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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Fri Aug 8 00:11:27 1997
From: karen wendt <kmwendt@scls.lib.wi.us>
ubject: Summary - After hours teen party
I was happy to get six replies (so far) from my request for suggestions in
preparing for our first after hours party for young adults. Thanks go to
Ruth, Charlotte, Mary, Susan and Karen for their helpful hints and to Roger
who also responded to the note by asking me to share and thereby motivating
me to condense the info I got. Below are abbreviated comments.
Karen wrote: "If you want the ultimate in health/permission forms, contact
your local Girl Scout Council..."
Along with a wonderful list of the activities and the time schedule they
used, Ruth wrote: "...one volunteer acted as a door monitor to ensure that
the teens didn't leave before a parent or guardian arrived to pick them up.
Others helped serve food and took responsibility for one of the
activities."
"...I would cut off sign-up the day before...I was a crazy person trying to
adjust food amounts..." She gave a list of the activities and time schedule
to the teens as they arrived.
Regarding a sleepover in the library Susan wrote: "Teens love this idea,
but
it is a lot of work for staff. ...We never used permission slips. Maybe
instead of that you can require that each teen be accompanied by an adult,
or some kind of ration of responsible adults per teens. ...Definately have a
rule that once they've entered the library they cannot leave...we had an
attendant there at all times and that included someone sleeping in front of
the door. If there was a problem, the parent/guardian had to come pick up
the child... Spell out what kind of behavior is expected..."
Mary wrote: "We had our first "AFTER HOURS party for Halloween last
year. It
was so popular that we planned one every month this spring. Not so
popular."
She included similar ideas as others did about locking doors, adding no one
is admitted after 15 minutes past starting time, kids can't leave w/o
parent, allow parents but don't require it.
Charlotte wrote: "We required a permission slip which said directly on
it-no
one leaves early without direct "written permission" of a
parent/guardian."
( I would feel uncomfortable letting a child leave with a written note
unless I witnessed the parent writing it.) "...required a phone number
where
the parent could be reached during the event in case of a problem."
I also have to wonder if anyone has ever had a problem of a non-custodial
parent picking up a teen and if we should take action that would prevent
that from happening.
Hope this helps some of you planning something like this at your library,
like you Roger. Thanks again everyone. Karen
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
kmwendt@scls.lib.wi.us
Karen M. Wendt, Children's and Young Adult Coordinator
Monona Public Library
1000 Nichols Road, Monona WI 53716
608-222-6127
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Fri Aug 8 00:11:27 1997
From: bvetter@hampton.lib.nh.us
Subject: Reviving Ophelia
In reply to Mary K's posting:
I am not a YA librarian, however I am the mother of three young women
(ages 20, 17 & 15). Our youngest did a project for her honors
Freshman English class on Reviving Ophelia. The class happened to be
all girls with a woman as teacher. "Ophelia" sparked some lively
discussion. Even these honor student, athlete. wonderful kid types
could relate to my daughter's presentation. She told me that nearly
everyone had found middle school to be a grim experience.
I'm wondering if a girls only or maybe girls and moms discussion
group about this book and its premise would be a good idea? Maybe
girls in grades 8 or 9?
Beverly
Beverly Vetter, Children's Librarian
Lane Memorial Library, Hampton, NH
603-926-4729
bvetter@hampton.lib.nh.us
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Fri Aug 8 00:11:28 1997
From: "James B. Casey" <jimcasey@lib.oak-lawn.il.us>
Subject: [Fwd: Re: Kids in school]
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From: "James B. Casey" <jimcasey@lib.oak-lawn.il.us>
To: ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom List <alaoif@ala1.ala.org>
Subject: Re: Kids in school
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Melora Ranney wrote:
>
> When I was in school, I had a kind of sixth sense for adults who had no
> respect for me. They (I still believe) distrusted me, unfairly restricted
> me, and I went out of my way to do exactly whatever it was they didn't
> want me to do.
>
> One of these people must have been my high school librarian. I say must
> have been, because although I never actually met him or her, s/he had a
> profound influence on how I view libraries.
>
> For some reason, one had to have a perfect record and a dispensation from
> on high just to go in the library doors and check out books. Obviously, a
> rabble-rouser such as I did not have the required credentials, so the only
> time I got to take out a library book was when I snuck through the study
> hall back door and stole one. I had to return them clandestinely so as
> not to be found out.
>
> My English teacher, a darling man who respected all his students, got me
> excited about editing the school paper and I went "legit," doing
something
> everybody approved of. I wrote an editorial in which I condemned kids
> making out in the halls. One student approached me and thanked me;
> another yelled at me and told me to mind my own business!
>
> My point is this: respecting kids and helping them to learn works.
> Considering them hormone-driven morons who must be force-fed an education
> doesn't. They KNOW who respects them, and they will respond in kind.
