Children's Programming

Wonderland is designed as one program template for the TD Adventure Club developed for summer reading programming by Chinook Regional Library Staff.
Designed for caregivers and children, the 60 minute program is divided into games, activities and crafts laid in literacy stations for older children (2-4) and a staff member or caregiver, and a  program of rhymes and songs for parents and infants.
Ages: 0-4
All Alice in Wonderland materials are free to use items from the Disney website.

Program Outline:
Wheatland Regional Library is made up of 45 branches.  Using the Storybird platform we let kids get creative and write their own books.  Published books are then printed in full colour at our central administrative office, assembled, and sent out to the creator’s home library for pick up.  
This resource briefly discusses how we set up Storybird, supporting programs that were run, and our outcomes.  It also contains a sample of the postcards used to register kids in the local branch "class".

The Storybird Instructions Postcard can be distributed to children once they sign up on your dashboard as a student.   There is a space for their Username and Password as well as easy step by step instructions to help them get started on the Storybird website.   Each page prints 2 postcards.  

This set of documents support the planning and delivery of a Family Literacy Fun Day event at Winnipeg Public Library.
This is a two hour (duration can be adjusted) come and go event for families to drop in and participate in literacy-based activity stations that promote the playful use of reading, writing and numeracy skills.
A passport encourages everyone to take in all the activities. Resource materials are contained in kits and stored centrally at the main downtown branch.
Branch staff book a kit for a specific date and it is sent out through the library’s delivery system.
On return, consumables are replaced. Volunteers are also arranged centrally by contacting teen members of the library’s Youth Advisory Councils.
The “FLFD Station Instructions KIT B” document is an example of one kit’s signage and instructions for display at each station.

A brochure of tips for parents and caregivers on how to use 5 simple practices to encourage development of early literacy skills in pre-school children.

These rhyme booklets are a very popular hand-out at parent & child early literacy programs at the library such as Baby Rhyme Time & Time for Twos, The introduction reinforces the message to parents about using rhymes to develop important language skills in children.  the booklets can also be distributed to child care centres, nursery schools and other community locations, such as clinic waiting rooms and family resource centres.

Program description for Book Bingo for 8-12 year olds. Kids create bingo sheets with book cover images and then play the game.

Program description for a Choose Your Own Adventure Storywriting workshop, a drop-in for 8-12 year olds.

Program description for decorating composition notebook covers with duct tape, a drop-in program for 8-12 year olds.

Frequently asked questions for parents of children in a Reading Buddies program.