tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21715632630098679612024-03-18T22:21:00.583-07:00library makersHands-on learning for all ages!Library Makershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07305299692876020824noreply@blogger.comBlogger350125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171563263009867961.post-81172103501454246052023-01-18T13:45:00.001-08:002023-01-18T13:45:00.180-08:00Observing play as a form of meditation<p> Sometimes watching children play is pure joy. Seeing them make their own discoveries, noticing an a-ha moment, those times when they surprise you with their innovative ideas are some of the main reasons I feel so passionately about protecting the rights of children to experience True Play.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyDZd4q0DpHuwNLu-sHqXZTTgScyk2ScUgvYp60468a74yBuN_VwiP1xX3fI3OtZ7i5L3mJCUWM7Q52uJcfTw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><p>Other times though.... it can be a real challenge. It can get messy, both physically and emotionally. It can be excruciating to sit back and let your child be frustrated with something even if you know they'll eventually figure it out. Sometimes their play vaults us right back to our own childhood experiences and our memories can make mountains out of molehills. Or... maybe you just don't want to have to deal with a paint-covered toddler mess.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dySlsd0WUdiyE3W7Vl0NQHpKDuigNm3H1wN-CjoSfZScFQSba97leEFB_zm-q8nxLQCOODJ2TdEoE-x9zOhgw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><p>Or perhaps you hear a voice of obligation telling you that you should be interacting with your child more? Asking them what they're doing or telling them how to do that thing the right way?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzVWyowroHZA_OZxNkWMF_PSngsEXugOT1uKJ8YKX3oOY3NVVVw_5bG8TPsYKJW9m-2AyIZBQ7-vnA51yINTg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>I have a challenge for you, dear reader. The next time that you're watching children play and you start to feel anxious or annoyed, pause to ask yourself these questions:</p><p>1. Is my child truly in danger? (if yes, PLEASE STEP IN and make sure they're safe!)</p><p>2. If my child is not actually in any danger, what emotions am I feeling? </p><p>3. If I'm worried, what am I worried will happen? If I'm annoyed, why is their behavior annoying to me? What is at the root of my emotional response to their play?<br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I also challenge you to think of watching play as a meditation. Focus on it so deeply that you're no longer running through your mental checklist of to-do's for the day. Lose yourself in curiosity about what your child will do next. Blend into the background and simply observe. </p><p><br /></p><p>I personally find that taking pictures and videos of the play while it's happening (with as little interruption of the play as possible) is a great way to keep me present in the moment. If I'm tangled up in my own emotions, I know I can go back and watch the video later so that I can enjoy the play after I've worked through my own feelings about it.<br /></p>Library Makershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07305299692876020824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171563263009867961.post-25066977814720295762023-01-04T10:23:00.002-08:002023-01-04T10:25:31.924-08:00True Play gives us all new eyes<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXns0W8ruVeEXQGR6aVxkht4ML1kX-C2-B4gL-BCDphwkP8C6pCKxw8taR1dUtd6i0e350KIheAReOU4WRmmARgLRchkkp1yb2GDCOtUIN0Ma2OrpSqxdKVWqDZeWNUAp9EHW-QvoUNA6FQvxwCZpMEaZbHmVpkO7VlYaHoksy4pPzy_qVxLVGRHxc/s4032/68719714235__D3116AB8-B094-4BD0-BA84-4A146E203F02.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXns0W8ruVeEXQGR6aVxkht4ML1kX-C2-B4gL-BCDphwkP8C6pCKxw8taR1dUtd6i0e350KIheAReOU4WRmmARgLRchkkp1yb2GDCOtUIN0Ma2OrpSqxdKVWqDZeWNUAp9EHW-QvoUNA6FQvxwCZpMEaZbHmVpkO7VlYaHoksy4pPzy_qVxLVGRHxc/s320/68719714235__D3116AB8-B094-4BD0-BA84-4A146E203F02.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>In 2022, I started a new program at my library that I called the Tiny True Play Studio. All of my play programs in the past have focused mainly on the physical, whole-body types of play and this one I wanted to focus more on the sort of play that happens in "art spaces." Each week, I'd bring out paper, markers, stickers, fancy scissors and hole punches, paint and retired COVID sneeze guards (which make excellent easels and painting surfaces, btw) and then step back to see what the kids would do with those materials.<p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifcdQgSKK4xwQydm4VX3bNAx0uSugFWYQG0lpBUTU9-YmzWKs0gsvqH6CIkgnkT56Qa1emv6gaYmIny2_26gAgeT-Xup__hggvD0PMsX3jYNXJ8T9CcIogeVFGQx7TFoOXXBoQVjRYMtByVZX7BeMXD5w4-moGPR68ecHVmkbR6Z-ouy_KZ0VisHWf/s4032/IMG_8873.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifcdQgSKK4xwQydm4VX3bNAx0uSugFWYQG0lpBUTU9-YmzWKs0gsvqH6CIkgnkT56Qa1emv6gaYmIny2_26gAgeT-Xup__hggvD0PMsX3jYNXJ8T9CcIogeVFGQx7TFoOXXBoQVjRYMtByVZX7BeMXD5w4-moGPR68ecHVmkbR6Z-ouy_KZ0VisHWf/s320/IMG_8873.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Most adults, when they walked up and saw the program, or when I tried to describe it to them would say to their child, "Oh! An art program! Do you want to draw something, honey?" but I quickly discovered that this program was so much more than a kids' art program. Although some adults had difficulty resisting the fully understandable urge to instruct their kid to paint or to draw or to make SOMETHING with these art supplies, those who were able to step back were rewarded with some of the most interesting and innovative play I've seen.</p><p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dwlcrdtulhhpj07FSyBJbvDSu6eXRNuNouo_S2lMqBuGMtH4SYUmX26Cd9xngdR-2_yBG9pVV7YIZyRAQspcA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe> </p><p></p><p style="text-align: center;">I observed invented games with acorns, hole punches and paper</p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzMiriKz2eaVoFM-wyE1yO04R8IAsUuBEYXRB8jMzNmc151rRZBSUDNl2A-VrhpQXfbmx7dcR7wcbLpqXr_yw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dw4Ulbxi-YxK27mzLIW5Y1gb03nEe6vx4K1JT2C0w99Yp19aGmwTdt9G1gi8ylPQ0G8Fqisu2k2wCLWdAVC2Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> the wind became an entertaining play material</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfuFVNibzUQb51pVn98ODvRfN8ZXT3cm03mrfCfavSJTGgk7Um9eTn4lhD-CGyPkvSTvU-J-k8PZywcy_TV0WHEcqINTcoHywbuZkvpHmHfFLFpH5Gn7DCNKFnT3X5KJ4hdUeJHZN5AM1nFPU0ybeAlZzdrrFwbP1qbQbArePvy8WHqg32rTUi7Tzp/s4032/IMG_8620.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfuFVNibzUQb51pVn98ODvRfN8ZXT3cm03mrfCfavSJTGgk7Um9eTn4lhD-CGyPkvSTvU-J-k8PZywcy_TV0WHEcqINTcoHywbuZkvpHmHfFLFpH5Gn7DCNKFnT3X5KJ4hdUeJHZN5AM1nFPU0ybeAlZzdrrFwbP1qbQbArePvy8WHqg32rTUi7Tzp/s320/IMG_8620.HEIC" width="320" /> </a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyb9TuyVDZ8wIdnn3s2QOVND-s41rMNJD0OKYsy9D4Sw0MOx2RMyEn8O6om4KkmuC5hVayeDqAmqTc2K6_Knw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div><br /> </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Scissors became tools to pick up leaves to create a pile to jump in with friends.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitZ3YjMtXu7mYOd8zHB8PVCc1hYv9bbJTUSGEYVLTcN-hUNJQL8cw2w0WRToPpFadXKG2Q8XdBwNwiW_M8X5eovgaIno8nYwexvdObU5DSJonJKerchkzECM7hknqGER8sQos1H2AGGWZ0GhljZLd5PpixWeemBJk2S4SFr4ES4tY0RyiG5ULuXNey/s4032/IMG_9010.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitZ3YjMtXu7mYOd8zHB8PVCc1hYv9bbJTUSGEYVLTcN-hUNJQL8cw2w0WRToPpFadXKG2Q8XdBwNwiW_M8X5eovgaIno8nYwexvdObU5DSJonJKerchkzECM7hknqGER8sQos1H2AGGWZ0GhljZLd5PpixWeemBJk2S4SFr4ES4tY0RyiG5ULuXNey/s320/IMG_9010.HEIC" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Markers and caps themselves became objects with which to create a collage/sculpture....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And more!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The wonderful thing about this realization is that (1) you likely already have these materials or similar materials on hand. Play doesn't have to be about purchasing particular materials. (2) You might even already be doing programs that use "art materials" and all it takes is for you to step back and give the caregivers in the program encouragement to allow their kids to explore the materials however they want. Even if (maybe especially if) it means that you don't have yet another "thing" to take home at the end of the program to stick on your refrigerator. You're welcome.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjamdDRyVKtG7Kb8QTp34cRe7t15pKpe8bLsISDMt71cCgs7mnZsn-_KlKgKF8eJAPjVsGXx8QLI7Oe52vcLPMq-5em8V2oR827CSB8urbsqsUC3C5SlJ4enJWGGzznUo0ZxXw_UKLf2EvyyuqcjL6ILL1JSf_WkmouqaApSoYroHLegVe_oHtk3cOO/s4032/IMG_8891.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjamdDRyVKtG7Kb8QTp34cRe7t15pKpe8bLsISDMt71cCgs7mnZsn-_KlKgKF8eJAPjVsGXx8QLI7Oe52vcLPMq-5em8V2oR827CSB8urbsqsUC3C5SlJ4enJWGGzznUo0ZxXw_UKLf2EvyyuqcjL6ILL1JSf_WkmouqaApSoYroHLegVe_oHtk3cOO/s320/IMG_8891.HEIC" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><p></p><br /><br /><br />Library Makershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07305299692876020824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171563263009867961.post-17319015884283497312021-03-06T07:24:00.004-08:002021-03-06T07:24:00.389-08:00Favorite Family Media during a year of the pandemic<p> </p><p></p><p></p><p><img alt="Image result for kipo and the age of wonderbeasts" class="n3VNCb" data-noaft="1" src="https://blackgirlnerds.