Build a Better World!
Teen Summer Reading
2017
Jonathan Dolce
Margee Unger
Elise VanCise
Blueprints of Leadership
Battledecks, aka PowerPoint Karaoke
or Battle Decks
Literary Foundation
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Interactive Bulletin Board
Reading in unusual places
Remember owling, planking, etc.?
Play on online trends but with a summer reading
theme twist
Remember to make a catchy #phrase
Literary Foundation
Camp NaNoWriMo!
- National Novel Writing Month
- Challenge entails writing a 50k-word rough draft novel
in 30 days
- 50k-word challenge is for ages 16 and up
- Kids 15 and under can set their goal for the month
starting at 1k words
Literary Foundation
Camp NaNoWriMo!
Explore:
- Creating realistic characters
- World building
- Plotting or outlining a story
- Writing emotions or using body language to
express feelings
Under Construction
Build a Better Meal Challenge
- Cultural competence
- Culture Club or Cooking Up Culture examples
Under Construction
How to host an hour of code event:
1) Promote your hour of code.
2) Choose a tutorial.
3) Plan your technology needs – computers are
optional.
4) Start your hour of code off with an inspiring video.
5) Code!
6) Enjoy!
Under Construction
Structure Building
Under Construction
How to Makedo – Extended Version
Under Construction
Beyond the Library Walls
Little Free Library: Community Service (and Books) in
Your Front Yard
- Little Free Library is a non-profit organization
started in 2009 to help build literacy and create
community
- Take a book, leave a book – all while giving your
community access to great reads
Beyond the Library Walls
Little Free Library: Community Service (and Books) in
Your Front Yard
- Encouraging neighborhood interaction by sharing
resources, as books are donated and borrowed to
keep the grassroots library operating
- Astor County Library will be partnering with
Kiwanis Club and their Key Club teens to plan,
create and install the town’s first Little Free
Library, summer 2017
Beyond the Library Walls
Beyond the Library Walls
Promote the Library Video Contest
- Teen Video Challenge
- Who plays an instrument? Do you have a ukulele lending
program?
- Make your own instruments! (Landfill Philharmonic)
- Cool cardboard instruments to make and play
- Playing for change
And then… put it all together!
Beyond the Library Walls
TVC – Get in the Game
2017 – Build a Better World!
Infant, Toddler, Preschooler
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All About You
Mi Cuerpo Hace Música
Pongo una Mano – Atención Atención
Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes (Cabeza,
Hombros, Rodillas y Pies)
The Freeze – Mr. Harley (Blue Shirt CD)
All About You
- Skit: A Mouse Told His Mother – Brown
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Tía Mónica
If You’re Happy and You Know It
Health
Tony Chestnut
Foot Book – Seuss
Puppet Shows
- What I Am
- Me Want It but Me Wait
Build a Better World
- Sneetches theme
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Peace
One Light One Sun (book, song, video)
Only One – Harshman (book, flannelboard)
Dave the Potter (book, clay, poetry) – hands-on
activity
- Luis Paints the World – art in public places
- Playing for Change – see video challenge idea
- Landfill Philharmonic – mashup
Build a Better World
Dave the Potter
Build a Better World
Playing for Change
Build a Better World
Landfill Philharmonic
Build a Better World
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It’s Mine – Lionni
Joseph’s Big Ride – Farish
Building Manhattan – Vila
On Meadowview Street – Cole
Puppet Shows
Biblioburro
We Are All Earthlings
Rainbow Connection
What a Wonderful World
Build a Better World
Biblioburro
All Around the Town
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People in your neighborhood
Police, fire, ambulance, teacher
Say Hello – Isadora, City Lullaby – Singer
Wheels on the Bus
Trains! – Thomas example
Alphabet City – Johnson, I’m a Painter
Only One Neighborhood – Harshman
Little Blue Truck – Schertle
- Farmers
- Skit: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs – Barrett
Construction Zone
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Dig Dig Digging – Mayo
Machines at Work – Barton
Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site – Rinker
Mike Mulligan – Burton
Where Do Diggers Sleep at Night – Sayres
Digger Dozer Dumper – Vestergaard
John Deere: Dig! Lift! Push! – Parachute Press
Home Sweet Home
- Family! – theme
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Lovely Love My Family – puppet show
Mom’s Rock, Dad’s Rock, Grandparent’s Rock
The House Takes a Vacation (Davies) – activity
Bedtime theme – daytime sleepover theme
Stuffed animal sleepover
Five Little Monkeys – four examples
Home Sweet Home
Puppet Shows
- We All Love Our Pets
- Dinosaur vs. Bedtime
- Twiddlebugs
Round and Round We Go
- Turn-A-Round, Up Down Turn Around, Teddy Bear
Teddy Bear, Jump Up
- Circle Games – Hap Palmer
- Circles, Triangles and Squares – Hoban
- Bottle caps!
- Pancake theme example + no heat cooking
- Drum and rhythm circles with a meaning – not
just noise!
Children’s (Grade School)
Build
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Makedo
Cardboard
Recycle, Repurpose, Reuse
Little Free Library
Art in Public Spaces
Community Garden – Seed Library
Lego
Minecraft
Papertoys.com
Landfill Philharmonic
Clay & STE(A)M – Hands on
Children’s (Grade School)
Discover
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Culture Club – example
Cooking Up Culture – example
Florida Memory – explore
Memory Projects – example
Animals, Parks, Galleries, Museums; Rails to Trails
Children’s (Grade School)
Live
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Smoothies – example
Guacamole – example + book tie-in
Salsa – example + book tie-in
Healthy lifestyles, living, exercise
Yoga for kids – themed
Dance, dance, dance + culture
Children’s (Grade School)
Sense
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Build a community sensory garden
Herb gardening – sight, smell, taste, feel
Visual arts
Taste: Explore the world through foods, spices,
herbs, flavors
- Music: Explore the world through music
Children’s (Grade School)
Transform
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Build a Better World
Little Free Library
Playing for Change
Landfill Philharmonic – Video Challenge
Volunteer
Community Garden, Cleanup, Literacy
Outreach
Thank you!
Jonathan Dolce – [email protected]
Margee Unger – [email protected]
Elise VanCise – [email protected]
Astor County Library
Lake County Library System
352.759.9913
Rick Scott, Governor
Ken Detzner, Secretary of State
Florida Department of State
Division of Library and Information Services
This presentation has been funded under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act from the Institute of Museum and Library
Services. Florida’s LSTA program is administered by the Department of State’s Division of Library and Information Services.