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To: "PUBYAC: PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults and Children"
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Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2004 11:01 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 1334
Topics covered in this issue include: 1) Summer Interships/Austin Public Library by Jeanette Larson <larsonlibrary@yahoo.com> 2) Babysitting workshop by Christy Jones <xyjones3@yahoo.com> 3) Stumper -- campers on moon by E Heideman <enheideman@yahoo.com> 4) web addresses on space by "Patricia Chaput" <pchaput@tpl.toronto.on.ca> 5) NJ Garden State Children's Book Awards Announced by "Mary Riskind" <riskind@bccls.org> 6) Two of Three Stumpers Answered by "Mary Palmer" <Mary.Palmer@spl.org> 7) Those interested in Dewey results by "Victoria Jaksic" <vjaksic@kenosha.lib.wi.us> 8) stumper by "Sparta-WRLSWEB" <spartalibrary@wrlsweb.org> 9) Library policy on touching children by Linda Goff <lgoff@lakeline.lib.fl.us> 10) Puppet Show Help by Tracie Partridge <t_l_partridge@yahoo.com> 11) Censorship of the Written Word: Still Alive and Kickin': 2004 by "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org> 12) family game night by Carol Mitchell <mitcheca@oplin.org> 13) popular teen movies? by "Kapila Sankaran" <ksankaran@springfieldpubliclibrary.com> 14) hp 6? by Jennifer Baker <jbaker93711@yahoo.com> 15) cooking activities -- ideas, tips, suggestions, advice by "Kapila Sankaran" <ksankaran@springfieldpubliclibrary.com> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jeanette Larson <larsonlibrary@yahoo.com> To: larsonlibrary@yahoo.com Subject: Summer Interships/Austin Public Library MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 00:12:19 CST Please forward to students who might be interested. For the fourth year, Austin Public Library will be offering summer internships for library school students in our award-winning Wired for Youth Centers. Visit http://waller.ci.austin.tx.us/jobapp/jobs_detail.cfm?Requisition_ID=8630 for details and to apply online (I still recommend that a resume be sent in addition). Interns are paid 10% below the starting salary. Positions may also be filled by temporary staff (must have MLS and meet other qualifications)but they are a great opportunity for library school students. I'm happy to answer any questions. Deadline for applications is 1:00 p.m. Central Time on February 27. ===== Jeanette Larson Youth Services Manager Austin Public Library P.O. Box 2287 Austin, TX 78768-2287 512-974-7405 larsonlibrary@yahoo.com ------------------------------ From: Christy Jones <xyjones3@yahoo.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Babysitting workshop MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 03:09:07 CST Hi All, I was thinking of having a babysitting mini-workshop as part of my teen summer reading program. It would not be a Red Cross event and no one would be certified, but it might focus on age appropriate activities/books/game, etc baby-sitters could use with their charges. I might also include a viewing of the video Babysitting 101--just as an overview. Has anyone ever done anything like this before? Do you have any suggestions? Thanks, Christy ------------------------------ From: E Heideman <enheideman@yahoo.com> To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org Subject: Stumper -- campers on moon MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 04:14:26 CST Hi everyone, I'm posting this for a friend. She remembers a science fiction chapter book from about 15-20 years ago. The main characters live on the moon, and they don't know about humans. One girl is off on a survival/camping trip, and she is dropped off in the wilderness and has to find her way back to camp. Along the way she finds and rescues a downed astronaut from earth. If anyone knows the title, please let me know: enheideman@yahoo.com. Thanks, Liz Heideman ===== heidemane@library.phila.gov Falls of Schuylkill Branch The Free Library of Philadelphia ------------------------------ From: "Patricia Chaput" <pchaput@tpl.toronto.on.ca> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: web addresses on space Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 04:18:04 CST Hi everyone, I will be doing a Grade 5th class visit which includes Introduction to = the library and Researching using library material and electronic = resources.