2020 Summer Magazine: Imagine Your Story

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Summer at Your Library: Track Your Reading and Activities May 30 through August 15, 2020 Broward County Library (BCL) invites you to “Imagine Your Story” this summer! Even though Summer 2020 may be a little different from those in the past, there will be adventures to explore at Broward County Library Online Summer Program.

This summer we are hosting online activity challenges and virtual programs that will be sure to get your imagination sparked. The activities available will lead you to explore all of our wonderful digital resources. When it is safe to do so, we will start welcoming you back to our physical spaces.

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Reading over the summer helps prevent summer learning loss in children and teens and builds skills that maintain or improve academic proficiency scores. Adults can read for enjoyment, explore our many digital resources, and attend library virtual programs while modeling good learning behaviors to children and teens.

Start now by registering your entire family for our Summer Challenge (via Beanstack) Broward.org/Library/Summer! We have reading challenges for all ages, from Early Learners to Youth to Teens to Adults.

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Already have a Broward County Public Library Beanstack account that you have used for past BCL Summer Challenges? Great!

Now is the time to log in to Beanstack, update your account and enroll in the 2020 Challenge for your age group.

• Students who use Beanstack at a Broward County Public School for Reading Across Broward can link their accounts so that their summer reading gets tracked in both of their Beanstack accounts for school and public library, this summer.

• What is your reading goal this summer?

Read what you love! Did you know that graphic novels, comics, picture books, magazines and audiobooks all count as books read?

• Reading brings rewards! Track your progress from May 30-August 15 via Beanstack online (or via the Beanstack Tracker App) to earn digital badges. The more you read the more you get chances to win great grand prizes!

Stay in for movie night!

Kanopy showcases more than 30,000 of the world’s best films, including award-winning documentaries, rare and hard-to-find titles, film festival favorites, indies, classic films and world cinema.

GET A FREE LIBRARY CARD ONLINE THIS SUMMER

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Summer LEARNING Matters!

READ AND TRACK YOUR FUN FROM MAY 30 - AUGUST 15, 2020 The Broward County Library Online Summer Program is a system-wide program that encourages children, teens and adults to continue to read over the summer months. Carve out time to read the types of books that interest you and your young readers.

Reading success in older children, teens and adults is connected to positive feelings about reading when they are younger. Summer learning matters – it helps readers chose books they love and it helps prevent students from falling behind when it is time to report back to school.

Beanstack, our online tracking software, makes it easy for children, teens, adults and families to earn digital badges and chances to win grand prizes by keeping track of their reading and completing fun activities.

ALREADY HAVE A BCL BEANSTACK ACCOUNT?

Log in and update your account and enroll in the 2020 BCL Summer Online Program Challenge.

HAVE A BCPS BEANSTACK ACCOUNT? Broward County Public School students - make sure to link your school and public library Beanstack accounts this summer.

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STEP 1:: Register an individual reader or an entire family online through our BCL Beanstack website or Beanstack Tracker App (Apple or Android).

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Read/listen, complete activities and track your progress through BCL Beanstack. Aim for your age group goal.

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Earn digital badges for logging books you read and for completing activities.

EXTRA CHALLENGE:

Keep reading to earn more chances to win grand prizes (grand prizes are chosen by raffle drawings).

CHALLENGES FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY! EARLY LEARNER CHALLENGE

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CHILD CHALLENGE

Read and/or Listen

Read and/or Listen

Reading Goal

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Earn a digital badge for every 10 books read.

Read or listen to books, log them on Beanstack and earn digital badges.

Read 50 books to earn a “completion” digital badge and your Early Learner Reward Pack!*

Activities

Early learners earn a digital activity badge for completing a month of early literacy activities. Complete fun early literacy activities that help build language and literacy. Click here for the Digital Summer Fun Calendar and log on Beanstack.

Activity Goal

Earn all three digital activity badges and be entered into a grand prize drawing. Earn a special “Countdown to Kindergarten” completion certificate.

TEEN CHALLENGE

(ages 13-18)

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Earn a digital badge for every two hours of reading. Read each day this summer and track your progress on Beanstack (use your gameboard to follow along).

Complete 16 hours of reading to earn a “completion” digital badge and your Child Reward Pack!*

Activities

Complete an activity and earn a digital activity badge. Click here to go to the Child Gamboard.

Activity Goal

Earn all seven digital activity badges and be entered into a grand prize drawing.

ADULT CHALLENGE

(ages 19 and over)

Read and/or Listen

Read and/or Listen

Earn a digital badge for every book read. Read or listen to books, log them on Beanstack and earn digital activity badges.

Earn a digital badge for every book read (or listened to). Read or listen to books, log them on Beanstack, and earn digital badges.