>
> It broke my heart years back when the courts ruled that a group of high
> school kids didn't have the right to control the content of their school
> paper. Perhaps that's why some of us think school access to the Internet
> is different from access other places: because kids in school don't have
> rights anyway.
>
> ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
> Melora Ranney, director
> Charles M. Bailey Public Library
> Bowdoin Street
> Winthrop, Maine 04364
> (207) 377-8673/74 fax:(207) 377-7201
> email: macbeth@saturn.caps.maine.edu
> ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Melora Ranney hits upon another very strong intellectual freedom
issue in this post -- that school libraries only operate during
hours which coincide with the school day (Monday-Friday 8-3:30)
and refuse to open on late afternoons, evenings, weekends and over
holidays when students need library service to support their
homework and study. Certainly, it is easier to "control" the
kids during the school day when assistant principals, guards,
teachers, etc. are around to make sure that every kid is "in
line". Heaven forbid that the school libraries should venture
to operate like a public library and actually permit kids to
use the facility 7 days per week during the school year. Who
can imagine what kind of mischief they could get into?
Whether the basic reason for school libraries to stay closed
except during the M-F week (8-3:30) is "control" or money,
I find it to be a gross violation of the Library Bill of
Rights. The unwillingness of k-12 schools to provide decent
library service makes kids 2nd class citizens and excluded
from the same intellectual freedom rights as adults. Whether
the Internet is filtered or not is irrelevant if the school
library itself is inaccessible to its own clientele.
Public Libraries are the ONLY library service providers open
to support the homework and study needs of k-12 youngsters
after 3:30 PM on weekday afternoons during the school year.
What if the nearest public library is 5 or 10 or 15 miles
away or in a bad neighborhood which is gang infested? Where
can the youngster who is curious and who wants to learn go to
secure access to the books, materials and computers go -- whether
for homework or personal enrichment? Given that most
kids don't drive or have access to cars for personal use,
it is possible that the absence of library service via
the schools may make library service totally inaccessible
to hundreds of thousands of youngsters.
James B. Casey -- My own personal views as a public librarian
and ALA Councilor-at-Large.
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Fri Aug 8 00:11:27 1997
From: "Thomas P. Copley" <tcopley@gigantor.arlington.com>
Subject: ANNOUNCE> Fall '97 Make the Link Workshops
MAKE THE LINK WORKSHOP (WORLD WIDE WEB FOR EVERYONE)
The Make the Link Workshop (World Wide Web for Everyone) is an eight
week long distance learning workshop conducted entirely by HTML mail*.
It introduces the beginner to the World Wide Web (WWW), the Internet's
distributed hypermedia information system, and enhances the skills of
the somewhat more experienced user as well. The workshop has been newly
updated to reflect the latest information on HTML authoring tools,
including NetObjects Fusion, Microsoft Front Page and Netscape Navigator
Gold. The workshop also includes guidance on how to select an Internet
service provider.
The WWW is a powerful hyper-textual medium for integrating all of the
resources of the Internet. You can read through a page of text, and on
the spur of the moment, link to related information anywhere in the
world. For example, after reading a short piece on twentieth century
abstract art, you can link to and view a collection of color prints of
paintings by Picasso, Klee, and Mondrian. High school history students
reading about Sir Winston Churchill can link to a page where, at the
click of a mouse button, recordings of his actual speeches can be
played. A business woman in Paris, France can check out the "home
page"
of her counterpart in Montreal, Canada, complete with her picture and
professional vita. There are thousands of computers throughout the
world on the Web, and literally millions of interconnected WWW pages,
and all are easily accessible from your desktop computer.
The first graphical WWW browsers became available in 1993. Since the
introduction of the hugely successful Netscape Navigator in 1994, WWW
browsers have provided access to most of the main Internet functions,
including the WWW, FTP, gopher, telnet, USENET news, e-mail, and
real-time audio and video. The WWW, or simply, "the Web" is the
Internet's "killer application" that integrates a variety of media,
including text, images, sound, video and small Java computer programs
called applets. For example, a chemistry student can view a
three-dimensional picture of a molecule, and view it from any direction
or simply make it appear to slowly rotate in space on the screen. New
browser scripting languages, such as JavaScript, have been developed for
creating a myriad of interactive Web pages.
Having a WWW home page providing one's personal information has become
the 1990's version of the business card, resume, voice mail, and on
occasion, electronic recreation area, all rolled into one. In fact, the
WWW provides an opportunity to participate and collaborate with others
at many levels. It can be a great way to network with colleagues and
associates or even to reach potential customers concerning products or
services.
The Make the Link Workshop will focus on how to gain maximum advantage
from this simple to use, yet very sophisticated, Internet tool. During
the Workshop, you will learn:
* How to gain access to the WWW, including information on setting up a
direct TCP/IP connection to the Internet (SLIP/CSLIP/PPP).
