Summer Reading Challenge - Pirate Map 2016

Description

Due to lack of registration for in-library programming in 2016, we decided to only run a Reading Challenge and our regularly scheduled story time during the summer of 2016.

The kids earned stickers for every book they read in the summer, and every time they hit a treasure chest they would get a prize, when they completed the map, they would get a bigger prize! This was a 72 book challenge. We only had 4 kids finish the entire map.
Program Topic
Source Library

Presenter(s)

Amanda Sanders
Audience

Primary Audience

Preschool (aged 3-4)
Primary (Gr. K-3 or aged 5-8)
Intermediate (Gr. 4-7 or aged 9-12)
Middle School/Junior Secondary (Gr. 8-10 or aged 13-16)

Secondary Audience

Preschool (aged 3-4)
Primary (Gr. K-3 or aged 5-8)
Intermediate (Gr. 4-7 or aged 9-12)
Middle School/Junior Secondary (Gr. 8-10 or aged 13-16)
Resources

Resources required (materials/supplies; food/refreshments, etc.)

Printed pirate maps, prizes
Evaluation

What were the goals/objectives of your program?

To keep kids in the habit of reading over the summer

What would you change about this program?

Better promotion in schools leading up to the program.

Henna Workshop

Description

We hired someone who does Henna out of their home to do a Henna Workshop in 2016 and 2017. She taught the group the history of Henna, as well as brought pre-made henna which the participants could decorate on themselves or have you do a design.
Source Library

Length of program session

> 120 minutes

Number of sessions

1

Frequency

Annually

Guest speaker(s) - include name and organization

Sukhi Sandu

Presenter(s)

Sukhi Sandu
Audience

Primary Audience

Middle School/Junior Secondary (Gr. 8-10 or aged 13-16)
Senior Secondary (Gr. 11-12 or aged 17-18)
Adults
Multi-generational
Resources

Community partners

Sukhi Sandu

Funding (grants/foundations/corporations)

$15 registration cost per participant
Evaluation

Feedback from Participants

Would attend again!

Highlights - what worked well?

Sukhi is amazing at leading a crowd and she is so talented!

What were the goals/objectives of your program?

A fun evening that promoted Sukhi's business as well as made Henna accessible to our patrons.

What would you change about this program?

Nothing

Baby Story Time

Description

For this program we did an 8-week registration only Story Time session for babies aged 6 months - 2 years. We made a theme for each week as follows:
Week 1: Animals
Week 2: Colours
Week 3: Movement
Week 4: Weather
Week 5: Feelings
Week 6: Vehicles
Week 7: Food
Week 8: Nursery Rhymes

Each week we read short, simple board books that fit each theme and sang songs and did simple activities.
Ex. Week 1 was Animals, we had animal puppets for Amanda (who ran the program) and various stuffed animals for each of the babies.
- Week 2 was colour, and Amanda supplied each of the babies with paint and cardstock in a paperbag, and they did finger painting
- For Week 4, that was Weather, we sang songs about rain "It's Raining, it's pouring.." and did activities with a parachute (which the kids absolutely LOVED).
- For Week 6 we did vehicles and had toy vehicles that each of the kids played with
- Week 7 was Food, the kids played with play food.
Source Library

Length of program session

30-60 minutes

Number of sessions

8

Frequency

Weekly

Presenter(s)

Amanda Sanders
Audience

Primary Audience

Babies/Toddlers

Secondary Audience

Young Families/Parents
Resources

Resources required (materials/supplies; food/refreshments, etc.)

Stuffed animals, cardstock, paint, play food, toy cars, parachute
Evaluation

Feedback from Participants

Parents loved the laid back nature of the program, it took place 1 hour before we opened each Friday morning for the program. The day with the parachute was also the most well received day, the kids LOVED IT.

Highlights - what worked well?

Babies are very easily entertained, and parents love the break from having to be that person to do it.

