1. Thrive After 3 After School Programs @ Your Library Lisa M. Shaia
Sign your child up for book-based programming at your library. Expose your child to different genres of books so he becomes a lifelong reader. These after-school programs will support common core standards including speaking and listening, language, and reading foundational skills.
Lisa M. Shaia
Thrive After 3
Author of forthcoming book After -School Clubs to Encourage Reading
ALA , September 2013
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2. Fall Session mid-September-mid-November
Winter Session January-February
Spring Session
March-April
Early elementary:
Listen to Shark vs. Train and practice your voting skills.
Define your superhero skill and create a mask for your new identity.
Thumb-wrestle with Stink and your classmates.
Early elementary:
Create a Monster Catcher net and go on a Great Monster Hunt.
Make your very own Gingerbread Girl and hope she doesn’t run away.
Early elementary: Join us for a weekly read-aloud of a classic story. Bring your own snack.
Upper elementary:
Join us for a Lego-extravaganza! Listen to stories and receive a top secret assignment. What will you build?
Upper elementary:
Create a board game with your friends.
Sharpen your spy skills with Notice the Difference Game.
Learn the qualities of a graphic novel.
Upper elementary:
Compete in Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeopardy, a smell-a-thon contest, and a sound prism rivalry with popular fiction titles.