• Lists

    12 Books About Chess for Kids

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    We’ve been lucky enough to have an amazing volunteer willing to help us at my library by offering chess classes for our kids! Thankfully, we have a volunteer because my staff and I know a little bit about chess, but not enough to offer a series of classes for beginner…

  • Activities

    AtoZ Blogging Challenge – Real-Size Board Games

    Program Name: Life-Size Board Games What: Imagine your favorite board game as a kid, now imagine that board game full-size and playing as the game piece! We’ve offered Life-Size Clue, Candyland and Chutes & Ladders. These have been a huge hit and although it takes a little planning, they’re a lot of…

  • Activities

    Life-Size Clue (it’s easier than you think!)

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    Yesterday morning, we offered Life-Size Candyland for our younger patrons, definitely check out all the fun we had! And in the afternoon, we offered Life-Size Clue for our middle schoolers. The set-up isn’t too difficult, it just requires more than a little math. And some willingness to crawl around on the…

  • Activities

    Life-Size Candyland

    The kids have the day off of school, so we decided to take advantage and offer Life-Size Candyland at the library. It was absolutely crazy, but the kids had a great time! We found this idea from the ALSC blog and from a website called Recreation Guy.  And what we…