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Ideas for self-directed activities and passive programs for kids at the library. Obstacle courses, scavenger hunts, displays, and more.
Kids ages 8 to 12 are often too busy with scheduled activities of their own to make it to library programs in the afternoons or evenings. For librarians who wish to increase attendance at programs for this age group, this can be very frustrating, but it also opens up an opportunity to offer passive programming.
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Welcome to the third installment of the Top Ways to Advertise Library Programs! In Part One , we discussed posters and the best places to ...
Maddigan, B. & Bloos, S. (2014). Community Library Programs That Work: Building Youth and Family Literacy. Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Un...
I love that, as an educator, I get two official "starting over so I can get it right this time" days each year: January 1st and the beginning of a new school year (which is Aug. 13th this year). There's something hopeful and energizing about fresh starts, isn't there? I also adore new school supplies;…
Happy Star Trek flashback. A passive activity at the Richfield Library.
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IT'S ALIVE!! Not sure what inspired this idea to begin with, but this is a program I wanted to do for awhile. This one can be a little daunting though, since there is the possibility of someone getting injured. But as long as everyone's following the rules, all of your kiddos will leave with an…
Let’s have a Pac-Man Party! Or perhaps you’d rather make your own lava lamp or love beads, or just chow down on some nifty ‘50s snacks? The newest book from this unbeatable team of best-selling authors trawls the decades for a super, fabulous, groovy, awesome, and totally rad assortment of programs for patrons of all ages. Complete with programming best practices, age ranges
Passive programs for the library (self-directed programming)
So this is a summer program we've been hosting for 5 years now. I've always saved this one for the week of 4th of July--the idea being I don't put too much work into this one, so if there's low attendance it's okay. But it's also interesting enough that we've always gotten a pretty good…
50+ Fandom Programs: Planning Festivals and Events for Tweens, Teens, and Adults
About seven months ago, I noticed a new trend among public libraries of offering “adulting” programs. When I first saw a posting via social media about this program, my brain screamed, “Where were …
From the OMA Concept Book. This visualization of the library’s “programs” is the heart of the Library’s design, as confirmed by Joshua Prince-Ramus. This is the visual slight-of-hand that transposes material books into a “program.” Other programs are: operations, parking, hq, reading, attraction, living room. As groups of functionality and processes, they are very much…
We had a fantastic Dinovember here at the library! Here is a look at what we did. Our Dinosaurs escaped our storytime storage room and spent the whole month loose in the library! You can check out all the posts here! On November 8, we kicked off Dinovember with a Dynamite Dino-Night Celebration! Exploring Fossils…
10. Gigantic Bowling - 53 votes 9. Candy Sushi - 54 votes 8. Movie Marathon -56 votes 7. Scavenger Hunt - 59 votes 6. Totally Tech Lock-In - 60 votes 5. Mini-Golf in the Library - 60 votes 4. Giant Board Games - 60 votes 3. Chocolate Fondue & Hershey Kisses Bingo - 62 votes…
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