To go along with the "Color Our World" theme, this year's time tracker resembles a watercolor art palette. Color in one space in the palette for every hour you complete a Summer Reading activity. You will complete 10 hours in total. 5 hours must be spent reading. The other 5 hours can be spent doing whatever you would like: a summer activity, an arts-related activity, or more reading all count. 

All age groups - children, teens, and adults - are encouraged to participate! 

The Pre-Readers age group (0-5) will complete the same time tracker. Their hours can be completed by attending library activities like Story Time and/or by completing activities based on early literacy practices (singing, talking, playing, writing, and reading).

Some ideas for early literacy activities are:

• Sing children’s songs or nursery rhymes to or with your child.
• Use finger paint to draw shapes and letters.
• Help your child paint or draw a picture.
• Play at a local park.
• Play a hand motion game like patty-cake or a fingerplay song like Itsy Bitsy Spider.
• Read to or with your child.

An activity is anything that encourages participants to get involved with our theme. Summertime activities and reading-related activities are also suggested. For this year’s theme of "Color Our World", here are some ideas for activities involving imagination and play:​

• Draw a picture.
• Color in a coloring book.
• Take a photograph.
• Record a video.
• Make up a silly song and dance. 
• Cloud watch. 
• Crochet, knit, sew, or quilt a gift for a friend.
• Write a short story or poem.
• Create an origami piece.
• Sculpt a creation out of clay.
• Make a paper airplane.
• Bake a yummy treat.
• Finger paint.
• Draw on the sidewalk with chalk.
• Start an art journal. 
• Visit an art museum.
• Create an art piece out of something from nature. 
• Watch a video about art.
• Upcycle an unused household item into a work of art. 
• Read to your stuffed animals.
• Listen to a family member read a story.
• Create a blanket fort to read under. 
• Start a book club with a book buddy.

You don't have to write down your completed activities. All you need to keep track of is the time you have completed. 

Your time tracker can be turned in anytime starting from Friday, June 13th until Friday, July 18th. You can bring it into the library and hand it to a front desk staff member. We will save your time tracker to enter you for a prize drawing.

Only one time tracker can be completed per person. However, once you turn in your time tracker you are eligible to pick up extreme reader slips, and you can get as many of those as you would like.