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How to Play
Every year, Multnomah County Library sponsors a Summer Reading program to encourage children to read during the summer. Research shows that reading during the summer helps children maintain the skills they have learned in school. The 2011 program runs June 17–August 31.
Children can visit any Multnomah County library to sign up for the Summer Reading game. Participation is free. To play, children spend time reading or listening to books, then mark spaces on their gameboards.
The library encourages you to read with your children in your native language. Practicing their first language will help your children learn to read in English.
For ages 0–4, fill in one space for every 15 minutes of reading; ages 5–11, for every 30 minutes; and ages 12–18, for every 60 minutes.
Every time your child reaches one of the three prize markers on the gameboard, visit the library for a reward. Rewards include books, passes for free activities and food coupons for local restaurants.
Everyone who finishes the game receives a Summer Reading T-shirt (while supply lasts). All players who finish the game enter a grand prize drawing for a family vacation for four to Great Wolf Lodge waterpark! August 31, 2011, is the last day to claim rewards. Each child may play the game only once.
For more information, talk to your youth librarian or visit the library's Summer Reading website.
More Options
You may substitute one of the following activities for one space on each path:
- Read aloud to someone else.
- Visit the library's website: www.multcolib.org
- Attend a library event.
- Draw a picture about a book.
- Submit to the library's Stories & Reviews.
- Help a friend sign up for Summer Reading.
- Watch a video or DVD based on a book.
- Get your own library card.
When you finish a path, bring your gameboard to the library to select from the prize box. You must have your gameboard with you to receive a prize. When you finish all three paths, come to the library by August 31, 2011 to enter the Grand Prize drawing for a family trip for four to Great Wolf Lodge water park. You also receive a T-shirt AND a discounted $4.50 Oaks Park Deluxe Ride Bracelet coupon.
Finish the Bonus Path to earn a bookplate.
Each child may play the game only once. Participant must be present to select own prize.
