Thrive Thursday: December 2015

Programs for School-Age Kids

• Fat Girl Reading has some great plans for a homeschool book club.
• Literary Hoots did Scribble Bots for the after school crowd.
• Abby the Librarian presented Science Playground for the fall break over at the ALSC blog
• Literacious talks about a Star Wars party that didn't go quite as planned...
• I had a big Fairy Tale Adventure at my library, complete with giant gingerbread house

Stealth programs and displays

• Hafuboti has a fun interactive display for Fall is not Easy. And, of course, Kitty Cafe!

Other stuff of interest

• Kidlitfrenzy is running a mock Sibert
• From the Liberry of.... has a whole slew of Disney-themed programs planned for December

I feel kind of silly linking to my own blog, but here's the school-age programming I did in November or started that month.

• Updated Bookaneers (book club for grades 1-3, beginning/struggling readers)
• Updated Rock 'n' Read (book club for grades 3-5)
• Messy Art Club: Embossing
• Updated Mad Scientists Club force and motion activities
• Paws to Read winter reading program

Is Thrive Thursday no longer thriving? Sadly, blog round-ups in general seem to be dying off. Ah, I remember the days....Anyways, I received only a couple submissions, so I supplemented them with what I collected from The Internets. Enjoy! And if you don't have a school-age event yourself but know of a great blog post about one that happened in November, pass it on!

Thrive Thursday: December 2015

It's time to start collecting awesome school-age program ideas for the December Thrive Thursday round-up! Leave your links here in the comments or over on the Facebook group.

Let the ideas begin!

Thrive Thursday: School-Age Program Round-Up

Here's the round-up of programs for school-age kids. We've got some great ideas for you!

Spring Programs!

• Spring Scavenger Hunt at Jbrary
• Hunt the bunny at your library! All the templates and instructions are included.
• Spring crafts with Ms. Kelly
• There's a whole plethora of ideas here - bird nests, sheep, flowers and rainbows, and peeps.
• Marshmallow Peep Science with Ms. Kelly
• I'm kind of curious - seeing the crazy science you can do with peeps, do people ever actually eat those things? If so, ugh! 3rd-6th grade had a ball with lots of science projects here.
• Painting eggs at Messy Art Club at my own blog, In Short I am Busy
• This is a pretty simple program, but I've been doing it for a looooong time and have lots of tips and tricks to make it run smoothly.
• Horton Hatches the Egg at the Neighborhood Librarian
• Why did I never think of this? Eggs! Seuss! Spring!

Other fun programs!

• Thrive Thursday offers a program on Emily Jenkins' Toy series
• Make your own props and take your toys on adventures!
• Tips and tricks for booktalking with 5th graders with Ms. Kelly
• Fifth graders are, in my experience, a whole different audience. These are great!
• Fashion Design at Library Lalaland
• I'm in love. This is super simple, incorporates sewing, and the kids loved it. All things that make a great program in my mind!
• Annual Spring Break T-shirt Party at In Short I Am Busy
• Another simple program from me that I've been doing for a long time
• Artsy Fartsy Art Club at Hey There Library
• This sounds like fun! An art club based on different artists' work.

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Still time to leave links! I'll continue adding to the round-up through the end of the week

Awesome School-Age Programs for All Libraries!

SPOOKY FUN FOR HALLOWEEN

And, from myself, we've had quite a few family and school-age programs at my library this month, including...Fall Festival - this introduced my after school clubs as well as some fun games and prizes

Our gracious founder, Lisa at Thrive after Three, offers a fun Halloween scavenger hunt and the fun continues with Room on the Broom Bingo!

If you're looking for some dress-up ideas, why not try Meg's Pirate Party at Miss Meg's Storytime? Ahoy me hearties, here be books!

ART

Carol Simon Levin has a great program on early Egyptian art and civilization. Mummies anyone?

We Explore programs - I'm doing these currently with preschool and toddlers, but little do they know they are merely the testing ground - these are going to become my outreach offerings and I already have a whole school of first graders signed up to come for We Explore Favorite Artists in October!
We Explore Favorite Artist Lois Ehlert

SCIENCE

Mad Scientists Club at my library started back up again with Mad Scientists Club: Cardboard Engineering

I've also started a new We Explore series - Nature! (my colleague does science for the toddlers) We Explore Nature: Birds

Angie at Fat Girl Reading has not one science program, not two, but an ENTIRE WEEK of ScienceFest programming!

OTHER COOL STUFF, INCLUDING BOOK CLUBS

Dana at Jbrary has a plethora of games for International Game Day. It's a bonanza!

Ms. Kelly has their latest American Girl Club meeting - Kaya!

Tweenbrarian has a lunch book club with, appropriately, Lunch Lady! Pizza and justice is served!

Tweenbrarian also has some great ideas for Star Wars Read Day

What do you do when things don't turn out as you expect? Check out The Neighborhood Librarian's Family Day trials and how she coped.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle month at erinisinire....ok, I am not a big fan of TMNT but I want this!

For serious fans, Librarian Out Loud has an entire club based around Dr. Who. The Whovians. Wow. I...watched a couple episodes once? It was ok?

Thrive Thursday: School-Age Program round-up

Welcome to Thrive Thursday, where we showcase awesome programs for school-age kids!

The Programs

• Save it in your program ideas! Miss Michelle @ MPL has a great homeschool program for President's Day!
• Bryce Don't Play has revamped her awesome and popular spy program, based on Spyology. Calling all secret agents!
• Amy at the Show Me Librarian has a program on the Knights of the Round Table - which includes a demonstration of historical sword-fighting, shield-making craft, and retelling the story of Gawain and the Green Knight.
• At Mad Scientists Club at my library, we experimented with magnets!
• I also have a folktale-themed outreach program for kindergarten.
• And, of course, Dr. Seuss!
• Get Seuss-ified at Tiny Tips for Library Fun
• Celebrate Seuss at In Short, I'm Busy

The Philosophy

• Marge Loch-Wouters at Kids Library Program Mojo offers a selection of ideas from her programming students on re-purposing program supplies.
• Thrive after Three has a thought-provoking post on rethinking book clubs for school age kids.
• Thrive after Three also explains how she uses Event Brite for school-age program registration.
• Bryce Don't Play looks at a report from the Afterschool Alliance and how you can apply it to your library programs.

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This is a placeholder for March's Thrive Thursday. Leave your links in the comments and I will beautifully arrange them for our enjoyment on March 6

From Marge Loch-Wouters
http://kidslibraryprogrammojo.blogspot.com/2014/02/re-purposing-program-supplies.html