What were the goals/objectives of your program?

A themed story time for babies, based on the results of a survey that was simple that could get young families comfortable coming to the Library, even if their child made a lot of noise.

What would you change about this program?

I would probably bring in someone who was actually musically inclined, because I am not.

Dreamcatcher Workshop for National Aboriginal Day

Description

In celebration of National Aboriginal Day, we brought in Sylvia Mercredi, a local who does many Aboriginal Crafts, to teach two Dreamcatcher workshops - one for Kids and one for Adults. We had a maz registration of 10 participants per session, with a fee of $10 for Adults and $5 for kids (to cover supplies and fee).
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Program photos

Program promotional materials

Length of program session

30-60 minutes

Number of sessions

2

Guest speaker(s) - include name and organization

Sylvia Mercredi

Presenter(s)

Sylvia Mercredi
Audience

Primary Audience

Preschool (aged 3-4)
Primary (Gr. K-3 or aged 5-8)
Intermediate (Gr. 4-7 or aged 9-12)
Middle School/Junior Secondary (Gr. 8-10 or aged 13-16)
Adults
Resources

Funding (grants/foundations/corporations)

Registration Fee ($10/adult, $5/child)

Budget for this program

$150

Resources required (materials/supplies; food/refreshments, etc.)

Feathers, beads, leather lace, sinew, yarn (for kids), willow branches (collected by Sylvia), and something from nature (collected by participants). Supplies bought from Besseeze's in Winnipeg.
Evaluation

Feedback from Participants

Would like a similar workshop in the future.

Highlights - what worked well?

Adult workshop had full registration, they really enjoyed learning the history of the dreamcatcher and learning the technique. Some of them turned out great! The Kid's Workshop had 6/10 spots filled, and a few of the younger kids struggled with the technique, we may keep it for older kids in the future.

What were the goals/objectives of your program?

We wanted to celebrate National Aboriginal Day by bringing in someone from the community to teach patrons how to make dreamcatchers, a skill that none of the staff have.

What would you change about this program?

Older kids for the kid's workshop.

LEGO with "Dad"

Description

We held a Pre-Father's Day casual event at the Library. Using donated LEGO (we held an event previously that we put a call out for LEGO, and we have two big buckets of it now), we encouraged kids to bring their favourite builder helper, in case they weren't able to bring a father figure the day of the event. We provided Juice and cookies and set out the LEGO at the tables in our Junior section and let the groups guide their own LEGO projects.
Source Library

Program promotional materials

Length of program session

60-120 minutes

Number of sessions

1
Audience

Primary Audience

Preschool (aged 3-4)
Primary (Gr. K-3 or aged 5-8)
Intermediate (Gr. 4-7 or aged 9-12)
Middle School/Junior Secondary (Gr. 8-10 or aged 13-16)
Young Families/Parents
Adults
Multi-generational

Secondary Audience

Preschool (aged 3-4)
Primary (Gr. K-3 or aged 5-8)
Intermediate (Gr. 4-7 or aged 9-12)
Middle School/Junior Secondary (Gr. 8-10 or aged 13-16)
Young Families/Parents
Adults
Multi-generational
Resources

Budget for this program

$50

Resources required (materials/supplies; food/refreshments, etc.)

LEGO (all previously donated)
Juice
Cookies
Evaluation

Highlights - what worked well?

The casual setting, with little structure the groups seemed to enjoy their time together.

What were the goals/objectives of your program?

To present a casual program that would bring dads into the Library with their kids.

What would you change about this program?

The weather was really nice that day, we didn't have as high of numbers as we were hoping for. Next year we may try for an outdoor event.

Animal Hospital with a Vet!