=20 The class is studying "Space", so I would like to know if anyone know any = great web sites about space that I can recommend to these 5th graders. Thanks a lot Patricia pchaput@tpl.toronto.on.ca=20 ------------------------------ From: "Mary Riskind" <riskind@bccls.org> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: NJ Garden State Children's Book Awards Announced Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 04:34:12 CST Greetings Fellow Pubyaccers: The Garden State Children's Book Award Committee of the New Jersey Library association proudly announces its winners for 2004. Easy Reader category: "It's Justin Time, Amber Brown," written by Paula Danziger and illustrated by Tony Ross; Easy Reader Series category: "Nate the Great: San Francisco Detective," written by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat and Mitchell Sharmat and illustrated by Martha Weston; Fiction category: "Captain Underpants and the Wrath of the Wicked Wedgie Woman," written and illustrated by Dav Pilkey; Non-fiction category: "The Dinosaurs of Waterhouse Hawkins," written by Barbara Kerley and illustrated by Brian Selznick. The Garden State Children's Book Award, in existence since 1977, is a children's choice award intended to recognize books for newly independent readers, grades 2-5. All titles are American imprints, published three years before consideration for the award. For more information about previous winners, the award, or the committee, go to the New Jersey Library Association website at www.njla.org/honorsawards . Mary Riskind -- Mary Riskind, Director Bergenfield Public Library 50 West Clinton Avenue Bergenfield, New Jersey 07621 (201) 387-4040, ext. 829 fax: (201) 387-9004 -- ------------------------------ From: "Mary Palmer" <Mary.Palmer@spl.org> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Two of Three Stumpers Answered Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 05:02:35 CST Two of Three Stumpers Answered THANKS to everyone who helped to answer these. 1. Chapter book about a large family that rescues a peach (or maybeorange) tree farm and makes it successful. 4-5th grade reading level. She didn't think it was All of a Kind Family story. ANSWER: The Queen's Own Grove by Patricia Beatty 2. A group of children move into an old farmhouse and find messages from other children in the walls. 4-5th grade reading level. We tried Helen Fuller Orton titles but didn't find one to fit this summary. ANSWER: None found. 3. A title of a book, "The Outsiders of Oskoken (sp?) Castle"-possibly YA or older J title ANSWER: The Outsiders of Uskoken Castle by Kurt Held ------------------------------ From: "Victoria Jaksic" <vjaksic@kenosha.lib.wi.us> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Those interested in Dewey results MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 21:45:16 CST About 50 people responded to my request for suggestions on what to use for a program to teach a group of home-schoolers the Dewey Decimal system. Several people wrote back saying they wanted to know what I found out. Several answers were repeats or very similar in style. Well, here is the list, and if I forgot to mention something somebody sent, I apologize now. Because the response was so overwhelming, there is the chance that some things are sitting in one of the many "piles" on my desk. Please forgive;) What I did: Acted out a skit: The Mess of the Mixed-up Books taken from a book in our J Ref collection. Contact me if you need title or I can fax you skit. Explained how libraries worked before Dewey-shelved by size, color, etc., how words "call-number" originated, explained Dewey decimal categories and how they are read and what a Cutter is, showed examples of Dewey numbers and had them tell me which would come first, second, last, explained what YA was, what a + in front of a book was, and how Bios are shelved. Played game: Gave every child a hand out with the 10 Dewey Categories on it and 10 sub-categories in each. Wrote titles on index cards and gave each table 4 cards. Gave students 5 minutes to go through cards and figure out which Dewey category the book would be shelved in. Not sub-category, but which "Big 100's" category. Library tour What others wrote: -Dewey Decimal game www.storylady.com/deweygame.html -A packet of Dewey lessons at http://mte.anacortes.k12.wa.us/library/dewey/dewles.htm -Library Sparks periodical December 2003 issue has Dewey incorporated into flying lesson -Let's Do Dewey at www.mtsu.edu/~vvesper/dewey.html -Demco catalog has many library-related curriculum books -Several people mentioned different versions of Dewey games, where they would write Dewey classifications on one side of paper and get books from the collection and have kids place books in correct category. Similar to my game. This is a very versatile idea and can be implemented in many ways. -Dewey bio at www.thrall.org/dewey/dewbio.htm -Dewey info at http://tqjunior.thinkquest.org/5002/ -take a bag of props and have kids grab a prop from a bag and tell where it would be shelved. Put goofy things in the bag. -bring out animal puppets and have audience try to put them in order by number -Dewey Rap (whoooo! What a song!) www.thirteen.org/edonline/lessons/library/b.html If the rap isn't on this page, I would be happy to fax it to you. The