School age library programs

As many of you know, especially if you follow me on Twitter, one of my greatest fears in life is that all these cool and amazing programs we have – especially the ones during summer – miss out on working parents. Everything we have starts at 2 PM? Well, what about if you don’t have... Read more »

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, […]

Picture Book Putt-Putt Hole 3: The Very Hungry Caterpillar (SLCL Oak Bend Library Mini Golf)

A tangram puzzle program is an easy and inexpensive program to offer elementary school age children at your school or public library.

Are you looking for elementary library lessons? A fun way to review what you've taught this year is with a Battleship library game! Read all the how-to's in this blog post! #LibraryLearners

Print This Craft Kids will have fun as they explore the library with our latest addition to the scavenger hunt ... Read More

School library events can help you make your library the center of your school. Read these five reasons for planning events for your school library.

Some school libraries are reinventing themselves as makerspaces, but this Ohio library took a slightly different approach and has seen incredible results.

We are passionate supporters of public libraries here at Pages Unbound. But there are still awesome services and programs I would love to see libraries provide! Here are ten cool ideas that would g…

A certified school librarian can make teachers' work easier, more efficient, and more effective. So why doesn't every school have one?

Next week marks the start of National Library Week!

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...

Using stations, kids learned about mythology and cultures from around the world and throughout time in this library program.

The most successful displays I've done at my library have been passive readers advisory. For the last five years or so, I’ve done a monthly display of minature books based on the top YA titles checked out in my library system, with the top 10 books getting four readalikes. The Tiny Library is a collection of tiny books based on our most popular titles. Each tiny book contains reading suggestions based on our readalike list. There is a QR code that leads to a Google Form where teens can…

Here are 27 library activities for kids that will give you different ways of engaging them at the library and help to grow a love of reading.

I've run an afterschool makers club at my school for the past two years. Here I share tips on creating norms, balancing guided projects & free time, & more.

I am back with another awesome, school-age program that I wish I could take credit for, but the real masterminds behind this fabulousness are my coworkers, Dori and Heather. The basic gist of this …

Teach kids all about graphic novels with this Make Your Own Graphic Novels lesson plan for upper elementary students.

This is a simple children's program that is adaptable crowds and traveling for outreach programming!