Charity Challenge in Eau Claire

Thanks to Alisha Green from the L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library for this great report on how their Summer Library Program’s Charity Challenge turned out! I originally wanted to try an alternative to SLP prizes, but I also knew that not everyone would be in...

Digging Dinosaurs in Phillips

Thanks to Jo Hick for sending in photos from this program.  It looks pretty simple, but also really fun!  Still scrambling for ideas?  Here are a few crowd-pleasers.Digging up dinos (I am itching to do this myself!):Making dinosaur fossils with...

Managing groups

This blog post from Marge Loch-Wouters has some marvelous ideas for making the summer visits from daycare centers, camps, and other organizations more manageable.  And if your summer is turning out to be full of mayhem from visits like this, it isn’t too...

Spring Valley Springs Forth!

After several years of declining Summer Library Program in Spring Valley, new director Elizabeth Steans and her fabulous staff are making up for lost time!  School visits, lots of talk, fun programs, and inviting decorations all added to the increased...

Digging in to Decorations in Somerset

 What do you do with a bunch of kids who are hanging around in the library when you’ve got so much to do–like decorate your space for the summer library program?  Hmmmm….well, if you are Mariah in Somerset, this is a match made in...