Misadventures of the Monster Librarian

Today was a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) day. This morning the younger kids made hovercrafts with CDs, balloons, and pop-top caps. Prairie Dawn already had the CDs and pop-top caps already hot glue gunned together, so the kids were only really doing the balloon part, but she talked about friction with the kids, and what was causing the hovercraft to move. The parents loved that the craft was simple and something they could take home and that the kids could use all day on the floors! 65 attended! That's our biggest program this summer! Teens dissected owl pellets this afternoon, which was a great thing that definitely got some of our fence-riding boys to come out! As you can see from the link, it was a pretty inexpensive thing, and a nice break for Prairie Dawn to not be doing so much prep work!

Some Summer Reading photos: Some of our younger kiddos made Batman symbols with tissue paper and contact paper. Elementary students painted Capt. America shields! 3-D comics Making 3-D comics; each kid got a pair of 3-D glasses to take home (Relatively expensive bought in bulk through Amazon ) Teens made bleach superhero t-shirts We traced superhero symbols onto foam, then cut out the shapes, laid the foam on the shirts and gave them a few blasts of bleachy water. These turned out AWESOME!

"Among the Rocks" Oh, good gigantic smile o’ the brown old earth,       This autumn morning! How he sets his bones To bask i’ the sun, and thrusts out knees and feet For the ripple to run over in its mirth;       Listening the while, where on the heap of stones The white breast of the sea-lark twitters sweet. That is the doctrine, simple, ancient, true;       Such is life’s trial, as old earth smiles and knows. If you loved only what were worth your love, Love were clear gain, and wholly well for you:       Make the low nature better by your throes! Give earth yourself, go up for gain above!  --Robert Browning Another lovely poem for another lovely autumn morning.    Heading out soon for a gathering of Adult Librarians at the Upper Sandusky Community Library, where we will discuss creative program...