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Screen-Shot-2020-06-18-at-11.27.57-AM.png" style="height: 332.684px; margin: 0px; width: 602px;" /> </p><p>It's been about a year since our family started staying home full time to stay healthy and stop the spread of COVID-19 the best way we know how. And in that year, we have consumed a LOT of media as a family -- TV shows, movies, podcasts, apps... I've talked a lot about apps elsewhere, but I don't think I've ever given TV show recommendations and I've only done a few podcast reviews, but those are TOTALLY media and as a librarian, media is my jam, so why not extend recommendations for those as well? In that spirit, here are my family's favorites from the past year (or so) in the order in which we discovered them:</p><p><b>TV Shows (all animated)<br /></b></p><p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6385540/" target="_blank">Hilda</a> -- based on a graphic novel series starring a blue haired girl tuned in to the supernatural creatures around her, this was a great adaptation for television. Some of the situations she encounters are genuinely creepy, so if you've got really young kids or kids who are prone to nightmares, pre-watch a few episodes in the middle to make sure your kid can handle them.</p><p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0417299/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0" target="_blank">Avatar: the last Airbender</a> -- the longest series we watched and probably my kids' favorite, this tells the epic tale of three kids (2 siblings and one friend) trying to save the realm. In this realm, there's a nation for each of the 4 elements -- air, water, earth, fire -- and when the story starts, the Fire Nation has con<span>quered pretty much the entire realm, but then the last Airbender (a person who can wield Air Magic) returns. This series has a lot of battle scenes and intense action (so again, consider pre-watching a few episodes to make sure your kids can handle it) but also a lot of humor and friendship and even some elements of light romance. This series also has some related graphic novels!<br /></span></p><p><span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10482560/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0" target="_blank">Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts</a> -- This one is my personal favorite. Eternally optimistic, pink-haired Kipo explores her post-apocalyptic world, populated by sentient animals. I love how in this show even the most evil antagonists have fully developed storylines that make them into sympathetic characters by the end and while not all of them may change their behaviors at the end of the story, they are all given a chance to do so. Plus, the illustrations are lush and imaginative and weird and delightful.</span></p><p><b><span>Podcasts</span></b></p><p><span><a href="https://www.imagineneighborhood.org/" target="_blank">The Imagine Neighborhood</a> -- I discovered this one after it won the Excellence in Early Learning Digital Media Award from ALA and my daughter and I both love it! While I normally wouldn't be excited to listen to a kids podcast about socio-emotional learning, these guys have spun together the PERFECT balance of silly characters, ridiculous storylines, music (not "kids" music--stuff you'd hear on the radio) and just enough talk about emotions that we keep wanting to come back and listen again. We laugh out loud together AND STILL when asked to tell her grandparents what the show was about, she talked about the emotion content, not Princess Donnasaurus or Macho Supreme (two of my favorite characters). </span></p><p><a href="https://pinna.fm/library/kids-shows/pinna-podcasts/discover-the-forest" target="_blank">Discover the Forest</a> -- My family had made big plans to travel to see some National Parks for Spring Break 2020 and although those plans were cancelled, we were able to enjoy "traveling" to some National Parks through this podcast. I love that this podcast stars a Latino family, complete with Spanish phrases sprinkled throughout and their family dynamic is so joyful (ahhh... something to aspire to when we're all getting on each other's last nerve here at my house). This podcast is only available through a <a href="https://pinna.fm/" target="_blank">Pinna</a> subscription.</p><p><a href="https://pinna.fm/library/kids-shows/pinna-podcasts/grimm-grimmer-grimmest">Grimm, Grimmer, Grimmest</a> -- Grimm Fairytales retold in podcast form by <a href="https://www.adamgidwitz.com/">Adam Gidwitz</a>, author of <a href="https://www.adamgidwitz.com/books/grimm-books/a-tale-dark-and-grimm/">A Tale Dark and Grimm</a> and other Grimm retellings. Adam knows his way around 3rd graders and doesn't shy away from the gross, weird elements of the original Grimm fairytales. The podcast is even better than the books because he breaks off to have conversational asides with a class of 3rd graders and get their feedback about the story (which is sometimes the funniest part of the episode). I also appreciate that he ranks each story as "Grimm" "Grimmer" or "Grimmest" so that listeners can choose which stories are best for them to hear and he suggests that if a story starts feeling too intense that they skip ahead 30 seconds until the story is less intense. These are GREAT self-regulatory suggestions for kids to try out! This podcast is most fully accessed through a Pinna subscription, but some episodes are also available for free on other podcast apps and websites -- search your favorite podcast source to see if you can access it there.<br /></p><p><br /></p>Library Makershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07305299692876020824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171563263009867961.post-55641522455369555592021-02-06T07:13:00.001-08:002021-02-06T07:13:19.545-08:00Top 5 Apps (and Podcasts!) video series<p style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xHgWWUobycg" width="320" youtube-src-id="xHgWWUobycg"></iframe></p><p><br />Throughout the pandemic, I've been creating <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZu1w8PjthC_ZvfkgDvH975S_u0biUa5j" target="_blank">a series of videos detailing my "Top 5" picks for kids' apps</a> (and one for podcasts!). I've been <a href="https://www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/kids/apps" target="_blank">reviewing apps for SO long on the library's website</a> that I thought it might be a little overwhelming to navigate even with the <a href="https://www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/kids/apps/appfinder" target="_blank">handy search tool</a> that allows you to narrow your search. Plus, there are some categories that are tricky to search for directly, so.... I created these little videos as shortcuts for families looking for my FAVORITE recommendations. Here's a list of the videos I've created so far in this series:</p><p><a href="shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHgWWUobycg&list=PLZu1w8PjthC_ZvfkgDvH975S_u0biUa5j&index=4" target="_blank">Top 5 Free Apps for Big Kids</a></p><p><a href="shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHgWWUobycg&list=PLZu1w8PjthC_ZvfkgDvH975S_u0biUa5j&index=4" target="_blank">Top 5 Free Apps for Little Kids </a><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHgWWUobycg&list=PLZu1w8PjthC_ZvfkgDvH975S_u0biUa5j&index=4" target="_blank">Top 5 Apps for Off-Screen Play</a></p><p><a href="shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHgWWUobycg&list=PLZu1w8PjthC_ZvfkgDvH975S_u0biUa5j&index=4" target="_blank">Top 5 Spanish Apps for Kids</a></p><p>(<a href="shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHgWWUobycg&list=PLZu1w8PjthC_ZvfkgDvH975S_u0biUa5j&index=4" target="_blank">also available IN (not-exactly perfect) Spanish here</a>) </p><p><a href="shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHgWWUobycg&list=PLZu1w8PjthC_ZvfkgDvH975S_u0biUa5j&index=4" target="_blank">Top 5 Video Apps for Kids </a>(better than YouTube)</p><p><a href="shttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHgWWUobycg&list=PLZu1w8PjthC_ZvfkgDvH975S_u0biUa5j&index=4" target="_blank">Top 5 Android Apps for Kids</a></p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJ5A2e2UVrY" target="_blank">Top Notch Podcasts for Kids and Families </a></p><p> </p><p><b>What other category of apps would you like to see a video about? </b></p><p>Top 5 Apps for multiple players to play simultaneously? </p><p>Top 5 subscription apps? </p><p>Top 5 educational apps (as if your kid isn't getting enough screen instruction right now...)?</p><p>Top 5 paid apps for big / little kids? </p><p>Top 5 Apps you've probably never heard of (but which you would love)? </p><p>These are all themes I've got lists built for already, but what category can you think of that I'm missing? Which of the themes above are YOU most curious about?<br /></p>Library Makershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07305299692876020824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171563263009867961.post-86749300099677226772020-06-23T13:58:00.003-07:002020-06-23T14:03:39.650-07:00More True Play during isolation: recognizing play<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We've been safer at home for about 3 months now, so I thought I'd share a few more examples of things that have happened when I let my kids take the lead.<br />
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A few days ago, my daughter was having a really tough day. She was whiny and restless and demanding screen time which I wasn't allowing that day since we'd had a lot the previous few days. Suddenly, in the midst of the moaning and groaning, she picked up our little pocket edition copy of Birds of Wisconsin -- a bird identification book that we've marked over the years whenever we spot a new variety of bird. My daughter went into the living room where we had colored pencils and a drawing pad on the coffee table, opened this book to the page with the cardinal and began to draw.<br />
