (KRL) and sponsored by the Kitsap Regional Library Foundation, 1301 Sylvan Way, Bremerton, WA 98310. KRL is not a sponsor. To enter, complete challenge through KRL.beanstack.org or complete form and call or present completed form at any KRL location. Forms must be received by 5 p.m., Aug. 31, 2021. Four prizes per branch worth approximately $150-$300 (retail value). No cash will be awarded. Valid for Washington residents only. Entries outside WA are ineligible. Prizes must be picked up at a Library location. Winners, selected at random, will be notified by Sept. 15, 2021; you do not have to be present to win. Names only used with permission. Request a list of winners by mail: KRL, Attn: Communications, 1301 Sylvan Way, Bremerton WA, 98310.
VIRTUAL PERFORMERS Science Magic with Jeff Evans
Special for Summer We can’t wait to share the summer with you! June-August, the Library is celebrating Summer Learning with awesome virtual events for community members of all ages.
Science Magic with Jeff Evans Show Brazil with Eduardo Mendonça
Professional magician Jeff Evans presents mind-boggling feats of “magic,” then reveals the scientific principles behind them.
Wednesday, June 30, 11 a.m.-12 p.m.
Show Brazil with Eduardo Mendonça
Explore the sounds of Brazil from traditional tunes to Bossa-Nova with Brazil native and talented musician Eduardo Mendonça.
Wednesday, July 7, 11 a.m.-12 p.m.
Planetary Geology with Pacific Science Center
Take a wild virtual ride to explore the planets and moons that make up Earth’s neighborhood.
Planetary Geology with Pacific Science Center
Wednesday, July 14, 11 a.m.-12 p.m.
Didgeridoo Down Under
Learn about Aussie culture, animals and more, all while moving and grooving to the pulsing rhythms of the didgeridoo.
Wednesday, July 21, 6-7 p.m.
Taiko Drums with School of Taiko Didgeridoo Down Under
Experience the high energy drumming of Taiko, the Japanese barrel shaped drums with teacher and musician, Ringtaro Tateishi.
Wednesday, July 28, 6-7 p.m.
Rainforest Animals with Teachers of Nature Journey through the various layers of the rainforest and meet the incredible animals that live there.
Wednesday, Aug. 4, 6-7 p.m.
Taiko Drums with School of Taiko
Connect with us at KRL.org/summer or RSVP to our upcoming virtual events on Facebook.
Rainforest Animals with Teachers of Nature
FOREST FIND
Let your eyes wander across the page. Can you find and color all of our forest friends?
One Bear One Otter One River One Mountain Range One Rainbow One Sun
Two Bracken “Fiddlehead” Ferns Three Ferns Three Lobster Mushrooms Four Trees Five Trillium Flowers Five Chanterelle Mushrooms
Bainbridge Island School District, North Kitsap School District, Bremerton School District, Central Kitsap School District and South Kitsap School District (Districts): These Districts do not sponsor nor endorse this activity and assume no responsibility for it. Further, the Districts assume no responsibility for the content of this communication or the conduct or safety of the activity advertised. In consideration of the privilege to distribute materials, the Districts shall be held harmless from any cause of action filed in any court or administrative tribunal arising out of the distribution of these materials, including costs, attorney’s fees and judgments or awards.