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Summer Reading Decorations
Summer Reading officially starts today! Here’s a few of our decorations for the department. We are so lucky to have a summer clerk who also happens to be an artist work with us – thank goodness because the library wouldn’t look like this without her! I am absolutely in love…
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Fun Friday: 3-D Art Sculptures
I took a lesson plan that I created for my summer camp visit and used it again for my Fun Friday groups last week. I had all the supplies left over from camp, so I just grabbed some fun picture books to read aloud and let the kids spend the…
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Zentangle at the Library
Last night I offered a Zentangle Beginner’s Class at the library as part of our de-stress December events for adults. The Zentangle class was also offered to tweens and teens and although I was a little nervous about leading an adult class, it went very well with a decent crowd.…
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Sunday Storytime Challenge #1
I love sensory-based activities and I try to offer different types of activities for the little ones in our library, so that everyone can get a chance to try something new and different! I think my favorite so far has been the stained glass windows we did in our Petite…
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Fun Friday Program: Happy International Dot Day!
Today is International Dot Day based on the absolutely adorable book, The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds. In the story, Vashti is upset because she doesn’t believe that she can draw. With a little encouragement from a teacher, Vashti realizes that she is an artist and begins creating her own masterpieces.…
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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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Summer Camp Outreach – Week #3
This week and next week are my last camp outreach programs for the summer. I think overall, they’ve gone really well this year. I’ve picked out some really great read alouds that have gotten some great response from the kids and the kids and counselors have really enjoyed our projects…
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Summer Camp Outreach – Week #2
This week as I traveled back to camp, I brought with me a few favorite books and some really fun activities to try. For the little ones (ages 5 & 6), I read The Book With No Pictures by B. J. Novak. If you haven’t used this book yet, please, please,…
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What's a Librarian To Do? – Results
Yesterday, I posted about a program where I had very little information about how many attendees I would have. I ended up with only three little kids and their adults. Two of the kids were already very familiar with the library and although we had a lot of fun together, it’s…
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What's A Librarian To Do?
Our high school began a Literacy Night last year to promote the clubs, programs and projects that the high school students are involved in. I was asked to be a speaker last year because of my blog, (I should have known the kids know much more about social media that…
