1. Unprogramming:
Recipes for School-Age Success
Arkansas Children’s Services Workshop
Marge Loch-Wouters

3. HOW YOU PROGRAM
FOR KIDZ?
AND
WHY?!?!?!

4. I WANT TO
PROGRAM...
BUT THERE ARE
SO MANY PITFALLS

5. ALL.THE.THINGS.

6. What can unprogramming do
for us…
★ perspective
★ balance
★ celebrate books
★ Let’s kids lead the way in the program

7. How does what I’m doing
connect kids to…
★ a book or books;
★ an author or illustrator;
★ the library and our services;
★ some aspect of kids’ interests that can
connect back to the library?

8. Allow me to share my secret recipe for
UNPROGRAMMING

10. Space Trip (shhh, disaster!)
DVD: Traveler’s Guide to the
Planets (NatGeo)
Intro: DVD and then a crash landing!
Activities:
★ Decide planet
characteristics
★ First Aid with Stickers
★ Pick a robot helper
★ Build a lego shelter
★ Test real astronaut food
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11. Library Camp-Out
Book: Scary Stories to Tell
in the Dark - Alvin
Schwartz
Intro: Silent Reading
Activities:
★
★
★
★
Families make tents
Reading
Scary stories
Walking s’mores
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12. Ninjago!!!
Intro: Ninjago love
Activities:
★
★
★
★
Training Course
Robot claws & towers
Gadget Station
Spinjitzu Master
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13. Dr. Who Party:
Unprogramming with Teens
Book: DVDs and books
Intro: rolling the dice
Activities:
★ Duct -tape bowties
★ Sonic Screwdriver
making
★ Dr. Who Jeopardy
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14. Wimpy Kid Party
Books: yes ;->
Intro: Chat about why we
love these books
Activities:
★
★
★
★
★
Trivia
Cheese Touch Game
Clothes Relay Race
Manny Cereal Toss
Greg’s Dressing Room
requirements
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15. Hey Girl.
I love the
way your
programs
make kids
smile.
And they're
so simple,
they still
leave time
for us to
cuddle.

16. #unprogramming
You got this.

17. Inspiration?
http://goo.gl/O6NKb

18. Contact:
Marge Loch-Wouters
marge@lacrosselibrary.org
@lochwouters
http://tinytipsforlibraryfun.blogspot.com