Lesson Plans, Crafts & Activities

Check out these super ideas from your library colleagues, and you'll never have a dull day all summer.

• Bike Derby --Pequot Library, Southport
• Grand Finale program at the Harwinton PL will be a Hawaiian Luau - The last state added to the union, the last state celebrated in the Summer Reading Program.
• Sing-along with All-American songs and beloved folk songs. --Fairfield PL
• Create a Flat Stanley that patrons can bring on vacation with them.
• Mask-making --Blackstone Memorial, Branford
• Scavenger Hunt throughout the library: Children receive 2 library-related questions each week; for example, "How many American Flags are in the mural?" As a reward, children receive "Friendly Money" with which they can "buy" stuff from the Friends' store. --Westport PL
• Have patrons email you digital pictures from their vacations, and create an online photo album.
• Make your own autobiographical quilt. --Harwinton PL
• After reading 5 books, we take pictures of the children, posed with an American prop. --Fairfield PL
• After reaching a goal, the child gets to put a bookplate, recognizing their reading achievement, in a new book of their choosing.
• Flag pencils as an incentive. --Westport
• Give books as incentives. --Harwinton & Stratford
• Raffle off autographed copies of "This Land Is Your Land." --Westport
• Family Campout at the library with a potluck of regional food, regional music and folk tales. --Pequot Library, Southport