Blogging about Lego Clubbin and other library program ideas
Whenever possible, I try to make whatever we build in Lego Club interactive and social, since that's what's going to keep kids coming back. We've made slides we could all race cars down, we've done scavenger hunts, and we've done obstacle courses. Found this idea based on a picture posted by Destination Storytime. After we... Continue Reading →
Making book characters out of pumpkins is a great way to celebrate Halloween at the library. Gloria wanted to bring this idea to the library, but I was hesitant. You start too early, your pumpkins might turn gross before Halloween even gets here. You start too late, you might not have enough time. So while... Continue Reading →
This one would be really easy to replicate if you're looking for ideas!! After sitting everyone down and talking about our rules, I told everyone that our theme was "Rebuilding our Town." I asked the kids for some of the buildings they recognized around town. After that, I told that each out of our 6... Continue Reading →
We've done this twice now and I think we've perfected it by now. This is one I helped out with, but Gloria and Jess did most of the heavy lifting on this one. I helped out a bit here and there, but it was the equivalent of licking the spoon when you're making a cake. ... Continue Reading →
This is one challenge I've been wanting to do for awhile!! Lego tape is such a cool invention, and I wanted to incorporate it into Lego Club and see how it went. So after we talked about the rules of the club, I told kids that they can build anything that they want. But they... Continue Reading →
A lot of these ideas could also work for a Percy Jackson party!! For us, we decided not to call it that so we could also focus on telling the stories too. The idea behind this program was to replicate the success of our Dr. Seuss Birthday Party and have an event that was half stories and... Continue Reading →
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 