* How to link to specific Web resources using Uniform Resource Locators
(URLs). This includes how to construct URLs for various kinds of
resources, such as WWW, gopher, FTP, telnet, etc.
* How to distinguish between various kinds of WWW browsers, including
Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Lynx, etc. and the
strengths and weaknesses of each.
* How to navigate Webspace and use various searching tools such as
MetaCrawler, SavvySearch, Alta Vista, Infoseek, HotBot, CMU Lycos,
WebCrawler, and others.
* To make WWW bookmarks and organize your bookmarks with Hypertext
Markup Language (HTML).
* How to effectively and efficiently design your own home page with
HTML, and how to install it on a server.
* The principles of good home page design, in order to project a
favorable image for you and/or your employer or business.
* The advantages and disadvantages of HTML editors, such as NetObjects
Fusion, Netscape Navigator Gold, Microsoft FrontPage, Claris Home
Page, HoTMetaL, and HTML Assistant, and related utilities.
Three Make the Link Workshop sessions will be scheduled for this fall.
The dates are:
August Session........... August 11 - October 3
September Session........ September 2 - October 24
October Session.......... September 29 - November 21
The cost of the Workshop is $20 US.
Sign up for ONE session only unless you plan to take the Workshop more
than once. To sign up for one of the Make the Link Workshop sessions,
please send an e-mail message to the address:
majordomo@arlington.com
and in the body of the message, include:
subscribe links-aug
to subscribe to the August session, or
subscribe links-sep
to subscribe to the September session, or
subscribe links-oct
to subscribe to the October session.
This will automatically put you on the mailing list for more information
about the Workshop, and you will receive an acknowledgment with the
particulars about signing up, and unsubscribing, should you decide not
to participate.
If you have any difficulty with this procedure or fail to receive a
response, please send e-mail to this address:
tcopley@arlington.com
In order to get the most from this Workshop it is helpful to have either
Netscape Navigator, Microsoft Internet Explorer, or another graphical
Web browser actually running one on your own computer directly connected
to the Internet. If you wish to run Navigator or another browser you
will need to have a computer with a TCP/IP connection, that is, a direct
connection to the Internet. Information will be provided during the
workshop about how to set up a TCP/IP connection. In order to
participate in the Workshop you only need access to e-mail. However, it
is very desirable to actually use a WWW browser.
The Workshop leader, Thomas P. Copley, Ph.D., has taught the popular
Make the Link Workshop since 1995. He is also the author of the Tune In
the Net Workshop <http://www.bearfountain.com/arlington/tune.html>,
which will also be conducted this fall. During 1994-5 he taught the
Go-pher-it Workshop almost a dozen times. Go-pher-it was one of the
first Internet workshops taught entirely by e-mail. Dr. Copley is one
of the founders of the Electronic University in San Francisco, and is an
experienced instructor of distance learning courses via networks. In
addition to consulting for Apple Computer, Inc. on hyper-textual
distance learning software, Copley has served on the faculties of
Washington State University, Antioch College, and Armstrong University.
He is also the Editor of the electronic newsletter the TELELEARNING
NETWORK SYNTHESIZER, and the moderator of the de-marketing (distance
education) mailing list.
* A plain ASCII text version is also available.
________________________________________________________________
THOMAS P. COPLEY tcopley@arlington.com
Make the Link Workshop www.bearfountain.com/arlington/
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Fri Aug 8 00:11:26 1997
From: Dave Davis <ddavis@tusc.net>
Subject: Puppet Theatre
PubYac Participants: Could anyone recommend a good source for
information re design/construction/purchase/using/etc a puppet theatre
in a public library? TPL is the recipient of an impressive memorial fund
that is to be used towards the construction of such a theatre, but
staff's efforts to research a suitable design have not yet resulted in a
satisfactory supply of information, ideas, etc.
And if I may add a comment re both YA and children's items on this
listserv: After twenty-five years in library supervision &
administration, I [think] am very aware of my personal limitations and
gaps. It is wonderful to be able to subscribe to such an inclusive
source of public service information to both YA and children's library
services as PubYac is proving to be. It helps me to understand just how
libraries can continue to be positive sources of public service to those
special populations, to grow in my expectations regarding those
services, and to develop some realistic expectations regarding this
Library's services to those special populations. I read PubYac fast, but
it's really good it's all there to be read!
