[Libs-Or] Summer Reading Office Hours Summary and Next Up

[BERGQUIST Greta * SLO]

Hi all,

Yesterday our topic was Display & Play. You can see these notes and also some great examples of Summer Reading tools from Oregon libraries in the Children's Services Division Shared Drive Summer folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1xxg7Ay3mjhzIA2DaBhU0SS3w22TlWrI1?usp=sharing

What's Next:

Next week, meet at Noon on Wednesday March 19th, here's the link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86446248960 - Any and all library staff who interact with Summer Reading are welcome.

Our topic is Eyes on the Prize. Take six minutes to read this oldie but goodie blog post from Angie Manfredi in 2016: Those Darn Prizes<https://fatgirlreading.com/re-vamping-summer-reading-part-two-those-darn-prizes/>. It will be a great conversation starter!

THIS WEEK'S NOTES:

Resource Guide Highlights for this topic:

  *   Chapter 5 of the Resource Guide is an extensive bibliography with different kinds of booklists for all ages - please check it out when planning displays!
  *   Programming PDFS is the folder where you'll find the actual templates for the crafts/games/etc described in Chapter 4, Craft and Maker Ideas.
  *   Make sure to check out the Program Partner Files folder for even more ideas for play/games.
Displays/Decorations:

  *   Tetris (adding books read as shapes)
  *   Gameboard with different book characters, kids can pick which character advances when they read more and have more hours to add
  *   Giant Sodoku Board
  *   Giant Battleship board (template used here<https://www.mydraw.com/templates-scorecards-battleships>)
  *   If no wall space, display on circ desk, or cutouts on the floor
For Actual Playing:

  *   Monopoly-based summer reading game for teens/adult portion
  *   TBR Games
  *   DND. Note One Shot Wonders<https://rollandplaypress.com/products/one-shot-wonders> is an excellent DND resource especially if you know very little about DND
  *   Jacks/Marbles/Pick-up sticks - low barriers to entry, also good as inexpensive prizes
  *   Reading Dragons (See resource guide if you have questions)
  *   Murder Mystery game nights/Cold Case files game night
  *   Rubix cube event
  *   Weekly chess clubs
  *   Your gym/PE teachers! They may know a lot of cooperative physical games that could be fun to include
  *   Similarly, any local coaches/sports folks who are not sporting in the summer may be good folks to tap for an easy, low barrier entry to a sport kind of program
  *   Partnering with events already scheduled, like National Night Out, bringing a game component
  *   Bowling alley partners? Batting cages? Parks and rec?
Life-Size Games we're including:

  *   Shutes and Ladders!
  *   Connect 4
  *   Jenga
  *   Checkers
  *   Memory - Easy way to do this is regular print paper, print book cover on one side, library logo on other, need a big floor space or table to do this one
Also discussed:

  *   One library, prizes will be game-related
  *   A couple libraries are partnering with local game shop, or with a local DND group
  *   Carnival as a kick-off or celebration party
  *   Talked about stuffie/library mascot scavenger hunt with weekly clues - Newberg does this long-running program, ask them for more details if you need them!
  *   Big point of discussion - how to scale up or down for ages/understanding, example making scavenger hunt harder one week, easier the next
  *   A few teen ideas:
     *   Taste tests: bubble tea, pizza, oreos, pocky sticks, whatever's popular with your teens
     *   Sushi Go<https://gamewright.com/product/Sushi-Go> game and then candy sushi program
     *   Could gamify food programs with Top Chef or other competition
  *   A few game recs for the younger crowd:
     *   Outfoxed<https://gamewright.com/product/Outfoxed>
     *   Dragomino<https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dragomino-my-first-kingdomino-kid-game-blue-orange-games/1139199528>
     *   Deduckto<https://gamewright.com/product/deduckto>
     *   Just One<https://www.rprod.com/en/games/just-one> - need to be able to read multi-syllables but easier than Code Names, and littles could play with help
     *   PBS Kids has some fun food games<https://pbskids.org/games/food> online for littles
  *   A couple more board game recs:
     *   Code Names<https://codenames.game/> (also now an online version)

Someone mentioned the sandwich game and I can't remember that one from my notes, please holler if you talked about that one. Also, Lindsey at Creswell had a great idea for tiers/ways to include different levels of ability that I did not capture. Lastly, Anna Bruce at Happy Valley knows a lot of good games for kids! Check in with her!


Best,
Greta

Greta Bergquist, MLIS, MAT (she/her/hers)
Youth Services Consultant
State Library of Oregon
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