Class visits are an amazing opportunity for the library to set the tone for kids' experience with us. I view my outreach trips as an extremely valuable chance to give high energy interactive presentations about why the library is so awesome! Generally my presentations happen in the school library to up to 3 grades, approximately…

Library Mini Golf "Book End Bonanza"

Getting tweens into the library to do library activities and explore books takes some creative thinking. Activities that are interactive, fun, challenging, and hands-on are the best way to get started. We need curiosity and mystery in library activities that will keep them on the edge of their seats for more.

This week I was thrilled to attend the OLA Child and Youth Expo in Toronto. I was also thrilled to present my first ever poster board, all about how to build community at your library with Tween Cl…

Posts about library mini golf written by Maura

With this post, the patience to cut hundreds of circles, and around $5, you and your community can create a beautiful piece of collaborative art. Supplies: Cardstock (white or a variety of colors – your choice) Markers, crayons, or chalk String Glue A sign (optional) Room set-up: Like Art Links or Squart, this is another activity that is ideal for outreach events or a simple table-top craft. If you want to make it a program, do all three activities in the same room! Program prep: Cut a lot…

Here are 27 library activities for kids that will give you different ways of engaging them at the library and help to grow a love of reading.

We're two weeks in over here and holding up strong! These first two weeks of the summer were the most stressful of the summer for me personally, with launching and attending our first week of #instaLibrary outreach sites. Now that I've turned that over to my staff, I hope the rest of the summer will be relatively easy...! Our director challenged us to sign up 5% of our service population for the Summer Reading Club (which almost doubled past signups) and we're getting closer to our goal each…

Display - Wheel of Reading Love the Wheel of Fortune TV show? Well, I love interactive book displays and I thought these two elements would be a perfect ma

Are you looking for elementary library lessons? A fun way to review what you've taught this year is with a Battleship library game! Read all the how-to's in this blog post! #LibraryLearners