Hayfield Elementary School

Studies have repeatedly shown that the best thing your child can do over the summer months is read! Reading over the summer helps students build reading skills, prevents summer learning loss, and prepares them for a successful school year. Please see below for several programs and activities that your child can participate in so they can "Soar Through the Summer with Books!"

Students can boost their literacy skills all summer long with these fun activities. Click on their current grade level below, NOT the one that they will be in in the fall. Have them go for five in a row or try to fill the whole board! Return the completed board to either Ms. Trainer or Ms. Ergler in the fall for a treat.

Lexia Summer Reading Bingo Boards:

Kindergarten Bingo First Grade Bingo Second Grade Bingo

Third Grade Bingo Fourth Grade Bingo Fifth Grade Bingo

Here you will find information on eBooks (myOn, MackinVIA, Tumblebooks, etc) and how to access them, read alouds, virtual field trips, "How To" videos, and more! It is a Google Site so the Chrome Browser works the best. You must also log in with your @fcpsschools.net account to access the web page.

The ALSC (Association for Library Services to Children) has compiled summer reading lists for children aged anywhere from infant through eighth grade. You may access these lists here.

Click here to find out more information about this great program! Any books that a child reads for this program can also be written about on a school postcard!

Join FCPL for the Summer Reading Festivals. There are two festivals: June 15th at the Woodrow Wilson Library and August 18th at Chantilly Regional Library. There will be games, crafts, face painting, a petting zoo, and more!

Did you know that they have a summer reading program for adults too? Click here for more information.

If you don't have a library card, you may apply online here.

Did you know that all FCPS students automatically have accounts at Fairfax County Public Libraries? It is through the LEAP (Library Equity Access Pass) Program. Students just have to give their names at the checkout desk. They may check out up to three items at a time for six weeks. For more information on this program click here.

Here is a link to Overdrive Kids for eBooks. Kids can download eBooks from the FCPL and read them on their devices.

Click here or here(Español) for links to the Barnes and Noble Summer Reading Program. Each student who reads eight books will earn a FREE book from Barnes and Noble!!

Help beat the summer heat and enroll in Camp Book It! Students earn one personal pan pizza a month for June through August for meeting their reading goals!

Click here for a website dedicated to reading suggestions based on books that you have already read and liked!

The Fairfax County Public Library also has a program called "1,000 Books Before Kindergarten." Click here to learn more about this wonderful program!

The Little Free Library will continue to be accessible over the summer. It is located outside by the mural. Remember the general rule is "Take a book, Leave a book." The books should be appropriate for grades K-6. For more information on the Little Free Library click here.