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Missions
Our librarians have put together several activities, for a variety of challenges and levels. Complete an activity and you might unlock a more advanced one, and bragging rights, cool badges and maybe even a prize!

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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
Alphabet Walk

Go for a walk and look for letters of the alphabet all around you! For example, two branches on the ground might form the letter T. The goal is to find the letters without having to move items around to create the letter. Mark off each letter as you find it!



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Animal Visit
Visit a zoo, aquarium, animal shelter, or farm to see the animals. Complete 3 activities to earn the mission points.

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Anime Aficionado 2024

Hey Anime fans!!  
You love Anime, and we love rewarding you!

Watch 15 hours of Anime.
Record your titles here and be entered to win our Anime Aficionado prize pack!



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5 Pts
Be a Good Citizen
Be a good citizen in your community. Complete eight activities to earn mission points.

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Bookwalk
Visit the SDL book walk, read the story to find the secret code at the end.

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100 Pts
Captain's Log

Captain’s logs and ship’s logs have a rich history, and provide insight into how life on seafaring vessels went (and still go today). Continue this tradition by keeping track of what, where, and how you read this summer. 

Challenge yourself to complete at least five tasks from the list below. How many can you complete?

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Comic Book Adventure
For those that enjoy graphic novels or those that want to try them out. Finish five tasks to earn the mission points.

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Community Helpers
Community helpers are all around, try to find them in the community. Complete eight activities to earn the mission points.

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Detroit Tigers

The saline district library will be giving away 2 tickets to 12 lucky winners for the August 21, 2023 Detroit tigers game. tickets were generously donated by the detroit tigers.

Please read the following rules and complete the mission activity to register. 

Rules:

  • For children ages 5-12
  • Must be registered for the 2023 SDL Summer Reading program
  • No date substitutions, must be available for the August 21st game at 6:40pm
  • Only 2 tickets per winner; 12 winners in total
  • MLB App ticket transfer only
  • All entries must be completed by August 6, 2023
  • Winners will be notified by August 10, 2023
  • Winners are responsible for their own transportation
  • Every child must have an accompanying adult


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Detroit Tigers

The saline district library will be giving away 2 tickets to 15 lucky winners for the August 15, 2024 Detroit tigers game. tickets were generously donated by the detroit tigers.

Please read the following rules and complete the mission activity to register. 

Rules:

  • For children ages 5-12
  • Must be registered for the 2024 SDL Summer Reading program
  • No date substitutions, must be available for the August 15th game at 1:10pm.
  • Only 2 tickets per winner; 15 winners in total
  • MLB App ticket transfer only
  • All entries must be completed by July 31, 2024
  • Winners will be notified by August 5, 2024
  • Winners are responsible for their own transportation
  • Every child must have an accompanying adult


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5 Pts
Friendly Scavenger Hunt

Scavenger Hunt- Find a friend who...

Complete eight to receive the mission points.



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10 Pts
Get Building
Practice STEAM skills with these building activities. Complete 5 activities to earn the mission points.

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Get Creative
Get creative with these art, craft, and writing activities. Complete 6 activities to earn the mission points.

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Get Looking
Look around you and see how many things you can find. Complete 5 activities to earn the mission points.

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Go for an Adventure!
Adventure begins at your library and take you all sorts of places real and imaginary. Go for an adventure, it can be big or small. Complete 8 activities to earn the mission points.

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Great Fall Read

Join us for our Great Fall Read! This fall the Teen and Adult departments are both reading Thornhill  by Pam Smy. Read the book and answer weekly trivia questions for a chance to win a fabulous prize.

Trivia questions will post every Friday, starting October 7. Join the challenge online, read the book, and answer four trivia questions by Monday, October 31.  Every correct answer will earn an entry in the Great Fall Read Grand Prize drawing. Request a copy of the book today!



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Great Fall Read Week 1 Question

Join us for our Great Fall Read! This fall the Teen and Adult departments are both reading Thornhill by Pam Smy. Read the book and answer weekly trivia questions for a chance to win a fabulous prize. Trivia questions will post every Friday, starting October 7. 



