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the podunk librarian
Jun 15, 2020
Fire Breathing Dragons and Catapult Kits
This week's theme is Knights and Dragons, with a To Go Kits for a Fire Breathing Dragon (more suited for younger children) and a Pom Pom...
Jun 10, 2020
Jack and the Beanstalk Story & Beanstalk Growing Kits
This was our first To Go Kit to kick off our 2020 Summer Reading Program. I first saw the idea as an image on Pinterest--there are lots,...
Jun 10, 2020
Early Lit Summer Reading Kits
We didn't do a lot of To Go Kits for the Early Childhood aspect of Summer Reading, but one we did include was the Apple Stem Letters...
Jun 8, 2020
Online Summer Reading Program 2020
Like a lot of librarians, I was very excited about this year's theme, Imagine Your Story, and disappointed to have to work it into an...
Jul 23, 2019
Moon Landing Watch Party
I got the fun (and easy!) idea from the Programming Librarian Interest Group on Facebook to hold a Moon Landing Watch Party, showing the...
Jul 15, 2019
Make Your Own Kaleidoscopes
Another craft for our Summer Reading Program was kaleidoscopes. These were kits from S&S Worldwide, with added washi tape, markers, beads...
Jul 11, 2019
Alien UFO Craft
Another Summer Reading Program craft this year was making UFOs out of paper bowls and aluminum foil. I found plenty of inspiration on...
Jun 25, 2019
Galaxy Slime
I put off the slime craze for as long as I could. In fear of the mess and the crowd, but also because I have no slime experience and I...
Jun 19, 2019
Outer Space Suncatchers
Besides our annual Tie-Dye Day, our first Summer Reading event this year was painting suncatchers. I found some Outer Space Suncatchers...
May 31, 2019
A Universe of Stories Book Display
This year's Summer Reading Program theme is A Universe of Stories, so I wanted to showcase some of our space books to fit the theme (and...
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