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Catapult Science Workshop
Today we’re going to be creating own very own catapults to test out! I came across this idea from the Libraryland blog and from the Show Me Librarian blog. Both had great ideas and I combined them as well as some ideas of my own to create, what I think,…
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Robot Building – Part 2
I survived our robot building workshop this afternoon! It was a lot of controlled chaos, but I think the kids and many of the parents had a really great time building, exploring, imagining, and just having a really great time together. We ended up with over 100 people for this…
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Summer Camp Outreach
Every year the library partners with the local Park & Recreation Department to bring a library program out to the summer day camp. This year we’re focusing our services on children ages 5 – 8, which is a little easier than offering a 30 – 45 minute program for the…
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Slime Science Workshop
Our slime science workshop was definitely a lot of fun – so fun in fact, that I took it with me when I visited summer camp today and we had fun there as well! I started each program reading the story The Secret Science Project that Almost Ate the School by…
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Audiobooks & Playaway Display
Our first summer display is up and will stick around for just about 2 weeks before our Summer Reading Program begins and the table display changes every week! I often like to acknowledge our audiobooks during the beginning of the summer to remind our families of the great resources we have…
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Making & Doing This Summer
I read a great article in The New York Times yesterday about allowing kids to make and do things this summer that they don’t normally get the chance to make and do! And I loved the author of the article because her first idea was visit the library! She points…
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Children’s Book Discussions
I have been working for the past few weeks on getting many of my book discussions finished before the onslaught of summer reading is upon us. I’ve found that if I have everything ready to go, all I need to do is print out the questions, review the story and…
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The Shadow Throne
It’s been awhile since I posted a book review, but I finally got a chance to finish this trilogy! I absolutely loved The False Prince and plan on using it as a suggestion all summer long for summer reading. But, I personally, don’t find trilogies to be very strong. I…
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Fun Friday Theme: The Orchestra
This is our last Fun Friday program before the school years ends and I know the kids are getting antsy for the end of the year, the nice weather, and summer break, so I tried to create a fun (and very loud!) program about the orchestra. I borrowed parts of…
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Princess Posey and the First Grade Parade
I’ve finally begun working on my New Year’s resolution to find more books for beginning chapter book readers (i.e. early elementary school). Princess Posey definitely fits the bill – in length of chapters and the book in its entirety, in vocabulary, and in content. The first in the series is…
