Blogging about Lego Clubbin and other library program ideas
This was a big hit at Lego Club! After quickly going over rules, I told my kids about the Global Cardboard Challenge, where kids are encouraged to make anything they want out of cardboard. At the time my wife was doing the challenge at her library, so I thought I would try to incorporate into... Continue Reading →
Last year, we were fortunate enough to have Dav Pilkey come to our city to promote the first "Dog Man" book. Normally we have our author events at the library, but this was so big that we had to host it at the high school auditorium. It was pretty crazy and the biggest event I... Continue Reading →
This one turned out pretty interesting. After setup and rules, I introduced our theme as "Secret Zoo." It's kind of a twist on a Lego Challenge I did a few months ago called "Scavenger Hunt." So the idea here was that kids were going to build a zoo exhibit. They needed to have an animal... Continue Reading →
Lego Club--if you don't have one, you definitely need to start one. Having a Lego Club is such an amazing way to get kids into the library again and again. And after the initial investment, it's basically a no cost program that's more or less guaranteed to bring in kids every time. I initially modeled... Continue Reading →
The Lego Librarian 