DIY Programming Ideas: Grow Your Own Food Unfortunately, many children do not understand where their food comes from, so a program encouraging at-home vegetable gardens would be fun. Even apartment dwellers who do not have [continue reading]
STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering & Math
Story Time From Space
Story Time From Space: Author Deborah Lee Rose let ACL know that her recent book Astronauts Zoom! (Persnickety Press, 2021) was part of Story Time From Space. This is a project from the Global Space [continue reading]
Programming Ideas: Astronomy
Programming Ideas: Astronomy Astronomy is an exciting science-related topic that everyone enjoys! A hands-on program celebrating the planets, stars, and universe is a great way to draw families to the library. Local planetariums, science museums, [continue reading]
DIY: Edible Science
Edible Science is a fun theme for a do it yourself program any time of the year, and works well to promote STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) as well as Makerspace concepts. [continue reading]
ACL Mini-Grant Report from Oakland Public
By Mahasin Abuwi Aleem The Children’s Room at the Oakland Public Library was honored to receive an ACL mini-grant to support a new program, Family STEAM Night, which was created to attract “tweens” and [continue reading]
Programming Ideas: Math Games and Crafts
Do-It-Yourself Math Games and Crafts Math is still a challenge for many students of all ages, so a fun hands-on math craft and game event can help to empower children to open up to [continue reading]
Programming Ideas: Robots at the Library
Do-It-Yourself Program Ideas “Robots at the Library!” is a great program you can hold at almost any size library, and at any time of year. The program features robot demonstrations and hands-on projects, geared to [continue reading]
Programming Ideas: STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math)
Do-It-Yourself Program Ideas: Hands-on STEAM for Kids STEAM, or Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math, is currently a dominant theme in education. Libraries can hold entertaining STEAM programming, offering many different experiences for a [continue reading]