Virtual Summer Camp Activities 2020: Week 1
Week 1 (June 29–July 3): Discover Your Strengths
What makes you uniquely awesome? How can you use your strengths to support your community?
Join The New York Public Library this summer for our six-week Virtual Summer Camp program. Every week, kids and students of all ages, and their families, can find a new batch of fun, hands-on activities that promote learning, reading, and creativity—and can all be done from home.
Log Your Progress with Our Online Reading Portal
Earn online badges by completing these fun virtual summer camp activities! Keep track of your progress online with our partner Beanstack.
Activities for Monday, June 29
Pre-K - Grade 2
Identity Puzzle
Design an 8-10 piece jigsaw puzzle with each piece showcasing a part of your personality.
- Activity Packet
(Print or fill out online)
Grades 3 - 5
You-seum
Collect objects around your home that represent who you are; make a museum style gallery display of the objects
- Activity Packet
(Print or fill out online)
Middle School & Up
Create Your Own Dance
Take a strengths-assessment quiz. Create a dance OR special handshake (à la TikTok) that represents who you are and why you're awesome. Teach it to others and/or film it.
- Activity Packet
(Print or fill out online)
Activities for Wednesday, July 1
Pre-K - Grade 2
Community Chalk Mural
Design a mural representing special places and people in your community as well as your own hobbies and interests; then create your mural on the sidewalk using chalk
- Activity Packet
(Print or fill out online)
Grades 3 - 5
Identity Flipbooks
Create a multi-page identity flipbook where each page reveals another layer of your personality
- Activity Packet
(Print or fill out online)
Middle School & Up
Heroic Self-Portrait
Create a portrait of yourself that shows your strengths and how they can benefit your world
- Activity Packet
(Print or fill out online)
All Ages: Weekly Challenge
Read for Adventure Challenge
Sign up for Beanstack and start your reading log!
- Activity Packet
(Print or fill out online)
More Summer Reading Resources
Summer Reading 2020: Call for Submissions
Did you complete a Virtual Summer Camp or online reading portal activity and make something epic in the process? We want to see it! Use this submission form to share photos of your project, and you might be featured in our summer showcase!
See All Virtual Summer Camp Activities
Join The New York Public Library this summer for our six-week Virtual Summer Camp program. Every week, kids and students of all ages, and their families, can find a new batch of fun, hands-on activities that promote learning, reading, and creativity—and can all be done from home.
Explore More from Summer Reading 2020
This summer, the Library’s Summer Reading program is bigger than ever. The New York Public Library is celebrating fantastic tales, inspiring heroes, and the power of telling your own epic story. Reading can take you on fantastic quests and mythic journeys—all from your own home. Just 20 minutes of reading a day keeps your literacy skills top notch, opens paths to unexplored worlds, and expands your imagination.
Online Reading Portal
Earn online badges by completing these fun virtual summer camp activities! Keep track of your progress online with our partner Beanstack.