Thanks in advance - Dave Davis, Tuscaloosa P L, Tuscaloosa AL
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Fri Aug 8 00:11:53 1997
From: "Jane M. Whiteside" <jmwhiteside@starbase1.htls.lib.il.us>
Subject: Book Bingo
Hi! I've been reading PUBYAC for a while but this is my first query - looking
forward to your help. I want to do a Book Bingo program for 3rd-5th graders
and I wondered if anyone who has tried this before has found a successful
format. I would like it to be more than just calling out titles or character
names, but as 3rd graders will not have read as many titles as the 5th graders,
I'm not sure how to "spice it up" but keep it fun. Any ideas would be
appreciated. TIA!
-Kathy Koltas
Sewickley Public Library
koltask@clpgh.org
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Fri Aug 8 00:12:20 1997
From: "Laurie Rose" <lrose@orono.lib.me.us>
Subject: re: YA Advisory boards
I am also interested in starting a YA advisory board and would
appreciate any information that those already providing similar
programs would be willing to share.
Thanks
Laurie
Laurie Rose
Children's Services Librarian
Orono Public Library
Orono, Maine 04473
lrose@orono.lib.me.us
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Fri Aug 8 00:12:22 1997
From: Robin Del Guidice <guidicr@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us>
Subject: Chronicles of Narnia
Does anyone out there know why The Chronicles of Narnia are now in a
different order than I remember them? It is very confusing to have one set
of books that lists them one way and another set another way. I'm sooooo
confused!!! :-( and don't know what to tell patrons!! TIA
*******************************************************************************
Robin Del Guidice "Many things we need can
Youth Services Specialist wait, children cannot...
Peninsular Branch Library To them we cannot say
Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library tomorrow, their name is
guidicr@scfn.thpl.lib.fl.us today."
Gabriela Mistral
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Fri Aug 8 00:12:50 1997
From: "Vollrath, Elizabeth" <evollrat@uwsp.edu>
Subject: Mural Contest
Hi,
We would like to have a contest to paint a large mural in our
Children's Dept. Would anyone who has done something like this (or
similar) share what you did to make it a successful contest? How did
you promote it, did you decide on a theme or let the artistic juices
flow, how did you select the winner? We plan to pay for materials and
give the winner a bank certificate. Thank you.
Elizabeth Vollrath
Portage County Public Library
Stevens Pt., WI 54481
evollrath@uwsp.edu
(715)346-1290
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Fri Aug 8 22:22:46 1997
From: Julie Shatterly <julies@lyon.york.lib.sc.us>
Subject: Voices of AIDS
In response to Lorie's request - the circumstances around the challenge
of Voices of AIDS were: this book was placed on our South Carolina Young
Adult book award nominees list for 1997. Most of the children in the
school district are encouraged to read books appropriate to their age on
the lists (there's also juvenile and children's book award lists) during
the summer. A school librarian gave the list out to middle school
children and told them to read the books on the YA list for the summer.
A mother discovered this book on the list, called up the school
librarian, who claimed she never read the book. The mother's next step
was to come to us and request that it be taken out of the YA collection.
We have it in YA nonfiction. After reading the book, I believe it
belongs in YA nonfiction. The book very plainly and honestly gives the
views of a number of teenagers with AIDS. It also states over and over
again how hard it was for the teenager to find info about AIDS.
Perhaps, the problem lies more in "who" the book was recommended to
instead of the acutal book. Because a number of the teenagers in the
book were as young as 16 & 17, I feel we would be doing this group an
injustice by placing it in the adult collection. We haven't met with our
book challenge committee yet, but I hope that we come to the same
conclusion I have. Thanks to all the PUBYACers that responded to my
request.
Julie Shatterly
York County Library
Rock Hill, SC
julies@lyon.york.lib.sc.us
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Fri Aug 8 22:22:45 1997
From: bf455@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Bonita Kale)
Subject: Narnia order
Well, this is a biased view, because I'm a firm believer in having The
Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe come first.
The original publication order has LWW first, and The Magician's Nephew
sixth, I think.
At some point, someone asked Lewis what order they should be read in, and
he told them what order was chronological (Magician's Nephew -happened-
first). Doug Gresham, his stepson, takes that to mean that MN first is the
preferred order, and the new editions have it that way.
KEEP YOUR OLD EDITIONS! There were changes made in the original American
editions, and they now have been changed back to the original English way.
Sometimes this doesn't matter (Fenris Ulf is Maugrim) too much, but
sometimes the US edition was a real improvement--check out the end of the
Island Where Dreams Come True chapter in Voyage of the Dawn Treader. The
US is much better, but all the new ones use the British.
Bonita
--
Bonita Kale
bf455@cleveland.freenet.edu
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Fri Aug 8 22:23:10 1997
From: cmediavi@ucla.edu (Cindy Mediavilla)
ubject: Ad: Childrens Services Training Manual '97 ed
Forwarded from the California Library Association listserv. Please forgive
any cross-posting.
