Graham Cracker and Candy House I’ve been doing this craft for years and years. It started with a cute little one page idea in Family Circle (or was it Family…
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Crafts for 8 to 10 year olds This summer I’ve been running a weekly craft program for kids. By trial and error over the years, I’ve developed a list of…
Gross Alien Autopsy for kids! Here’s a cool program that involves gross stuff and aliens, two things that kids love. They examine an alien corpse and make scientific observations. The…
Librarian’s Summer Reading List Challenge I’ve decided to take on a challenge, to go over the school’s recommended summer reading list, read at least two from each grade, and blog…
Stand back, I’m going to do SCIENCE! We had a science expo at our library to kick off summer reading. This year’s theme is Fizz, Boom, Read! Instead of just…
Top 10 Things Front-Line Librarians Want to Tell the Public Don’t come in five minutes before closing. Just don’t. We are cleaning up the strewn toys, finishing the shelving, getting…
Teen Zombie Night at the Library This Friday we had a zombie invasion at our library. We closed the library and had the “normals” go home. All kids (ages 12…
Dream Big, Read story-time- owls Quick story-time craft for preschoolers. Cutting out the parts for the owl is a good project for a young volunteer. We read: I’m not Cute!…
Star Wars Day As part of “Dream Big, Read!” we had Star Wars day at the Library this Saturday. I made it an open event, where kids could stop in…
