Marketing/Advertisting Plan
Descriptions for clubs will be printed in the library's quarterly newsletter, advertised on Facebook and other social media, and will possibly attract local news attention. In addition, flyers will be printed, and most importantly, librarians will engage in aggressive word-of-mouth marketing.
S.T.E.A.M. Scene
Descriptions for clubs will be printed in the library's quarterly newsletter, advertised on Facebook and other social media, and will possibly attract local news attention. In addition, flyers will be printed, and most importantly, librarians will engage in aggressive word-of-mouth marketing.
S.T.E.A.M. Scene
Get hands-on with a different topic in science, technology, engineering, art, and mathematics once a quarter! Pre-registration required.
Developmental Benefits: These programs will provide opportunities for patrons to engage in tactile, visual, and auditory scientific experiences.
Developmental Benefits: These programs will provide opportunities for patrons to engage in tactile, visual, and auditory scientific experiences.
January 15th at 4 p.m.
Science of a Snowflake
Theme: Winter
Description: Science majors from a local university will discus the science and engineering principles that allow snowflakes to form. Participants will have the opportunity to design their own snowflakes.
Details: The students are volunteering their time and the department already possesses the pens, paint, and paper necessary to create the snowflakes.
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Science of a Snowflake
Theme: Winter
Description: Science majors from a local university will discus the science and engineering principles that allow snowflakes to form. Participants will have the opportunity to design their own snowflakes.
Details: The students are volunteering their time and the department already possesses the pens, paint, and paper necessary to create the snowflakes.
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May 20th at 4 p.m.
Coding For Beginners
Theme: Earth and Space
Learn the basics of code on a Raspberry Pi and "hack" the computer! Create a simple design of the moon and stars. Limit of 5 kids per class. Registration is required. Classes will be offered at 1 p.m., 2 p.m., and 3 p.m.
Details: A library employee's husband codes for a living and will teach the classes for free. The department purchased 5 raspberry pi's with a technology grant one year ago.
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August 19th at 4 p.m.
Stop-Motion Movie Making
Theme: Art
Description: Learn the art of making stop-motion movies and create your own “Robot Chicken” episode!
Stop-Motion Movie Making
Theme: Art
Description: Learn the art of making stop-motion movies and create your own “Robot Chicken” episode!
Details: One of the librarians owns the robot chicken action figures and the branch owns a couple of cameras. Students will use Windows Movie Maker to edit the videos on branch-owned laptops. This program comes standard on all Windows computers.
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The Gadgets of Superheroes
Theme: Superheroes
Description: Batarangs, grappling guns, jet packs, oh my! Come listen as Mr. E. N. Thusiast displays and discusses his delightful collection of superhero gadgets and the science behind them. Would a grappling gun actually work in a real life situation? Why or why not? Following the presentation, children are invited to design their own superhero gadgets.
Details: A librarian in the Reference department has connections with a local superhero memorabilia collector, who will be presenting for free. Wire, foil, construction paper, glue, plastic containers, sticks, and yarn for the gadget construction craft are currently housed in the children's department storage closet.
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Summer Scramble
Theme: On Your Mark, Get Set...Read!
Developmental Benefits: Summer Scramble aligns with the exercise theme of the summer reading program and encourages kinesthetic learning.
June 17th at 4 p.m.
The Library Olympics
Description: Do you think you have what it takes to defeat the odds and become a champion? Come compete in events that test the mind and body and overcome to taste your share of library olympic glory!
Details: Children who participate will earn a paper and cardboard medal on ribbon (supplies in the storage closet) for completing five activities. The activities are as follows and may be repeated until the child successfully completes the entire course:
- Riddle Me This-The child must answer a certain amount of riddles in a set period of time. The riddles will be printed. All printer materials come out of the branch's supply budget.
- Hot Lava Hopscotch-Brown construction paper owned by the department will be laminated using the Community Relations Department's laminator and placed on the floor. Red crepe paper from the storage closet surrounds the "rocks" to form the "lava." Kids must successfully navigate the course without stepping in the "lava"
- Colorful Gymnastics-Participants must successfully complete a complicated game of "Twister" (owned by library).
- Fact or Fiction?-Five olympic trivia questions must be answered to move on to the final round the olympics. Questions will be taped onto the wall with the options "Fact" and "Fiction" taped under each one. To move on, a child not only choose the right answer for every question, but must also successfully hit "Fact" or "Fiction" with on of the library owned beanbags.
