Thanks to Cole Zrostlik for contributing this post! Written by Carissa Samaniego, Education & Program Coordinator at Franconia Sculpture Park, edited for web by Cole Zrostlik Photos courtesy Rachele Krivichi, Cole Zrostlik, and Carissa SamaniegoDuring a...
Thanks to Jo Hick for sending in photos from this program. It looks pretty simple, but also really fun! Still scrambling for ideas? Here are a few crowd-pleasers.Digging up dinos (I am itching to do this myself!):Making dinosaur fossils with...
Here’s one way to get a sense of all the great things that the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) provides to their members–you can check out this Twitter chat whether you are a member of ALSC or not, and whether or not you even have a...
Some fun stuff out there recently about kids’ books!Here’s a recent article at the Atlantic website about an exhibit at the New York Public Library, curated by Leonard Marcus, a children’s book historian. It makes me want to go to New York...
This got lost in the shuffle, but it’s not to too late to promote this Wisconsin Department of Transportation Reading Challenge. Kids up to age 10 are encouraged to read books that include mention of various forms of transportation (bicycles, cars, boats,...
The children’s area at the Hudson Public Library had a very popular puppet stage, made of a large cardboard box, that delighted children for many seasons before it got too ragged. Enter a heroic young Boy Scout, working on his Eagle Scout badge. He started...
