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Ultimate Summer Reading Program Guide 2021 ALSC-Jonathan Dolce

Common Threads teaches kids, families and educators to cook for a healthier life, empowering them to make healthy choices in the kitchen and beyond, and to be change agents in their schools and communities.

Incorporating Interactive Nutrition Education into Your Summer Program

FREE training, recipes and more! Learning Portal

Elise Fuller from the Colebrook Public library states that thee community is journaling recipes and more. What a great way to document what is happening in your town and what people are thinking, creating, and eating at this point in time.

StoryWalk® in NH & StoryWalk® Week In November

StoryWalk® Week
November 15-19, 2021.
A week-long event celebrating the inspiring work of libraries who spearhead StoryWalk® – promoting literacy, reading, health, exercise, and movement in communities and neighborhoods across the United States and the world.
Follow StoryWalk® Week on social media:
ABOS:
www.facebook.com/abosoutreach
twitter.com/ABOS_Outreach
www.instagram.com/abos.outreach

Let's Move in Libraries:
www.facebook.com/letsmoveinlibraries
twitter.com/LetsMoveLibrary
www.instagram.com/letsmoveinlibraries

The event hashtag is:
#StoryWalkWeek2021

For more on on StoryWalk® in general: https://letsmovelibraries.org/storywalk/

NH Librarians See the NH Page for a Statewide Event

Free StoryWalk® and Home-Learning & Play Resources

Kirsten Cappy, Curious CIty works closely with educators and librarians to develop children’s book engagement tools. Curious CIty has teamed up with Child’s Play to create free StoryWalk® sign files for libraries (and others) to display in their communities. The current free StoryWalk® is Cat’s Colors by Airlie Anderson. Cat’s Colors Picture Book Play Activity Sheet.
Check out all the Home-Learning & Play Resources too!

Fitness Walk

In Kingston NH, the Kingston Public Library created a story trail-fitness trail for their community. Librarians Hayley and Maureen printed out, laminated and hung the fitness station posters after they cleared the trail!

They report that their trail isn't too long, so it's perfect for little legs to walk around (less than half a mile), and it's wide enough to push a stroller too! Along the way, they hung pages of a book for families to read. On these pages are additional snippets of information and fun facts for children to learn. On the trees in between the story pages, they added exercise cards for children to complete, such as 'do 25 jumping jacks' or 'hop on one leg', hoping that would encourage more movement and fun along the way.

Create online nature challenges people can complete in their own backyards:

*Go Explore Outside-Ways to connect kids with nature in their own backyard.

BOWLING FOR BOOKS: A LIBRARY PROGRAM TO GET KIDS MOVING Book Riot-Lucas Maxwell Apr 27, 2021

Get moving by partnering with your local bowling alley.

The Kids Should See This

TKSST is a Webby award-winning collection of over 5,000 kid-friendly videos, curated for teachers and parents who want to share smarter, more meaningful media in the classroom and at home. Selections are grown-up-friendly, too. And thanks to our community, it’s free for everyone.

Ways to reach out and work together:

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*See side story Underlined-Click on for linked story

Book Box Vending Machine
Book Clubs on the Move (example: public housing)
Bookmobile*
Cars and Coffee Program*
Civil Engagement:
Civic Lab
Issues That Matter
Let's Talk-local & global discussion series
Cocktails and Coloring
Community Garden-Seeds
*Community Journals
Community Themed Events
Let's Move in Libraries
Katahdin Gear Library (KGL) at the Millinocket
Bike Sharing in Fall River
Placemaking-Project for Public Places
Special collections & displays for the underserved and underrepresented*
Story Walk or Poetry Walk*
Storytime-Adult* and Intergenerational*
Summer Food*
Veterans as Partners

What is physical literacy? Find resources, lesson plans and more from this website that is happy to share original content from their website free of charge.

2 Gen Toolbox

WHAT IS 2GEN? Two-generation (2Gen) approaches build family wellbeing by intentionally and simultaneously working with children and the adults in their lives together. As children, parents, and families grow and change across their lifespan, 2Gen approaches align opportunities to help families pursue their goals and thrive, optimizing each person’s potential along the way. HERE for more on 2GEN.