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Within just a few minutes, she had created this drawing of a cardinal. I noticed the details in my head -- she got the color right (including orange for the beak and red for the body and the little strip of black between the beak and the body), she got the little peak on the top of the head (I'd watched her draw this, so I also know that she made the pencil marks go up into the peak, not across, making the texture even more like the feathers on the cardinal. I just realized that I forgot to ask her about that detail to see if it was intentional.)<br />
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Next, she drew this oriole. Again, the beak is white and the belly and underside of the tail are a bright contrast.<br />
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All of this drawing took probably less than 15 minutes and honestly, she went back to being whiny (but maybe slightly less so) afterwards, but it was such a bright spot in our day. If I had tried to hand her the bird book and asked her to draw some of the birds, this would NEVER have happened. I am curious to see if it will go anywhere further. We filled the bird feeders to see if maybe some of these birds would come to visit us.<br />
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A few days later, she saw me using my sewing machine to sew face masks for our family. She wanted to use the machine, so I said we'd try sewing together the next morning (our schedule didn't suit to do it right then). The next morning, she played first with the magnetic pin cushion. She noticed that the strip of metal also stuck to the magnet and interestingly, the pins could also magnetically stick to the strip of metal (even if neither were touching the magnet!). She told me her theory for why that was. Then, she arranged the pins so they would stand up like a tent: <br />
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I was tempted to brush past this pincushion play to get to the sewing parts, but I realized that this play with the pincushion had some great lessons about metals and magnetism, so I waited until she was done exploring those properties.<br />
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I started the sewing project with a vague idea that maybe she'd like to sew a face mask to, but instead she wanted to sew a dress for her doll. Although I gave a few pieces of instruction about how to use the sewing machine (and talked about how the fabric needed to be big enough to go all the way around her if she wanted to wear it like a shirt which I probably should have just let her figure out on her own), she pretty much made this shirt all by herself:<br />
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And then she had a great time, cutting small scraps of fabric and running them through the machine, figuring out how the backstitch button worked, learning when to stop and start and how to clip the threads afterwards. The only instruction I gave during that time was that with my machine you have to hold the loose ends of your thread for your first few stitches or it will get all balled up on the backside of your fabric and make a giant tangled mess, so I helped her learn how to make sure the threads were long enough and how to hold them. She also experimented (under my close supervision!) with the iron to learn how it works.<br />
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And yet, these are only the play elements that I've taken photos of. They're the types of play that excite me, but there are SO many other ways that my kids play that I don't photograph. Endless role-playing with dolls and stuffed animals and "and then YOU say..." types of instructions that flow easily from one kid to the other, sharing the lead in creating the stories. There's the play that happens in Minecraft, exploring and creating worlds, connected together despite being on two screens. There's even a type of play that centers around seeing what they can get away with before mom or dad notices. I'm trying to remember to recognize all of the different kinds of play and find value in all of it. Even the kinds that make an enormous mess or sound like fighting.<br />
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What sorts of play are happening at your house?Library Makershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07305299692876020824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171563263009867961.post-81086403587708757522020-05-09T08:32:00.002-07:002020-05-09T08:32:57.964-07:00True Play during quarantine? <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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What does True Play look like at home, during a quarantine? This is a question I've been asking myself a LOT recently. At the beginning of this new era, I found myself wishing that my children would be the kinds of kids that would quietly entertain themselves all day long with paper and crayons and be neat and tidy and maybe even take a nap every once in awhile. (note: I'm pretty sure these fictional children do not exist and if your children are like this, I don't want to hear about it.). Instead, my kids are loud, messy, argue a LOT and seemed to want to spend all of their time looking at a screen of one kind or another. They could be convinced to try a puzzle for 3 minutes or cajoled into building a fort for about 5 minutes but none of the wonderful <strike>activities</strike> distractions I came up with seemed to have any sticking power. </div>
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Then one morning, my son brought a cardboard box up from our increasingly large pile of boxes in the basement and asked if he could use it. I happily granted permission and he gathered a few other supplies and disappeared for awhile, then emerged with this:</div>
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It's a mask based on the Minecraft version of a Five Night's at Freddy's character named Springtrap. I'm not crazy about the whole FNAF thing and Springtrap is a really creepy looking character, but my kid spent a really long time on this project and he was so proud of it and I was deeply impressed by the level of detail he'd included. Those teeth! The little scrappy bits coming off of the ear! The fact that he'd made the mouth able to open and close! Wow!<br />
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A week or so later, my son again came to me and asked if he could use the hot glue gun. I had a moment of hesitation (hot glue burns are so familiar to me) but then I remembered all of the kids in Anji who use hot glue guns all the time and I took a deep breath and said, "sure! Let me dig out my old glue gun if I can find it...." Again, after an entire morning of both kids being deeply engaged in hot glue creations, this is what came out:<br />
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An improved mask design (now with a more 3D nose!) plus a new mask for his sister based on the FNAF character of Foxy:<br />
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The strap to keep Foxy's mask on was an interesting feat of engineering. I REALLY wanted to suggest elastic or punching holes in the mask and tying knots, but I kept my mouth closed because I could see the wheels turning in my son's head as he came up with idea on his own (an old shoelace in his room!), tried his idea (hot gluing the shoelace onto the mask), realized his first attempt wouldn't work (it was too small and popped off as soon as she tried to put it on) and adjusted his design (hot gluing another piece of shoelace onto the original shoelace to lengthen it) in a way that I was SURE wouldn't work ... but guess what? It DID work and he was thrilled to have solved it by himself and I was thrilled to discover a new solution to a problem that I'd thought only had one solution. These thrilling moments can only happen when we as adults have "eyes open, ears open, hands down, mouth closed, heart open."<br />
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And the little sister? oh boy. Nothing was safe from the hot glue gun. Everything within reach was glued together by the end of the morning. And only one hot glue burn on a fingertip and a lesson learned about how heat can transfer through metal when you're trying to put hot glue on something metal. And they'd burned through my entire stash of hot glue sticks.<br />
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Honestly, I was so excited about how engaged they'd been with the hot glue that I ordered a second hot glue gun (with a low-temp option) and two more packages of hot glue sticks. The day after new supplies arrived, my daughter created this sculpture below (I love how she's used the actual hot glue sticks AS structural pieces!).<br />
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My son kept asking me for some yellow fabric so that he could cover his mask, but I didn't have any, so when I finally had built up enough courage, I brought out the set of tempera paints (not just the watercolor pans) that I'd bought. This is challenging for me. As much as I love painting and seeing kids paint, I still have a sense of anxiety about kids "wasting" paint or making giant messes. So I set it up in a way to try to alleviate some of my own anxiousness (kids can pick up on adult anxiety and it makes the play much less fun) by covering the picnic table with some packing paper and asking the kids to change into "messy clothes." I gotta say that this palette pictured below still sort of stressed me out, but you know what? There was still plenty of paint left at the end of this project and it's all washable, so maybe we just need to bring it out more often so I can get over it? And, as one of my Anji Play friends pointed out, if they DO use up all of the paint or mix two whole jars together and it turns into a big muddy colored mess, those are all great life lessons to learn as well.<br />
