Library Hours
READ BEYOND THE BEATEN PATH
Elementary School Summer Reading
click below to register and log your reading
PROGRAM INFORMATION:
- For children entering grades K-6
- Registration begins: Wednesday, June 1 (all Wethersfield elementary school students will be registered online by their teacher)
- Wednesday, June 14: begin reading and logging your minutes online every day @ wethersfieldlibrary.beanstack.org/
- You can also register and log your reading via the Beanstack app! Download @ www.beanstack.com/mobile-app
- Read books at your reading level.
- Participants who are not reading on their own may count time spent while being read to.
- READ TO BEAD!! For every 60 minutes that you read you will earn 3 beads to add to your chain. Trade in 10 beads for a special bead.
- Earn more beads by attending programs and completing activities found on Beanstack.
INCENTIVES:
- Time Read: 20 minutes total = Paperback Book, 1st Brag Tag, & chain
- Time Read: 500 minutes total = Compass keychain & 2nd Brag Tag
- Time Read: 1,000 minutes total = Color Changing Water Bottle & 3rd Brag Tag
- Time Read: 1,500 minutes total = Paperback Book & 4th Brag Tag
- Time Read: 1,560 minutes total or more = Continue earning 3 beads for every 60 minutes read
- All incentives earned may be picked up beginning Wednesday, June 14 and are available while supplies last.
- Wednesday, August 30: summer reading ends. Prizes may be collected through Friday, September 8.
READ-TO-ME
Preschool Summer Reading
PROGRAM INFORMATION:
- For children ages birth-4 (not entering Kindergarten in August 2023)
- Registration begins: Wednesday, June 1
- Wednesday, June 14: begin reading and logging minutes online every day @ wethersfieldlibrary.beanstack.org/
- You can also register and log reading via the Beanstack app! Download @ www.beanstack.com/mobile-app
- The goal of the program is to read at least 1,500 minutes of reading over the course of the summer, or about 20 minutes per day.
- Receive an incentive for every 150 minutes of reading (up to 1,500min), including stickers, brag tags, a bag and a book.
- All incentives earned may be picked up beginning Wednesday, June 14 and are available while supplies last.
- Wednesday, August 30: summer reading ends. Prizes may be collected through Friday, September 8.