Teen Summer Swap Coming in March!

Metamorpho-size your summer program for teens this year! Join us from 1 - 4 pm on Wednesday, March 12 at Neighborworks in Green Bay. Invites went out this week.
Register now!

Bingo and Bees

Some of you were asking about where I got the cards for the "insect bingo" game we played at the Grassroots meeting last year. Here is the link!

Wendy Spice wanted to share a site that might come in handy this summer. You can make peanut butter honey bees. Check it out!

SRP Survey

If you did not take a few minutes to complete the evaluation on the SRP Workshop last week, please complete it, or you can use the little pop up window at the top of your screen. Your feedback is extremely valuable!

Bits From Barb

 The CSLP children's video PSA is almost completed. I have seen the rough draft. It's cute. The bug characters from the poster are animated to the tune of the Beach Boys' song, "Fun, Fun, Fun." A girl bug drives her shiny red Voltswagan beetle to the library, gets all kinds of library materials, and takes them to the beach to share with her friends. The chorus urges kids to "Catch the reading bug at your local library today."
       The teen PSA features a teen boy drawing an alien type figure.  When these PSAs are available to download from the CSLP web page I will let everyone know.

The print order for the State Park passes will be sent to the printer as soon as the final design is approved. That means these passes should be ready for distribution perhaps in early April.

LibraryPalooza Resources
       Stephanie Stokes, California, has a link to a web site that focuses on lady bugs on her LibraryPalooza site . She also has created a new puppetry newsletter for Mister Anderson's Company. Librarians can sign up to receive an email when each new edition of this free publication is available.

Teen Tech Week, March 2-8, 2008
       The second annual Teen Tech Week will be celebrated March 2-8, 2008. The general theme of Teen Tech Week is Get Connected @ Your Library. This year's focus theme is Tune In @ Your Library. Register to participate (it's free!) .

Teen Tech Week is a national initiative aimed at teens, their parents, educators, and other concerned adults. The purpose of the initiative is to ensure that teens are competent and ethical users of technologies, especially those that are offered through libraries. Teen Tech Week encourages teens to use libraries' nonprint resources for education and recreation, and to recognize that librarians are qualified, trusted professionals in the field of information technology.

Free Publications from the National Institute for Literacy

        I ordered copies of two publications on early learning from the National Institute for Literacy. I sent one of each for all of the system libraries. Public libraries can order additional copies of these free publications if they want to distribute them. The titles are "Shining Stars Toddlers Get Ready to Read" and "Shining Stars Preschoolers Get Ready to Read." Both publications include tips on things parents can do to encourage early literacy. The National Institute for Literacy has numerous other free brochures and resources available from their web page.

~ System Youth Liaison Posting, February 2008

The Votes Are In!

Based on YOUR feedback, here is what I submitted as a system to Barb H. for 2010 SRP Themes. The general 2011 themes are below.

Get Immersed @ Your Library
Dive Into a Good Book!
Wet and Wonderful @ Your Library
"Go Green" @ Your Library
It's Raining Books @ Your Library

2011 General Themes:
Sports
Ocean and Sea
Beach or Lakeshore
Astronomy

(FYI...there was only ONE submission for the 2011 themes. It just goes to show that a little feedback can go a LONG way!)