Description

Dr. Jenn Nyhof from Thompson Veterinary Clinic joined us at the Library to read a group of 50 kids from two schools and three day cares the book "May I Pet Your Dog" by Stephanie Calmenson. She then discussed what Veterinarians do, good ways to treat an animal and when you should bring your pet to the Vet. Every child was then given a stuffed animal that they 'adopted' and they needed to decide in what way the animal needed to see a vet. Dr. Jenn and other volunteers went around and 'fixed' the animals by bandaging the body parts that the children had indicated needed attention. She then answered questions and told stories about her time working in different clinics and animal hospitals as a Vet Tech and a Veterinarian.
Source Library

Program photos

Length of program session

30-60 minutes

Number of sessions

1

Guest speaker(s) - include name and organization

Dr. Jenn Nyhof

Presenter(s)

Dr. Jenn Nyhof
Audience

Primary Audience

Babies/Toddlers
Preschool (aged 3-4)
Primary (Gr. K-3 or aged 5-8)
Intermediate (Gr. 4-7 or aged 9-12)

Secondary Audience

Babies/Toddlers
Preschool (aged 3-4)
Primary (Gr. K-3 or aged 5-8)
Intermediate (Gr. 4-7 or aged 9-12)
Resources

Community partners

Thompson Veterinary Clinic

Budget for this program

$0

Resources required (materials/supplies; food/refreshments, etc.)

All items donated by Thompson Veterinary Clinic:
Stuffed animals for every child
Bandages
Tensor wraps
Tape
Evaluation

Feedback from Participants

Loved it!

Highlights - what worked well?

While a little chaotic, the kids really enjoyed themselves!

What were the goals/objectives of your program?

To create a community partnership between Thompson Veterinary Clinic while introducing kids to animal compassion and gentle handling.

What would you change about this program?

Smaller groups so Dr. Jenn could spend more time with each child.

Summer Reading Bingo 2015

Description

In Summer 2015 instead of doing a weekly Summer Reading Program as we had done in the past, we decided to return to the roots of Summer Programming at the Thompson Public Library and do a summer reading challenge in the form of a Bingo. The board had 72 squares on it and the goal was to get a Black Out, fulfilling all of the categories listed in the boxes. We placed all of the Bingo Boards on the windows in our Junior Section and each time kids came in having read books (or having been read to), they would get stickers to place on their boards. We had 12 kids finish the challenge and they received prizes that were donated to the Library.
Program Topic
Source Library

Program photos

Program promotional materials

Presenter(s)

Amanda Sanders
Audience

Primary Audience

Babies/Toddlers
Preschool (aged 3-4)
Primary (Gr. K-3 or aged 5-8)

Secondary Audience

Babies/Toddlers
Preschool (aged 3-4)
Primary (Gr. K-3 or aged 5-8)
Resources

Budget for this program

$0

Resources required (materials/supplies; food/refreshments, etc.)

Paper
Stickers
Evaluation

Feedback from Participants

They enjoyed themselves.

Highlights - what worked well?

We had 12 kids finish, and our summer reading program the summer before didn't have numbers that high.

What were the goals/objectives of your program?

To mix up what we were doing for summer and get kids in the Library taking out various books.

What would you change about this program?

Nothing. It was simple.

Toddler Paint Hour

Description

We did a Toddler Paint Hour series every Friday for a month where each week we introduced a new method of painting to the group.

Week 1: Stamp Painting - we gave the kids different items to "stamp" paint onto huge white pieces of paper. Items included: cookie cutters, paper towel rolls, foam shapes, ink stamps, cotton swabs, and pom poms.

Week 2: Yarn Painting - we dipped yarn into paint and dragged it along our paper to make art with yarn strokes. We also had toilet paper rolls wrapped in yarn to roll over out paper to create cool designs.

Week 3: Bubble Painting - using dish soap, water and washable paint we blew bubbles using drinking straws and stamps small pieces of white paper over the bubbles to create an imprint.

Week 4: Fingerprint Art - I taped foam shapes onto pieces of paper and had the kids "trace" the image and the rest of the paper with their fingerprints. We then removed the foam shape and we were left with a cool design.

