Seward Community Wide Virtual Summer Reading Challenge!
Get ready for a fabulous community-wide Virtual Summer Reading Challenge! Our newly expanded and successful program for all ages has been modified to include:
- Take-home Craft Kits
- Scavenger Hunts
- Digital Escape Rooms
- Virtual Book Discussions
and more fun for All Ages!
Online and phone registration will take place mid-May. Register online by visiting our website: https://www.cityofseward.us/libmus. Register over the phone by calling (907) 224-4082.
Registration kits will also include a coloring booklet about recycling in Seward from the Sustainable Seward group, who donated 110 copies! We’re busy planning, so stay tuned for details!
Children who read for 21 minutes per day see 1.8 million words each year and have scores on standardized tests in the 90th percentile. A child who is reading for 4.6 minutes per day sees .28 million words each year and scores in the 5th percentile on standardized tests. (Anderson, R. C., P. Wilson, and L. Fielding. Growth in reading and how children spend their time outside of school. Reading Research Quarterly 23: 285–303, www.jstor.org/stable/748043).
We appreciate the support of the Alaska State Library, Sustainable Seward and the Seward Community Library Association! The Alaska State Library provides registration and promotional materials for the iRead program across the state. The Seward Community Library Association donated $1000 to help purchase supplies for the program.
