To wrap up the Get Outside Bookclub, we will be at the Voyage on the Parkway event this Saturday, Oct 10 from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.  Stop by our booth on the grounds of Wegerzyn Gardens to pick up a bug box and a certificate of completion.  There will be lots of free, fun activities for young children and their families including a hayride, pumpkin  carving, and live music.  There are 10 activity stations at 2 locations (Wegerzyn & the Boonshoft) themed on 10 ways to prepare your child for kindergarten. Children will receive a passport at the registration tent. As they move from activity to activity, they will receive a stamp at each tent. 

It's not too late to sign up for the Get Outside Bookclub for preschoolers and their grownups because it goes through October  10. Participants will read at least six nature themed picture books and do six  activities outside together.  Come to your local branch and when you register, you'll recieve bookmarks with lists of suggested titles which are available at the Dayton Metro Library.  

Why not start your participation with a nature scavenger hunt?

 “Every child should have mud pies, grasshoppers, water bugs, tadpoles, frogs, mud turtles, elderberries, wild strawberries, acorns, chestnuts, trees to climb. Brooks to wade, water lilies, woodchucks, bats, bees, butterflies, various animals to pet, hayfields, pine-cones, rocks to roll, sand, snakes, huckleberries and hornets. And any child who has been deprived of these has been deprived of the best part of education.”

— Luther Burbank (American horticulturalist and botanist, 1849 – 1926)

The Get Outside Bookclub is for preschoolers and their caregivers and is designed to get families reading and then playing outside together.  A collaboration of Five Rivers Metro Parks Wegerzyn Gardens and the Dayton Metro Library, this bookclub started August 17 and goes until October 10.  Register at your local branch and you'll receive a packet with booklists and suggested activities. Read at least six nature-themed books and do six activities outside.

"Children who play outside are more physically active, more creative, less aggressive and show better concentration." (from Be Out There)

Five Rivers MetroParks and the Dayton Metro Library are teaming up to present a Tuesday Tales program at Riverscape on August 18 from 10:00  to 11:30a.m. Come and enjoy live music and nature activities! The DML Kidsmobile will be there and parents and their preschoolers will be able to sign up for the Get Outside Bookclub. Bring a blanket or towel for seating. The program will be held outdoors and  will be cancelled if it we have bad weather. Call (937) 274-0126 for more information.