Summer

Summer Reading & Social Distancing

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Children-Families

Fun with Dinosaurs & Science from Little Bins Little Hands: Make these dino eggs for pickup or send ingredients to make their own.

No Internet - No Problem - Accessible Programs

SRP partnerships in essential service areas (grocery stores-school pickup/delivery). Leave registration and tracking materials and instructions on how to access reading materials. Completed trackers may be dropped at service areas or library. Mail certificates and prizes to homes.
Summer Learning Home Challenges
- Create kits available at critical service points containing projects
- Summer learning challenge worksheets for middle school and teens.
  - Do the challenge and then teach three others. Your siblings, or others through social media. (Baking, building, teaching littles, creating music, etc)
Storytime over the radio! Utilize college radio, non profit radio and local cable access to do storytimes.
Story walks.
Fitness Forest--post simple exercises.
Online bingo and scavenger hunts (nature, photo).
Simple low cost craft such as nature crafts.

Giraffe Science from Preschool Powol Packets Blog.

Process Art using feathers from The Art Garden Blog.

Fantastic Fun and Learning's Pet Fish art project.

From Happy Hooligans: A great activity for all ages--feed our feathered friends!

We still like prizes!

Use e-gift cards for prizes.
Delay summer reading prize awards to when the library re-opens.
Use brag tags (https://www.schoollife.com/school-products/value-packs/library-value-pack-imagine-your-story.html). We intended to give one tag each week the kids logged. These would be easy to mail.

It's Show Time--Programs & Presenters

Work with previously-hired presenters to see what online programs might be available.

Focus on do-at-home activities.
Record craft and game tutorials to put on Facebook.

Extra Extra

Partner with food distribution groups to provide pre-packaged kits and/or books.
Post spirit days such as dress up for Halloween or as your favorite superhero.
Offering digital help services (how to use Libby or Hoopla..more)

Book Bundle + Kit Ideas

Cats
Dogs
Birds
Reptiles
Animal Babies
Farm Animals
Forest Animals
Arctic Animals
Australian Animals
Safari Animals
Nocturnal Animals
Dinosaurs
Animal Identification (scat and/or track)
Animals natural to your state

Professional Books for Inspiration:
Barbour, Ann & Desjean-Perrotta, Blanche (2002); Prop Box Play; Gryphon House, Inc. 0-87659-277-9
Hopkins, Carol Garnett (2013); Artsy Toddler Storytimes: A Year's Worth of Ready-to-Go Programming; ALA, 978-1555707927
MacDonald, Sharon (1999); Idea Bags: Activities to Promote the School-to-Home Connection; McGraw-Hill Children's Publishing; 076820283-3
The Mailbox (2002); It's in the Bag! Take-Home Thematic Units to Promote Literacy; The Education Center Inc.; 1-56234-485-4
Reid, Rob (2015); Animal Shenanigans: Twenty-Four Creative, Interactive Story Programs for Preschoolers; ALA Editions, 978-0-8389-1271-3

Teens & Adults

Engineering--Prosthetic Tails Unit from EiE

Origami Animals

Pom Pom Animals

Sock bunny craft from Crafty Morning.

The easiest pet to take care of from The Best Ideas for Kids.

Hold a virtual pet show or host a pet/animal photography contest.

Repurpose those old books with this Hedgehog craft from DIY & Crafts.

Host a towel, washcloth or napkin animal how-to class.

Cute Llama finger puppets from I Heart Crafty Things

Cheap & easy--make animals with pipe cleaners: