Dig Into Summer
This summer, grow your way! We invite kids, teens and adults to celebrate the joy of learning through fun activities, educational challenges, exciting prizes and live events.
What is Summer Learning?
The annual Kitsap Regional Library Summer Learning program offers self-paced reading and learning experiences for all ages. Summer Learning supports equal opportunity education through engaging reading and learning activities for school-age children and teens during summer break. Summer Learning also provides an engaging platform to participate in a self-selected learning activity and expand reading interests for adults.
Dig Into Reading
Read 10 to 100 hours throughout the summer to earn fun prizes. Visit your favorite branch anytime to collect your Dig Into Reading Challenge prizes and celebrate your progress now through August. Get started today by printing your tracker at home, grabbing a Summer Learning guide at your favorite branch or by connecting to the challenge , opens a new windowonline or through the app.
Read for 10 hours and celebrate with a book or journal to take home.
Read 50 hours to earn a drawstring bag for all your Summer Learning goodies.
Read all 100 hours for your very own celebratory 100-hour Reader T-shirt!
Dig Into Learning
Try hands-on learning! Select a learning goal of your choice, plot out how you’ll achieve it, try it out and share your experience with us. Complete this challenge to earn an entry into our end-of-summer prize drawing. Get started today by printing your tracker at home, grabbing a Summer Learning guide at your favorite branch or by connecting to the challenge online or through the app.Â
Bingo to Grow
Take on the Bingo Bonus Challenge and grow as you go! Connect five spaces to complete a bingo and receive a bonus entry into our end-of-summer prize drawing. Get started today by printing your tracker at home, grabbing a Summer Learning guide at your favorite branch or by connecting to the challenge online or through the app.Â
End-of-Summer Prize Drawings Â
Complete the Dig Into Learning or Bingo Bonus Challenge for two end-of-summer prize drawing entries. Enter our end-of-summer prize drawings now through August 31, and stay posted! Winners will be notified by September 15. The following prizes are available to win at each branch location: Â
Read Local Â
Enjoy a $150 certificate to your favorite local bookstore.Â
Shop Fresh Â
Try local produce with a $150 gift card to Kitsap Fresh or your favorite farmers market. Â
Switch It Up Â
Score a Nintendo Switch Lite and a $70 download card for a new game. Â
How do I participate? Â
Take on any (or all) of our exciting all-ages challenges, track your progress and earn fabulous prizes!
Connect On the GoÂ
Unlock celebratory badges and digital rewards, share what you’re reading and add book reviews for other participants to enjoy. Track your challenge progress on the go online or through the mobile app. Â
Grab a Guide Â
Visit your favorite branch, grab a Summer Learning guide to take home and complete coloring activities to track your progress.  Â
Print Your TrackersÂ
Get started today and print your trackers at home. Try the Dig Into Reading: Start at 10 Hours Challenge, the Dig Deeper, Read 100 Hours Challenge, the Dig Into Learning Challenge or the Bingo Bonus Challenge. Try one, some or all this summer and earn fun prizes and new ways to win! Â
Share Your Experiences Â
Use #KRLsummer to share your Summer Learning stories, photos and experiences with us on Facebook and Instagram. We can’t wait to see what you’ve done this summer!Â
Summer Learning is funded in part by generous donors of Kitsap Regional Library Foundation and Friends of the Library groups.
Looking for more information on prizes and affiliations? Review our Summer Learning Disclaimers.