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Great Fall Read Week 1 Question

Join us for our Great Fall Read! This fall the Teen and Adult departments are both reading The New Annotated Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. Read the book and answer weekly trivia questions for a chance to win a fabulous prize. Trivia questions will post every Saturday, starting October 7.



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Great Fall Read Week 1 Question

Join us for our Great Fall Read! This fall the Teen and Adult departments are both reading The Birds and Other Stories by Daphne du Maurier Trivia questions will post every Saturday, starting October 5th.

Join the challenge online, read the book, and answer four trivia questions by Tuesday, October 31. Every correct answer will earn an entry in the Great Fall Read Grand Prize drawing. Request a copy of the book today!



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Great Fall Read Week 2 Question

Join us for our Great Fall Read! This fall the Teen and Adult departments are both reading Thornhill by Pam Smy. Read the book and answer weekly trivia questions for a chance to win a fabulous prize. Trivia questions will post every Friday, starting October 7. 



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Great Fall Read Week 2 Question
Join us for our Great Fall Read! This fall the Teen and Adult departments are both reading The New Annotated Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. Read the book and answer weekly trivia questions for a chance to win a fabulous prize. Trivia questions will post every Saturday, starting October 7.

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Great Fall Read Week 2 Question

Join us for our Great Fall Read! This fall the Teen and Adult departments are both reading The Birds and Other Stories by Daphne du Maurier Trivia questions will post every Saturday, starting October 5th.

Join the challenge online, read the book, and answer four trivia questions by Tuesday, October 31. Every correct answer will earn an entry in the Great Fall Read Grand Prize drawing. Request a copy of the book today!



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Great Fall Read Week 3 Question

Join us for our Great Fall Read! This fall the Teen and Adult departments are both reading Thornhill by Pam Smy. Read the book and answer weekly trivia questions for a chance to win a fabulous prize. Trivia questions will post every Friday, starting October 7. 



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Great Fall Read Week 3 Question


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Great Fall Read Week 3 Question

Join us for our Great Fall Read! This fall the Teen and Adult departments are both reading The Birds and Other Stories by Daphne du Maurier Trivia questions will post every Saturday, starting October 5th.

Join the challenge online, read the book, and answer four trivia questions by Tuesday, October 31. Every correct answer will earn an entry in the Great Fall Read Grand Prize drawing. Request a copy of the book today!



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Great Fall Read Week 4 Question

Join us for our Great Fall Read! This fall the Teen and Adult departments are both reading Thornhill by Pam Smy. Read the book and answer weekly trivia questions for a chance to win a fabulous prize. Trivia questions will post every Friday, starting October 7. 



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Great Fall Read Week 4 Question
Join us for our Great Fall Read! This fall the Teen and Adult departments are both reading The New Annotated Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. Read the book and answer weekly trivia questions for a chance to win a fabulous prize. Trivia questions will post every Saturday, starting October 7.

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Great Fall Read Week 4 Question

Join us for our Great Fall Read! This fall the Teen and Adult departments are both reading The Birds and Other Stories by Daphne du Maurier Trivia questions will post every Saturday, starting October 5th.

Join the challenge online, read the book, and answer four trivia questions by Tuesday, October 31. Every correct answer will earn an entry in the Great Fall Read Grand Prize drawing. Request a copy of the book today!



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Great Summer Read

This summer the Teen and Adult departments are both reading The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration Into the Wonder of the Consciousness by Sy Montgomery. Read the book and answer weekly trivia questions for a chance to win a fabulous prize!

Questions will post weekly on Fridays starting July 1. Join the challenge online, read the book, and answer five trivia questions by Sunday, August 14.  Every correct answer will earn an entry in the Great Summer Read Grand Prize drawing. Request a copy of the book today!



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Great Summer Read Week 1 Trivia


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Great Summer Read Week 2 Trivia


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Great Summer Read Week 3 Trivia


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Great Summer Read Week 4 Trivia


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Great Summer Read Week 5 Trivia


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Indoor Scavenger Hunt
Find all of the following items in your home.

