2008 Workshop Handouts & Presentations
On this page you can download handouts and powerpoint presentations from this year’s training workshops. The materials include ideas for children’s programs; ideas for teen programs; a school visit script; a guide to altruistic summer reading programs; information about taking your summer reading program off-site.
Bug Fest! Event Idea Central
Penny Peck of San Leandro Public Library suggests expanding the summer reading theme to include nature, backyard adventures, camping, and general science. Her handout is full of ideas for children and family programs including:
- suggestions of California entertainers who will celebrate the insect theme, including critter people, puppeteers, musicians, storytellers and zoomobiles;
- ideas for an insect/bug science party;
- book titles and questions for book group discussions;
- a science explorers program that includes chemistry, aerodynamics, botany, geology, ecology and astronomy;
- grossology programs;
- and a book list!
Let’s Glow!
Pam Carlson of Long Beach Public Library presented ideas for glow worm and firefly-inspired arts and crafts, games, storytelling and snacks. The handout has ideas for children, teen and family programs and includes a book list. [ handout ]
Who Will Be The Next Entomologist?
Pam Carlson of Long Beach Public Library has put together tasks, games, trivia, and a powerpoint presentation to help you to host the children’s challenge: Who will be the next entomologist? [ handout | presentation ]
What’s in Your Backyard?
Crafts, games, flannel-board stories, baking and food-decorating ideas for kids, from Pam Carlson of Long Beach Public Library, all based on bugs you can find in the backyard. [ handout ]
Sample School Script
Beth Jones of Murrietta Public Library performed a bug-filled school visit script which included songs and jokes -- perfect for summer reading 2008. [ script ]
Summer of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
Inspired by the movie The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (the sequel is due to be released summer 2008), Valerie Voss of Tulare County Library has come up with a metamorphosis project for California teens and their jeans.
Five pairs of jeans will travel around California libraries, ready to be customized and metamorphosized by your teens. Sign up to take part and you will get a pair of jeans for two weeks, and then one week to send them to the next library. Libraries can take pictures of the pants or programs, post them on flickr, and join in the groups and maps of traveling pants. Each set of traveling pants will come with a mix cd and list of 25 things to do in pants this summer!
The handouts have more information, including suggestions for a pant prom extravaganza, jean craft ideas, and 25 things to do this summer inspired by the pants.
[ sisterhood handout | 25 things to do handout ]
Contact Valerie to sign up for the jeans and for more information. Visit Valerie’s CLA CLA workshop blog or her CLA workshop photostream.
Metamorphastic Programs for Teens
Ideas for creative teen programs on the theme of metamorphosis and change, from Valerie Voss of Tulare County Library. The handout includes ideas and resources for cooking, knitting, sewing, photography, and geocaching programs. [ handout ]
Craft projects for teens
Help your teens morph their space, style and bodies. Jennifer Lawson of San Diego County Library has developed lots of ideas for craft projects with step-by-step directions and cost estimates for each activity.
Help teens morph their space by hosting programs where teens can make kaleidoscope candles, altered photo frames, CD clocks, music mobiles, buried bug soap, and origami bugs. See photos!
Help teens morph their style with programs where they can customize t-shirts, or make shrinky dink jewelry, hardware jewelry, or newspaper purses. Teens could make butt pillows and purses from old pairs of jeans (perhaps to tie in with a traveling pants program). Or host a program where teens make masks and then host a masquerade ball at the library. See photos!
Help teens morph their bodies by hosting programs where they can make frozen yoghurt and other healthy snacks in the library, or hold a yoga or dance workshops. See photos!
Read for a Reason
Find out more about an altruistic summer reading program. Pat Downs’ program at the San Diego County Library had all the fun of regular summer reading programs, but when kids and teens registered and met reading targets, her community partners donated food to a local animal shelter and books to a local clinic.
[ handout | presentation ]
Off-Site Summer Reading Programs
Pat Downs of San Diego County Library provides information about her library’s off-site summer reading program. The powerpoint includes:
- reasons for doing an off-site program;
- suggestions of places to take summer reading to;
- program guidelines;
- potential partners;
- suggestions for off-site summer reading kits;
- and San Diego County Library’s lessons learned.
The handout includes information for off-site group leaders.
[ handout | presentation ]
The California Summer Reading Program is a project of the California Library Association, supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP) is the sponsoring organization for the 2008 Summer Library Program. Artwork is for use by CSLP members only. Copyright 2007-2008 by Highsmith Inc. All rights reserved. No images may be reproduced without written permission.