tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31699524688837984412024-02-19T22:49:09.282-08:00Tweenbrarianlibrary programs for the Tween Age Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03193101576613597012noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3169952468883798441.post-48364951705019240542014-11-24T11:18:00.000-08:002014-11-24T11:18:08.999-08:00International Games Day <div style="background: white; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Thousands of libraries around the world celebrate <a href="http://igd.ala.org/" target="_blank">International Games Day</a> every November. International Games Day is an annual celebration of games, play, libraries and learning. It is co-sponsored by the American Library Association in partnership with Nordic Game Day and the Australian Library and Information Association.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">This year was the second year for our library to participate. Our theme this year was “Games are Magic” and we were able to hire a local magician to put on an hour long show for the kids. We also had a variety of card and board games for all ages to play. Our library </span><i style="color: #404040; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b>main focus</b></i><span style="color: #404040; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> this year was on technology-based game play. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: large;">We were lucky enough to receive a monetary donation to purchase a new Wii U and Playstation 3 game systems last year. The teens/tweens have regular monthly gaming programs and we hyped the kids/teens up by announcing the unveiling of our new games and systems at IGD. Needless to say, the new video games/systems were a BIG hit with the kids (and kids at heart). FYI- LEGO Avengers is AWESOME!!! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The only issue was that we had to limit the kids to 10 minutes of playing time. Four kids can play the Wii U at once, however, there was a big crowd (263!). Everyone got a chance to play but there was some grumbling and complaining about the limited playtime. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: large;">In addition to the video / board games, I set up five raspberry pi’s with Scratch and Minecraft Pi. <a href="http://scratch.mit.edu/" target="_blank">Scratch programming</a> is a computer programming language developed for kids by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to teach kids the basics of coding. We have been having a monthly tween SCRATCHer club so there was a lot of interest from parents and kids. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #404040; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The come-and-go / multiple station set-up for this Saturday program was popular with all attendants. We had many people wandering in and out throughout the day. Everyone loved the focus on technology based games. I will defiantly be repeating this IGD format again next year. </span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03193101576613597012noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3169952468883798441.post-13413144007707659862014-10-30T16:52:00.001-07:002014-10-30T16:55:00.459-07:00Literary Pumpkin Decorating awesomeness!<div class="MsoNormal">
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programs, the <i>Family Literary Pumpkin Decorating Contest</i>! The entries have been so creative! I have no idea how I am going to pick a
winner. They are all my favorite! Enjoy....<o:p></o:p></div>
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The tween book club voted in September to read a "scary --- but not too scary" book in October. I decided on the wonderful and award winning Neil Gaiman title THE GRAVEYARD BOOK.<br />
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THE GRAVEYARD BOOK opens with the tragic story of a small toddler whose parents were murdered in their bed by a man named Jack. This child (later named Nobody or “Bod”) escapes from the murderer by climbing out of his crib, crawling out of his house, and into the neighborhood graveyard. The kind-hearted ghosts who reside in the graveyard shelter him from the murderer and take him into their “home”. <br />
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The initial frightening opening scene of THE GRAVEYARD BOOK is soon replaced by a wonderfully tender cast of ghostly characters. Some of the book club participants enjoyed the frightening beginning of the book and some thought it was a bit too gruesome. Everyone agreed that everything else after the murder was pure awesomeness.<br />
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While we were noshing on pizza, a graduate library school student came in and book talked a list of middle grade "scary --- but not too scary" reads. She compiled a sort-of-scary readers advisory bookmark and handed them out to the kids. Afterwords, we got down to the groups favorite part of book club -- crafting!<br />
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This month, we crated little graveyard terrariums. I got this very cute idea from the <a href="http://harpercollinschildrens.tumblr.com/post/78133837670/childrens-book-related-crafts-are-endless-fun" target="_blank">Harper Collins book/craft Tumblr page</a>. This page has a few unbelievably clever and adorable book/craft pairings. <br />
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I ended the book club by passing out November’s book club pick. The I SURVIVED series by Lauren Tarshis is "like, totally super cool" with the tweens right now. We can't keep them on the shelf. I highly suggest that you check out the <a href="http://brycedontplay.blogspot.com/2014/08/shark-week-i-survived-shark-attacks-of.html" target="_blank">Bryce Don't Play: Shark Week</a> blog post for fun activities to go along with this title. <br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03193101576613597012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3169952468883798441.post-25913744776011876122014-10-08T08:52:00.000-07:002014-10-08T09:08:05.312-07:00Professional Book Review: Programming for Children and Teens with Autism Spectrum Disorder<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%;">