person who sent it to me either cut and pasted it or typed it out, and let me tell you, typing it would be painful. Contact me if you want a copy. -More Dewey info at http://mte.anacortes.k12.wa.us/library/dewey/deweystory.htm -Infamous story about Dewey and the Alien which can be found at http://library.thinkquest.org/5002/Alien/alien.htm Ok, I am stopping here. Hope this helps anyone interested. Special thanks to my friends in Missouri who faxed me a 10 page article. I can always count on Pubyac! Good Luck! Victoria Jaksic Children's Librarian Kenosha Public Library (262) 564-6152 ------------------------------ From: "Sparta-WRLSWEB" <spartalibrary@wrlsweb.org> To: "PUBYAC: PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults and Children" Subject: stumper MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 21:51:12 CST I have a 7th grade boy who is reading a horse series by Bryant. The main character is a girl. He brought it to school and guess what, the kids teased him. So now he is looking for a series about horses that has a boy as the main character. He wants it to be at the young adult level. Any ideas would be appreciated! Darla Sparta Free Library ------------------------------ From: Linda Goff <lgoff@lakeline.lib.fl.us> To: pubyac <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: Library policy on touching children MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 22:16:28 CST Dear Pubyacers, I would like to know your library's policy regarding how to deal with a child who is running wild or having a tantrum in the library. One of our children's librarians had an unaccompanied, misbehaving young boy in the children's room. He threw himself down on the floor and had a tantrum when she asked him to walk with her to find his parent. At this point, she picked the boy up to take along with her and the parent filed a complaint. The parent objected to the young boy being touched by a stranger. I am looking for any helpful information to give to my boss and the county's lawyer. Please email me personally at lgoff@lakeline.lib.fl.us Thank you in advance. Linda Goff Youth Services Coordinator Lake County Library System ------------------------------ From: Tracie Partridge <t_l_partridge@yahoo.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: Puppet Show Help Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 22:26:44 CST Hi, everyone. We are looking for new puppet shows to do at my library. We have done a lot of the classic fairytales, such as Cinderella, The Princess and the Pea, and Little Red Riding Hood as well as just classic children's literature, such as Where the Wild Things Are. Do you have any suggestions? We are looking for ones that can be done by one or at the max two people and do not require tons of preparation or props. Please send your responses to t_l_partridge@yahoo.com. I will gladly compile the answers and post them to the listserv if there is interest. Thanks, again. I really appreciate your assistance. - Tracie Partridge Tracie Partridge Children's Center Section Manager Central Library Wichita, KS v: (316) 261-8500 e-mail: t_l_partridge@yahoo.com ------------------------------ From: "Don Wood" <dwood@ala.org> To: <publib@sunsite.berkeley.edu> Subject: Censorship of the Written Word: Still Alive and Kickin': 2004 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 22:27:00 CST 2004 Annual Conference Monday, June 28, 2004 1:30 p - 3:30 p Location to be announced Censorship of the Written Word: Still Alive and Kickin' Sponsored by the ALA Intellectual Freedom Committee, Association of American Publishers, and American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression Join us for this 2004 Annual Conference program explaining how librarians and local grassroots movements can deal effectively with challenges! Robie Harris, author of It's Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing up, Sex, and Sexual Health and It's So Amazing! A Book About Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies, and Families, and Jerilynn Williams, director, Montgomery County Library System (Conroe, Texas) and recipient of the 2003 PEN/Newman's Own First Amendment Award for successfully defending Harris' books, will discuss the ever-present attempts to censor the written word. Questions will be solicited from the audience following their presentations. ------------------------------ From: Carol Mitchell <mitcheca@oplin.org> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: family game night Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 22:41:04 CST Has anyone had a family game night at their library? We are interested in hearing ideas on how to organize the evening. We have an evening planned for later this month and would like to hear from anyone who has experience with a program like this. We are inviting all ages to our game night. TIA, Carol L. Mitchell, Youth Services Librarian Champaign County Library 1060 Scioto St. Urbana, OH 43078 ------------------------------ From: "Kapila Sankaran" <ksankaran@springfieldpubliclibrary.com> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: popular teen movies? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 22:41:18 CST dear pubyac, this query is on behalf of the YA person at our library-- could you suggest popular or best loved teen movies, for younger teens/pre-teens -- grades 6-9? any suggestions you can give that might go along with the 2004 summer reading theme in NJ and other states "discover new trails" or its YA counterpart "get lost in the library" would be extra super! i will certainly compile a list. thank you (from myself and YA staff Janet!) cheers, kapila Kapila Sankaran, Youth Services Librarian Springfield Free Public Library 66 Mountain Ave. Springfield NJ 07081 tel: 973.376.4930 x.232 fax: 973.376.1334 email: ksankaran@springfieldpubliclibrary.com ------------------------------ From: Jennifer Baker <jbaker93711@yahoo.com> To: pubyac@prairienet.org Subject: hp 6? MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 22:58:42 CST we've had several requests recently for the title of the next harry potter installment. we've checked amazon but it doesn't have anything. does anyone know if rowling has said what the next one will be called? please respond to jbaker93711@yahoo.com TIA, ~j. ===== ~jenniferbaker fresno co. public library "I may not be an explorer or an adventurer or a treasure seeker or a gun fighter Mr. O' Connell, but I am proud of what I am." "And what is that?" "I am a librarian!" ~ Evelyn, The Mummy ------------------------------ From: "Kapila Sankaran" <ksankaran@springfieldpubliclibrary.com> To: <pubyac@prairienet.org> Subject: cooking activities -- ideas, tips, suggestions, advice MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2004 23:09:16 CST Dear Pubyac, Here is the succulent compilation of responses I received from so many of you. Thank you for sharing your savoury ideas! A couple of people sent attachments, which I have not included here. If you would like to have access to the information in these, please let me know off-list and I will gladly send them to you. Stay well, Kapila == Hello! We did a great storytime recently about Bread! Several staffers brought in bread machines and baked a loaf, so that it was done just as storytime started. The whole library smelled great and we offered leftovers to our adult patrons. The kids liked the bread more than the usual little snacks! It was fun! -Marcia Schaffer == I've done a little bit, for example, "Stone Soup," in which I read the folk tale, then we assembled, not cooked, stone soup in a crock pot--using preheated canned broth, frozen mixed vegetables, frozen cooked chicken bits, pre-cooked noodles. I had washed the stone extremely well beforehand! During our "Circle the World with Books" SRC I remember I offered two weeks on each continent, with programs on their food, music, folk tales and crafts. We didn't actually cook the food, though. I didn't specifically address allergies because all the kids attended with an adult, so I trusted the parents to be aware and wary. Also, they knew ahead of time there would be food, so I considered them fore-warned, though they didn't know what the food was going to be.-Kathy Percoco == I've done cooking programs at two different libraries for children age 5 and up. The previous library had a small kitchen that was fully equipped with a refrigerator, worktable, stove (that didn't work very well) and sink. I did "Kids in the Kitchen" monthly, with 6-8 kids age 6-9 making things like ambrosia (no stove required), individual cherry cheesecakes, Chex mix, and cookies. At the Parsippany Library we have a small kitchen next to the story hour room, so we do cookies on occasion. Sometimes we bake oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, which are great because our oven is awful and they are impervious to temperature changes, overhandling, etc. If you want the recipe, I'll be glad to send it to you. More frequently we buy big cookies at the local Shop-Rite and decorate them with frosting and things like candy and sprinkles. The kids love this and you can handle a lot more kids than if you need to use the oven. One summer the region did a food theme and we had weekly cooking classes for kids age 5 or 6 (don't remember now) to about 9 and for 9 to 14. We did food from a different culture each week. That also was the summer the library had a cafe and we found out after all the pr was out that we wouldn't have access to the sink in the story hour room kitchen. We had two choices: sink but no stove in the meeting room area, or stove but no sink in the story hour room. We opted for the sink but no stove, so did foods that didn't require cooking or that could be