Cindy Mediavilla
*****************************
Over the past 15 years, hundreds of libraries in the United States and
other countries have found the Children's Service's Training Manual a
valuable staff training resource. The editor, Lynn Eisenhut, Coordinator
of Children's Services at Orange County (CA) Public Library, has 27 years
of experience in training staff in the twenty-seven branch libraries of
her System. She used the experience the produce a Manual in wich both
theory and practical information are easily available to users. It is
ready-made for supervisors with training responsibilities and structured to
measure newly-won knowledge and skills on all aspects of children's work at
the entry level. The NEW units are: Children's Library Reference Service
and Service to Multicultural Populations. Ohter units are: Public
Library Service to Children; History of Children's Literature; Service to
Different Age Levels; Storytelling and Storytime; Programming; Reader's
Advisory, Booktalking and School Visits; and Collection Management. The
Manual can be ordered from North State Cooperative Librayr System, 259 N.
Villa Ave., Willows, CA 95988-2607. Copies are $40.00 U.S. and
possessions. The price includes 3-ring binder, shipping and handling.
There is no sales tax as the price is to cover the cost of reproduction,
shipping and handling. Make checks payable to NSCLS. For more
information, call (916) 934-2173 or e-mail Jim Kirks at
jkirks@glenn-co.K12.ca.us
Children's Services Training Manual, 1997 Edition
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Fri Aug 8 22:24:06 1997
From: AHOWE@site.cwmars.org
Subject: Massachusetts publishes YA Standards
The Massachusetts Library Association (MLA) has recently published Standards
for Public Library Service to Young Adults. This new document was developed to
provide libraries in the Commonwealth with guidelines for implementing
programs and services to YAs and for developing facilities and collections.
The Standards may be ordered from MLA for $15/copy ($8 for MLA members).
This cost includes postage and handling. All orders must be pre-paid. For
more information, contact:
Massachusetts Library Association
707 Turnpike St.
North Andover, MA 01845
508-686-8543
fax: 508-685-4422
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Fri Aug 8 22:24:22 1997
From: burlpl@sos.net (BURLINGTON LIBRARY)
ubject: paper towel tube summary (long)
Many many thanks to all of you who responded!
Carole D. Fiore, Mary St. Cavish, Melissa Karnosh, JoAnne Dearin, Jim Horan,
Peggy Townshend, Julie Rines, Elizabeth Coughlin, Lauren Levy, Brian
McCreight, Nancy Fields, Cynthia Webb, Gillian Wiseman, Pam Hoepner, Marion
"Meb" Ingold, Kathy Maron-Wood, Karen Wendt, Marijo Kist, Andrea,
Karen
Knudson, Anne Hall, Sarah House, and others without a .sig file!
Below are the craft directions and ideas grouped by the kind of craft:
> Here I am, nearing the end of summer reading, and the end of my
summer >reading craft supplies. However, I have about a hundred tubes from
the middle >of paper towel rolls left over. I hate to toss them, my
director hates me to store >them, and my shed at home is full.
> Do any of you have a favorite craft for using these tubes? I can
store them >short-term if I have a good idea what they will be used for and
when. Please let >me know, and I will post a synopsis to the list.
>Torrie Hodgson, Children's Librarian, S.A., and everything else!
>Burlington Public Library
>900 East Fairhaven Ave
>Burlington, WA 98233
>Phone (360) 755-0760 Fax (360) 755-0717 burlpl@sos.net
TOTEM POLES
How about totem poles? Read and/or tell some stories that
have raven and Intuit peoples and their beliefs central.
Talk about how and why totem poles are constructed. Then
have the kids make their own -- and make up a story to go
with it.
totem poles--great for Nov and indian time
We used paper towel rolls ourselves this summer. I know it is a pain to
store them. What we used them for was indian totem poles (we used the
pattern that came in copycat last winter.) A huge success with the kids.
We did 2 drawings each so the totem pole was back to back. Possibly you
could use this when native americans become popular this fall. Would even
work as a drop in craft as very little supervision is needed.
ROCKETS
Our favorite crafts for paper towel tubes are to make rockets
I used paper towel tubes very successfully to create rockets one summer.
Cut sheets of lightweight tagboard or heavy craft paper that are the right
size to wrap around the tubes. Allow the kids to decorate these. Cover the
tubes. Then either have precut tail fins, or cardstock that the kids can cut
a pair of tailfins from. Cut slits in the tailfins to make the shape of an
X. Then cut four slits in the bottom of the tube and slide the tube over the
tailfins. This makes a 3-d tail, or you can use one tailfin and two slits
for "flat" fins. Lastly make a cone from cardstock or construction
paper,
clipping the edges of the cone and sliding them into the top of the tube,
liberally coated with glue. this makes a nose cone. Rockets can either be
"hand flown" or a straw can be glued down one side of the body and the
rocket can "glide" across the room on a string held by two children
and
passed through the straw.