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Barbara Kippler’s book, <i>Programming for Children and Teens with Autism Spectrum Disorder</i>, is a comprehensive guide for library professionals who are interested in developing programs for children and teens. This book includes a general overview of autism and details unique challenges librarians face when developing programs for children and teens that are on the autism spectrum. It is a wonderful resource for library professional looking to serve this special need population in their library. <br />
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Kippler is a veteran special needs educator. Within the ALA, she has chaired the <i>Library Services for Special Population Children and Their Caregivers</i> committee. She has been working on the front lines with children who have autism since 1986. Her journey started with founding a school for autistic children after her two sons were diagnosed with the disorder. Since founding the school, Kippler has developed grant funded sensory story-times, special need library collections, trained librarians in working with autism, and presented at national conferences. <br />
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This well organized book has story-time and program ideas broken down by age’s ranging from preschool to teen. Excellent well-developed sample programs for preschool children through teens are scattered through the book. These programs outline shopping/equipment lists, recommended books, room set-up, adaptations, and extension activities. These pre-made program ideas are a valuable resource for busy children librarians who need ready-to-go activities.<br />
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The first few chapters give readers a general overview of the autism disorder. Kippler includes both a layman’s explanation and briefly describes the diagnostic criteria for autism before delving into how this affects libraries in chapter two. The second chapter is a well thought out guide to the pre-planning process for librarians interested in starting programs for autistic children. Preparation, training, outreach, funding, and planning are all discussed. Lists of question are provided to guide library professional in developing the goals and logistics of their programs. <br />
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This book discuss developing or adapting story-times for children with sensory disorders. There are many well-built story-time example programs in these chapters. Kippler briefly talks about inclusion programs that combine special needs and autistic children on page eight. However, she verbalizes a preference for separate special needs story-times and does not offer many tools for librarians wishing to make their current story-time more inclusive for these children. <br />
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<i>Programming for Children and Teens with Autism Spectrum Disorder</i> also outlines special autism specific programs for school age children and teens. These chapters included many great suggestions about integrating autistic children into regular programming Moreover, Kippler includes some very good separate program plans for children in this age group. These plans are littered with tips and tricks to make them run more smoothly and to be more all-embracing. </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03193101576613597012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3169952468883798441.post-46517201241246121852014-10-02T17:49:00.001-07:002014-10-02T17:50:51.954-07:00Tween Tech: SCRATCHer club <div class="MsoNormal">
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03193101576613597012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3169952468883798441.post-19145117805945966822014-09-28T12:27:00.002-07:002014-09-28T12:29:25.626-07:00Community Helpers - a Humane Society school-age program Last week, our local school district had their first early release day. Our youth service staff usually tries to have an after school program available for the droves of bored kiddos that descend upon the library looking for entertainment. Games and crafts are usually set out for the kids in order to keep the out of trouble and out of staff's hair. <br />
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We had about 18 kids in attendance for this program. I asked a representative from our local <i>Humane Society</i> to drop by and talk with the kids. She spent twenty minutes discussing shelter animals, answering the kids questions, and briefly talking about their youth <i>Humane Heroes</i> program. The kids had lots of wonderful questions and stories! <br />
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Technology is my favorite part of STEAM. I taught basic digital literacy classes
for adults in the past, however, computer classes for kids is a new experience for me. Two weeks ago I started a five session
weekly class on video game design. This
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kids love it!!! It has been so wildly popular that I am repeating the program
in February 2015. As of this morning,
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I personally knew next to nothing about video game design a few weeks ago. Thanks to a program called <a href="https://gamestarmechanic.com/" target="_blank">Gamestar Mechanic</a> I am now an "expert". ;)</div>
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An educator/library account costs a measly $2 a student. That $2 gives the students lifetime access to
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novel <i><a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Squad-Bully-Bait-Book/dp/1423169247" target="_blank">Odd Squad: Bully Bait</a></i>. Kids and parents both enjoyed the
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writer with evil designs visits Hector, Terrence, and Dee’s school. The
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The tween book club loved this month’s pick. The tweens engaged in a extensive conversation about lunch lady’s super evil fighting gadgets such as spork
phones, fishstick nunchucks and spatu-copters.