All supplies used were items already in the Library, so no money was spent on this series.
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Program photos

Program promotional materials

Length of program session

30-60 minutes

Number of sessions

4

Frequency

Weekly

Presenter(s)

Amanda Sanders
Audience

Primary Audience

Babies/Toddlers
Preschool (aged 3-4)

Secondary Audience

Babies/Toddlers
Preschool (aged 3-4)
Resources

Budget for this program

$0

Resources required (materials/supplies; food/refreshments, etc.)

Flip chart paper
Printer paper
Washable paint
Craft foam
Yarn
Paint brushes
Drinking straws
Cookie cutters
Stamps
Paper towel rolls
Paper towel
Dish soap
Small buckets
Evaluation

Feedback from Participants

Would participate again.

Highlights - what worked well?

Bubble painting was extremely popular.

What were the goals/objectives of your program?

To provide a weekly toddler series that was more complicated than our regular story time crafts.

What would you change about this program?

I would take out yarn painting, it wasn't very popular.

Rock Painting Workshop

Description

In June 2016 we had a rock painting workshop outside of the Library for kids. We asked kids to bring their own rock and we used paint and juice boxes leftover from other programming so this program did not cost the Library any money directly.

We did this on a Saturday afternoon and the sun was shining and while we gave kids examples of what they could paint on their rocks, most of them came up with their own designs.
Source Library

Program photos

Program promotional materials

Length of program session

30-60 minutes

Number of sessions

1

Presenter(s)

Amanda Sanders
Audience

Primary Audience

Preschool (aged 3-4)
Primary (Gr. K-3 or aged 5-8)
Intermediate (Gr. 4-7 or aged 9-12)
Middle School/Junior Secondary (Gr. 8-10 or aged 13-16)
Young Families/Parents

Secondary Audience

Preschool (aged 3-4)
Primary (Gr. K-3 or aged 5-8)
Intermediate (Gr. 4-7 or aged 9-12)
Middle School/Junior Secondary (Gr. 8-10 or aged 13-16)
Young Families/Parents
Resources

Budget for this program

$0

Resources required (materials/supplies; food/refreshments, etc.)

Rocks (provided by attendees)
Paint Brushes
Paint
Buckets for water
Juice Boxes
Paper Towel
Evaluation

Feedback from Participants

Loved it!

Highlights - what worked well?

Everything! When you don't have definite structure to the activity kids are free to explore their creativity and being able to enjoy the warm weather is always a plus :)

What were the goals/objectives of your program?

To enjoy the sunshine and do an outdoor craft

What would you change about this program?

Nothing!

Wine & Paint Night

Description

In May 2016, we ran a Wine & Paint Night at the Library, we invited a local artist (Bronte Hendren) to host a Wine & Paint on a Friday night when the Library was closed. She instructed 10 women how to paint a garden scene and each woman had a glass of wine while they painted. We obtained a One-Time Liquor License for the Library and charged each participant $40 for registration to cover supplies.
Source Library

Program photos

Program promotional materials

Length of program session

60-120 minutes

Number of sessions

1

Guest speaker(s) - include name and organization

Bronte Hendren

Presenter(s)

Bronte Hendren
Audience

Primary Audience

Adults

Secondary Audience

Adults
Resources

Funding (grants/foundations/corporations)

Registration Fee

Budget for this program

$400

Resources required (materials/supplies; food/refreshments, etc.)

Liquor License
Canvases
Acrylic Paint
Paint Brushes
3 Bottles of Wine
Paper Towel
Evaluation

Feedback from Participants

They asked if we would do it again.

Highlights - what worked well?

The evening went well and we budgeting time well, and all of the ladies had a lot of fun!

What were the goals/objectives of your program?

Wine & Paints have become very popular and we were looking for new ways to present adult programming.

What would you change about this program?

I would invest in little easels for the tables, it would have made the painting easier.