Posted in Explore and Discover, kids, Parents and Teachers on June 5, 2018 at 6:00 am
By Gwendolyn Haley Last summer my family was busy with summer activities: camps, road trips, and camping vacations. We planned highly educational and enriching activities for our youngest daughter, but we did not make reading a high priority. When she started school in the fall, her teacher told me that she had definitely lost ground […]
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Posted in Explore and Discover on August 29, 2017 at 6:00 am
by Abra Cole If you signed up for the Summer Reading Program at scld.northwestreads.org, then you might have noticed all the great hikes listed within many of the library-specific challenges. As a non-native to the Spokane area, this was just the motivation I needed to explore my new home. The summer for my family means […]
Tags: Centennial Trail, Dishman Hills Conservation Area, guidebooks, hikes, hiking, hiking trails, Holmberg Park Conservation Area, local hikes, online summer reading, spokane, Spokane Centennial Trail, Spokane Fish Hatchery, Story Trail at St. George's School, trail guidebooks, Turnbull