Fun Day in Hudson
Leah Langby
March 8, 2011
Keeping Up With Kids
Kids dancing at Hudson Beach Party
What do you do when school is out in your community? In Hudson, youth services staff Carol Hudson and Mary Davis, along with 5 adult and 8 teen volunteers, offered a fun day last month. This was the first time for them, and they were happy with the success of the event!
Younger game-players

73 kids in grades K-5 were there from 10 am to 4 pm. As you can imagine, there were lots of details to manage, and Carol worked hard to choreograph the transitions to keep things from descending into chaos. A variety of activities (games, dancing, stories, a movie, and a visit from Amelia Bedelia) kept things hopping.


It’s hard to go wrong with a visit from Amelia Bedelia!
Aside from some planning and technical problems with the movie, the staff, volunteers and kids were all excited about how well this program went. Next time–and there will be a next time–they will require pre-registration to ease some of the anxiety of the unknown.

Older game-players

If you have questions about how this fabulous program was planned, publicized, or organized, contact Carol Hardin (carolhardin @ ifls.lib.wi.us).

search all blog posts using keywords or title, date, categories

Archives

Categories

Related Articles

IFLS Youth Services Check-In: Play!

Great questions were asked, great ideas were swapped!  Here are a few highlights (sorry if I’m forgetting something):   Karen Magnusson (formerly of Woodville, now of Baldwin) gave a report about her experience at the Play, Make, Learn Conference in...

Great Halloween Cupcake Bake-Off in Phillips

Thanks to Linda Johnson, the new youth services librarian in Phillips, for sharing this fun collaboration.  Leveraging her existing connection with the school and with the Family and Consumer Education teacher, Linda organized a Great Halloween Cupcake Bake-Off for...

The Power of Partnerships (guest post by Valerie Spooner)

I had a great chat with Valerie Spooner, the youth services librarian in Ladysmith, this afternoon.  I LOVED hearing this story about the ways putting in the time for partnerships and relationships can pay off! In 2020 I was able to fulfill one of my library dreams -...