Passive programs

The Library Adventure uses affiliate links, see our policies for more information.Kids ages 8 to 12 are often too busy with scheduled activities of their own to make it to library programs in the afternoons or evenings. For librarians who wish to increase attendance at programs for this age group, this can be very frustrating, […]

A fun passive activity for after-school kids can be learning beginner facts about Braille and create a bookmark with their name in Braille.

One of our easiest and most useful initiatives is our Celebrate A Grade initiative. We’ve run it for the past three school years and it has lots of applications. Every month celebrates a specific grade. We begin in October with kindergarten. When kids in each grade come up to the desk and tell us their teacher... Read more »

Create your own book tournament bracket, a perfect passive program for any age pitting book against book in the ultimate showdown.

Passive programs for the library (self-directed programming)

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Passive programming: Giant Sudoku board in library teen area

Passive programming for YA section. Pages from weeded books and Sharpies. Participants create poetry by leaving select words visible and blacking out the rest.:

When you get new books at the library, what better way to get them checked out than to build an interactive table around them? For this ta...

With this post, the patience to cut hundreds of circles, and around $5, you and your community can create a beautiful piece of collaborative art. Supplies: Room set-up: Like Art Links or Squart, this is another activity that is ideal for outreach events or a simple table-top craft. If you want to make it a program, do all three activities in the same room! Program prep: Cut a lot of circles out of cardstock. Bonus if you have a circle cutter. Make a sign if you want. Get something to draw…

Stumped on what to read next? Use our book jar for a reading by suggestion. We’ve even color coded it by genre!

Every Friday in April @ 3:00pm join us for Poetry Creation Station! All ages welcome. All magnets, paper, markers and crafts are supplied.

Random Acts of Kindness bulletin board for the holidays. We printed out "acts of kindness" on strips of paper for the kids to take... and then hopefully do!

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Below is some of the successful signage I have created for my library that you can feel free to use for yours as well. ​ Quick notes about printables. . . Some of these printables will be in...

What are Maker Kits? Maker Kits are low-cost, versatile materials for open-ended creating put together in one container around a themed craft. Each kit is filled with supplies that are easy to use …

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