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By the end of the day, this is how the mask (and my happy son) looked: <br />
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So... is the answer to how to do True Play at home -- go get hot glue and tempera paint? NO! The answer is to listen to your kids -- what are they interested in? What do they want to do? What materials or conditions or space do they need in order to do the things they want to do? Are you able to provide those? If not, ask your child to brainstorm with you about what you could use that you already have to reach the same end goal. Our children are not empty vessels waiting to be filled with information that we dump into them. Our children are sources of new ideas just waiting for the right conditions to blossom. How can we help to create those conditions? Sometimes with simple questions: "What would you like to do today? What do you need in order to do that?" And if your kids are like mine and their first response would something like be "Minecraft all day" you can either choose to embrace the creativity that Minecraft allows OR you can set a limit within your question like "What would you like to do today off-screen?" If your child has been getting a lot more screentime than usual (like mine have), the transition off the screens might be really difficult (mine threw a 45 minute rant yesterday), but maybe, just maybe, once you've given them a chance to work through that transition they'll be able to rediscover true play in whatever way works best for them.<br />
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How have you been playing lately? Have you been able to step back, pay attention with curiosity, keep your suggestions to yourself and have an open heart? I'd love to hear about the adventures in play that are happening at your house!Library Makershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07305299692876020824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171563263009867961.post-50331477243585299432020-05-06T14:37:00.002-07:002020-05-06T14:37:42.049-07:00Top 5 Apps video series!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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During quarantine, I'm guessing that a lot more parents are using apps with their kids, even if they hadn't used them before. In an effort to make the <a href="http://www.madpl.org/apps">App Picks page</a> even less daunting to navigate, I have been creating <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZu1w8PjthC_ZvfkgDvH975S_u0biUa5j">a series of videos in which I choose my Top 5 apps</a> for different categories. So far, I've got my Top 5 Totally Free Apps for Big Kids:<br />
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Coming Soon, my Top 5 Spanish Apps for Kids and some "Ask Carissa About Apps" videos with quick tech tips for caregivers.Library Makershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07305299692876020824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171563263009867961.post-77528483572435789922020-03-04T10:23:00.002-08:002020-03-04T10:23:45.198-08:00AnjiPlayDate Updates!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've really come to understand over the past few years the huge importance of telling the story of our library programs, not just to our library users, but also to internal stakeholders. For our AnjiPlayDate program in 2020, that looks like a monthly one-page "update" that I put together with photos and anecdotes from the past month and send to those folks that benefit from hearing these stories. We might also decide to share them on social media (once the hubbub around our newest library opening next week settles a bit!). In the meantime, here are updates about the Anji Play programming at the beginning of 2020. Enjoy!<br />
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<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hMaQZWeVtcBksWTujfVsEFv33O1w-ieM/view?usp=sharing">February 2020</a> Library Makershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07305299692876020824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171563263009867961.post-88430159256186886012020-01-14T07:29:00.002-08:002020-01-14T07:29:11.870-08:00Scary, Not ScaryDo the kids that you read to love scary stories? Hate them? I meant to create this blog post around Halloween last year, but I didn't get around to it until now and so I'm posting it now before I forget. <a href="https://tocaboca.com/magazine/why-scaring-is-good-to-explore/">Scary stories don't just have to be for Halloween</a>!<br />
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What not-so-scary books can you think of that would be good candidates for spookification? (<a href="https://the-toast.net/2014/02/12/runaway-bunny/"><i>Runaway Bunny</i></a>, I'm looking at you...)</div>
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<b>UPDATE: Pinna has shared a promo code with us! If you'd like to try out the Pinna subscription podcast app, use the code HOLIDAY to receive $5 off your first payment. (Not sure when this expires, so if you try it and it doesn't work, please leave a comment here and I'll take this little update off the post.) </b><br />
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It's time for another podcast round-up! My kids are ages 5 & 9 this year and enjoy listening to funny things and don't mind intense storytelling. If you've got kids with similar tastes, here are a few of my family's favorite listens from this year (in order from best for oldest listeners to youngest):<br />
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<a href="http://www.bestrobotever.com/six-minutes">Six Minutes:</a><br />
Each episode is only 6 minutes long and strung all together they tell an epic tale full of intrigue, adventure and suspense. Heads up: these do get a little intense at times (at least one character dies), and there are a lot of characters to keep track of, but in 6-minute doses it's not too bad. You'll definitely want to start at the beginning of the series with this one and there's over a year's worth of episodes to catch up on at this point, so it should last you awhile on your next road trip.<br />
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<a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/grimm-grimmer-grimmest/id1436651521?mt=2">Grimm, Grimmer, Grimmest:</a><br />
This podcast is based on the books of the same title by Adam Gidwitz. The podcasts may be even better than the books because he includes interjections from 3rd grade classes that he visits and they break up the weirdest, most intense parts of the tales. He also tells listeners at the beginning whether each tale is rated "Grimm" "Grimmer" or "Grimmest" and encourages them to choose for themselves what they're ready to listen to. Also, they're funny.<br />
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<a href="http://www.bestrobotever.com/pants-on-fire">Pants on Fire:</a><br />
A gameshow where one authentic expert and one person posing as an expert on the same subject try to convince a kid judge that they're both telling the truth and are the expert on the topic. An excellent introduction to learning how to decide whether someone is telling the truth or not (an important skill in this digital age especially!).<br />
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<a href="https://pinna.fm/library/kids-shows/pinna-podcasts/dont-break-the-rules">Don't Break the Rules:</a><br />
Another game show (exclusively available through the subscription app, Pinna) where four voice actors are assigned characters that they must develop a voice for (e.g. a lazy lollipop!) and then maintain throughout the rest of the show while competing in improvisational exercises. Truly hilarious fun, even for adults to listen to.<br />
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<a href="https://www.npr.org/podcasts/727663819/molly-of-denali">Molly of Denali:</a><br />
Based on the same world as the PBS show of the same name, this podcast follows the adventures of Molly, an Alaska Native. It includes snippets of the Gwich’in language and elements of her culture in light-hearted stories about her day-to-day life.<br />
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<a href="https://www.remysplace.org/">Remy's Place:</a><br />
Another Pinna original only available through their app, this one follows Remy, whose parents own a cafe called Remy's Place. It's a hopping establishment, but his gentle parents (and the staff of the cafe) always find time for a kind word or interaction with Remy. Fun side-note: his "aunt Norah" is Norah Jones.<br />
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Bonus: <a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/fleas">This Podcast Has Fleas</a><br />
I realized that I've never reviewed this podcast on the blog and wanted to remedy that situation. My daughter was OBSESSED with this podcast for a long time and unfortunately, this podcast has only 6 episodes (wah!!). It is quick-paced wit featuring a dog and a cat who each host their own podcast-within-a-podcast, perfect for listeners of all ages. I can vouch that the humor stands up through at least the first 5 or 6 repeat listens (by the 10th I had whole episodes memorized, I think). It features some fantastic voice actors including Emily Lynne, Jay Pharoah, Eugene Mirman and Alec Baldwin.<br />
