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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 Family Recipe Book

Food tells a story and keeping a record of your family recipes can evoke wonderful memories and keep traditions alive for generations to come. To learn more, visit the National Archives - Preserving Family Recipes.



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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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Dino Dance
Children move and groove to music using some dino-themed dances. Guide children in the steps and for extra fun, make dinosaur masks, feet, and horns for everyone to wear.    

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Dinosaur DIYs


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Make a Field Journal
Paleontologists and other natural scientists often use field notebooks or journals to record their observations, take notes, and list their findings. You can create your own field journal to record your everyday life. Use the following journal prompts to complete the mission and add your own entries throughout summer and beyond.

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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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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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