This was our 4th session of Preschool Cooks & Books! We’ve gotten more and more comfortable with doing these preschool cooking programs and have been having a lot of fun with them!
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Cupcake Wars: Winter Edition!
This was our second time doing Cupcake Wars for our tween patrons (ages 9-12). We made some big changes from the first session. If you want to see what we did there, follow this link to the write up! Other wise, stay tuned to see how we changed things and how it went.
Tween STEAM Club
My coworker, C, is an absolute treasure when it comes to STEAM! She’s super excited and interested in the topic and that excitement helps get the kids in the program just as excited. C wanted to begin offering a regular STEAM program for the tween audience and I thought it was a great idea. WeContinue reading “Tween STEAM Club”
Tween Cupcake Wars: Fall Edition
After our library flooded with a burst pipe last winter and being closed for 6 months (SIX MONTHS), we finally feel like we’re getting back with our services and programming. The Tween Cupcake Wars was one of the programs we had to cancel due to the water damage and closure and we finally got toContinue reading “Tween Cupcake Wars: Fall Edition”
Tween Craft: Ghastly Glowing Lanterns
For the spooky season, we like to do a lot of programs in our children’s department. I was terrible at taking photos for the ones I did alone, but my coworkers Z & J put on this wonderful program (I oversaw it since I’m the lone librarian at the branch) and we got some goodContinue reading “Tween Craft: Ghastly Glowing Lanterns”
Preschool Cooks & Books: Cupcakes
I can’t believe I’m finally getting to write about this program! We had it planned for LAST winter, but our library branch had an unfortunate pipe burst that really did extensive damage and we were closed for quite a bit. Finally, after reopening, getting through summer reading and back to school, we’re finally getting toContinue reading “Preschool Cooks & Books: Cupcakes”
Harry Potter Party
Harry Potter! It’s one of those series that will always stick with me and that continues to be so popular at the library. If we do a program on it, we know we’re going to draw a huge crowd. You can count on that.
Racial Equity Book Club Kits
So, a while back I wrote the majority of a grant for our library from the Indiana Humanities and was succesful. The grant was to promote racial equity after the murder of George Floyd. We decided to write the grant to fund the creation of storytime and bookclub kits. We ended up with 7 newContinue reading “Racial Equity Book Club Kits”
Old-Time Family Dance
Through some sleuthing and networking, I found this awesome family in my town who loves old time family dance. They host these dances with family friends and had started some events in town. We paid them a small compensation ($50) for an hour program last winter, before Covid-19 was really big here in the Midwest.
Storytime: Fall!
The days are already getting shorter and the sun is rising later and setting earlier. Fall is coming and it’s my favorite time of year! Comfy sweater weather, spiced coffees and baked goods are everywhere, the world is crisp and oh-so-colorful, and you can literally smell Fall. And, of course, it makes for a funContinue reading “Storytime: Fall!”
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