Summer Reading 2012 - Night

Planning for the Collaborative Summer Library Program has already started for 2012. Your help is needed!!!

The theme is “Night” and the slogan for children is Dream Big – READ! The teen slogan is Own the Night.

The manual is developed by members of the Collaborative which includes all public librarians in Pennsylvania. See the messages below on how to share your thoughts, stories, games, songs, puzzles, and other concepts and ideas etc. to make the 2012 programs useful and enjoyable for everyone. Send any suggestions to Patti Sinclair (contact information below) or send to your state representative to the Collaborative Summer Library Program:

Anne Kruger/ Youth Services Advisor

Bureau of Library Development

717.783.5741

Children (K-5):

Dream Big—READ!

2012 Collaborative Summer Library Program

Call for Ideas by December 1, 2010

Here are our working chapter titles with program ideas that have been suggested for the 2012 Dream Big—READ! manual. “Night” is the broad concept. If you have other ideas, I’d love to hear about them.

I am especially interested in your ideas for:

  • School visits and other ways of promoting the program in your community—a skit or puppet show is always welcome!
  • Setting the Scene: library decorations, bulletin boards, props, etc.
  • Family literacy programs
  • Original puppet plays esp. for one or two puppeteers
  • Outreach Ideas for underserved groups
  • Bilingual storytime

Send your ideas to:

Patti Sinclair

306 Virginia Terrace

Madison, WI53726

608 231-2467

Deadline: December 1, 2010

Dream Big—READ!

Chapter 1 Planning

Chapter 2 Promotion

Chapter 3 Dreams and Wishes—

  • Wishing customs, folktales about wishes, dreams as in hopes and aspirations for oneself or others, imagination

Chapter 4 Night Night

  • Bedtime, lullabies, bedtime rituals, bedtime buddies, can’t get to sleep, relaxation (Yoga for kids)

Chapter 5 Night Owls

  • Nocturnal animals--owls, moths, fireflies, etc., night workers, the city or country at night, personal safety at night (for Int), jazz music/Harlem Renaissance

Chapter 6 Night Adventures

  • Stargazing, space exploration, stories and legends about the sun, moon stars, night adventures from history-Kate Shelley, Underground railroad, Paul Revere, etc., treasure hunt at night

Chapter 7 Night Shivers

Ghosts, monsters, scary stories, around the campfire, fear of the dark, sleepovers

Tweens & Teens:

Own the Night

2012 Teen Summer Library Program Manual

Call for Ideas—Deadline December 1, 2010

Below you’ll find the suggestions for programming for the 2012 teen summer library program manual, “Own the Night.” Please send ideas (or expand on those below) by Dec. 1, 2010.

In addition, I am especially interested in your ideas for:

  • Setting the Scene
  • Some basic ideas on how to do a display
  • Making a teen space inviting
  • What else to display besides books
  • Send in your ideas on using teen volunteers. What kinds of programs are good for teens to be in charge of?
  • Social networking. What free online tools can you use to promote the teen program
  • Do you use Podcasting with teens?
  • Do you have a MySpace or Facebook to promote teen summer reading?
  • Do you have blogs?

Send your ideas to:

Patti Sinclair

306 Virginia Terrace

Madison, WI 53726

608 231-2467

Vampires, Zombies,

Humans v. Zombies (tag game)

Anime and manga: vampires

Vampire Bar (with vampirish drinks, I guess)

Creatures, Ghosts, Monsters

Creature Ball: Dressing up

Creature feature film festival: Twilight, classic Frankenstein, bad “B” movies, Mystery Science Theater, Night of the Living Dead

Ghost hunting,

Tombstone rubbing

Local ghost stories, hauntings

Franken-toy: thrift store Barbie’s made into scary creatures

501st legion, Star Wars characters in full costume

Present a reader’s theater of the Legend of Sleepy Hollow for younger children (see Classic Reader’s Theater for Young Adults by Suzanne Barchers.Teachers Ideas Press, 2002.

Mystery, Murder, Crime (see other attachment for more ideas)

Mystery parties;

Crime scene detection with police

Ride along with Law Enforcement at night

Mortician and funerals, local coroner programs

Death masks from history (Book: The Book of the End) did not find book

Famous crypts

Take Back the Night

Self defense/Personal Safety program—

Night games: Nerf, Capture the Flag, laser tag, Nighttime golf: glow in the dark

Night vision goggles

Night tours of your community

Night clubs

Videos and pictures at night

After Hours teen concert

Lock-in

Dream interpretation

Other Ideas:

Steampunk

Decorating the Gothic Way

Stars, Constellations, horoscopes

Dec. 21, 2012 end of the Mayan calendar

Darker fairy tales: e.g. Holly Black series

Teens doing shadow plays for younger children

Grimm’s Grimmest (an adult book)

Summer Solstice, druids, Stonehenge

Role playing Games

Creatures of the night: Wolves ( I could see a program on cool nocturnal animals)

Night workers (careers for people who like to work at night)