cooked in a microwave or an electric frying pan or wok. Again, it was very successful. -Paula Lefkowitz == Cooking with pre-schoolers, we usually make no bake oatmeal cookies with our storytime group. We have the hot stuff already cooked on top of the stove (or microwave will work). Then the kids add the dry ingredients, stir and scoop out their own cookies, wrap them up till they cool then eat at will! A summer reading program a 'Friend of the library' did for us involved having different fruit cut up and they made fruit salad. She did discuss cooking techniques, but this was a simple dish the kids could put in what they wanted. Both programs the youth enjoyed. I realize it's not like Home Ec. but it works for us. -Amy Blake == We've done a few food-based programs. We don't have kitchen facilities, but we do have a program room. We have a microwave and refridgerator handy and we bring in other items from home as needed. We just got some funding for a convection toaster oven, so we will probably expand into cookies this year. We've done the following with school age kids: Candy making for Harry Potter parties. We made microwave fudge and other melt, mold and refridgerate candies, dunked gummy frogs in chocolate, etc. Pancakes. The kids mixed up the batter and the librarian cooked them on electric griddles. Ice cream. We either make the custard at home and bring it in, or use an eggless recipe. We've brought in the ice cream makers from home in the past, but we've recently acquired one just for the library. With preschoolers we've done the following: Apple sampler. We used one of those peeler/corer devices to prepare a number of different kinds of apples to taste and compare. Pumpkin seeds. We emptied out some pumpkins and roasted the seeds in the toaster oven. The kids did the pumpkins. Mini-pizzas. The kids constructed the english muffin pizzas, we put them in the toaster ovens. (Multiple ovens are key.) With our teen group we also had a chocolate fondue party. They did all the chopping and dipping. They really loved it. We used an electric fondue pot. We're pretty clear before we start about health and safety rules. Luckily, we have a sink in the room. Everyone must wash hands thoroughly and in the cases where group food is touched, kids must wear food service gloves (non-latex). Approaching a heating element is verboten. As a general rule, we avoid recipes that call for peanuts. We always canvas the group for allergies before we start and emphasize that they must have a parent's permission to eat. Thus far we haven't had any problems. Also, we are very careful never to set a knife down where a child can reach. They can be very fun, as long as the group size is controlled (we've never done one with more than 25 kids) and the rules are clearly spelled out before you start. Also, all food programs with preschoolers are done with a parent or caregiver present. The younger the child, the more you'll need to premeasure and mix. If you don't have a sink in your room you'll definitely need to set up some sort of washing area. -Paula Anderson == Hi! I have done several years of "cooking" activities for summer reading or special events with these ages (not this year - no $). I do a Lunch Bunch program where the kids come to eat their sack lunches while I read to them for about 30 mins. They can count the time listening for their summer reading and parents know I am fixing a dessert type snack afterwards. I have access to a sink, stove, mini refrigerator and microwave (I use staff room one on a book cart). The schools here had an encephalitis outbreak one year that banned homemade treats so I made sure that summer I always wore plastic gloves after I washed my hands for cooking, which made it quite awkward for me to stir and mix. I would pick recipes for the programs that could be tied into the theme. I also tried to group the ingredients so I didn't have to buy a lot of things for just one recipe (i.e. one bottle of vanilla extract for the summer, bulk bags if I needed to use it for more than one recipe). I got monies from our Friends group to pay for ingredients. Group size was always limited to 25 since most recipes would make about 3 dozen (parents want the treats too!) and that way I didn't have too much left over (pages did take care of those). I usually changed the names of the recipes to go with the theme. Setup is cleaning out microwave and scrubbing one table from the meeting room to assemble on, then cover it with a tablecloth. Ingredients are set out on the table along with any bowls, measuring cups or spoons, and everything needed. I usually check everything I need the night before and set up about an hour before the program. Having the ingredients on the table in advance shows everyone is going to be in this and I always ask if anyone is allergic to anything on the table. I did have one child once say