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Program Goals Encourage kids to think about how and why things float and fly Encourage creative thinking and problem solving Attendance: 35 Project: Making Boats Styrofoam plates and bowls Ribbon, straws Paper, foil, wax paper, tape, markers Project: Making paper airplanes Paper Rulers, pencils, scissors Tape, Foil, wax paper, rubber bands, popsicle sticks Ladder and masking tape for the floor Paper airplane books Evaluation 7-21-16 Attendance: 31 Notes: I did not have styrofoam or straws and decided to just use what we had in the cupboard. It was a super hot day and I did not expect a ton of people. 6-25-15 Attendance:  45 Notes : I threw a bunch of the plastic balls in the pools and that was fun. The styrofoam plates are not as exciting, because they're guaranteed to float, but we weren't feeling super creative today anyways. 10-16-14 (combined with force and motion) Attendance:  18 Notes:  I could use a more sturdy ladder. 2014 Attendance:  40 Notes for the future...

Program Goals Give parents some simple crafts they could do for their babies Substitute for Ms. Pattie I have learned the hard way that it's really pointless to substitute for Ms. Pattie's baby storytime/playgroup. The babies get upset at a stranger and I'm not really a baby person - it's something you have to build up over time and repeated programs. So, I came up with an idea to do baby crafting! We put out all the toys for the babies (and toddlers) to play with and had two projects for the moms to work on. Discovery Bottles Recycled sturdy plastic bottles (cleaned) Bells, sparkles, and misc. items Duct tape and funnels The caregivers, with or without their kids, could put things in the bottles and then duct tape the lids shut. Done. Texture books Shirt cardboard cut into squares and hole-punched Fabric with a variety of textures Yarn, kitchen shears and strong scissors, wood glue The caregivers, with or without their kids, glued scraps of textured and colored fabric ...

Program Goals No children crying because I am not Ms. Pattie Everyone has fun Farms because it's Farm Technology Week Books Simms Taback's Farm Animals Peekaboo! On the farm by Cocorette The Cow Loves Cookies by Karma Wilson This little chick by John Lawrence Cows to the rescue by John Himmelman Rosie's Walk by Pat Hutchins Movement/Activity Down on Grandpa's Farm Quiet and Loud The Enormous Carrot Craft: Die-Cut Puppet Die-cut farm shapes Paper plates with a slit precut to put the puppets through Crayons, popsicle sticks, tape Evaluation 7-19-16 10am: 40 11am: 15 Notes: Hot and sweaty but everyone had fun

This is our 4th annual stuffed animal sleepover. We have weathered the 4 foot tiger, the escape of the hamster (it was NOT my idea to take him out of the cage!), the animals playing poker (again, NOT my idea), irate parents, and the unexpected arrival of 50+ animals, instead of the 20 that everyone else seems to get. Every year I do it a little differently, depending on what day it falls on, how tired I am, how many people show up to help, etc. Basically, kids drop off their animals and we ID them. This year I got a cool superhero id badge from another librarian that was awesome. At some point while we're closed for the holiday, I come in with whatever help I can collect and my volunteers take pictures. I then upload the pictures into a  Souvenir Booklet  for each kid. You can see one of this year's booklets here . At some point, I make some kind of slideshow and/or posts for Facebook . This year I scheduled posts all Friday afternoon and my associate will hopefully turn the f...

Program Goals Fun and easy program during off program week. Cute pictures to advertise the library Supplies Boxes Stickers Paper plates duct tape, masking tape, regular tape scissors Snacks I had the kids use the stickers, markers and crayons to decorate their boxes and paper plates. The paper plates became both wheels and steering wheels. I gave everyone about 20 - 30 minutes to play with the boxes, and then we all lined up and watched cartoons for about 20 - 30 minutes and had some snacks. Evaluation 7-5-16 Attendance: 20 Notes: I did Scholastic's I Stink and Mike Mulligan cartoons this time. Several parents said they really liked that we showed those films. We had leftover breakfast cereal from another program. I think the favorite part is people taking extra boxes home! 6-30-15 Attendance: 29 Feedback/Connections:  Lots of regulars and a couple new families. A patron donated fruit snacks, which was good b/c I forgot about snacks! Notes : Mo Willems' Pigeon movies are fun, b...