Reading Goal

Reading Goal

Complete three books to earn a “completion” digital badge and earn the Teen Reward Pack.*

Complete five books to earn a “completion” digital badge and earn the Adult Reward Pack!*

Activities

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Complete a digital activity and earn a digital activity badge.

Activity Goal Earn all eight digital activity badges and be entered into a grand prize drawing.

Complete a digital activity and earn a digital activity badge.

Activity Goal

Earn all six digital activity badges and be entered into a grand prize drawing.

*Contact your branch for pickup information.

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Summer of Money Smart!

Beat the heat and become a money maven with these online resources:

Kanopy

Stream movies, documentaries and courses such as Financial Fitness for Young Adults (4 episodes) or Money Management Skills (12 episodes).

Consumer Reports

Full-site access to money-saving tips, product ratings, reviews and recommendations on products, services and personal finances.

Morningstar Investment Research Center

Expand your financial and investment education with tutorial videos and the Investing Classroom, build and test a portfolio online, access a financial glossary and more.

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There are several ways you can return your Census form – the quickest and easiest way is online. It’s safe and secure.

WHY IT’S IMPORTANT Census data is used to distribute more than $1.5 trillion per year for 10 years in federal and state funding for health and human service programs that help local families and individuals in need.

IT’S SAFE TO COMPLETE THE CENSUS Don’t be afraid to be counted, even if you are not a citizen of the U.S. no court or law enforcement agency – not even the President of the United States – can access your individual responses. All responses to the Census are safe, secure and confidential, protected by federal law.

RBdigital Magazines (eMagazines)

Download and subscribe to hundreds of popular magazines complete with full photos and illustrations, including your favorite financial publications.

Universal Class

Lifelong learning for pleasure, personal development, employability and financial savvy. Over 500 courses available in everything from ABC’s of Algebra to Yoga 101!

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Register online: Broward.org/Library/Summer or download Beanstack tracker app.

(Apple or Android) Create user name and password.

Read and track your progress to earn digital badges and chances to win prizes!

Read 10 books: Earn a digital badge.

Read 50 books: Earn a “completion” digital badge and your Early Learner Reward Pack!

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6. Read 50 more books: Earn five more digital badges and chances to win a GRAND prize.

7. Complete all of the summer early literacy activities on the Summer Fun Calendar.

8. Earn a special “Countdown to Kindergarten”

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Create an ocean in a bottle!

Mix blue food color, 1/3 water, 2/3 oil.

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Sing variations of beloved songs, like Twinkle Twinkle Little Star.

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Make a Experiment fruit salad. with sinking Count the and different floating fruits! household items.

Make a simple puzzle. Cut up a page from an old calendar, magazine or cereal box.

Make letters out of play dough.

Write a dinner menu and read it together.

Listen to music from a different country.

Visit a Broward County Park and use all of your five senses.

Take a family walk and count the steps.

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Draw a treasure Happy Birthday map together.

Eric Carle! Go on a hunt for hidden Read one letters, of his books. numbers or colors.

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Trace your hands on paper and create hand art.

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Play I Spy with colors.

First guess what color item you see and then take turns guessing.

Read a story about school.

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Record your child singing a song. Play it back and sing along with the video.

Play school.

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Imagine a New Career!

JOB NOW BY BRAINFUSE Live, expert coaching for every stage of your job search. Résumé assistance, interview coaching and career resources. Live assistance available every day.

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TOOLS FOR VIRTUAL WORK [Alvin Sherman Library Guide]: LEARNINGEXPRESS LearningExpress: Interactive tutorials, practice tests, e-books, flashcards and articles for academic skill-building, standardized test preparation, career development and more helps students/ professionals achieve educational and career goals. Registration with a valid email address is required.

“To access, obtain an NSU eCard and then log in with your BCL card.*

Summer Armchair Travel

Free Language Learning Made Easy!

Learn a new language, further your ESL learning as non-native English speakers or brush up on a language for business or vacation travel. Rosetta Stone includes 30 languages with core lessons to build reading, writing, speaking and listening skills. Visit Rosetta Stone’s website to register with your library card.

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Borrow movies, music, eAudiobooks, eBooks, comics and TV shows on your computer, tablet, phone or TV. With no waiting, titles can be streamed immediately or downloaded for offline enjoyment later. Hundreds of thousands of titles to choose from, with more being added daily.

(Get the popcorn ready!)

MOBILE APPS

CLICK ON THE LINK OF THESE FAVORITES!

Action & Adventure

Mythical Creatures

DC Comics

Phoebe and Her Unicorn

Star Trek

Fairy Tales & Folk Tales

Greek Mythology

Stranger Things

How to Train Your Dragon

Warriors

Wings of Fire

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