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Kindness Counts

Do something nice and show kindness to others! These activities are great ways to show your generosity.



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Learn Something New
Learn something new by trying the different activities. Complete 5 to earn the mission points.

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Little Explorers

Get your little ones to expand their horizons. This can be accomplished by trying something new or seeing things in a different light. Teach your little ones that you don’t have to travel far to explore new things—wonderment can be found everywhere!



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Make New Friends
Make a new friend or spend time with your old friends. Complete six of these activities to earn the mission points.

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Manga Mania 2024

Hey Manga fans!!  
You love Manga, and we love rewarding you!

Read 15 Manga volumes (single volumes, series, spin-offs, they all count!)
Record your titles here and be entered to win our Manga Mania prize pack!



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Modern Wonders
There are seven modern wonders of the world. Do you know where they are? Enter the name of the country for each of the seven modern wonders.

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Mythical Creature Quiz
Mythical creatures have origins all around the world. Let’s learn more about them and take a quiz! Can you correctly guess the right mythical creature for each question?

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Nature Challenge


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New Kind of Book
Books are available in lots of formats. Read books in 4 different formats to earn the mission points.

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Ocean Movement
How does a jellyfish move? Learn different ways creatures in the ocean move while getting up and moving!

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Oceans of Fun
How much do you really know about the ocean? Here is your chance to test your knowledge with our ocean trivia quiz!

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Photo Scavenger Hunt
Use a camera or phone to take pictures of the following things. 


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Pirate Scavenger Hunt
Arrgh! Think you are ready to be a pirate? Can you find at least 5 pirate-themed items. Look around your house, the library, park, all around you!

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Random Acts of Kindness
Choose a random act of kindness from the list below or chose how you want to spread kindness in the community!


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Random Acts of Kindness

Small gestures make the most difference on a daily basis. It's easy to get so preoccupied with our own lives that we forget about others, but with just one simple act of kindness, we can change the way someone else's day goes, and we can better ourselves and the world in the process. This challenge is designed for you to take the time to do something for someone else — and hopefully they will pay it forward to the next person!



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Random Acts of Kindness

Small gestures make the most difference on a daily basis. It's easy to get so preoccupied with our own lives that we forget about others, but with just one simple act of kindness, we can change the way someone else's day goes, and we can better ourselves and the world in the process. This challenge is designed for you to take the time to do something for someone else — and hopefully they will pay it forward to the next person!



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Readers Jumble
Readers Jumble- Read books in any order, finish all the activities to earn the mission points.

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Reading Around

Books can take you around the world and back, even if you're only in your backyard! Show us all the fun and exciting places you read by marking each place you read. Get out and read!



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Reading Around 2024

Books can take you around the world and back, even if you're only in your backyard! Show us all the fun and exciting places you read by marking each place you read. Get out and read!



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Share the Joy
Let's work together! Complete the activities below with your little one.

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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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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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Silly Challenges
Have a little fun with these silly challenges. Complete eight to earn the mission points.

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Summer Reading BINGO!

Complete five squares to get a BINGO!

Enter the title of the book and which square it completes as a Mission Activity. Five books equal a BINGO, which earn you an entry into the Summer Reading Bingo prize drawing AND a $5 gift card!




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The Great Summer Read Week 1 Trivia


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The Great Summer Read Week 1 Trivia 2024

Join us for our Great Summer Read! This summer the Teen and Adult departments are reading Secret Michigan: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure by Amy Piper. 

Read the book and answer weekly trivia questions for a chance to win fabulous prizes.

Trivia questions will be posted every Saturday in July, starting July 6th. Join the challenge online, read the book, and answer four trivia questions by Saturday, August 10th. Every correct answer will earn an entry in the weekly and grand prize drawings. Request a copy of the book today!



