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Adventure Summer Reading 2024
June 1st - August 3rd
Adventure Storytimes
Monday & Thursday begins 10 am 6/17 & 6/20:
Mondays Columbus Grove | Kalida
Thursdays Continental | Leipsic
Tuesday & Wednesday Storytime begins 10 am June 25 & 26
Tuesdays Fort Jennings | Pandora
Wednesdays Ottawa | Ottoville
Adventures In Space
6/17 11am Columbus Grove | Kalida
6/20 11 am Continental | Leipsic
Cosi Science Live - Larger Than Life Science Exravaganza
6/18 10 am Demonstration & Hands On Activities
1 pm Demonstration & Hands On Activities
Superhero Adventures 11 am
6/24 Columbus Grove | Kalida
6/25 Fort Jennings | Pandora
6/26 Ottawa | Ottoville
6/27 Continental | Leipsic
Animal Adventures 11 am
7/8 Columbus Grove | Kalida
7/9 Fort Jennings | Pandora
7/10 Ottawa | Ottoville
7/11 Continental | Leipsic
Turtle Reading Adventures 11 am
7/15 Columbus Grove | Kalida
7/16 Fort Jennings | Pandora
7/17 Ottawa | Ottoville
7/18 Continental | Leipsic
Safari Tree Adventures with Bonnie Brooks of Putnam County Soil & Water
7/22 11 am Kalida
1 pm Columbus Grove
7/23 11 am Fort Jennings
1 pm Pandora
7/24 11 am Ottawa
1 pm Ottoville
7/25 11 am Continental
1 pm Leipsic
Back to School Bingo 11 am
7/29 Columbus Grove | Kalida
7/30 Fort Jennings | Pandora
7/31 Ottawa | Ottoville
8/1 Continental | Leipsic
Summer Story Walks
Continental, Fort Jennings, Ottawa, or Ottoville locations - It is great family fun, combining reading with activities, indoors.
Magnifying Glass Scavenger Hunts
All 8 locations of the PCDL
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https://ohreadytoread.org/grab-and-go-stations
The PCDL is committed to providing parents with the tools needed to help their children get ready to read. Every Child Ready to Read programs are offered weekly online - see the story time link above for the latest programs.. All programs require a caring adult to attend with the child. The five early literacy practices will help every child develop the foundation for reading, listening, writing, and learning for a lifetime. Every Child Ready To Read incorporates simple practices, based on research, to help parents and other caregivers develop early literacy skills in children from birth to age five.