Free At-Home Education Resources From Ancestry® and Access to Nearly 500M National Archives Records

Intergenerational Activities

Generations United manual found at: https://s3.amazonaws.com/pushbullet-uploads/ujzNDwQrsR2-lwTZVh9XzpO2KpViVzhCua55IiDV0Dyg/tried%20and%20true.pdf
PennState Extension Intergenerational Activities Sourcebook found at : https://aese.psu.edu/extension/intergenerational/curricula-and-activities/intergenerational-activities-sourcebook

Shared site programs improve the mood and engagement of elders. Children have increased comfort around persons with disabilities and other elders. Both groups experience a greater sense of purpose.
Possible Challenges:

Generational and Developmental Differences: Staff will need to be prepared to tap into the participants interest and expertise. They should also be prepared to discuss parenting practices because generational differences can contribute to how elders think children should behave. * No matter the differences, it should always be ok for an adult or child to choose not to join an activity.
Scheduling: Dealing with snack times, naps and more can make finding an agreeable activity time difficult.
Physical Space: It should be safe for small children yet appropriate for elders challenged by child-sized furniture. Watch for risks for falling with toys on the floor.
Supplies: Provide one set of materials for sharing as it supports interdependence among participants.

Creswell Cars & Coffee

Su Liudahl, Library Director at the Creswell Library in Creswell, Oregon reports that their Cars & Coffee program is a hit! This low to no cost program not only attracts the guys to a library program but is classy and has high community visibility. Update: This is a nice Outdoor event that could be done with social distancing.

Focus is on STEM and STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math), and positive children’s mental health practices, our goal is to foster resilient, healthy minds.

Virtual Field Trips

Classroom teachers are not the only ones using virtual field trips as fun teaching aids. See Virtual Field Trips Under School!

Have you thought about collaborating with your local Extension on a StoryWalk like the Annie T. Jeffers Library in Bolton, Mississippi did?

How to Run a Drive-In Library Storytime Program

Toolkit for Creating Smart

WebJunction offers this toolkit to help you re-envision your library’s place as a center of community learning. Get ideas to reconfigure your physical space and reimagine your services to promote active and participatory learning. These resources were developed to guide small and rural libraries through a transformation process in the Small Libraries Create Smart Spaces program, but they are valuable for libraries of any size.

Reaching Out to underserved and underrepresented people in libraries.

Photo by Tanya Ricker, Youth Services/Assistant Director Pease Public Library, Plymouth NH

During the spring of 2019, the NH State Library with funding from the Hesed Foundation was able to purchase the Welcoming Library collection from Kirsten Cappy DBA Curious City. This collection is a pop-up community conversation with picture books (complete with discussion questions) featuring New Arrival and New American families. Pictured above is the collection in its wood display case at its first stop in NH - the Pease Public Library in Plymouth NH. Tanya Ricker, Youth Services/Assistant Director stated the visiting collection was a success. The Welcoming Library is booked at various NH libraries until 2021.

*Low or no cost literacy activities via CLiF

Candlewick's downloadable and printable activities.

Curious City DPW - KidLit Programming Guides, Classroom Activities & Giveaways!!

Lakeshore Learning Free resources including activity and lesson plans, templates, and printables from the educational retailer Lakeshore Learning.

Mystery Programs
Creating original murder mysteries in a library: https://programminglibrarian.org/programs/creating-original-murder-mysteries-library
Murder in the Stacks resources from Twin Falls Public Library https://tfpl.wordpress.com/cool-ideas/murder-in-the-stacks/

Escape Rooms:
Experimenting with Digital Escape Rooms: https://www.infobase.com/blog/featured/experimenting-with-digital-escape-rooms/
Virtual Escape Rooms based on books, for kids, for adults: https://www.vandergriftpubliclibrary.org/online-resources/virtual-escape-rooms/
In Person Escape Room Ideas HERE

Stay at home Dungeons & Dragons. Free Material Tips & Tricks

COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND COLLABORATIONS​