Berkshire Museum to Celebrate National Summer Learning Day
PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Berkshire Museum is offering free events to celebrate National Summer Learning Day on Friday, June 21, from 12:30 to 2 p.m.
There will be family-friendly activities designed to encourage summer learning. The event includes a performance by David Grover, free ice cream, a read-aloud with Ty Allan Jackson, the kick-off of this year's Word of the Day program, and games and activities.
The schedule is:
- 12:30 to 2 p.m.: Free admission to Berkshire Museum; free ice cream at the Crispy Cone truck out front; community book swap table; resource center in the Crane Room
- 12:30 p.m.: Musician David Grover performs in the Theater
- 12:45 p.m.: Pittsfield Mayor Daniel Bianchi offers a proclamation in the Theater
- 1:15 p.m.: Local publisher and author Ty Allan Jackson of Big Head Books will offer a fun, interactive read-aloud presentation of one of his books in the Crane Room.
Parents and guardians can gather a variety of materials to use with their children to encourage learning and reading during the summer vacation, including this year's Word of the Day calendar and a list of all the literacy and learning activities planned in Pittsfield for the summer. The museum's Crane Room will be set up as a resource center, with information tables and activity stations for kids, including creative paper plane folding and flying.
Pittsfield Mayor Daniel Bianchi will deliver a proclamation for National Summer Learning Day. Grover will perform his kid-friendly tunes throughout the event and the Krispy Cone truck will offer free ice cream. Author Ty Allan Jackson will engage children in a lively interactive reading of one of his popular books for kids.
A community book swap will allow kids to bring books they have already read or outgrown and exchange them for other books that are more age-appropriate or reflect current interests. Families can explore the museum's galleries, including the aquarium.
