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Activities
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Get creative with TD's Summer Reading Club program materials and a variety of HPL activities to keep you engaged all summer long.
Summer Reading Club activities for kids ages 0-4.
Fun Crafts
Fingerprint Bugs
Cloud Craft
My Art, My World
Tape Pictures
Go on a Scavenger Hunt
Valley Park Scavenger Hunt
Nature Scavenger Hunt
Alphabet Scavenger Hunt
Interactive Books
Tumblebooks and Capstone
McMaster University and The University of Toronto Activities
Play & Learn activities created by experts in child development.
Practice Counting and Sorting
I Spy Underwater Creatures
Memory Matching Animals
Science Activities
Play Outside with Water and Bubbles
Grow Onions
Make a Water Cycle Bag
Make Playdough Fossils
Storytime with HPL
Online Storytime with HPL
Storytimes at Your Local Library
Summer Reading Club activities for kids ages 4-12.
Activity Sheets and Crafts
Learn Morse Code
Build a Bookmobile
Learning
Brainfuse Summer Camp
Reading Buddies
Talk Like a Pirate with Mango Languages
Summer Reading Club activities for teens ages 12-18.
Power of the Pen Creative Writing Competition
Writers ages 12-18 submit your original poetry and short stories in English, French or both languages. Prizes are for 1st and 2nd place in seven age groups in poetry and short story categories. Digital submissions are encouraged.
Black Youth Mentorship
Escape Room July 20
Escape Room August 10
Makerspace Programs
Pride Book Club
Teen Zone
YWCA Job Search Help
YMCA Resume and Job Search Help
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