[Libs-Or] [kids-lib] Summer Reading Office Hours Summary and Next Up

CSD Past Chair csdpastchair at olaweb.org
Fri Mar 14 17:54:12 PDT 2025


Hello,

If anyone needs books for Summer Reading, Monday is your lucky day!  The
CSD Auction opens Monday March 17th.  For a sneak preview of the first 30
lots you can use the qr code or https://fundraiser.bid/CSD2025

[image: CSD 2025 Auction.jpg]

Best of luck,
Monica Hoffman

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On Thu, Mar 13, 2025 at 4:29 PM BERGQUIST Greta * SLO via Kids-lib <
kids-lib at omls.oregon.gov> wrote:

> Hi all,
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> Yesterday our topic was Display & Play. You can see these notes and also
> some great examples of Summer Reading tools from Oregon libraries in the
> Children’s Services Division Shared Drive Summer folder:
> https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1xxg7Ay3mjhzIA2DaBhU0SS3w22TlWrI1?usp=sharing
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> *What’s Next: *
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> Next week, meet at Noon on Wednesday March 19th, here’s the link:
> https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86446248960 - Any and all library staff who
> interact with Summer Reading are welcome.
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> *Our topic is Eyes on the Prize. Take six minutes to read this oldie but
> goodie blog post from Angie Manfredi in 2016: Those Darn Prizes
> <https://fatgirlreading.com/re-vamping-summer-reading-part-two-those-darn-prizes/>.
> It will be a great conversation starter! *
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> *THIS WEEK’S NOTES: *
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> *Resource Guide Highlights for this topic: *
>
>    - Chapter 5 of the Resource Guide is an extensive bibliography with
>    different kinds of booklists for all ages – please check it out when
>    planning displays!
>    - Programming PDFS is the folder where you’ll find the actual
>    templates for the crafts/games/etc described in Chapter 4, Craft and Maker
>    Ideas.
>    - Make sure to check out the Program Partner Files folder for even
>    more ideas for play/games.
>
> *Displays/Decorations: *
>
>    - Tetris (adding books read as shapes)
>    - Gameboard with different book characters, kids can pick which
>    character advances when they read more and have more hours to add
>    - Giant Sodoku Board
>    - Giant Battleship board (template used here
>    <https://www.mydraw.com/templates-scorecards-battleships>)
>    - If no wall space, display on circ desk, or cutouts on the floor
>
> *For Actual Playing: *
>
>    - Monopoly-based summer reading game for teens/adult portion
>    - TBR Games
>    - DND. Note One Shot Wonders
>    <https://rollandplaypress.com/products/one-shot-wonders> is an
>    excellent DND resource especially if you know very little about DND
>    - Jacks/Marbles/Pick-up sticks – low barriers to entry, also good as
>    inexpensive prizes
>    - Reading Dragons (See resource guide if you have questions)
>    - Murder Mystery game nights/Cold Case files game night
>    - Rubix cube event
>    - Weekly chess clubs
>    - Your gym/PE teachers! They may know a lot of cooperative physical
>    games that could be fun to include
>    - Similarly, any local coaches/sports folks who are not sporting in
>    the summer may be good folks to tap for an easy, low barrier entry to a
>    sport kind of program
>    - Partnering with events already scheduled, like National Night Out,
>    bringing a game component
>    - Bowling alley partners? Batting cages? Parks and rec?
>
> *Life-Size Games we’re including: *
>
>    - Shutes and Ladders!
>    - Connect 4
>    - Jenga
>    - Checkers
>    - Memory – Easy way to do this is regular print paper, print book
>    cover on one side, library logo on other, need a big floor space or table
>    to do this one
>
> *Also discussed:  *
>
>    - One library, prizes will be game-related
>    - A couple libraries are partnering with local game shop, or with a
>    local DND group
>    - Carnival as a kick-off or celebration party
>    - Talked about stuffie/library mascot scavenger hunt with weekly clues
>    – Newberg does this long-running program, ask them for more details if you
>    need them!
>    - Big point of discussion – how to scale up or down for
>    ages/understanding, example making scavenger hunt harder one week, easier
>    the next
>    - A few teen ideas:
>       - Taste tests: bubble tea, pizza, oreos, pocky sticks, whatever’s
>       popular with your teens
>       - Sushi Go <https://gamewright.com/product/Sushi-Go> game and then
>       candy sushi program
>       - Could gamify food programs with Top Chef or other competition
>    - A few game recs for the younger crowd:
>       - Outfoxed <https://gamewright.com/product/Outfoxed>
>       - Dragomino
>       <https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dragomino-my-first-kingdomino-kid-game-blue-orange-games/1139199528>
>       - Deduckto <https://gamewright.com/product/deduckto>
>       - Just One <https://www.rprod.com/en/games/just-one> – need to be
>       able to read multi-syllables but easier than Code Names, and littles could
>       play with help
>       - PBS Kids has some fun food games <https://pbskids.org/games/food>
>       online for littles
>    - A couple more board game recs:
>       - Code Names <https://codenames.game/> (also now an online version)
>
>
>
> Someone mentioned the sandwich game and I can’t remember that one from my
> notes, please holler if you talked about that one. Also, Lindsey at
> Creswell had a great idea for tiers/ways to include different levels of
> ability that I did not capture. Lastly, Anna Bruce at Happy Valley knows a
> lot of good games for kids! Check in with her!
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> Best,
>
> Greta
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> *Greta Bergquist, MLIS, MAT (she/her/hers)*
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> Youth Services Consultant
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> State Library of Oregon
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