Tween

Join Grant Stewart of Marigold Library System for a lesson on how to teach kids coding. Grant will show you the basics of the coding program he organized and delivered to dozens of patrons throughout multiple summers working for Marigold Library System. He will go over the resources that are the most useful, fun games, and coding toys like the Sphero and Code-a-Pillar that teach kids while they play!

This program is  a Lego Mindstorms workshop that can be run for any age group 8+.
It is a description that has been used successfully 3 different occasions at Moose Jaw Public Library!

Original broadcast - October 16, 2017 - RISE Network

Join Willow Schnell of the New Sarepta Public Library as she addresses the continual issue of needing to instruct patrons one-on-one when offering new technology, materials, programs and services.

If there is no money to hire someone and no time to sit with patrons and show them how to use these resources, how can you meet the needs of your patrons when information access is changing so quickly?

Through familiar, repetitive framework, and with passive programming, this is possible for any size library with any size budget, and any size of staff.

Willow will talk about how the 40-plus New Sarepta Library learning modules were conceptualized, how the framework was developed, and how student and public-led module design has promoted innovation, discovery, and a drive for self-directed learning, while celebrating local experts in the community.

Greater Victoria Public Library's Story Buddies program pairs Tween Volunteers with younger children in a program where they create a picture book together then share it with the group.

This Planning Guide will help libraries organize and offer a 420 character tiny story contest/challenge.  

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.