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Be sure to check out my past podcast reviews <a href="http://librarymakers.blogspot.com/2016/12/special-report-podcasts-for-kids.html">here</a>, <a href="http://librarymakers.blogspot.com/2018/06/podcasts-for-families-unexplainable.html">here</a> and <a href="http://librarymakers.blogspot.com/2018/02/new-blog-interview-series-podcasts-for.html">here</a>.<br />
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You can see my review on the NBC15 newscast <a href="https://www.nbc15.com/video?vid=566256022">here</a>.Library Makershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07305299692876020824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171563263009867961.post-27077443988731880352019-08-22T20:29:00.001-07:002019-08-22T20:29:39.829-07:00Videos from 1st Annual True Play Conference now available online!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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If you wished you could attend the 1st Annual True Play Conference in Anji County this past May but just couldn't make it.... good news! The presentations are all now online and available for free!<br />
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<a href="https://www.anjiplay.org/trueplay2019">Follow this link to see the whole list.</a><br />
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My personal favorite presenters were:<br />
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<a href="https://youtu.be/EyYuwLtafPg">Ms Cheng </a>the founder of Anji Play<br />
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<a href="https://youtu.be/JFAnpUTuwOo">Cas Holman</a>, play materials designer<br />
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<a href="https://youtu.be/KjUG6o-vECk">Principal Sheng Yi</a> from Jiguan Kindergarten in Anji<br />
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<a href="https://youtu.be/xbiEmHl9lsk">Dr. Mariana Brussoni </a>who studies risk in play<br />
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<a href="https://youtu.be/mQcnDqXwTr4">Dr. Andreas Roepstorff </a>from Aarhus University discussing the paradox of studying/analyzing true play<br />
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I also really liked some of the points that <a href="https://youtu.be/mQcnDqXwTr4">Peter Mangione</a> made in his presentation.<br />
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And of course, <a href="https://youtu.be/QRjRGG9TNSI">here's a link to my presentation </a>in case you'd like to watch that. <br />
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We're hard at work creating the schedule for the 2020 True Play Conference! details soon!<br />
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Every
year we try new things at the Wild Rumpus (it's constantly changing
just like the schools in Anji!). Here are a few of the new things we're
trying out this year: <br />
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<b>1. Pre-series orientation for all staff and volunteers:</b><br />
This
one was a no-brainer. I can't believe it took us four years to
actually organize an orientation, but I guess in year's past there
weren't quiiiiiite this many people on the crew and mostly we were still
scrambling just to keep up. This year, we invited all volunteers to
attend one of two orientations were we gave a brief introduction to the
Anji Play approach, talked about how the Wild Rumpus structure is
different than the Anji Schools' structure, then talked through
roles/responsibilities and what they should expect to see and do at a
Wild Rumpus. We didn't do an official survey afterwards, but verbal
feedback was 100% positive and this will be part of our routine every
year from now on.<br />
Verdict: This one's a keeper!<br />
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<b>2. Post-Rumpus Huddle + Just Press Record app:</b><br />
Last
year, this happened spontaneously once or twice and it worked so nicely
we decided to make a quick post-Rumpus staff/volunteer reflection time
part of the schedule for every program. Holly discovered an app called
"Just Press Record" that not only records (by just pressing one button)
but also transcribes (albeit not always accurately) everything that's
said on the recording. And then all recordings created while signed in
to the same account will also show up on a website making it SUPER
SIMPLE to grab quotes for our weekly Rumpus Report (a winning innovation
from 2018). Bonus: there's also an Apple Watch version of the app!
Fancy apps aside, the conversations that happen at the end of the night
are my absolute favorite part. It's a chance for everyone to share and
reflect on what they've just observed while it's still fresh in their
mind. I hear SO many great stories that were simply lost in the past
because I'd never asked (good grief)! This clearly fits in with the Anji
Play model which incorporates reflection not just for the students but
also for the teachers and the principals and the administrators and up
and up and up...<br />
Verdict: definitely a keeper.<br />
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<b>3. Sprocket Printer:</b><br />
I've
been trying for years to figure out how we can display photos of kids
playing at the Wild Rumpus itself. I have no classroom walls to
showcase them on -- one of our parks doesn't even HAVE any walls! One of
the biggest hurdles has been remembering to print the photos when I get
back into the library and then remembering to take those printed photos
to the park the next time and figuring out how to display them. This
year, we are trying the Sprocket Printer by HP. It's a wireless photo
printer that makes little 2x3" sticky-backed photos and it's only about
the size of two cell phones stacked on top of each other. We are also
using the photos as an incentive to get people to try the GooseChase app
described below as we've promised to print a photo that they submit in
the app for them to keep as a souvenir. We've already had two
(admittedly RAINY) weeks of the Wild Rumpus and so far, I've printed
only one photo for a Wild Rumpus participant on it. Maybe next week,
I'll ask a volunteer to go in and choose a few demonstration photos to
print and post on our new sandwich board sign...<br />
Verdict: Jury's still out on this one.<br />
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<b>4. GooseChase App:</b><br />
One
of my goals is to try to get more parents taking pictures and videos of
their kids during Anji Play events. Our newest librarian lead, Jane
Kelly, discovered this fantastic app called GooseChase. It's a photo
scavenger hunt app and is free to download. We were able to create a
different scavenger hunt for each Wild Rumpus event this summer and
include prompts like, "Take a picture of your child doing something that
surprises you." or "What was your favorite kind of play as a child?
Write and tell us about it." I love the usability and the functions of
this app (enough that we actually paid for the EDU upgrade to test it
out) and I can see using it in lots of other library settings as well.
Unfortunately, so far we haven't been getting a lot of participation
yet.<br />
Verdict: Jury's still out.<br />
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<b>5. Portable battery packs:</b><br />
Another
innovation by Holly Storck-Post! With an iPad that stays on the trailer
for book circulation, an iPod touch that stays on the trailer for
volunteers to use to take photos during the program, the Sprocket
Printer, a mobile hotspot and a bluetooth speaker, there's a lot of
things that need to be charged at the parks. And not all of the parks
have power outlets. Enter the portable battery pack. Each of the lead
librarians gets a battery pack that they can charge up between programs
(I keep mine plugged in in my van) and then they can use that to
recharge any and all devices at the park on their night. The one we got
is small and light enough to fit easily in my apron pocket while I walk
around at the park, has two USB ports so I can charge multiple things
at once and it holds enough power to charge up all of those devices if
need be. Plus, Ms. Cheng uses a battery pack whenever she's recording kids, so it must be the right thing to do. :)<br />
Verdict: BRILLIANT. TOTALLY WORTH IT.<br />
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<b>6. "Ladder" bookshelf:</b><br />
We
like to incorporate circulating books at our Wild Rumpus events (of
course) and last year we were lucky enough to land MPL's Book Bike at
two out of three weekly events (one park was too far to bike), but this
year it didn't work out and so we were looking for something interesting
to display books on (we've learned from experience that just putting
them out on a table or a book cart does NOT garner much attention), but
also something that wouldn't take up much room on the trailer and
wouldn't be difficult to set up or take down. Enter this ladder-y
looking bookshelf from Displays2Go. I love that it has a ladder tie-in
and it meets all of our requirements. Even ducks like it.<br />
Verdict:
usability is great (though it is a bit fragile), it remains to be seen
whether we'll see much interest in book circulation.<br />
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<b>7. Plank wagon:</b><br />
The
incredible maintenance crew of MPL worked together to design a new,
sturdy plank storage and mobility vehicle for us. Last year's design
(my own design and construction) was tall, skinny and had to be strapped
to a tree or a pole for fear of it tipping over and smooshing someone.
