Virtual Summer Camp Activities 2020: Week 3

Mapping Your World: What makes your world, real or imagined, unique and interesting? How can you make your world a better place?

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.

Neighborhood Scavenger Hunt & Five Senses Poetry

Explore your neighborhood on a scavenger hunt, then write a poem about it using the five senses.

• Activity Packet (Print or fill out online)

Neighborhood Travel Brochure

Create a brochure to showcase the reasons to visit your neighborhood, real or imaginary!

• Activity Packet (Print or fill out online)

Documenting Your New York

Use the Library's Digital Collections to find an old photo of a building close to your home, recreate it in the present, and think about what makes New York City special to you.

• Activity Packet (Print or fill out online)

Building Your World with Recyclable Materials

Use household and recyclable items to build an inspiring new structure. We can all be inventors, storytellers and builders!

• Activity Packet (Print or fill out online)

Build Your Own Dream Home (or Space Station or Castle...)

Design your dream space using simple kitchen ingredients like marshmallows, toothpicks, pasta, gumdrops, and more.

• Activity Packet (Print or fill out online)

Community Maps & Imaginary Maps

Design a map of your community or an imaginary world showcasing to-scale features and using map-drawing conventions.

• Activity Packet (Print or fill out online)

Youth Technology Challenge: Build a New World from Scratch

Using coding software Scratch, imagine an exciting new world where anything is possible using your own characters, settings, and items.

• Activity Packet (Print or fill out online)