STEM Activities, Kits, and Tip Sheets

  The Wisconsin Water Library at UW Madison  has STEM and Literacy Together Kits to use for story time. The kits include traditional storytime elements (reading, songs, art activity), along with a water-related STEM aspect. Available for request: Once Upon a Pond (all...

Henna Hands in Eau Claire

Thanks to Samantha Carpenter for this blog post!I did a passive program called Henna Hands in conjunction with a book display based on our bibliography One World, Many Cultures. It didn’t attract a ton of participants over the 3 weeks it was out (27), but I...

Inspiring Use of Yoyo Enthusiasm

Another fabulous blog post from Alisha at the LE Phillips Memorial Public Library in Eau Claire.  Send in your terrific ideas, too! Don’t you love when one of your library programs sparks a new interest in someone?  Within the last year I had received two separate...

Dr. Seuss Celebration Goes Wild!

One of many cup towers created to celebrate Dr. Seuss’s birthdayLast month at a youth services swap, Alyssa from Park Falls was telling us about the 200+ people who attended their Dr. Seuss celebration in March.  200+ people is nearly 10 percent of the...

Scavenger Hunts for the WIN!

Big thanks to Alisha from LEPMPL for sharing this terrific blog post!Scavenger hunts.  They’re awesome.  I love participating in a good scavenger hunt and I enjoy organizing hunts for others to complete.  And they make a great stealth program.  It...