A few of the kids verbally designed their own elaborate kitchen utensil gadgets in super awesome detail. The club also had a interesting discussion about what evil
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While we were talking and snacking on graham crackers, the club members made their own “attack bunnies”. I
borrowed this idea from <a href="http://dclibrary.org/node/38832" target="_blank">DC Public Library's graphic novel club </a>. Attack bunny shapes were cut out of felt
using a <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1eI7tS4s_Bg/S6bUP2_3ZYI/AAAAAAAAVLI/VxisgHfrbtg/s1600-h/bunny+pattern.png" target="_blank">peep template</a> . Craft supplies
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In the book, the lunch lady and students defeated the evil bunnies by throwing stinky socks at them. I devised a "stinky sock bomb game" for the kids to play. Evil bunnies were hand drawn on three sheets of construction paper. Then they were cut out and attached to three empty water bottles with superglue. The kids took turn throwing rolled up socks (yes, they were clean and not "stinky") and knocking down the diabolical bunny bottles.<br />
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<b>Age Range</b>: 8-12 (limit 20 tweens)<br />
<b>Time range</b>: 1 1/2 hour<br />
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· Plates<br />
· Aprons and Paper Chef Hats (from Oriental Trading)<br />
· Bowls<br />
· Plastic Silverware (lots!!!!)<br />
· Saltines<br />
· Graham Crackers<br />
· Whip Cream<br />
· Sprinkles<br />
· Chocolate/Strawberry Syrup<br />
· Grape Jelly<br />
· Sliced Cheese<br />
· Taco Shells<br />
· Ice Cream Cones<br />
· Bananas<br />
· Maraschino Cherries<br />
· Bread<br />
· Butter<br />
· Lunch meat<br />
· Marshmallows<br />
· Candy Pieces<br />
· Canned Fruit Cocktail<br />
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The teams went to work planning and composing their dishes. I asked a couple of parents to walk around the room and play sanitation police (SP). There were several children who kept trying to double dip forks/spoons and lick fingers. The SPs walked around and made sure children threw away used silverware and washed their hands. Make sure you buy LOTS of plastic silverware!!!</div>
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I originally planned to have staff members judge the tween’s dishes. Alas, there were no brave volunteers. The tweens judged their own dishes instead. I had each tween rate their competition’s dishes on a scale of 1-5. The team with the most points was the “winner”. Everyone choose a book to take home from a collection of middle grade advanced reader copy titles. The team with the most points got to choose their books first. </div>
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and our youth services staff is geeking out at the opportunity to share all of our
library’s Star Wars literary awesomeness. Lego Star Wars, Angry Birds Star Wars, Origami
Star Wars, graphic novel Star Wars, board book Star Wars, etc… we have it all. For
the third annual Star Wars Reads Day, I have decided to recycle an easy and
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staff, parents, and kids. Tom
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Books’ YouTube site. These 5-10 minute videos feature Tom explaining how to
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(stickers, buttons, etc.) to children who visit the children’s reference desk with
their favorite Star Wars book. That’s
it! This is easy-peasy program that will
please the mini Jedi's, Padwans, and Rebels. May the Force be with you this Star Wars Reads
Day! What will your library/school be doing to celebrate?</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03193101576613597012noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3169952468883798441.post-71050410394582530052014-08-29T04:08:00.000-07:002014-09-08T09:41:12.952-07:00LEGO Pictionary<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">
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thing this year. Our library hosts monthly Lego free-build sessions after school that are always packed with excited
builders. This month, I decided to put a
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<b><span style="background: white;">Age Range</span></b><span style="background: white;">: 8-12<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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To avoid arguments, I had the youngest in the group be the first builder. I called the first builders up to the
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The kids had fun playing this game but it grew a bit complicated as late coming kids tried to jump in 15-20 minutes into the game. After 20 minutes, the game dissolved in Lego free play and the kids started making up their own rules/games. Legos are such a popular and easy and flexible activity that never goes out of style. </div>
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Explosions, science, awesomeness… So, I was uber thrilled to conduct a mythbusters
program for tweens this summer. I actually borrowed (and then modified) this program idea
from the <i><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/thetweenscene" target="_blank">Tween Scene</a></i></span><span style="background: white; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">.
