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100 Things To Do Before Kindergarten

List of fun things to do with your child before they enter kindergarten.



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10 Pts
7-12 Paper Log 1 Equivalent - Color

Choose any five challenges from the list for your five activities. Each challenge may be completed only once, except the "Read for 30 minutes" challenge multiple times per log/mission. Record which challenge you did to complete each activity.

Genre Challenges

Read an adventure book.

Read a graphic novel/manga book.

Read a biography/autobiography.

Read a book about another the great outdoors.

Read a book about an explorer.

Read a mystery book.

Read a nonfiction book.


Digital Challenges

Download and read an ebook from Libby.

Stream a movie/documentary from Hoopla or Kanopy.

Try a new language with Mango.

Use Google Earth to "visit" a National Park or National Monument.

Follow our TikTok page @grandledgelibrary.

Mention your love for the library on TT and use the hastages #GLADL and/or #glreads.


Random Challenges

Read outside.

Write a poem or short story about a person or people going on an adventure.

Check out a craft book and do a craft from it.

Complete one of the library's take-home craft kits.

Check out a library DVD, CD, or Book on CD.

Create art depicting an adventure or a place you'd like to visit outdoors.

Attend a library program.

Solve this year's MI Library Quest Challenge.

Read for 30 minutes. (May be done more than once).



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A Colorful Hunt

“I never met a color I didn’t like.” – Dale Chihuly
Color is everywhere! Can you guess the color for each of these riddles?



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A Colorful Hunt

“I never met a color I didn’t like.” – Dale Chihuly
Color is everywhere! Can you guess the color for each of these riddles?



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A Colorful Hunt

“I never met a color I didn’t like.” – Dale Chihuly
Color is everywhere! Can you guess the color for each of these riddles?



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A Colorful Hunt

“I never met a color I didn’t like.” – Dale Chihuly
Color is everywhere! Can you guess the color for each of these riddles?



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Bonus Reading: Book & Genre Challenges
Need more reading challenges? Do the activities here that will challenge you to try different books than you might choose for yourself. Who knows, maybe you will discover a new favorite book or author!


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I Spy Rainbow Walk

Find each of the following colors on a walk around your neighborhood. What kind of interesting things do you see? Mark each color off as you find them, don't forget to look high and low!




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I Spy Rainbow Walk

Find each of the following colors on a walk around your neighborhood. What kind of interesting things do you see? Mark each color off as you find them, don't forget to look high and low!




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I Spy Rainbow Walk

Find each of the following colors on a walk around your neighborhood. What kind of interesting things do you see? Mark each color off as you find them, don't forget to look high and low!




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I Spy Rainbow Walk

Find each of the following colors on a walk around your neighborhood. What kind of interesting things do you see? Mark each color off as you find them, don't forget to look high and low!




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ROY G BIV Poem Stack
Artists know that ROY G BIV stands for the colors of the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet. Search your book shelves, a friends, family members, or the library's book shelves to find a book in each color of the rainbow. Then stack the books in ROY G BIV order to see what book spine poem is formed. Share what each book spine says and your poem below! For extra fun, take a picture of your ROY G BIV poem stack!

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ROY G BIV Poem Stack
Artists know that ROY G BIV stands for the colors of the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet. Search your book shelves, a friends, family members, or the library's book shelves to find a book in each color of the rainbow. Then stack the books in ROY G BIV order to see what book spine poem is formed. Share what each book spine says and your poem below! For extra fun, take a picture of your ROY G BIV poem stack!

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ROY G BIV Poem Stack
Artists know that ROY G BIV stands for the colors of the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet. Search your book shelves, a friends, family members, or the library's book shelves to find a book in each color of the rainbow. Then stack the books in ROY G BIV order to see what book spine poem is formed. Share what each book spine says and your poem below! For extra fun, take a picture of your ROY G BIV poem stack!

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ROY G BIV Poem Stack
Artists know that ROY G BIV stands for the colors of the rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet. Search your book shelves, a friends, family members, or the library's book shelves to find a book in each color of the rainbow. Then stack the books in ROY G BIV order to see what book spine poem is formed. Share what each book spine says and your poem below! For extra fun, take a picture of your ROY G BIV poem stack!

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Sign up for TALK

Parents with kids 5 and under can sign up for TALK: Text and Learn for Kindergarten, our free texting service that sends you activity ideas twice a week to help get your little one ready for school success! 

All you need is your zip code and your child's birthdate to get started. 



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Sign up for TALK

Parents with kids 5 and under can sign up for TALK: Text and Learn for Kindergarten, our free texting service that sends you activity ideas twice a week to help get your little one ready for school success! 

All you need is your zip code and your child's birthdate to get started. 



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Taste the Rainbow
Color is all around us, including the food we eat! While there are many foods similar in color, you will be surprised how many different colors food is. Can you think of a food for each of the below colors? Type the name of at least 1 food for each color listed below.

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Taste the Rainbow
Color is all around us, including the food we eat! While there are many foods similar in color, you will be surprised how many different colors food is. Can you think of a food for each of the below colors? Type the name of at least 1 food for each color listed below.

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Taste the Rainbow
Color is all around us, including the food we eat! While there are many foods similar in color, you will be surprised how many different colors food is. Can you think of a food for each of the below colors? Type the name of at least 1 food for each color listed below.

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Taste the Rainbow
Color is all around us, including the food we eat! While there are many foods similar in color, you will be surprised how many different colors food is. Can you think of a food for each of the below colors? Type the name of at least 1 food for each color listed below.