he was allergic to peanuts so he left before I even opened the jar of peanut butter. I got more vigilant after that with saying if you are allergic to anything on the table, DON'T EAT IT! Once the majority of kids are done eating, we all go to the cooking table. I make a big show of washing my hands as I talk about what we are going to make today. I have the recipe printed out for myself and have the kids tell me what I am adding. Rules are no elbows on the table (pulls the cloth off and things fall) and if you are coughing you must stand back, little ones up front, taller ones in back. As I open things, the little ones LOVE to take the empty bags and boxes to the trash can so they can say they cooked! I explain simple cooking rules as they apply to the recipe (heat chocolate 30 sec at a time in the microwave so it doesn't burn and show them how it can look solid, but really it has melted) I do NOT let them do anything with hot ingredients. Once we are done, they get in line and have their share put on paper towels or plates. There are no seconds till everyone has had firsts and older kids are expected to help little ones carry to their places to eat. I am always amazed that going over the recipes verbally they can recite back to me at the end what we made, what order the ingredients went in, and how much of each we used. I have had several parents come in to say they did the recipe later on from just what their child told them when they got home. My biggest hit ever was Pigeon Poop the year we did a building theme. It is a white chocolate based mess with pretzel sticks, mini chips, rice cereal, peanuts, and looked like its name. The next year when I was talking Summer Reading in the schools, I swear every other classroom had kids asking if we were making that again and how good it was (I didn't try it - hate white chocolate!) so the awful names do stick in their minds. Cleanup is much easier with a tablecloth since it can be shaken outside. I use the cheap plastic ones and if it can't be easily washed off, I toss. Leftovers are taken to staff room and vanish. I will miss doing it this year, but with budget cuts I have no planning time and we are not doing any staff programming this year. Hope this helps. If you need more info, let me know and I could snail mail you copies of what I have done (if you have a theme in mind let me know that, I may have done a similar one already!) Enjoy! deborah cox decox@desmoineslibrary.com == We had a preschool group "cooking" at the library last summer as part of our "Hands On" program (a weekly program where kids tried something new each week). For the cooking program, the kids first made paper chef's hats (I think we found the pattern in one of the Hat Tricks books). We do not have a stove in the program room, so we had to limit it to things they could make without the stove. Some suggested recipes: Trail mix (Have large bowls of the ingredients on the table. Add measuring scoops, cups, and spoons. Let the kids measure and mix their own bag of trail mix according to whatever recipe you create. Fruit salad--Yummy, yummy (Sorry about that, I had a Wiggles moment there :) ) Kis can cut up fruit (with supervision, of course) and add a little fruit juice --maybe even flaked coconut to make an ambrosia. A fondue pot or small crock pot can melt chocolate or almond bark. Kids can dip pretzels or fruit, especially if you turn the pot of a few minutes before so the dip is not hot enough to burn. (We did this with 2nd & 3rd graders one summer when we read The Chocolate Touch.) Kids can also dip plastic spoons into the chocolate and then let them dry to make great stirrers for hot chocolate or coffee. Wrap the dried stirrers in celephane, add a twirly ribbon, and you've got a neat gift for mom, dad, grandma, grandpa, etc. Fruit punch -- mix assorted fruit juices, Kool-aids, and other kids drinks to make a one-of-a-kind creation. A frozen ice ring with fruit makes a great finishing touch. After the kids created their masterpieces, they had a picnic. I sent home a list of all the recipes we had tried, and a bibliography of books that feature kids cooking. It was a lot of work, but it was one of the most popular programs we had all summer. Sharon Anderson Cape Girardeau Public Library Cape Girardeau, MO == I held a series of after school programs for grades 1-3 and 4-6 based on food. I hold these after school programs regularly at the library, and always have a theme. So when I wanted to do food as the theme I came up with "Read It and Eat It" for the younger kids, and "Gross Grub Club" for the older kids. I should also mention that I have held these twice each, at 2 different libraries, one with a meeting room and one without, but I never used the meeting room. We just did everything right there in the middle of everything. I have used precooked food, rolled in a microwave, cooked