Calumet City Library offers many reading challenges to motivate readers of all ages.  You can win great prizes like White Sox tickets and gift cards!

The Sand Ridge Nature Center is so close to home and a great resource.  Kids can explore and learn about nature in real life so that they build background knowledge.  This helps them comprehend text that they read later by giving them a real life experience to relate to.  

Create a summer journal! You can do this individually or as a family.  Dollar Tree has lots of cute journals and the website above gives great writing prompts!