Camp BOOK IT!
Welcome to Camp BOOK IT!, a free summer reading and activity program to keep kids engaged throughout the summer months. The best part? Kids participating in Camp BOOK IT! will be able to earn a free one-topping Personal Pan Pizza® for meeting their reading goals each month – just like they do with BOOK IT! during the school year!
We could not be more thrilled to be bringing BOOK IT! directly to your family. To participate, all you need to do is enroll at bookitprogram.com. Once enrolled you can login to your family dashboard to track your child’s reading and they’ll be well on their way to earning a certificate for their very own Personal Pan Pizza,
Below you will find recommended reading on this month's theme: INSECTS. You will also find activities, a tracking calendar and a badge for your student when they meet their monthly goal. Have fun!
Resources
Books
Girls Who Code: Learn to Code and Change the World
Author Reshma Saujani is committed to inspiring girls to learn to code. This book contains real-life stories of women who work in computer science at places like Pixar and NASA. They also show you that coding can be fun and useful in many different fields.
How to Code a Rollercoaster
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Ara the Star Engineer
Ara and her sidekick droid set out to solve a BIG problem and encounter many trailblazers along the way.
The Unstoppable Garrett Morgan: Inventor, Entrepreneur, Hero
The son of freed slaves, Garrett Morgan left his family farm at 14 and became a successful businessman and inventor. His ultimate test comes when 20 men are trapped in a collapsed tunnel.
My Life as a Coder
Derek’s parents surprise him with a new laptop but they remove all the games and it cannot connect to the internet. So Derek takes matters into his own hands, learns to code and create games with a little help from his friends.
Code Like a Girl: Rad Tech Project and Tips
So you want to try coding? This book will help you get started, one step at a time. Let your imagination run wild and come up with your own ways to combine technology and programming and develop your own programs.
Coding Projects in Scratch
Coding Projects in Scratch has lots of projects and games that can be completed in Scratch. This is a good Scratch programming starter, with step by step instructions and lots of coding examples.
Explorer Academy: The Nebula Secret (Book 1)
This exciting series from National Geographic follows Cruz Coronado as he attends Explorer Academy, learns all about science, technology, engineering and math and travels the globe on his many adventures.
Awesome Space Tech: 40 Amazing Infographics for Kids
It's a big universe and this book will teach you about the technology the astronauts use to explore the stars.
Making Desserts with Math!
Use simple word problems to build math skills and make delicious desserts.
Reaching for the Moon: The Autobiography of NASA Mathematician Katherine Johnson
Katherine Johnson always excelled at math, allowing her to skip grades and work with professors when she was still young. Despite her skills, she faced discrimination because of her gender and race. She was able to overcome these with grit and determination to become a mathematician at NASA. She worked on many of their large projects, including the launch of Apollo 11, the spacecraft that put man on the moon.
Engineered! Engineering Design at Work
Learn how engineers use innovation and the engineering design process to solve real-world problems.
Monster Mayhem
A magic ring brings Zoe's favorite horror movie monster to life. Even though they are friends, they find that more monsters have been brought to their world and they are not all nice. Now Zoe has to use talents of inventing and building robots to save the world along with her new monster friend.
Outdoor Science Lab for Kids: 52 Family-Friendly Experiments for the Yard, Garden, Playground and Park
Round up the family and head to your backyard to experiment and learn physics, chemistry, biology and more!