We made rockets out of them. We pre-cut the legs (wings?, fins?
whatever you call them) of the rocket like this:
__________
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and made a tab on the top end to glue to the tubes. We also made a
semi=circle to form the cone, altho we felt you could use cone drinking cups
(or snow cones) to be the cone point. Then We cut aluminum foil and glued
on the sides, then glued on the fins. From the bottom, we had crepe paper
strips of red and yellow to look like flames. Very Very popular with the
kids. I must admit that I do have several parents who stay to help me
during storytime.
KAZOOS
Make kazoos out of them. The kazoo craft is fun and very easy:
Take the tubes and cut construction paper to a size that can be wrapped
around them. All you need then are a piece of waxed paper and a rubber band
for each kazoo. Place the waxed paper over the end of the tube and secure
it tightly with the rubber band. The waxed paper must be stretched *flat*
across the end of the tube. Humming into the open end creates a great kazoo
sound.
You can get double the use out of your tubes by cutting them in two--we
normally do this craft with the tubes from bathroom paper, but there's no
reason it wouldn't work with the longer ones.
Favorites for storyhours are kazoos, just cover one end with wax paper held
on with an elastic band, and use them as part of a music theme or to make a
marching band
Saw your message. Have you ever made a kazoo with the tubes?
Cut a square of wax paper (foil, too works, but wax paper is fine, & cheap)
that amply covers one end. Secure it with a rubber band (a thin one, & not
so tight it collapses the tube). Take an ice pick, or any other pointed
tool (this is where the adult steps in), & punch one hole midway to a
quarter-way from the paper end. Hum & blow through the open end. Ta-da!
You can also use colored construction paper to wrap the tube before punching
the hole. You can then decorate any way you like. Kids love this!
BRACELETS (PRESCHOOL)
Easy preschool craft: Flower Bracelets. Cut tube into inch wide sections.
Cut across each section so it opens up on one side and can slip over a
child's wrist. Decorate with flowers (tissue paper or just photocopied
drawing of a flower). Add perfume to flower. Kids can lift to wrist and
sniff it.
RAINSTICKS
My favorite project for paper towel tubes is to make a rainstick. Punch
small holes in advance to make easier for kids.
They stick toothpicks through the tubes in a spiral pattern from top to
bottom. Cover one end of the tube, and put in a small amount of rice and/or
beans. Turn the tube and continue adding or taking our rice until the sound
is right. Cover the other end. Wrap the tube in masking tape to prevent
ends of toothpicks from pricking - then wrap with construction paper for
design. KIds love them, and they are pretty cool.
One idea is to make Rain Sticks. You paint the tube first.
When dry tape cellophane over bottom and fill with rice or beans then tape
over other end. Children can decorate with markers or stickers. Glue some
feathers on the ends. Good luck.
A Librarian in our system used the tubes to make rain sticks (by filling the
tube with beans or peas and either pushing toothpicks or thumbtacks into the
tube in rows. Then just seal up the ends with construction or waxed paper
and the kids can decorated the outsides. As they turn over the tube, the
beans bounce off the tacks to make that "rain stick" sound!
The librarian did say that even though the directions called for toothpicks,
it was hard for kids to push them through the cardboard tubes, and that
thumbtacks work better.
You can also use them to make "rain sticks." Put something that will
rattle
(beans, beads, etc.) inside the tubes and cover the ends with paper (glued
or rubber-banded over the ends, or both). They don't work quite the same
way as the Rain Sticks you can buy, but they still rattle nicely
PIRATE SPYGLASSES
Make spyglassses for a pirate theme storytime, roll up a piece of paper that
is a little bit longer than the tube so that it slides in and out of the
tube the kids love to close up their spyglasses and pull them open to look
around. (I thought you had toilet paper tubes. These should still work but
your spyglasses might be too big for really little ones.)
LAPSIT BOWLING
They also make great baby bowling pins if you have a lapsit program any ball
rolled at them will knock them down they are so light.
SECRET MESSAGE DECODERS
For older kids they can be used as message decoders, the kind where you wrap
the paper around something and write a message that can only be read when
it is wrapped around something the same size, this could get crazy if you
had rolls from other things like paper towels and wrapping paper all cut to
toilet tube length but of different diameters.
TORCHES AND CANDLES
We, too, have used lots of these tubes. Last summer we had an Olympic Torch
runner do a program for us, and we made torches. Cover or decorate outside
of tube. Make "flames" from red, orange, yellow tissue paper attached
to a
popsicle stick (or straw, etc.) Insert inside tube, and the flame can be
pulled inside and then pushed up to light the flame.
Can be adapted as a candle, firecracker, etc. This was an easy make-n-take
activity.