This year, they retrofitted an affordable and sturdy garden wagon with
these modifications (see above).<br />
Verdict: SO much easier to roll
and way more stable! We had one bolt fall off and this many planks on
one wagon is VERY heavy and the kids are rather interested in riding
around on it, so we'll see how it fares over the course of the summer.<br />
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<b>8. DeWalt chests:</b><br />
I
bought two of these heavy duty black plastic storage "chests" to store
and transport blocks. I asked the maintenance crew to add two dividers
to each one and drill small airholes on the sides below the lip of the
lid so that no kids could get stuck in there for way too long. I love
that they have an extending handle like a suitcase and only one set of
wheels so that they are less tempting for kids to dump all the blocks
out and play bumper cars with them. They can totally handle the weight
of all these blocks too! Sadly, we found out recently that our trailer
is overweight (pro-tip: get a double-axle trailer!) and we had to remove
some of the heavier things that aren't getting as much play and the
blocks topped that list. We did add in some mover's dollies to one
chest and our Rig-a-ma-Jig Jr. sets for rainy day use to the other
chest.<br />
Verdict: Way nicer to use in every way than the wooden book
trucks we hauled blocks on for the last few years, but might be
overkill for what they're currently hauling around.<br />
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<b>9. Staff lanyards:</b><br />
Another
Holly suggestion! We got lanyards (with clear pockets that ziploc
shut!) for all staff and volunteers to wear during the program that
include their name and pronoun preference.<br />
Verdict: I always
forget to grab my official library nametag, but this one is easy to keep
in my purse and bring every week. Plus, they're cheap to buy in bulk
in case someone forgets to bring theirs back they can make another one.<br />
Verdict: Why didn't we do this earlier? <br />
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<b>10: Whistles:</b><br />
What
do you do if there's a lost kid in the park? Or some other emergency
situation? How can you get the attention of the lead librarian quickly
or get the whole crew's attention for an announcement? Why a whistle of
course! Suggested by this year's awesome practicum student: Nicole
Isaacs!<br />
Verdict: haven't had to use them yet, but it's reassuring to have them there.<br />
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<b>Last year's winning innovations that carried through to this year:</b><br />
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--Weekly
Rumpus Reports (one pagers with photos/stats/quotes/anecdotes and the
adult tip of the week) that go to library management and program
partners<br />
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--Neon clothespins for kids without photo permissions (though I LOVE that Nicole Hershberger of <a href="https://www.nopl.org/about-us/hours-and-locations/cicero/">Cicero Library</a> is using tyvek wristbands instead of clothespins--so much easier to see!)<br />
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--matching
staff aprons with pockets! Makes us easier to identify as staff and
gives us pockets to hold all of the different handouts and clothespins,
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This past May I had the incredibly good fortune to be able to return to Anji County, China for a third time, this time to attend the <a href="http://www.anjiplay.com/trueplay2019#welcome">First Annual True Play Conference</a>. I was extra excited that this time I was able to bring along the amazing Holly Storck-Post who is my Anji Play partner extraordinaire (I am SO grateful for her love of spreadsheets and google drive wizardry!) and we were thrilled to be joined by the director of Madison Public Library, Greg Mickells and his wife.<br />
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We toured six different Anji kindergartens over the course of two days (whew!) and as always, I learned new things. One of my big takeaways this time was that the schools of Anji are constantly changing and evolving and always in response to the children -- the teachers are paying such close attention to what is engaging the children and thinking about what changes to the school might enable them to delve even deeper. They went so far as to add new HILLS to the play areas this time! In the photo below, the kids were discovering that if they laid ladders end-to-end like this down a hill that they could sled down the hill much more quickly.<br />
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Perhaps the most rewarding part of this trip was being able to watch my colleagues fall in love with Anji Play just as I did on my first trip. Look at the smiles on their faces:<br />
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I was also extremely honored to be asked to speak about the Wild Rumpus program during the conference. There were about 300 people in the audience but I didn't find out until later that the live broadcast was estimated to have reached about 4 million viewers! (gulp!)<br />
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We are very honored that Madison, Wisconsin has been chosen as the site for the Second Annual True Play Conference on July 10-12, 2020 and are excited to host it along with <a href="https://www.onecityschools.org/">One City Early Learning Center</a>, <a href="https://www.elmundodeninos.com/">El Mundo de Ninos, </a>and other friends of Anji Play here in Madison. <br />
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(I can't guarantee that the food in Madison will be this cute though!)</div>
Library Makershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07305299692876020824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171563263009867961.post-20150700809413488512019-06-21T20:57:00.003-07:002019-06-21T20:57:47.484-07:00A Wild Rumpus Returns!I just realized I never posted this great summary video of last summer's Wild Rumpus program here on the blog:<br />
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This seems like a great opportunity to also remind you that this year's Wild Rumpus begins next week! Each program will run from 5:00-7:30 p.m., starting June 24 and going through August 15. The Let's Eat Out food trucks will be at each event, or you can pack a picnic dinner. Check the library's online calendar for last-minute weather cancellation announcements.<br />
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Mondays, Brittingham Park<br />
Wednesdays, Haen Family Park<br />
Thursdays, Reindahl Park Library Makershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07305299692876020824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171563263009867961.post-74474715768854963692019-04-24T12:00:00.002-07:002019-04-24T12:00:45.525-07:00Book Look (A Whole Book Approach Storytime): Gutters<br />
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This week was our final Book Look Storytime and we were examining gutters. Just in case you don't know already, gutters are the crease at the center of the book, where the binding comes together. All of the books above make interesting and effective use of the gutters. Let me show you a few examples:<br />
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In Jon Agee's new book, <i>The wall in the middle of the book</i>, a gutter becomes a brick wall that literally divides one side of the book from the other. There's some question about which side is the "safe" side and in this spread, the ogre manages to reach OVER the wall by escaping the confines of the pages themselves:<br />
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The group pointed out that the cover of the book is a great preview for the story but from a different perspective. (Note the creeping water in the bottom left corner...)<br />
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The gutter in Chris Raschka's classic <i>Yo! Yes?</i> divides two characters, isolating them, until they realize that they can be friends with each other and then the get together on the same side of the book. We also talked about the subtle background color changes in this book and how they reflect the mood of the characters.<br />
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Suzy Lee's book, <i>Shadow</i> is an amazing and unique example of gutter use and this mostly wordless text brought lots of emotional responses from listeners.<br />
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In the book <i>Blocks</i> by Irene Dickson, Ruby and Benji are playing separately with their red and blue blocks, safely divided by the gutter. Until this page:<br />
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Look at all the action happening right across that gutter! I asked the kids what they noticed and they said, "lots of movement!" one kid thought that the little black lines were hairs flying all over the place, but another child informed us that they were wiggle lines.<br />
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When they reconcile their differences and build something together, the apex of their structure is... right over the gutter!<br />
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Our fingerplay today was:<br />
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: medium;">And they swung, swung, swung. (swing it back and forth)<span id="goog_1002509324"></span></span></a><br />
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We did the app <a href="https://www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/kids/apps/olo-game">OLO Game</a> because the action in that game is all about crossing the gutter!<br />
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Today's art invitation was to fold the paper and make use of the gutter in your art. Here are a few examples:<br />
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All in all, this has been a really interesting series, but not well-suited for the three-and-under crowd. While I will likely still pull in some of these techniques for one or maybe two books during my regular preschool storytime programming, doing an entire storytime based on this approach lost a few of the more active younger kiddos and some of the older kids got impatient and begged me to "just read the story!" But I love asking kids what they notice because it's often a revelation to me and I even loved letting them choose which book I read from a selection of titles standing up on a table. It's as close as I can get to a "self-determined storytime"!<br />
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I could talk about endpapers... endlessly! It's one of the first book design elements I started noticing and calling kids attention to looooong before I read Megan Dowd Lambert's <i>Reading Picture Books with Children</i> book, so I was excited last week when one of the kiddos said, "I'm tired of talking about the size and shape of the book, can we talk about something else? Like endpapers or something?"<br />
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First, I consulted Lambert's <a href="http://megandowdlambert.com/november-picture-book-month/">fantastic round-up of book titles </a>with exceptionally interesting endpapers and through that I discovered Ruzzio's <i>This is not a picture book</i>. The difference between the endpapers at the beginning and end of this book is subtle but SO, SOOOO significant! <br />
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The kids also noticed how the background of the pages is utterly blank until the duckling begins to read and then... the world becomes full of color and detail. So many great design details here in the illustrations and endpapers--just check it out for yourself!</div>
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The first book we actually read together was Sam and Dave Dig a Hole by Jon Klassen and Mac Barnett. I LOVE how the subtle endpapers tie in to the story (hint, check out the trees). The kids loved how the endpapers matched my outfit today!</div>
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We didn't even READ Britta Teckentrup's book, <i>Neon Leon</i> but the endpapers tell the whole story in just a few simple shapes:<br />