- Circle of champions-All the participants will complete the final event together and may go through the course again or do the activities at the bonus table while they are waiting. A librarian will lead the circle of participants in a song with motions. The song will be repeated until most or all of the group has mastered the motions.
- Bonus table-A table with coloring sheets, word searches, and other olympic-related paper activities will be available for children to do while they are waiting to participate in the course or the Circle of Champions. The paper and ink are paid for out of the branch's supply budget and the department already has markers and crayons in stock.
July 15th at 4 p.m.
Champions Glow Party
Description: You survived the Library Olympics, now celebrate your victories with glowsticks, slime, and music! Get crazy at the most colorful party of the season. Pre-registration required.
Details: Glowsticks cost $20 and can be purchased at the dollar store. Glow paint and glue cost $5 and $4 respectively and can be purchased at Walmart The department already owns the borax needed to create the slime. The music will be streamed for free from the department's iPad and bluetooth speaker. In addition, the black light is borrowed and the department already owns the butcher paper, markers, and highlighters needed for a glowing drawing/writing station and a comic creation station.
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The Book Club of Awesome
Description: Read the fabulous book of the month and have fun eating yummy snacks and discussing the book with fellow readers! Pre-registration required.
Details: The collections department will order 10 extra copies of each book and pay for the copies out of its book club budget. Each program will require paper goods, which are provided by the branch, and $10 worth of refreshments.
Developmental Benefits: Book clubs allow children to expand their literacy and analytical skills and provide opportunities for socialization.
Description: Read the fabulous book of the month and have fun eating yummy snacks and discussing the book with fellow readers! Pre-registration required.
Details: The collections department will order 10 extra copies of each book and pay for the copies out of its book club budget. Each program will require paper goods, which are provided by the branch, and $10 worth of refreshments.
Developmental Benefits: Book clubs allow children to expand their literacy and analytical skills and provide opportunities for socialization.
March 18th at 4 p.m.
Theme: Love and Luck
Description: Read Leprechauns in Late Winter by Mary Pope Osborne.
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September 16th at 4 p.m.
Theme: Art
Description: Read The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt.
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December 9th at 4 p.m.
Theme: Our Feelings
Description: Read Francine Poulet Meets the Ghost Raccoon by Kate DiCamillo
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Weird Holidays Rock!
Developmental Benefits: This club provides kids the opportunity to broaden their knowledge, play, and use their imaginations.
February 19th at 4 p.m.
Author Meet-Up & Tell a Fairy Tale Day
Theme: Love and Luck
Description: The library has the pleasure of Skype-ing with Children's author & Illustrator, Adam Watkins! Adam Watkins is the author and illustrator of R is for Robot: A Noisy Alphabet. During this 30-minute Skype session, he will shortly introduce himself and his work, and then introduce and read from the book he'll be showcasing. Adam will then discuss how he got started writing and illustrating for children and end the session by opening it up for a Q&A. After our author interview, participants will write and draw their own fairy tale stories.
https://education.microsoft.com/Story/SkypeLesson?token=c5868
Details: The Skype session is free and the department has paper and markers already in stock.
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April 15th at 4 p.m.
World Penguin Day
Theme: Earth and Space
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Join us as we travel all the way to Antarctica! We have the pleasure of Skype-ing with Jean Pennycook at the McMurdo Research Station. Jean is in charge of the Penguin Breeding Colony and will teach us about life in Earth's southernmost continent. We will be able to ask questions and meet some of the penguins that Jean works with everyday. After the session ends, children will have the opportunity to design their own penguins and will get to decide whether to take a more realistic or fictional approach with their penguins. Will it live in Antartica and eat fish or wear clown wigs and live on an imaginary island?
https://education.microsoft.com/Story/VirtualFieldTrip?token=sDa9O
Details: The Skype session is free and the projector, paper, and markers needed are already owned by the branch.
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Plush Animal Lover's Day
Theme: Superheroes
Description: Bring your stuffed animal friends for a fluffy party like no other! Make a superhero or villain identity for your special friend and then either wreak havoc on or save the town!
Details: Cardboard boxes, doll accessories, doll houses, and small furniture, will be collected to create the imaginary town. These will be donations or borrowed. Markers, glue, scissors, and other necessary items are available in the department's storage closet.
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