The <i><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/thetweenscene" target="_blank">Tween Scene</a></i> is an awesome resource for pre-planned tween programs that you
can modify to meet your library’s needs.
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agree on an answer – truth or myth – </span><u style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">before</u><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;"> conducting the experiment</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify; text-indent: -0.25in;">You are not allowed
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down the middle. Half guessed this was a true statement and half guessed myth. Next, each team received a bowl of <a href="http://www.instructables.com/id/Oobleck/" target="_blank">Oobleck</a> from
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experiment for the end. Luckily, I had
disposable tablecloths covering all the tables.
I just rolled them up with the Oobleck and threw everything away after the kids were done
experimenting. FYI – Oobleck vacuums off
carpet when it dries (thank goodness!).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03193101576613597012noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3169952468883798441.post-80149711381129505612014-08-25T05:23:00.000-07:002014-08-25T05:25:17.782-07:00Here comes Babymouse! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Bitstream Charter, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px;">BABYMOUSE: CUPCAKE TYCOON is the thirteenth graphic novel in the award winning BABYMOUSE series. The BABYMOUSE series chronicles Babymouse’s adventures in hilarious dialog and black, white, and pink illustrations. Who can resist </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px;">BABYMOUSE's</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px;"> pinktastically creative antics</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px;">? Not me! Neither can the kids. These graphic novels fly off the library shelves as soon as they come in. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Bitstream Charter, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px;">I read this book and had visions of library cupcake decorating awesomeness. Unfortunately, my co-workers envisioned colored icing stains and embedded carpet sprinkles. I have conducted food tween programs in the public library meeting rooms before. They were....messy (steam clean the carpet the next day messy). Oh well. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Bitstream Charter, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px;">The publisher's website has </span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Bitstream Charter, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px;"><a href="http://www.randomhousekids.com/brand/babymouse-squish/activities/?page=1&views=9#searchresults" target="_blank">downloadable BABYMOUSE comic fill-in worksheets</a> so children can create their own BABYMOUSE graphic novel. </span></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Bitstream Charter, serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 23.799999237060547px;">I have used similar downloadable templates for a tween graphic novel book club. This was very fun and the kids took templates home so they could continue creating. Have any other tween librarian conducted any BABYMOUSE Awesome BABYMOUSE programming? I would love to hear about it!</span></span></span><br />
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<b><u>June</u></b> - <i>HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON</i> by Cressida
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The movie <i>How to Train
your Dragon 2</i> came out the day before the book club meeting. I convinced a generous local movie theater to give me four free opening weekend tickets. I then devised a book vs. movie
trivia quiz to challenge the club’s dragon training knowledge while we noshed
on pizza. There were some hard core dragon fans
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Next, I broke out the library’s two huge plastic tubs of donated Legos. We sat in a circle on the floor while building Lego dragons. The kids came up with their own creative dragon names and dragon training stories while we were building.<br />
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<b><u>July</u></b> – <i>THE LIGHTNING THIEF</i> by Rick Riordan<o:p></o:p></div>
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June’s book club was a little chaotic due to the high number
of people in attendance (96!). I decided
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Station 1: Book vs. Movie Trivia-
This one was easy! There are so many
differences between the book and the movie.
