Virtual Summer Camp Activities 2020: Week 5
Week 5 (July 27–July 31): Lead Your Mission
How do you deal with challenges in your life? What do you do to solve them? What does it feel like to work on a mission, quest, or challenge?
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, July 27
Pre-K–Grade 2
Emotion Cards
Design a set of emotion cards describing the different feelings you have.
- Activity Packet
(Print or fill out online)
Grades 3–5
Design a Movement Game
Create your own hopscotch or movement game that can be completed multiple ways. Then challenge your family and friends to play!
- Activity Packet
(Print or fill out online)
Middle School & Up
Create a Chain Reaction Machine
Create a crazy contraption or Rube Goldberg machine using household objects and materials. Think about the kinds of obstacles you're creating. Consider filming your creation!
- Activity Packet
(Print or fill out online)
Activities for Wednesday, July 29
Pre-K–Grade 2
Fairy Tale Reenactment
Choose a favorite fairy tale or story, gather props and costumes from home, and act it out with your family. How did the main characters solve their problems?
- Activity Packet
(Print or fill out online)
Grades 3–5
"My Own Superhero" Comics
Draw a comic strip to show how you have solved a problem or overcome a challenge. Use your favorite stories or comic books as inspiration!
- Activity Packet
(Print or fill out online)
Middle School & Up
"My Own Superhero" Comics
Design a comic strip that tells the story of how you overcame a challenge. Take inspiration from the characters in myths, folktales, fairy tales, and your favorite graphic novels and comic books.
- Activity Packet
(Print or fill out online)
All Ages: Weekly Challenge
Create a Game Using MakeCode
Learn how to use MakeCode Arcade to design your very own a-maze-ing adventure computer game!
- 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.