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The Great Summer Read Week 2 Trivia


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The Great Summer Read Week 2 Trivia 2023

Join us for our Great Summer Read! This fall the Teen and Adult departments are both reading Loving vs. Virginia: A Documentary Novel of the Landmark Civil Rights Case by Patricia Hruby Powell and illustrated by Shadra Strickland. 

Read the book and answer weekly trivia questions for a chance to win fabulous prizes.

Trivia questions will post every Friday, starting July 7. Join the challenge online, read the book, and answer four trivia questions by Saturday, August 12.  Every correct answer will earn an entry in the weekly and grand prize drawings. Request a copy of the book today!



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The Great Summer Read Week 2 Trivia 2024

Join us for our Great Summer Read! This fall the Teen and Adult departments are both reading Secret Michigan: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure by Amy Piper.

Read the book and answer weekly trivia questions for a chance to win fabulous prizes.

Trivia questions will post every Saturday, starting July 6th. Join the challenge online, read the book, and answer four trivia questions by Saturday, August 10th. Every correct answer will earn an entry in the weekly and grand prize drawings. Request a copy of the book today!



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The Great Summer Read Week 3 Trivia


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The Great Summer Read Week 3 Trivia 2023

Join us for our Great Summer Read! This fall the Teen and Adult departments are both reading Loving vs. Virginia: A Documentary Novel of the Landmark Civil Rights Case by Patricia Hruby Powell and illustrated by Shadra Strickland. 

Read the book and answer weekly trivia questions for a chance to win fabulous prizes.

Trivia questions will post every Friday, starting July 7. Join the challenge online, read the book, and answer four trivia questions by Saturday, August 12.  Every correct answer will earn an entry in the weekly and grand prize drawings. Request a copy of the book today!



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The Great Summer Read Week 3 Trivia 2024

Join us for our Great Summer Read! This fall the Teen and Adult departments are both reading Secret Michigan: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure by Amy Piper.

Read the book and answer weekly trivia questions for a chance to win fabulous prizes.

Trivia questions will post every Saturday, starting July 6th. Join the challenge online, read the book, and answer four trivia questions by Saturday, August 10th. Every correct answer will earn an entry in the weekly and grand prize drawings. Request a copy of the book today!



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The Great Summer Read Week 4 Trivia


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The Great Summer Read Week 4 Trivia 2023

Join us for our Great Summer Read! This fall the Teen and Adult departments are both reading Loving vs. Virginia: A Documentary Novel of the Landmark Civil Rights Case by Patricia Hruby Powell and illustrated by Shadra Strickland. 

Read the book and answer weekly trivia questions for a chance to win fabulous prizes.

Trivia questions will post every Friday, starting July 7. Join the challenge online, read the book, and answer four trivia questions by Saturday, August 12.  Every correct answer will earn an entry in the weekly and grand prize drawings. Request a copy of the book today!



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100 Pts
The Great Summer Read Week 4 Trivia 2024

Join us for our Great Summer Read! This fall the Teen and Adult departments are both reading Secret Michigan: A Guide to the Weird, Wonderful, and Obscure by Amy Piper.

Read the book and answer weekly trivia questions for a chance to win fabulous prizes.

Trivia questions will post every Saturday, starting July 6th. Join the challenge online, read the book, and answer four trivia questions by Saturday, August 10th. Every correct answer will earn an entry in the weekly and grand prize drawings. Request a copy of the book today!



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Unbe-LEAF-able Fun
Focus some time on nature, complete six of the activities to receive the mission points.

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Virtual Field Trip
Take a virtual field trip with animal, parks, space, geography and history!
Don't forget to mark each activity as complete once you've explored.

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Virtual Field Trip
Take a virtual field trip with animals, parks, space, geography and history!
Don't forget to mark each activity as complete once you've explored.

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Learn About Smokey Bear
Complete at least two of these Smokey Bear activities and earn a badge!

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Preschool Read
Reading together develops vocabulary and comprehension, nurtures a love for reading, and motivates children to want to learn to read. Shared reading (interactive reading) is an important way to help children get ready to read. Reading with children will show how books and written language work and that stories have a beginning, middle and end.