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And the kids DID insist that I read <i>Nanette's Baguette </i>by Mo Willems but I think that was because they wanted to hear me struggle with all of the tight rhyming, whew!<br />
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We also did a little finger play:<br />
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And I gave a sneak peek into one of next week's books: <i>Blocks</i> by Irene Dickson by just comparing the beginning and ending endpapers:<br />
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And we ended with an exploration of <a href="https://www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/kids/apps/very-hungry-caterpillar-creative-play"><i>The Very Hungry Caterpillar: Creative Play</i></a> app (it allows users to cut virtual shapes out of full "sheets" of Eric Carle's great painted textures that he uses for collage in his own books!):<br />
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<br />Library Makershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07305299692876020824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171563263009867961.post-40666551774615350762019-04-17T13:52:00.000-07:002019-04-17T13:52:04.172-07:00Book Look: A Whole Book Approach Storytime (week 2, Orientation + a little Gutter talk)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This week, we compared books that were Landscape and books that were Portrait in orientation and talked about why that might be.<br />
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We started off with a little action rhyme:<br />
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And then I started off with a close comparative reading of<i> I want my hat back </i>and <i>This is not my hat</i> by Jon Klassen. I love reading these two books together and comparing/contrasting them! The kids all agreed that the bear book was in portrait orientation because the bear stand up and is tall while the fish book is landscape because of the shape of the fish, but we talked about LOTS of other things as well!<br />
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Then we moved on to reading <i>Building with Dad </i>by Carol Nevius, illustrated by Bill Thompson which has such great perspectives in the illustrations! The spine is on the TOP of the book (I'm sure there's an official binding or book design term for that, but I don't know what it is!) so that when you open the book it appears even TALLER than the cover image. The kids pointed out that although many of the images are from down low, looking up high, there are a few where we are up high, looking down to the ground. We also talked about the shifting horizon line and how it might help dictate how we should hold the book on each page. (sorry, I've already sent my copy of the book along to another storytime, so you'll just have to find your own copy of the book to examine, but it is WORTH it. One of my favorite "construction" books!)<br />
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Next, the kids chose to read the book <i>Wave</i> by Suzy Lee. Although the horizontal pull of the wave and the width of the beach make the portait landscape an easy choice, we ended up talking a lot about the gutters in this book! How at first, the gutter clearly divides the water from the girl and the birds:<br />
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and a few pages later, the girl and the birds cross over the gutter to join the water: </div>
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and then how the mountains fade to nothing because the only thing interesting is playing with water:</div>
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And then when the girl and the birds cross back over the gutter to get away from the water: </div>
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And of course, when the water finally crosses the gutter in this magnificent fashion, getting EVERYTHING wet...</div>
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I used, "<a href="https://www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/kids/apps/oh-magic-drawing-app">Oh! The Magic Drawing App</a>" as our app of the day because it does a PERFECT job of demonstrating the difference between portrait and landscape, plus it's a book app (a companion app to the book "<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Thats-My-Hat-Anouck-Boisrobert/dp/0500650578">That's my hat!</a>") and it's free!</div>
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At this halfway point, I feel like this storytime would be EXCELLENT for school-age kids, but is stretching the preschoolers pretty far. Most of my responses are from a homeschool family that attends and a few of the parents making keen observations as well. But if you've got a regular program that combines books and school age kids... I think this would be a hit!</div>
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Next week we'll be looking at endpapers by special request of one of the kiddos! (I LOVE endpapers...)</div>
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<br />Library Makershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07305299692876020824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171563263009867961.post-1006461011136886892019-04-16T13:23:00.000-07:002019-04-16T13:23:16.638-07:00Book Look: A Whole Book Approach storytime (Week 1, Trim Size)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I'm trying a storytime experiment! I was so inspired by Megan Dowd Lambert's book<i> Reading Picture Books With Children</i> about the <a href="http://megandowdlambert.com/the-whole-book-approach-2/">Whole Book Approach</a> that I've been trying to weave elements of it into my regular preschool storytime ever since reading it a few years ago.<br />
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Recently, I've been thinking about ways to make my storytimes more... child-led (a la Anji Play) and I keep coming back to this Whole Book Approach concept. Basically, instead of just blasting through a book to figure out the ending as quickly as you can, you instead ask really open-ended questions like, "What do you see?" or "Why do you think the book designer made that choice?" -- questions that (preferably) you DON'T have a specific answer in mind for -- and see what the kids come up with. I'm doing an experiment this year for the month of April and trying to do a whole storytime based on this approach. <br />
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The first week, we looked at "trim size" or really big books and really small books. The photo above shows some of the books I had on the table for them to choose from. We actually explored Madeleine, Pierre and Leonardo and then did the Going to Bed book as our app of the week. We talked about why the authors/illustrators chose to make these books big or tiny and the kids had some good ideas. But some of the BEST observations were ones they made that had nothing to do with the size of the book. For instance...<br />
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In Madeleine, we noticed that some of the illustrations are only yellow and black while others are more full-color and one of the kids pointed out that the yellow illustrations (at least for the first half of the book) are all interior pictures and the full color ones take place outside the school (this theory doesn't hold strictly true throughout the book but close enough to be very interesting!).<br />
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In Leonardo the Terrible Monster, they pointed out the symmetry of two 2-page spreads--one which features a sad Leonardo in the bottom right corner and the other which features a sad Sam in the bottom left corner. Both pages have almost no words, but the words that ARE there are a simple introduction to the character.<br />
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Next week we'll be discussing Orientation (Portrait vs. Landscape) -- can't wait!Library Makershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07305299692876020824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171563263009867961.post-53447436117419451292019-03-19T15:03:00.002-07:002019-03-19T15:03:33.682-07:00App Survey response or, "Why I don't focus on "educational" apps"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Thanks to everyone who participated in the my survey about the app recommendation services that we offer at Madison Public Library. I was honored and humbled to see that many of the participants are children's librarians from across the country!<br />
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One of the questions that several people asked was why I don't review or recommend many overtly "educational" apps. When I asked Katie Paciga, researcher and head of the ALA "Excellence
in Early Learning Digital Media Award" committee her thoughts on this
topic she told me, "Children learn in many ways, including open ended
play with things that interest them. Reducing their experiences to those
deemed as "learning," narrowly focused on cognitive skills, diminishes
their opportunities to experience in ways that are often the most
developmentally appropriate for that particular child."<br />
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Here is my own response:<br />
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I've heard many parents say, "Well if my kids are going to be spending time on a device, at least they can be LEARNING something while they're at it!" and while that sentiment makes some sense, I think we need to think carefully about how kids learn best. Many of the apps that are being marketed as "educational" are focusing on some really specific skills -- letter/color/shape recognition, letter sounds, matching things, adding, subtracting, etc.<br />
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Recently, I was testing an app with my daughter and one of the activities started by telling the kids about basic color mixing and then asked her to find things that were a certain color in a picture. I know that my daughter will learn more deeply about color mixing by physically painting with watercolor paints or mixing blobs of play dough together and I would rather she learn in those hands-on ways.<br />
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There are other --more subtle, more complex-- ways that my children can benefit from app use, such as innovative problem solving that they get from playing <a href="http://www.filimundus.com/inventioneers/">Inventioneers</a> or <a href="http://gorogoa.com/">Gorogoa</a>, impulse control that they can practice while playing games like <a href="https://www.foxandsheep.com/our-apps-for-kids/shine-journey-of-light-kids-game/">Shine: Journey of Light</a>, looking for different results when playing games that have cause and effect with no prescribed "correct answer" like <a href="https://tocaboca.com/app/toca-mystery-house/">Toca Mystery House</a> or <a href="https://sagomini.com/en/apps/detail/super-juice/">Sago Mini Super Juice</a>, or a chance to just lose themselves in an imaginative world such as those in the <a href="https://tocaboca.com/app/toca-life-city/">Toca Life</a> apps.<br />
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I realize that there are schools that would like to use apps in the classroom and for those needs, there are a number of app reviewers such as <a href="https://www.teacherswithapps.com/">Teachers with Apps</a>, <a href="http://www.kindertown.com/">Kindertown</a> (though they aren't writing new reviews anymore their database has some great titles and their app has a really nice interface), <a href="http://blog.momswithapps.com/">Moms with Apps</a>, and <a href="http://reviews.childrenstech.com/ctr/home.php">Children's Technology Review</a> that review more of the "educational" apps. However, as one survey respondent noted, "It's great to have reviews of apps coming from a
library perspective. A lot of the information I find comes from
teachers, and what works well in a classroom often doesn't work well in
the library or in storytime. Thank you for taking the time to provide
all of this great information!!"