Students paint tubes red, green, blue, etc. and let dry. Glue cut-out
letters from construction paper to the tubes to spell-out N-O-E-L.
One letter per tube. Then glue yellow "flames" made out of
construction paper.
PARTY FAVORS & CHRISTMAS CRACKERS
Cut paper towel holders in half or use toilet paper tubes. Cover with
construction paper, different colors. Decorate with stamps. Glue 3
different colors of paper streamers, about 20" long, on to one end.
Kids can wave them around.
Cut paper towel tubes in half or use toilet paper tubes. Wrap green
and red tissue paper or Christmas paper around tubes, leaving 3"-4" on
either side. Tie one end with yarn or thin ribbon. Add some hard candies
to the tubes. Tie the other end. If you use plain tissue paper, decorate
with Christmas stickers.
POP UP INSECT PUPPETS
Cut paper towel tubes in half or use toilet paper tubes. Cover with green
construction paper. Draw and color in a flower on stiff paper. (I use
manilla folders or the cardboard from cereal boxes).
The flower should be approx. 6" x 3" in diameter. Cut out and glue or
tape
onto the tube. Draw an insect on thin cardboard. It should be narrow
enough to fit inside the tube, but wide enough not to fall out and to be
able to move easily. (I usually let the kids color the flowers and bugs and
cut them out). Tape or glue straws or craft/popsicle sticks on the back
side of the insect. Now you have an insect puppet that pops out of a flower.
FLYING BATS
my favourite craft to use those cardboard tubes is quite simple but fun. We
paint them black ahead of time. Then (depending upon the ages of the
children) we either have them design a bat out of construction paper, or cut
and decorate a pre-drawn bat out of construction paper. The bat is just a
flat face-on creation. Then we glue strips of black construction paper to
the inside of the tube at the top (about three inches long in total and
extending about an inch and a half out of the tube). The children glue the
bat to the tube using the "fringe" of paper strips. Voila. The part
that is
really cool is that because the construction paper is so soft, when you move
the tube up and down, the wings flap convincingly. We've used it with
preschoolers, and the 5-8 crowd for both bat-related programmes and
Halloween themed programmes. You are welcome to this simple little idea. I
too cannot bear to throw away saved up recyclables.
BIRD FEEDER
Hi! My best suggestion is to make a bird feeder with them with these
directions:
1. Punch two holes at one end of the tube. The holes should be across from
one another.
2. Spread peanut butter on the tube.
3. Roll in bird seed. It should stick to the peanut butter.
4. Use yarn, string, etc. to thread through the holes, and hang on a tree
branch. Also good for a young child to use as carrying home.
This can get a little messy with the bird seed, so put down a lot of
newspapers. It's been awhile since I did this craft; I'm thinking that the
bird seed was on wax paper and was easier to roll, but maybe any paper would
do. Good to experiment first.
AFRICAN SPEAR
Great minds... I was just about to post a city-wide plea for paper towel
tubes for a craft I found to go with the book _Shaka, King of the Zulus_ by
Diane Stanely. His fate to become king is evidenced by killing a leopard
while guarding sheep--when he is quite young and with a spear.
In many countries in Africa people still use the spea for hunting. It can be
thrown long distances to kill animals used for food. The African spear is
sometimes used durng ceremonies and festivals. This spear will look good
standing in a corner of your room or hanging on a wall.
Things you need:
paper towel cardboard tubes * colored paper * sicissors * string * strong
tape * markers * pencils * string or yarn
The spear:
1. Cut a triangle from paper for the spear's point 2. Cut to short slits
opposite each other in the end of a paper towel tube 3. Slipt the spear
point into the slits 4. Draw feathers on colored paper. Cut them out.
5. Make a hole at the top of each feather with a sharpened pencil (or paper
hole punch)
6. Tape paper towel tubes (3) together to form a long spear. Keep the tube
with the spear point at the top
7. Tie the feathers to the spear with string
Taken from _Cups & Cans & Paper Plate Fans: Craft Projects fro Recycled
Materials_ by Fiarotta & Fiarotta Sterling Press, 1992
NOTE: There is a whole section on "Tubes"
KACHINA DOLLS
One of the children's staff here made Kachina dolls, Native American dolls,
with the toilet paper tubes. They are quite colorful and fun for kids to
make. If you want more info let me know and I'll ask Karen Hoel to send you
the pattern or instructions. She combined the craft program with stories
about the people and the dolls.
PALM TREES
One we used to do was palm trees. You can color or paint the tubes, or
leave them as is, then cut out "palm leaves" from green construction
paper,
fold a tab at the base of each leaf, and glue them into the top of the tube.
