• Activities

    DIY Spa & Game Night

    We had our holiday/end-of-the-semester party for our middle school students this week and the kids have been asking for another spa and game night, so that’s what we did!  We brought out a bunch of board games, card games and activities and provided a few stations for a spa night.…

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    e-Tots, Educational and Fun!

    I have mixed feelings about using technology with little ones.  I love having Skype so that I can see my baby nephew who lives on the other side of the state, but it seems as though apps have taken over as “babysitters” in many cases.  But, if parents are using…

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    Elementary STEAM: Popcorn Science

    popcorn

     Last week I offered a Popcorn Science class for our Fun Friday program.  I actually had two programs – the first for 2nd through 4th graders and the other for Kindergarten & 1st graders. The kids were beyond excited to eat the popcorn, but first I wanted to do a little…

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    Thrive Thursday: Fun Friday

    We offer a lot of programming at our library and I’m lucky enough to plan and implement much of it!  One of our most popular program is called “Fun Friday” which I’ve talked about often on my blog.  Fun Friday is offered once a month on the Friday that the…

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    Science of Superheroes ~ Flight

    paper airplane

    Last week was our second “Science of Superheroes” STEAM program focused around flight (and of course, gravity!).  We started the program by reading aloud the first chapter of The Curse of the Bologna Sandwich by Greg Trine.  This is the first book in the Melvin Beederman series and I love getting…

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    Science of Superheroes ~ Super-Human Strength

    Today was the first of three “Science of Superheroes” programs we’re offering this summer with a STEM focus for children entering 2nd through 4th grades.  This program went very well for the 22 kids in attendance!  We began by brainstorming all the superheroes we could think of with super-human strength.  The…

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    Happy Pi Day

    A lot of people pause when libraries and math are used in the same sentence, but with the popularity of STEM/STEAM programming, more and more children’s librarians are embracing math and science concepts in the library. Today is Pi Day when math nerds celebrate the irrational number 3.1415926 with pie.…

  • Lifestyle

    Schools are Off, I'm at Work…

    which means – Lego programs!  Lego programs are some of the easiest programs to provide to the public, they’re fairly hands off and don’t require too much set-up or clean up (especially if you can get the kids to help!)  We offered a program this morning at 11:00 am and have…

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    Sensory Play at Home

    I’m currently working on putting together a brochure for sensory play at home.  Within the brochure, I’ve got a little information about what makes sensory play so important for little ones, six recipes to make at home using typical household ingredients, and a whole slew of ideas on the back…