The San Francisco Public Libraries and the San Mateo County Libraries held the seventh annual Tricycle Music Fest in October! Frances England, Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band, The Not-It’s!, and Aaron Nigel Smith played sixteen concerts at libraries and parks throughout the San Francisco Bay Area.
I had the opportunity to coordinate all of the concerts at the San Mateo County Libraries this year. Kahla Gubanich already wrote a wonderful blog post about planning a children’s concert at the library, which includes all of the most important details about putting together a large scale concert program. However, I wanted to share the work our amazing Youth Services staff did at our recent concerts.
Each location put together Family Engagement activities for patrons to participate in before, during or after the concerts. Check out some of the exciting activities our staff facilitated:
- Play
- Blocks
- Waterbeads
- Bubbles
- Imagination Playground
- Legos & Megablox
- Playdough
- Water Tables
- Arts and Crafts
- Chalk Masterpieces
- Animal Crafts, followed by a Pet Adoption Fair
If you’re planning to host a family concert at your library, consider adding on one of the above activities for even more fun!
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Stephanie Saba is the Senior Librarian at the Brisbane Library in California and is writing this post for the Early Childhood Programs and Services Committee.