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10 Pts
7-12 Paper Log 2 Equivalent - Color

Choose any five challenges from the list for your five activities. Each challenge may be completed only once, except the "Read for 30 minutes" challenge multiple times per log/mission. Record which challenge you did to complete each activity.

Genre Challenges

Read an adventure book.

Read a graphic novel/manga book.

Read a biography/autobiography.

Read a book about another the great outdoors.

Read a book about an explorer.

Read a mystery book.

Read a nonfiction book.


Digital Challenges

Download and read an ebook from Libby.

Stream a movie/documentary from Hoopla or Kanopy.

Try a new language with Mango.

Use Google Earth to "visit" a National Park or National Monument.

Follow our TikTok page @grandledgelibrary.

Mention your love for the library on TT and use the hastages #GLADL and/or #glreads.


Random Challenges

Read outside.

Write a poem or short story about a person or people going on an adventure.

Check out a craft book and do a craft from it.

Complete one of the library's take-home craft kits.

Check out a library DVD, CD, or Book on CD.

Create art depicting an adventure or a place you'd like to visit outdoors.

Attend a library program.

Solve this year's MI Library Quest Challenge.

Read for 30 minutes. (May be done more than once).



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10 Pts
7-12 Paper Log 3 Equivalent - Color

Choose any five challenges from the list for your five activities. Each challenge may be completed only once, except the "Read for 30 minutes" challenge multiple times per log/mission. Record which challenge you did to complete each activity.

Genre Challenges

Read an adventure book.

Read a graphic novel/manga book.

Read a biography/autobiography.

Read a book about another the great outdoors.

Read a book about an explorer.

Read a mystery book.

Read a nonfiction book.


Digital Challenges

Download and read an ebook from Libby.

Stream a movie/documentary from Hoopla or Kanopy.

Try a new language with Mango.

Use Google Earth to "visit" a National Park or National Monument.

Follow our TikTok page @grandledgelibrary.

Mention your love for the library on TT and use the hastages #GLADL and/or #glreads.


Random Challenges

Read outside.

Write a poem or short story about a person or people going on an adventure.

Check out a craft book and do a craft from it.

Complete one of the library's take-home craft kits.

Check out a library DVD, CD, or Book on CD.

Create art depicting an adventure or a place you'd like to visit outdoors.

Attend a library program.

Solve this year's MI Library Quest Challenge.

Read for 30 minutes. (May be done more than once).



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10 Pts
7-12 Paper Log 4 Equivalent - Color

Choose any five challenges from the list for your five activities. Each challenge may be completed only once, except the "Read for 30 minutes" challenge multiple times per log/mission. Record which challenge you did to complete each activity.

Genre Challenges

Read an adventure book.

Read a graphic novel/manga book.

Read a biography/autobiography.

Read a book about another the great outdoors.

Read a book about an explorer.

Read a mystery book.

Read a nonfiction book.


Digital Challenges

Download and read an ebook from Libby.

Stream a movie/documentary from Hoopla or Kanopy.

Try a new language with Mango.

Use Google Earth to "visit" a National Park or National Monument.

Follow our TikTok page @grandledgelibrary.

Mention your love for the library on TT and use the hastages #GLADL and/or #glreads.


Random Challenges

Read outside.

Write a poem or short story about a person or people going on an adventure.

Check out a craft book and do a craft from it.

Complete one of the library's take-home craft kits.

Check out a library DVD, CD, or Book on CD.

Create art depicting an adventure or a place you'd like to visit outdoors.

Attend a library program.

Solve this year's MI Library Quest Challenge.

Read for 30 minutes. (May be done more than once).



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10 Pts
7-12 Paper Log 5 Equivalent - Color

Choose any five challenges from the list for your five activities. Each challenge may be completed only once, except the "Read for 30 minutes" challenge multiple times per log/mission. Record which challenge you did to complete each activity.

Genre Challenges

Read an adventure book.

Read a graphic novel/manga book.

Read a biography/autobiography.

Read a book about another the great outdoors.

Read a book about an explorer.

Read a mystery book.

Read a nonfiction book.


Digital Challenges

Download and read an ebook from Libby.

Stream a movie/documentary from Hoopla or Kanopy.

Try a new language with Mango.

Use Google Earth to "visit" a National Park or National Monument.

Follow our TikTok page @grandledgelibrary.

Mention your love for the library on TT and use the hastages #GLADL and/or #glreads.


Random Challenges

Read outside.

Write a poem or short story about a person or people going on an adventure.

Check out a craft book and do a craft from it.

Complete one of the library's take-home craft kits.

Check out a library DVD, CD, or Book on CD.

Create art depicting an adventure or a place you'd like to visit outdoors.

Attend a library program.

Solve this year's MI Library Quest Challenge.

Read for 30 minutes. (May be done more than once).



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Bonus Reading: Book & Genre Challenges
Need more reading challenges? Do the activities here that will challenge you to try different books than you might choose for yourself. Who knows, maybe you will discover a new favorite book or author!


Go To Activities
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Bonus Reading: Book & Genre Challenges
Need more reading challenges? Do the activities here that will challenge you to try different books than you might choose for yourself. Who knows, maybe you will discover a new favorite book or author!


Go To Activities
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Bonus Reading: Book & Genre Challenges
Need more reading challenges? Do the activities here that will challenge you to try different books than you might choose for yourself. Who knows, maybe you will discover a new favorite book or author!


Go To Activities