Clearinghouse Activities with Homeschoolers
At the Arlington Heights Memorial Library, I host a monthly homeschool program for homeschool families ages 5 and up. It’s a very general program: drop…
Explaining Eclipses for Little Kids
There are so many activities for the eclipse out there, but a lot of them can be targeted to the older age crowd. I combed…
Keep the fun going with passive programs
I am always on the lookout for more passive programs to serve my community. A passive program is something prepared in advance, that patrons can…
Adding Space to Summer Reading
As summer reading comes to a close, it’s also a good time to reflect and think about the next year. I am waiting patiently for…
Program in a Post: Tiny Coders
With technology becoming more and more prevalent in day-to-day life, kids are introduced to technology earlier and earlier. There are varying ideas about how old…
Recent Space Reads for Kids
Books about space are frequent and not so far between. Sometimes so many pass over my desk, that I groan “not another book about space.”…