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Traveling to the Moon, Mars, and Beyond with NASA’s Artemis Project
NASA is taking the first step in the next era of human exploration with the Artemis spaceflight program! In ancient Greek mythology, Artemis was the goddess of the Moon and twin sister to the sun god Apollo. Much like NASA’s Apollo program, which took humans to the Moon in the 1960s and 1970s, the Artemis program will take humans, including the first woman and the first person of color, back to the Moon and prepare us for traveling to Mars and beyond for the first time.

The following activities are all about the Artemis program and NASA’s plans for a new generation of crewed spaceflight. Complete three of the six activities to earn your “Moon, Mars, and Beyond” badge.

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Back to the Moon with NASA’s Artemis Project
NASA is taking the first step in the next era of human exploration with the Artemis spaceflight program! Going back to the Moon and building a permanent presence on the lunar surface is a crucial step towards putting humans on Mars for the first time.

Learn all about NASA’s plans for lunar exploration and earn the "Back to the Moon" badge by completing four of the eight activities below!

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Campfire Safety
Complete at least two of these Smokey Bear activities and earn a badge!

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Preschool Sing
Singing emphasizes many early literacy practices, and it contributes to oral language development by slowing down language and making it easier for children to hear the words. Singing is also a great way to increase children’s vocabulary as children’s songs and nursery rhymes include many new and uncommon words. Songs are a natural, fun way for children to learn language. When children sing, they hear different parts of words, pay attention to the rhythms and rhymes of language, and develop listening skills.

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Many Miles to Mars with NASA’s Artemis Project
NASA is taking the first step in the next era of human exploration with the Artemis spaceflight program! The Artemis program is all about sending humans back to the Moon in preparation for an even more challenging goal: human travel to Mars, the Red Planet!

Earn this badge and learn more about Mars by completing three of the five activities below!

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Nature Adventure
Complete at least two of these Smokey Bear activities and earn a badge!

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Preschool Talk
Talking with children helps them learn oral language, one of the most critical early literacy skills. Children learn about language by listening to parents and caregivers talk and joining in the conversation. Talking in a way that encourages children to talk will help them understand what they later read. When children listen to spoken words they learn: how letters and words sound, the meaning of words, how words can be put together to communicate ideas, information and feelings.

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Planning and Prototyping with NASA’s Artemis Project
NASA is taking the first step in the next era of human exploration with the Artemis spaceflight program! Space travel requires massive amounts of planning, design, prototyping, and testing to ensure the vehicles and tools sent with astronauts into space are safe and reliable.

Dive deeper into NASA’s planning and prototyping process for the Artemis missions and earn this badge by completing three of the five activities below!

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Preschool Write
Just like reading, writing teaches children that print has meaning, letters represent sounds, and written words represent the oral words they use every day. Scribbling and writing help children learn that written words stand for spoken language. For children, writing: begins with developing small finger muscles which will build dexterity for scribbling, then drawing, and eventually writing letters, helps develop hand-eye coordination, and helps build awareness that print has meaning.

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Tree Exploration
Complete at least two of these Smokey Bear activities and earn a badge!

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Career Exploration
Complete at least two of these Smokey Bear activities and earn a badge!

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Preschool Play
Play is an essential part of childhood and is one of the best ways to learn language and literacy skills. As children engage in many types of play and across many scenarios, they talk with a wide variety of adults and peers, therefore developing their oral language, narrative skills, and vocabulary. When children play, they: develop narrative skills through imaginary play, act out real situations, learn communication, cooperation, construction and much more!

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Reading Challenge: Platinum Reader

Take part in the Reading Challenge and read!



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Wildfire Science
Complete at least two of these Smokey Bear activities and earn a badge!

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Make a Difference
Complete at least two of these Smokey Bear activities and earn a badge!

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Reading Challenge: Gold Reader

Take part in the Reading Challenge and read! 



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Reading Challenge: Silver Reader

Take part in the Reading Challenge and read!



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Reading Challenge: Bronze Reader

Take part in the Reading Challenge and read!



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