Age Range: 5-12 years oldTime: 1-1.5 hoursProgram Type: Registration; in-house outreach When planning for A Universe of Stories this summer, I came across this link on NASA's website that lists dozens of lesson plans that are based on real training exercises completed by astronauts. I knew I wanted to do an astronaut training program and … Continue reading Astronaut Training: Educational Fun Based on Real NASA Training Exercises!
Tag: children’s programming
Tea (Rex) Party: A Dino-mite Program!
This post was originally published at Bryce Don't Play. Edits have been made to the original post. Outdated/irrelevant information has been struck through. Age Range: 5-12 years old; preschoolTime: 30 minutes to 1 hourProgram Type: Registration; Drop-In; Outreach Happy spring! This month’s program is a perfect mesh of high-interest topics for kids from all walks of … Continue reading Tea (Rex) Party: A Dino-mite Program!
Weekly Nibble: June 21, 2019
A picture book called The Longest Day is displayed on a library table. Today was the first day of summer, and fittingly enough, it truly was one of the longest days I've experienced in a while! A number of things happened that I can't go into, but let's just say that the universe decided to … Continue reading Weekly Nibble: June 21, 2019
Minecraft Party: A Guaranteed Hit!
This post was originally published at Bryce Don't Play. Edits have been made to the original post. Outdated/irrelevant information has been struck through. Age Range: 5-12 years oldTime: 1 to 1.5 hoursProgram Type: Registration; Drop-In This month’s program is another high-interest one: Minecraft Party! This would be great for Libraries Rock! Summer Reading (rock, mining, there’s … Continue reading Minecraft Party: A Guaranteed Hit!
Weekly Nibble: June 7, 2019
What a whirlwind! Summer reading kicked off this week, and so far, everyone is still in one piece! We had two coworkers out on vacation (which normally doesn't happen the first week, but there were special circumstances), so naturally, everyone is feeling a bit frazzled and exhausted by today. But so far, we've registered a … Continue reading Weekly Nibble: June 7, 2019
Star Wars Celebration: May the Fun Be With You!
Age Range: 5-12 years old; All AgesTime: 1 - 1.5 hoursProgram Type: Registration; Drop-In In 2017, I decided to host a Star Wars Party for school age kids to coincide with the release of The Last Jedi. My program was by registration so that I could get an idea of the amount of supplies I … Continue reading Star Wars Celebration: May the Fun Be With You!
Weekly Nibble: May 3, 2019
We had our first round of summer reading promotional visits this week! We constructed a communication console and mission control desk out of boxes and various pieces and parts salvaged from our Tech Take-Apart Workshop in March, and put on a skit in which I play an astronaut on the International Space Station and Kip … Continue reading Weekly Nibble: May 3, 2019
Family Fort Night: No, Not the Video Game!
Age Range: All AgesTime: 1 - 1.5 hoursProgram Type: Drop-In For this month's programming post, I wanted to share with you how easy, low-prep, and high-impact a Family Fort Night can be! We hosted this program as an unofficial kick-off for "Build a Better World" summer reading a couple of years ago, and it was … Continue reading Family Fort Night: No, Not the Video Game!
Weekly Nibble: April 5, 2019
I remember when I was first hired to do public school age programming in 2016 like it was yesterday. I had a lot of doubts about whether or not I could do the job. Coming off of a failed run at being a preschool teacher, I was at a very low point in my career. … Continue reading Weekly Nibble: April 5, 2019
Weekly Nibble: March 22, 2019
This week I was able to attend my very first library board meeting. Our meetings are always open to staff or anyone else who may be interested, and I've wanted to go for a while now, but I usually have an outreach book club at that same time. However, this week was special because I … Continue reading Weekly Nibble: March 22, 2019
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