{"id":1022,"date":"2009-12-30T10:58:24","date_gmt":"2009-12-30T17:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/?p=1022"},"modified":"2009-12-31T12:29:23","modified_gmt":"2009-12-31T19:29:23","slug":"10-ways-to-make-2010-spectacular-for-your-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2009\/12\/10-ways-to-make-2010-spectacular-for-your-library\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Ways to Make 2010 Spectacular For Your Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>Happy New Year<\/span> to All!<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n2010 is upon us, and there is no better time to reenergize your library.\u00a0 Getting the new year off to a great start can be intimidating, but the Kids! @ your library toolkit can make that effort completely painless!\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nHere are 10 FREE ideas from our toolkit to get you started.\u00a0 More details for each activity can be found at the website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/ala\/mgrps\/divs\/alsc\/initiatives\/kidscampaign\/kidstoolkit.cfm\" target=\"_blank\"><span>http:\/\/www.ala.org\/ala\/mgrps\/divs\/alsc\/initiatives\/kidscampaign\/kidstoolkit.cfm<\/span><\/a><br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n1.\u00a0 Brighten up the library with beautiful artwork from award-winning artist, David Diaz.<br \/>\n2.\u00a0 Get your kids laughing with a <span>fun game<\/span> of <span>Mad Libs<\/span>.<br \/>\n3.\u00a0 Challenge your patrons to a <span>scavenger hunt<\/span>.<br \/>\n4.\u00a0 Get your kids singing along with <span>Bill Harley<\/span> and his catchy tune &#8220;@ Your Library&#8221;.<br \/>\n5.\u00a0 Host a coloring contest using artwork from Michael P. White.<br \/>\n6.\u00a0 Let those tweens be creative with a Brain Challenge.<br \/>\n7.\u00a0 Invite local celebrities to a Read-a-Thon<br \/>\n8.\u00a0 Try out reader&#8217;s theater with one of 3 scripts available in the toolkit.<br \/>\n9.\u00a0 Help your kids back into the learning groove with <span>word searches<\/span> and mazes.<br \/>\nAnd last, but not least,<br \/>\n10.\u00a0 Do the Library Rap.\u00a0 (You know you want to!)<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nBest wishes for the New Year!<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nBethany Lafferty<br \/>\nALSC Public Awareness Committee, member<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy New Year to All! \u00a0 2010 is upon us, and there is no better time to reenergize your library.\u00a0 Getting the new year off to a great start can be intimidating, but the Kids! @ your library toolkit can make that effort completely painless!\u00a0 \u00a0 Here are 10 FREE ideas from our toolkit to get you started.\u00a0 More details for each activity can be found at the website: http:\/\/www.ala.org\/ala\/mgrps\/divs\/alsc\/initiatives\/kidscampaign\/kidstoolkit.cfm \u00a0 1.\u00a0 Brighten up the library with beautiful artwork from award-winning artist, David Diaz. 2.\u00a0 Get your kids laughing with a fun game of Mad Libs. 3.\u00a0 Challenge your patrons to a scavenger hunt. 4.\u00a0 Get your kids singing along with Bill Harley and his catchy tune &#8220;@ Your Library&#8221;. 5.\u00a0 Host a coloring contest using artwork from Michael P. White. 6.\u00a0 Let those tweens be creative with a Brain Challenge. 7.\u00a0 Invite local celebrities to a Read-a-Thon 8.\u00a0 Try&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":87,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[83,11,10,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogger-bethany-lafferty","category-priority-group-i","category-committees","category-programming-ideas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1022","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/87"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1022\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}