food in the lounge oven and brought it in, used the hot plate in the middle of the floor, food that didn't require any cooking...any way you can think of, I have done it. I have never had any accidents or problems. I will include my program plans so you can see exactly what I did. These programs were extremely successful. The kids and parents both loved them. I never had a problem with food allergies. If a child had an allergy they wouldn't come to the program with that food. They just checked to see what I had planned from week to week. Parents are very forgiving in that way. These programs certainly promoted a lot of books both fiction and non-fiction. That is always a good justificaton for using food! I used lots of picture books, cookbooks, and juvenile fiction in my programs and the kids would check them out afterward. I should also mention that I do serve food at nearly every program I do whether or not it is the theme. Even at story time, I always hand out cookies. We have a "Cookie Fund" jar that we keep at the circulation desk for contributions. We always get more than enough donations to pay for the cookies. To fund the after school programs I tend to use my general Children's budget which is generous enough to allow that. I hope I have answered a few questions for you, but if you have any more let me know! Also, I will be presenting some of my after school program ideas at ALA in Orlando next June. I'll be talking about this food program and will have lots of photos from it. It will be part of the "Program This" program sponsored by ALSC. Good luck! Jennifer Cunningham Wright Memorial Public Library 1776 Far Hills Ave Dayton, OH 45419 == just a precaution...anytime you are heating or cooking food you should probably check with your health department to make sure you aren't violating any codes. if you are just mixing room temp. ingredients you should be okay though. Jennifer Baker == Instant pudding is easy, ice-cream (in babyfood jars, butter (in babyfood jars), peanut butter (ask about allergies first!). That's it I'm outa ideas! Teresa LaMorte YS, HHH Community Library Dix Hills, NY == I've done microwave cookery with elementary kids. At that library the microwave was on a cart so I just wheeled it into the meeting room. We melted chocolate and dipped pretzels to start. We also made cupcakes using regular yellow cake mix and flat bottom ice cream cones. You stir the cake mix up as directed and then fill the ice cream cone about 2/3s full. Cook one at a time. Set the cone upright exactly in the center of the microwave oven. I can't remember off the top of my head just how long each one takes, but because microwaves can vary so much I would suggest experimenting ahead of time with the unit you will be using so that you know what to expect. There's little or no cooling time required and then the children frosted them using canned icing with craft sticks/tongue depressors. I also had various sprinkles and other toppings out for them to add. Someone needs to police the frosting table to make sure that the craft sticks are not licked clean and then stuck back in the container. Also have to watch that the sprinkles are not all over the first kid and the floor and furniture before anyone else has a chance. Lots of ways to keep that situation under control. I put together a brief handout of recipes the children could try at home with adult supervision, but that's many years and several jobs ago so I have no idea if I even have a copy any more. Enjoy, Stephanie Stephanie Robinson Borgman Juvenile Specialist Harris County Public Library Houston, Texas == We've done quite a bit of food programming, with some cooking involved. By that, I mean that it's not always necessary to cook for a food program. Mailbox magazine usually has a no-cook snack page in each issue, and these can be done as listed or elaborated on quite a bit. Having said that, we have also cooked in our food programs. We've used a toaster oven to make mini-pizzas, a microwave to make chocolate cookies, an electric skillet to make green eggs and ham as well as pancakes, and an oven to bake gingerbread cookies (and all of these have been very successful and fun programs--I would be happy to give you more information about them if you need it). For the most part, these programs involved the kids mixing up the materials and adults doing the actual baking/cooking. All of our programs take place in our library's large meeting room. But cooking programs work best when done with smaller groups. If you have a large group, it helps to divide them up into smaller groups and have adults available to help each group. As for allergy precautions, usually advertising the program as a food or cooking program will be enough to alert parents to ask questions. Having an instruction sheet with ingredients listed is a must--this way parents can see exactly what