BOOKS TO TRY FOR MORE IDEAS
_Cups & Cans & Paper Plate Fans: Craft Projects fro Recycled Materials_
by
Fiarotta & Fiarotta Sterling Press, 1992
NOTE: There is a whole section on "Tubes"
Try the book Year Round crafts for kids by Barbara Dondiego. It has tons of
ideas for tubes as well as other recycled crafts. You could always make a
pen/pencil holder for your manager!
I use paper tubes all the time for crafts. Most of my ideas come from a
book called "paper tube zoo" which has easy directions for making
various
animals out of paper tubes. The book is published by the Evan-Moor corp.
Sorry, I don't have the ISBN.
EVEN MORE IDEAS TO TRY
I have also seen people make rain sticks with the paper towel tubes. Have
you done this? I haven't but would like to. Or how about attaching a stick
to a puppet, a fancy one or simple cut out of paper and make a pop-up
puppet. Or turn the tubes themselves into puppets. Use as ends, add a long
length of paper in between them and make scrolls to teach kids about books
of long ago. Color them brightly and hang them from the ceiling, vertical or
horizontal.
I have used those lovely tubes to keep little books from slipping way back
on their shelves. We have a special section of "little" books and
another
of board books. The paper towel tubes can easily be cut to fit between the
uprights on my shelves and the books stay closer to the front edge. -- It's
not a craft idea, but it can use up a bunch of tubes.
Easter bunnies are cute...cut ears out of the top, feet from the bottom and
add cotton ball and marker features. Also Santas elves with arms added, and
a half circle hat with cotton on top
Let me see, what have used them for.?
Towers for milk carton castles
binoculars
kaldescopes
telescopes
shape day
make circles with poster paint
swords during medievel studies
string several together and make a tail for a dinosaur or monster or...
As a kid I recall we'd play "swords" whenever there were enough
"boo-boo
sticks" for all three kids. They last maybe 5 minutes this way (one good
whack and they bend) but it was great fun and not painful. Perhaps you could
decorate them as swords (or flag holders or...) and have a target (maybe
balloons or an inflated character) and use several for one child.
I also have a pattern where you make puppy dogs out of toilet tissue tubes
(just cut paper towel tubes in half).
Torrie Hodgson, Children's Librarian, S.A., and everything else!
Burlington Public Library
900 East Fairhaven Ave
Burlington, WA 98233
Phone (360) 755-0760 Fax (360) 755-0717
burlpl@sos.net
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Fri Aug 8 22:24:45 1997
From: "Dawn M. Rutherford" <drutherf@students.uiuc.edu>
Subject: Magic the Gathering
Hi!
I've had somewhat limited access to email as of late, so I don't
know if I missed a discussion of this, but I am looking at having a Magic
the Gathering program for YAs at my library, and possibly following it up
with a designated time kids can come in and play in the auditorium (once
a month? twice? ???).
Have any of you done this before? Any advice or suggestions? I
am familiar enough with the game to feel comfortable running the
sessions, and have already decided to prohibit any wagering or selling of
cards within the library. I guess my greatest concern at this point is
being ready in case there are any parent complaints. Has this been the
case for anyone? Does anyone know of any library journal articles that
review this issue?
I know there are kids in the neighborhood who would be into this,
and getting them into the library is my first goal (we currently have
very low YA usage). What next? Book tie-ins? Related programming?
Thank you in advance for any responses! I certainly don't expect
answers to all my question...any brainstorming is helpful.
Dawn Rutherford
Carl B. Roden Branch
Chicago Public Library
drutherf@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Fri Aug 8 22:25:11 1997
From: "Alicia Ahlvers - Children's Librarian/CAS"
<MA_ALICIA@kcpl.lib.mo.us>
Subject: Stumper
I have a customer who is looking for a book. The plot of the book is that
a beggar comes to an old woman's door or window and asks for something to
eat. The woman makes him a cake but decides that it is to big so she
starts making smaller and smaller cakes. One line she does remember is
"The old woman rolled it and rolled it and patted it and patted it"
She
didn't remember how it ended but the moral was about being a miser.
If it sounds familiar please e-mail Alicia Ahlvers at
ma_alicia@kcpl.lib.mo.us?
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From owner-pubyac@nysernet.org Fri Aug 8 22:25:34 1997
From: rdukelow@colosys.net (Rosemary Dukelow)
Subject: Excellent YA programs
For a talk I am giving on Friday, August 15, I would like to hear from other
YA librarians on their favorite YA programs. What was the program and why
do you think it worked? For example, we just offered a murder mystery night
for Young Adults (similar to the host-a-murder game) that was a huge success.
Our cost was minimal but the organization required a lot of time. The kids
enjoyed it because they were both entertained (by some very funny
"suspects")
and challenged by the puzzle.
Are there any other favorites out there? If prefer to respond directly, my
address is ahowe@site.cwmars.org.
Thank you.
Alyson Howe
YA Librarian
Northborough Free Library
Northborough, MA
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