Whew! The past few weeks since our Summer Reading Club started on May 20 have been a blur! Even before that we were busy because we were promoting the club at the local schools.
Friday we had a big "passive program" where for several hours there were different stations set up right in our department, and families could drop by whenever and do the activities as they pleased. It definitely took a lot of preparation by my coworker Theresa, but she did a great job! The whole day was a sort of controlled chaos. There were tons of people, and the craft tables did need to be restocked regularly, but nothing got out of control.
Everything went along with our theme of Dig Into Reading, whether it was mummies or Egypt or cave drawings. It was great to look around the department and see kids happily dressing up in costumes, throwing bean bags through holes in board, doing crafts, adding to our scratch art mural, reading, etc! I could see so many of the early literacy practices at work: reading, writing, playing, talking - and I'm sure at least someone in there was singing! It was a great way for families to have fun - and learn things maybe without realizing it! - for free!
These kinds of "passive programs" (I use the quotes because they're not entirely passive and do require work) are a great idea for any library.
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