{"id":14041,"date":"2016-09-16T13:21:02","date_gmt":"2016-09-16T17:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/?p=14041"},"modified":"2016-09-21T10:21:07","modified_gmt":"2016-09-21T14:21:07","slug":"alsc16-scarves-parachutes-cookie-monster-oh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/2016\/09\/alsc16-scarves-parachutes-cookie-monster-oh\/","title":{"rendered":"#alsc16: Scarves, Parachutes and Cookie Monster &#8211; Oh My!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The second day of #alsc16 Institute is well underway and providing much inspiration.\u00a0 As I sit and try to keep up with my note taking, discussion chat and twitter; my mind is spinning \u2013 in a wonderful way!<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-14043 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/FullSizeRender-9-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"fullsizerender-9\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/FullSizeRender-9-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/FullSizeRender-9-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/FullSizeRender-9-488x650.jpg 488w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The \u201cOh Baby! Unconventional Programming for your Youngest Patrons\u201d session, which just completed, was especially exciting.\u00a0 Kendra Jones and Brooke Newberry inspired the audience with their philosophy of focusing infant and baby programming around play, I could not jot down ideas fast enough.\u00a0 Ideas started with the traditional variety of props (scarves, shakers, parachute) to the unconventional activity of using fingerpaint on windows, blow up baby pools and bubble wrap walls.\u00a0 Who else but Children\u2019s Librarians would even consider allowing a group of toddlers loose in a room with shredded paper?<\/p>\n<p>I can\u2019t wait to transfer some of these ideas to my own community and watch the joy of children and their caregivers as they play and develop skills for the future.\u00a0 Watch out children, you\u00a0may see a Cookie Monster make an appearance in the Children\u2019s Department very soon!!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14042\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14042\" style=\"width: 222px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14042 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Screen-Shot-2016-09-16-at-11.47.12-AM.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2016-09-16-at-11-47-12-am\" width=\"222\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Screen-Shot-2016-09-16-at-11.47.12-AM.png 222w, https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Screen-Shot-2016-09-16-at-11.47.12-AM-164x300.png 164w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14042\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Credit: Oh Baby! Unconventional Programming for your Youngest Patrons presentation #alsc16<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The second day of #alsc16 Institute is well underway and providing much inspiration.\u00a0 As I sit and try to keep up with my note taking, discussion chat and twitter; my mind is spinning \u2013 in a wonderful way!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":270,"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":[134,151,38,980],"tags":[878,200],"class_list":["post-14041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-guest-blogger","category-live-blogging","category-programming-ideas","category-virtual-institute-2016","tag-alsc16","tag-programming-ideas-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14041","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\/270"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14041\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alsc.ala.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}