#The Seattle Public Library invites children to “Zone In!” and sign up for the 2014 Summer of Learning beginning Monday, June 23. The 95th-annual program, which continues through Aug. 31, is designed to prevent summer setback among school-age children and teens.
#Children who sign up will receive a free book (one per child, while supplies last). Participants will receive stickers on their activity logs for completing activities, such as learning a magic trick, searching the library’s website for science experiment ideas or creating a musical instrument out of everyday items.
#In addition to encouraging reading, this year’s program also includes activities around science, technology, engineering, arts and math.
#The Library’s Summer of Learning website (www.spl.org/zonein) also will have ideas for hands-on science activities that can be done at home or with friends.
#New this year, teens and tweens can create and share videos, photos, GIFs, artwork, poetry or creative writing at teenspl.tumblr.com (#bysplteens). While supplies last, they also will get free books when they come to the library for a program, attend an outreach event or participate in an activity.
#Tweens and teens also can sign up online at seattle-summer-2014.bibliocommons.com to create an avatar, set up their own summer online bookshelf and earn badges.
#Children who complete and log any 10 activities will receive a free day pass to the Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture. Those who complete their activity log by Aug. 4 will be entered into a drawing for the city librarian’s Breakfast of Champions event.
#All programs are free and open to the public.