The <i>Camp Half-Blood Wiki</i> has a
comprehensive list to draw from: <a href="http://camphalfblood.wikia.com/wiki/Percy_Jackson_and_the_Olympians:_The_Lightning_Thief/Differences_from_the_book">http://camphalfblood.wikia.com/wiki/Percy_Jackson_and_the_Olympians:_The_Lightning_Thief/Differences_from_the_book</a>
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Station 2: Camp Half-Blood Archery
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Station 3: Shield Making - I borrowed this idea form the KC Edventures
Blog: <a href="http://www.kcedventures.com/blog/percy-jackson-movie-birthday-party">http://www.kcedventures.com/blog/percy-jackson-movie-birthday-party</a>
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cardboard cake rounds instead of pizza pans to make the shields. I placed
various craft supplies such as markers, crayons, glitter, construction paper,
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Station 4: Greek Mythology Go-Fish-
A free printable game can be found here: <a href="http://bogglesworldesl.com/greekmyths_flashcards.htm">http://bogglesworldesl.com/greekmyths_flashcards.htm</a>
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Station 5: Write Your Name in Greek
- The <i>Percy Jackson Event Kit</i> on Rick
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03193101576613597012noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3169952468883798441.post-57881130989333180282014-08-23T16:05:00.000-07:002014-08-23T16:09:11.612-07:00What is "Tween"? <span class="oneClick-link">The first challenge I encountered when becoming a tween librarian was to define the age group I would be developing programs for. Dictionary.com defines a tween as "a</span> <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">youngster</span> <span class="oneClick-link">between</span> <span class="oneClick-link">10</span> <span class="oneClick-link">and</span> <span class="oneClick-link">12</span> <span class="oneClick-link">years</span> <span class="oneClick-link">of</span> <span class="oneClick-link">age,</span> <span class="oneClick-link">considered</span> <span class="oneClick-link">too</span> <span class="oneClick-link">old</span> <span class="oneClick-link">to</span> <span class="oneClick-link">be</span> <span class="oneClick-link">a</span> <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">child</span> <span class="oneClick-link">and</span> <span class="oneClick-link">too</span> <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">young</span> <span class="oneClick-link">to</span> <span class="oneClick-link">be</span> <span class="oneClick-link">a</span> <span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">teenager". This is such a narrow age limitation. I am sure you have met 13 year old "youngsters" with the maturity level (physically and emotionally) of an 8 year old. Conversely, we have all known "youngsters" that have acted like "teens" starting at 10-12. So where does a poor tween librarian draw the line?</span><br />
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<span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">I spontaneously decided on the arbitrary age range of 8-12. Why did I choose this range? Honestly, it was just a shot in the dark. The range is broad enough to draw a big and diverse crowd at programs. Additionally, most 8 year old children are mature enough to have fun and behave themselves in the programing room for an hour while their parental units peruse the adult collection.</span><br />
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<span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">Keeping this age range in my programs has been a challenge to say the least. A common and reoccurring problem is parents who bring their "very mature" 5-7 year old children to the tween programs. They usually tag along with their resentful older sibling. This is not a fun situation for staff or the other children. </span><br />
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<span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">A good way to deter this behavior is to tell the parents that you are NOT responsible for their child well-being if they leave the programing room. No, this is not a harsh as it sounds. Yes, I will provide free literary entertainment abounds to their children. At the same time, I cannot entertain while simultaneously keeping track of their child's whereabouts at all times. Moreover, if they are disruptive they will be asked to leave the programing room for the good of the group. </span><br />
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<span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available">My solution? I offer to let the child stay if the parent ALSO stays for the entire program duration. I want as many children as possible to enjoy the hard work I put into entertaining and enriching them. However, after one programing hour <u>most parents</u> come to a epiphany. Mature 6 year old children, while being very advanced for their age, <u>are not</u> at the same maturity and developmental level as a room full of 10-12 year old children. </span><br />
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<span class="oneClick-link oneClick-available"> I welcome your feedback librarian peanut gallery. What do you do to <b><u>diplomatically</u></b> prevent inappropriately aged children from coming to your library programming? </span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03193101576613597012noreply@blogger.com0