1000 Books Before Kindergarten
Ages 0-5
- Shared reading is the best way to help babies, toddlers and preschoolers develop the important early literacy skills they need to learn how to read independently later on. The more books children ages 0-5 hear, the more prepared they will be to learn how to read.
- So, every time you read any book to your little one, log it on Beanstack! Even if it's the same book 10 times, log it 10 times.
- Participants will get a free book when they complete the 500 Books badge and the 1000 Books badge!
Read 500
Grades K-3
- Register every year in September and pick up a paper log at the library. The program will last from September through the end of May.
- Log how many minutes your child reads. Enter the exact number of minutes you read, and Beanstack will keep track of your total as you approach 500 minutes.
- Receive a digital badge every time you read for 500 minutes. Visit the Kids' World desk for a matching animal sticker to add to your paper log.
- Earn a free book for every three badges you earn. If you read 500 minutes every month, you can earn three free books every year!
- Make sure to log your reading on Beanstack regularly to be entered into our monthly prize drawings! At the end of every month, anyone who logs minutes on Beanstack will be eligible for a random prize drawing.
100 Books Before High School
Grades 4-8
- Log every book you read on Beanstack. For every 20 books logged, you’ll earn a badge and a free book. Stop by the Kids’ World or Hub Desks to choose from our awesome selection of prize books, and get a real-life badge to wear proudly.
- Once you log 100 Books, you’ll earn a High School Survival Kit. The tools in the kit were selected by our Teen Advisory Board, and include a USB power bank, mechanical pencil, mints, a super-pack of sticky notes and so much more.
- All prize books and High School Survival Kits were generously funded by the Friends of the Library.
Log on to ahml.beanstack.org to get started!
Questions? Please email kids@ahml.info