food items are being used. If you know that someone has a food allergy, having an alternative activity/food available for them is sometimes a possibility. Cooking programs can be a lot of fun, and the kids love them. Good luck, Tracey Jipson == Decorating precooked cookies/cupcakes is a lot of fun. Buffet style, with different toppings in containers. The kids can frost the cookies and then decorate. Graham cracker gingerbread houses are fun too. Use the smallest milk cartons as the base. Stick graham crackers to them with frosting, in the shape of a house. Then use frosting and candies to decorate. Lorie O'Donnell == I just did an ice cream program (seemed appropriate on a freezing day in January!). It was a HUGE hit with all ages. We made ice cream in ziploc freezer bags - shaking 5-10 minutes until done. You need two bags per person - a gallon size and a sandwich size. In the sandwich size bag put: 1 C. Half and Half, 1 T sugar, 1 t vanilla. Zip the small bag shut and place in the larger bag. Fill the larger bag 1/2 full with ice and add 6 T of Rock Salt (I found the rock salt in the spices section of a grocery store near the table salt). Zip the large back shut and SHAKE! Some notes: *there will be some bags that break - it's those shakers that go a bit wild flinging the bag everywhere - so do it outside or on floor that can be cleaned easily. *Make sure to buy the freezer type bags. They are a bit stronger than the regular ones, so don't break as easily. *I only had sprinkles available as a topping, but you could go all out and include, fruit, nuts, etc. *each bag made enough for two kids to enjoy, so I had them shaking in pairs. Some just slid their bags back and forth on the floor and the ice cream still firmed up! Enjoy! *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Cassie Veselovsky Youth Services Librarian Capital Area District Library Lansing, Michigan == You can try making "ants on a log" The log is a celery stalk filled with peanut butter (if allergies are not a problem) or cream cheese. Dot the top of the log with raisins (the ants). You can make "Apple Smiles" Cut a nice red skinned apple in 1/8ths--remove the core, of course. Smear one of the white sides of a slice with a generous amount of peanut butter. stand a few mini-marshmallows up in the peanutbutter like teeth. Take a 2nd slice of apple and apply peanut butter on one of the white sides and place it on top of the "lower lip" and tah-dah!! you have an apple smile!! I once made an entire cookie sheet full of these for a treat for my son's kindergarten class and it really is rather disconcerting. You almost expect them to start "clacking" at you like a bunch of novelty wind-up false teeth! Warning re: making graham cracker houses using small milk cartons as a base--I tried it once and could not for the life of me get the crackers to stick to the containers. I would strongly urge you to try out ALL recipes ahead of time so you can identify any pitfalls the kids might run into. I once said I would help my son's class turn candy canes into Rudolph the red nosed reindeer. Simple, right?? glue on 2 googley eyes, a small red pompon for a nose and twist a brown pipecleaner around the cane for antlers. HA!! Certain glues will not stick a pompon to the clear plastic wrapping used on the candy cane.--not even if you sit there like a dumby pressing it to the tip of the cane! Try children's cookbooks that have recipes that don't need any or minimal cooking. For a cooking program w/kis I would say the KISS axiom should be followed --Keep It Simple, Stupid. Good Luck. You will have fun!!! S2 Sue Steiger Wayne County Regional Library for the Blind 30555 Michigan Avenue Westland, MI. 48186 == I had a lot of fun with a group decorating pieces of bread. We spread the bread with either marshmallow fluff or peanut butter. Then you offer different items such as raisins, bananas, grapes, etc. to "draw" a picture on the bread. You can also make a rabbit using different foods. Use a bed of lettuce in a bowl. Canned pear half -- rabbit's face American cheese -- ears Raisins -- eyes Maraschino Cherry -- nose Toothpicks -- whiskers I tried to get around allergies by offering many different foods (suck as the marshmallow fluff vs. peanut butter on the bread). When I did this, it was a registered program, so we asked people to share any food allergy information with us when they signed up. Have fun! Julie Dietzel-Glair Frederick County Public Libraries == ===================================== Kapila Sankaran, Youth Services Librarian Springfield Free Public Library 66 Mountain Ave. Springfield NJ 07081 tel: 973.376.4930 x.232 fax: 973.376.1334 email: ksankaran@springfieldpubliclibrary.com ===================================== ------------------------------ End of PUBYAC Digest 1334 *************************
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