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Sunday Reflections: Newsflash – Teenage Girls Have Periods, Let’s Not Make That Suck for Them
On Friday, The Teen’s school did not want them to bring backpacks. I know this because they sent an email. They called and left a message. And they sent out text messages. The messages said, you “do not need” to bring a backpack. Which is not the same as no really, don’t bring a backpack. […]
MakerSpace: Challenge Cards, getting teens to try new activities in the Teen MakerSpace
We are having tremendous success with our Teen MakerSpace at The Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County (OH) and are very excited to see the teens in our community using the space and learning new things. We have learned that certain items are more popular than others, with the button makers and 3D […]
Video Games Weekly: Star Fox Guard
Star Fox Guard is a little confusing, but I’m going to do my best to explain. Our library got a disc copy of Star Fox Guard when we ordered Star Fox Zero (which I reviewed last week) because we pre-ordered it. So, if you ordered a copy of Star Fox Zero before April 2016, you […]
MakerSpace: Stop Motion Animation 101
Later today I am presenting a webinar on Stop Motion Animation for Florida Library Webinars. Here are my slides. I have been doing stop motion animation with my teens for about 3 or 4 years now (and at two different library jobs). It has proven so popular that we included a stop motion animation station […]
MakerSpace: Learning to Code in Scratch
We set out with several goals in mind when created the Teen MakerSpace at The Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County in Ohio. One of those goals was to engage our teens in learning how to code. We created a bank of iPad stations to help facilitate this goal and pre-loaded it with […]
#MHYALit: Reflections on an OCD Sufferer’s Sabbatical Study of YA Novels of Mental Illness
Today for the #MHYALit Discussion we are honored to host librarian Diane Scrofano I remember the day my symptoms began. It was during the spring of the eighth grade. It was 1991 in a suburb north of Los Angeles. I had woken up with a foreboding feeling. By the time school was over at 3:10p.m., […]
#MHYALit Interview with HIGHLY ILLOGICAL BEHAVIOR author John Corey Whaley
Last night The Teen and I had the pleasure of meeting and interviewing author John Corey Whaley. His most recent release, Highly Illogical Behavior, is the story of a teenage boy, Solomon, with agoraphobia and the teenage girl, Lisa, who wants to “cure” him so she can write a stellar essay and get herself into […]
#MHYALit: It’s Okay Not to Be Okay, a guest post by author Claire Legrand
Some Kind of Happiness is one of those books that grabbed me from the first page and didn’t let go. I was a child with anxiety and Finley Hart is the first time I have ever seen an accurate representation of my mental state in childhood. We desperately need more middle grade stories that deal […]
MakerSpace: Low Tech Tool – The Recycled Paper Bead Maker
On a whim, I bought this low tech tool for the MakerSpace, prompted in part by the fact that it was on clearance at Michael’s for $5.00. I looked and it is available at Amazon for $10.00, which is still a good price. In fact, I’m going to buy a couple more for the Teen […]
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