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MVLS / UHLS SUMMER READING WORKSHOP
March 13, 2008
Materials & Links

HAVE THE TRAVELING PANTS TRAVEL TO YOUR LIBRARY!
Lisa and Emily Breitbach, The Community Library, Cobleskill/Richmondville
New Hampshire Traveling Pants
California Library Association-Traveling Pants Program

YOUR INTERNET PRESENCE
Polly Farrington

ONLINE SRP DEMO
Sue Rokos, MVLS

SRP IN NEW YORK STATE
Karen Balsan, Library Development, NYS

Also check out the “Promoting literacy" section and use the
"studies link" to convince library boards and friends groups that including
babies/toddlers/preschoolers in summer reading programs is worthwhile.

PERFORMERS

Carol Morley wormwoman@verizon.net

George Steele 518 944-0254 silphidae@aol.com

TOP TEN THINGS TWEENS CAN DO IN YOUR LIBRARY
Chrissie Morrison, East Greenbush Community Library

TOP TEN THINGS TEENS CAN DO IN YOUR LIBRARY
Trevor Oakley, Guilderland Public Library

BOOKFLASHING
Children's Fiction – Judith Wines, Altamont Free Library

Nonfiction – Molly Chatt, East Greenbush Community Library

Teen – Kaela Wallman, Schenectady County Public Library

Picture Books For Storytimes – Nancy Gifford, Schenectady County Public Library

Easy Readers – Michael Burnett, Northville Public Library

TABLE TALKS
Adding Adult SRP – Karen Bradley, Schenectady County Public Library

MARKETING YOUR TERRIFIC SRP
Mary Fellows, UHLS

TABLE CRAFTS

Bottle Bugs - Barbara Goetschius, RCS Community Library (Ravena) (p-k)

Bug spoons, Catch the Reading Bug Manual, p.115 - Sherry Gennett, Gloversville Public Library (p-k)

Crazy crawlers
- Tina Shave, Fort Hunter Free Library (1-4)

Butterfly, Caterpillar and Inchworm Crafts for Kids
- Candy Wilson, Rensselaerville Library (1-4)

Flyswatter Swap
- Mindy Fowler, Sand Lake Town Library (5-7)

Mary Ellen Wolfe, Sharon Springs Free Library (5-7) Flower Butterfly craft - p.153 Butterfly Book craft - p. 155 in the Catch the Reading Bug Manual

Leah Lefera, Canajoharie Library (8 & up) Book purses – p. 66&67 in the Teen SRP binder

Carol Roberts, Troy Public Library (8 & up) Hardware jewelry - p. 68 in the teen section of the manual

More craft links: Made and not made but possible:

EDIBLE CRAFTS
Lies, Brian Bats at the Beach Houghton Mifflin, 2006 061855744x $16.00 On a night when the moon can grow no fatter, bats pack their moon-tan lotion and baskets of treats and fly off for some fun on the beach.

READ TO ME: INVOLVING THE YOUNGEST CHILDREN IN SRP
Jennifer Ward, Albany Public Library

SCHOOL VISITS by Schenectady County Public Library

Read To Me - Serena Butch
K-1 - Deborah Noyes
Grade 2-5 - Cathy O’Connor
Teens - Kaela Wallman
Assembly/Multi-age - Nancy Gifford

PICTURES GALORE:

OTHER LINKS:

With thanks to the following sources for inspiration, ideas and bug stuff!

Collaborative Summer Reading Program

SRP Promotional Materials – Upstart

2008 Wisconsin Summer Library Program Training Workshop

SRP Promotional Materials – Janway

Insects: Proverbs, quotes, sayings, etc.

Bug Shape Cutting Dies and Equipment at MVLS

Coolbugstuff.com for those edible Fear Factor bugs!

Wide variety of puppets, including a way cool Tarantula!

Local sources:
Teeny weeny Ant stickers – 99 cents from AC Moore
Checkered tablecloths, bugs, bug stickers, butterfly nets, gummy worms – Check out all those different Dollar Stores!

 

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