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I hope that you find my <a href="https://www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/kids/apps">App Recommendations page</a> to be a useful resource. High quality apps are becoming increasingly difficult to find, but I refuse to compromise my standards and will only review apps that I think are truly worth your money and your child's time. I know that their time in childhood is limited and there's no reason to waste any of it using poor quality media.<br />
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I recently pulled together some research and reflections about <i>why</i> we do Anji Play at Madison Public Library. This is something I've thought about a lot over the past three years but I'd never put my thoughts and the research I've read all into one spot before. Click the image above or <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/19xTWiQLOAnxMy9WgHsJ-Rrry_pOjvaV8/view?usp=sharing">this link</a> if you'd like to read through it! Many thanks to UW Professor Rebekah Willett for helping me to organize my thoughts and pull together even more supportive research and to Holly Storck-Post, Rebecca Millerjohn and Jess Hankey for their thoughtful feedback.Library Makershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07305299692876020824noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2171563263009867961.post-55441690537411397372019-01-29T10:08:00.001-08:002019-01-29T10:08:27.175-08:00AnjiPlayDate update, January 2019<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We've had two weeks of AnjiPlayDate so far this session and it has been BUSY! Attendance has been over 50 people each week and the play has been fascinating. Here are a few stories that especially warmed my heart during this super cold weather:<br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">During the first week of the session, I met one
new mom who was there because I had visited the Play and Learn class that
she attends at the Lussier Center on Tuesday mornings and I had
mentioned the program to that group. At first, she was unsure what her
role
as an adult in this program was (she could tell it was different than
Play and Learn), so I talked with her about the importance of carefully
observing children in play to see what amazing things they might do. I
checked in with her a little while later and
she was delighted to tell me about three situations that her son had
figured out on his own, things that she would have stepped in to help
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The first was an intellectual
risk -- he was building a tower of blocks and couldn't reach the top,
and figured out by himself that he could use a circle block as a
stepstool to get him high enough to reach the top
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The second was a physical
risk -- he was balancing with both feet on a three-wheeled scooter and
he fell. When he got back up, he tried standing on the wheels with only
one foot and one foot on the ground and was
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The third was a social risk
-- he wanted a four-wheeled scooter that another child also wanted. She
told me that usually she would step in and point out that there was
another four-wheeled scooter nearby, but she
tried just watching and pretty soon, he gave up arguing with the other
child and went and found a three-wheeled scooter to play with instead. </div>
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She thanked me for this
opportunity to try something new and this chance to be surprised by what
her son could do on his own. I congratulated her on her willingness to
try this approach and shared her excitement about
what she'd learned about her son. This is a fantastic experience for a
first-time attender and I can't wait to see what unfolds in upcoming
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During week 2, <span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt;">another
mom told me that she had shown her daughter the pictures and videos
she'd captured during play last week and when her daughter was excited
to watch them over and over and talk about them to both parents, she
really
could see how much her comprehension of what had happened during the
play increased through that repetition. It was so great to see this
lightbulb moment for the mom! She also told me that she decided to try
letting all of her kids (two can't attend <span class="highlight" id="0.033006818492971934" name="searchHitInReadingPane">AnjiPlayDate</span>
because they're in school) sort out their own sibling squabbles and she was
shocked at how quickly they stepped up their negotiation and conflict
resolution skills as soon as they realized mom wasn't going to step in
and fix it for them. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt;">Another mom who homeschools her children shared with me that she liked the play story notebook idea so much that she bought each of her kids a blank notebook to create their own play stories in more frequently! </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; font-size: 12pt;">These stories really drive home for me the impact that Anji Play can have on children beyond the time to play during the program itself. Thank you to all of these parents for sharing their stories with me!</span></span>
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Today, I wanted to use one of my favorite board books in my Donuts with Dad storytime. This group is usually pretty large (today we ended up with 83), so I knew that I couldn't just hold that tiny book in my hand and expect everyone to see it, so I rigged up a solution that ended up working so well, I thought I'd share it with you. <br />
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I've tried ELMO cameras and overhead projectors, but the lighting is never quite right, but this? This was simple and worked surprisingly well.<br />
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What you need:<br />
--an iPad, iPod or iPhone and just the standard "Camera" app<br />
--an AppleTV (for wireless connection, or cords will work if that's what you usually use to make your iDevice talk to your projector)<br />
--a projector and screen<br />
--some way to prop up your book and iDevice (I used the magnetic bar on the back of my flannel board for the book and a desk organizer I grabbed from my office, but use whatever you have on hand).<br />
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Here's a photo of the back side of my set-up:<br />
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I just sat beside my flannel board and tucked my hand behind it in order to turn pages as I read. Everyone was captivated (and everyone could SEE)! <br />
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My only frustration was that with this particular set-up, I spent more time looking back than making eye contact with the group, but maybe that will come with practice? Has anyone else ever done anything like this? What other solutions have you come up with?<br />
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Here are a few new "kindie" albums that came out in 2018 that I'm pretty excited about. Maybe you'll like them too?</div>
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<a href="https://danzanes.bandcamp.com/album/night-train-57"><i>Night Train 57</i> by Dan Zanes and Friends</a> (subtitle: "a sensory friendly comic folk opera")<br />
Classic Dan Zanes folksy sounds!</div>
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<a href="https://folkways.si.edu/elizabeth-mitchell-suni-paz/tu-eres-mi-flor/songs-for-children-en-espanol"><i>Tu eres mi flor </i>by Elizabeth Mitchell and Suni Paz</a><br />
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<a href="https://lucykalantari.com/music"><i>All the Sounds</i> by Lucy Kalantari and the Jazz Cats</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.okeedokee.org/winterland/"><i>Winterland </i>by the Okee Dokee Brothers</a><br />
If you live in an area that gets snowed in for winter (or maybe if you don't and you wish you did), this album will resonate with you. My favorite on this album is "SlumberJack" (I seriously have to listen to it at least twice in a row and sing along each time), my daughter's favorite is "Howl" because she like to howl along. Love that there's a whole song lamenting how we box snowmen (and snowwomen) into specific genders by the clothes we put on them.<br />
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Hey everybody! Have you ever used <a href="http://www.madisonpubliclibrary.org/apps">Madison Public Library's App Recommendation Page</a>? Or gotten other app advice from me in other ways (App Fairy Podcast, The Supper Club App Storytime, etc.)? I'm looking to streamline and improve the library's app recommendation services and would love your feedback. <br />
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Frequently, over the past three years, I've taken videos of play and then when I share them with the Anji Play professionals they tell me the video stopped too soon or doesn't show the whole arc of play. While capturing the beginning of a particular arc can be hard to predict, sticking with it until the end is a skill that can be honed. What does that look like? The 20+ minute video above shows a whole arc -- from the first frustrated attempt (a lucky catch on my part) until at the end of the video, he's going back for more and saying, "This is fun!" Yes, that took 20 minutes. And yes, there were a few distractions for me during that time, but I am so glad that I stuck with it and got this one long video so that you can see how the play evolved.<br />
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Many times, parents, caregivers, staff and volunteers have agreed to get some video of kids playing, but everyone starts to feel nervous when the play that is being recorded begins to stretch longer than a minute, then longer than 3 minutes, then longer than 5 minutes.... are you going to run out of space on your mobile device? (maybe...) Are you going to be able to share this video with anyone or will it be stuck on your phone forever? (I recommend uploading it to Google Photos and then deleting it from your device, then you can share it with anyone.) Do you really have the patience to stick with this one instance of play when there's so many other interesting things going on? What if you miss something else amazing? After three years, I've learned that you just have to rely on other people to catch the other amazing things. Sticking with one group of kids playing until they are "done" with that particular play allows you to observe more closely, notice nuance, find patterns when you watch the video and have a better sense of the abilities, interests and personalities of each of the children involved in this play. My final tip is that even if you THINK the play arc is complete, continue to record for a little bit longer. I can't tell you how many times I've stopped recording RIGHT before the kid said or did something really meaningful or interesting. I'm slowly learning to just keep it rolling a bit longer.<br />
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What do you notice in the video above? How does watching it make you feel? What are the children actually doing? What are they saying? What has changed from the beginning of the video to the end and how did they get there? Watch this with open ears, open eyes and an open heart. If you find yourself wanting to step in and tell them how to solve this or to shout "good job!" realize that that is perhaps a natural urge, but also totally unnecessary for these kids. What's the longest video you've ever captured? Library Makershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07305299692876020824noreply@blogger.com0