Programs for Children's Services

This is for my Professional Toolkit assignment for my Public Library class.

Programs

ALA. (n.d.). Early literacy & libraries. Retrieved from http://www.ala.org/advocacy/literacy/earlyliteracy

This page lists four programs dedicated to teaching children to read early in life.  Some of the programs focus on the parents and some on the children.  I can use this page in the future when I am wanting to create a program that improves early literacy.

Department of Education. (n.d.). Archived information: library services. Retrieved from http://www2.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Library/Services.html

This page gives some basic ideas for children’s programs in the library.  The information on the page is focused on telling parents how libraries can help their children.  I can use this page because it can give me ideas of programs to create in the future and tells me what parents expect from the library. 

Department of Education. (n.d.). Beyond books: library services for children. Retrieved from http://www.readingrockets.org/article/130/

This source is useful for creating library services for children.  It discusses different types of programs and materials for various age groups and covers an array of reading topics, such as early literacy.  This site will be beneficial when I need to plan programs that will interest children of different ages.

Goldstein, R. (2011, April 03). Kids crafts program continues at Pikesville Branch Library. Pikesville Patch. Retrieved from http://pikesville.patch.com/articles/kids-crafts-program-continues-at-pikesville-branch-library

This is another source that can help me create programs for children in the future.  The idea of having a craft project kit in a box for advanced preparation for children’s crafts is a great one.  This method provides librarians with the ability to stay organized and prepared for short notice programs.

Krause, D. (n.d.). Library programs for kids. Retrieved from http://pinterest.com/dawnkrause/library-programs-for-kids/

This is a great Pinterest page of ideas for library programs for children.  The difficulty of the projects varies and some are definitely for older kids or teens.  I will use this page in the future to create programs for children of various ages.

"Programs for school-aged kids", American Library Association, August 30, 2012.

http://www.ala.org/alsc/kickstart (Accessed February 23, 2013)

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This tool is a wonderful source of ideas for programs for children in the library.  It is even organized into topics based on the subject of the program.  In the future, this would help in scheduling programs for children, particularly for the ones in school since that is the group that the list is focused on.  The programs could be altered so that they would be appropriate for younger or older children.