Teen Program: Zombie Outbreak at the Library
It’s here, the Zombie Apocalypse. Supplies: An arsenal of Nerf guns and ammo. Okay, I cannot take credit for this game. One of the library pages (a person who shelves books, not an actual page…
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Midwest Grandma’s Cherry Pie
Grandma passed away 28 years ago when I was just a young teenager. She was born in the early 1900s, lived through two World Wars, raised children through the Great Depression, and saw the explosion…
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Teen Photography Club: Think Outside the Box
This photography club activity encourages students to think creatively and to see things with a new perspective. It gives them new ideas and helps them to stop taking the same photograph over and over. Supplies:…
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Caregiving: The backstory
Mom died on a cold January morning in 2015. On that stark winter’s day my life changed forever. I know, I know right now you may be thinking, “that seems a bit cliché, Kelly” or…
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Teen Photography Club: Camera Wars
This is another example of controlled chaos at the library. The teens had free run of the library that evening. They ran around the building “capturing” each other with their cameras. I hid video game…
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Adult Siblings with Special Needs and the …
You know how the stores will put swimwear out in the middle of winter? Or coats and gloves out in the middle of summer? They are just getting ready for the next season but come…
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