[Or-srp] [kids-lib] Summer Reading Office Hours Wednesday at 12 Noon & Some Ideas

[isabelle at harneycountylibrary.org]

Could you remind us what time the meeting is at? Thanks! - Isabelle

 

Isabelle Fleuraud

Youth Services Coordinator

Harney County Library

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Greta E * SLO via Kids-lib
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Subject: [kids-lib] Summer Reading Office Hours Wednesday at 12 Noon & Some
Ideas

 

Hello everyone! 

 

Tomorrow, Wednesday the 6th, we're having Summer Reading Office Hours,
please join us! Any and all library staff are welcome to join. Here's the
Zoom info: 

 

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86228448963?pwd=dHZMdVZUUnErUXZVSnBqMXo1U3Vhdz09

 

Meeting ID: 862 2844 8963

Passcode: summer

 

One tap mobile

+12532158782,,86228448963# US (Tacoma)

+13462487799,,86228448963# US (Houston) 

 

 

I also want to recap a few great ideas I heard from the iREAD Summer Reading
Showcase <https://youtu.be/iZMOtqibLHY?feature=shared> . (The chat from this
webinar
<https://mcusercontent.com/6e70654dccbd86e15c572ad55/files/e657ba83-9d3d-19d
2-9cb4-2588c587f85f/iREAD_2024_Showcase_1.29.24.txt>  may also be useful to
you.) There's a GREAT run-through of ideas from the Resource Guide - The
theme for this year, Read Renew, Repeat, is really all about conservation,
in all its forms - So many areas to take this! It may be good to think about
what you are already doing in this and where you can build this in - For
example, if you read a storytime book about going on a hike, can you
highlight a local trail and ask families to take a picture or make up a
story when they go to that trail or walk? 

 

A few ideas that stuck with me - (All these programs are from the Resource
Guide and could easily be adapted to what suits your library):

  

*	Storytime Science: Highlight Antoinette Portis' Hey Water! and do
something like sink or float, bubble wands, or another station with water
instead of a craft afterwards.
*	Conservation is about habitats - what habitats can you highlight for
your community? 
*	Beekeeping - Invite your local beekeepers to share about their work
with bees, great way to help little ones understand bees as friends instead
of foe
*	Get Your Bike Ready for Summer! Invite your local bike shop to share
about bike maintenance.
*	Recycled Materials Program - Build a town/tower/boat/car with what's
in the recycling bin. 
*	Community Clean-up day - Partner with city or group doing cleanup! 
*	Scavenger Hunt - Put endangered species fact cards around town, in
local businesses, etc - send folks on a scavenger hunt outside the library!
*	Gardens/Growing: Take a walk in a garden, invite a master gardener
to share about what's planted at the library, do a garden day 
*	Tech Services - Life Cycle of a Library Book - utilize your tech
services staff! They know all about the physical book and could be a great
opportunity to share. 

 

Please let me know if you still need the download code for the Resource
Guide or are having trouble accessing what you need for summer reading
success. I hope to see some of you tomorrow to talk about Summer Reading! 

 

Best, 

Greta

 

Greta Bergquist, MLIS, MAT (she/her/hers) 

Youth Services Consultant

State Library of Oregon

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