Time Travel with The Seattle Public Library’s Summer of Learning 2023
release date: June 8, 2023
Explore your past, present and future this summer! Now in its 104th year, The Seattle Public Library’s 2023 Summer of Learning encourages children and families to explore where they’ve come from, where they are right now and where they hope to be years from now.
Starting today, children and caregivers can pick up a Time Travel Summer Action Guide at your closest Library location or online at spl.org/SummerOfLearning to get started.
“We are encouraging time travel this summer! Activities such as reading, creative play and talking with elders can open doors to other times and places where children can discover more about themselves by learning about the past and exploring their aspirations for the future,” said Amy Twito, program manager at The Seattle Public Library.
The Summer of Learning Action Guide includes a game board and reading tracker that are available in eight languages online. Set a reading goal and track your progress, draw a favorite memory, write a letter to yourself in the future and more.
Once you’ve completed 10 squares on the game board, you can put your name up on the Wall of Fame at your Library location. Once you’ve completed 20 squares, you’ll earn a star on the Wall of Fame. And once you complete 30 squares, you’ll win an official Time Travel Summer certificate!
The guide also includes a Summer of Learning youth survey which you can return to any library starting on July 1 to receive a small prize (while supplies last).
SUNDAY, AUG. 27: FREE SUMMER OF LEARNING PARTY AT THE BURKE MUSEUM
Save the date! All Summer of Learning participants and their families are invited to join the Library for a FREE end of the summer celebration at the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture on the University of Washington campus on Sunday, Aug. 27 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.! Plan your visit at burkemuseum.org.
MORE SUMMER FUN AND LEARNING
- Book Bingo / Lotería de Lectura: Adults can get in on the summer reading fun. Download your Book Bingo card at spl.org/BookBingo or in Spanish at www.spl.org/Loteria to start reading and filling in your challenge squares.
- Story times and more: Story times are back! The Library is offering family story times, baby story time and Spanish language story time as well as family activities such as drop-in chess. Find out what’s on at www.spl.org/Calendar.
- Virtual tutoring: The Library offers many other reading and learning resources for children and families, including virtual one-on-one tutoring, language classes, personalized learning plans and more. Find them at spl.org/RemoteLearning.
- Early learning resources: Visit our Early Learning page to find resources, activities and download a 16-page activity guide for early learners in eight languages.
- MORE INFORMATION
All details about the Library’s Summer of Learning 2023 programs are available at spl.org/SummerOfLearning. Seattle Public Schools students can access all digital Library resources, including thousands of free e-books, through the Library Link partnership with Seattle Public Schools.
The 2023 Summer of Learning is sponsored by The Seattle Public Library Foundation and was planned in partnership with South End Stories and The Burke Museum.
The Seattle Public Library collaborated with three artists who created the artwork for Summer of Learning: Ines Rodriguez, Jeremy Goodie and Yi Du.