Blogging about Lego Clubbin and other library program ideas
I wanted to do a "Lego Look-and-Find" recently, like the Look-and-Finds from "Highlights" magazine. A little bit like my Lego Scavenger Hunt from a long time ago. But somewhere along the way I came up with this idea instead. Lego Camouflage! It's a little bit like the Dinosaur Challenge, where we incorporate other toys into... Continue Reading →
Trick or Treat at the Library is always a no-brainer. I always tell my families it's a great way to get more mileage out of your costume. And your library is temperature controlled--doesn't matter if it's cold or raining outside. So perfect place to Trick or Treat! I've always loved Halloween and it's so great... Continue Reading →
As I've mentioned in previous posts, sometimes my ideas for challenges are spin-offs from other ideas. It's a way to refresh a concept you may have done before, or maybe a way to simplify a concept that may not have worked the best. So I came up with this based on a concept I came... Continue Reading →
I don't like dancing. Never been my thing. That being said, I love doing Library Dance Party. It's storytime with no prep. The songs are the stories but you don't have to do voices. There's no chairs or carpet squares to set up, so it's easier for everyone. It can attract new people, since some... Continue Reading →
Oddly enough, this one came to me in a dream, not sure why haha. But one of my favorite ways to share at the end of Lego Club is for kids to interact with each others' builds, like when we've done our Lego Pinball challenge or our Lego Mini-Golf challenge or our Lego Ice Slide... Continue Reading →
This one was the biggest hit I've had in awhile. It seems like the best things in STEM have already been done and it's always hard to find new ideas. Over the years I've based a lot of my challenges off of classic STEM experiments, like my Lego Parachute challenge is based off an egg... Continue Reading →
Being in Wisconsin, I feel obliged to do a Farm storytime. As I mentioned in my other post Storytime–Stories about Farms, using animal sounds is a great way to work on phonic awareness. I stand by that storytime, but the activity I prepped (which you can see in the original post) was a little too... Continue Reading →
This is one I thought of years ago, but never went ahead with, but finally got around to this year. I've seen some STEM challenges about building a structure that can survive a "hurricane" but that's hard to translate that to Legos, so I made it basically into an egg drop challenge, except we're not... Continue Reading →
I came up with this one from just observing kids during a free build. There was one kiddo that filled up his whole Lego plate with Legos and I thought that would be a great challenge. There are some kids that just naturally want to do this, so it's easy for younger kiddos. But there... Continue Reading →
I talked about this more in depth last year, but a making a movie every year to help promote summer reading has really elevated my school visit presence but also takes a lot of the pressure off. If you're looking for how to make a movie, you can go to last year's post here where... Continue Reading →
