Maker
Want to start a baking club at your library but not sure where to start? Teen librarian Lindsey Tomsu has you covered.
Remember the scene in Singing in the Rain where Donald O’Connor magically dances on the walls? Remember Fred Astaire’s famous ceiling dance in Royal Wedding? Till now kids’ work with interlocking blocks has been bound to tables and floors and a few installations of LEGO walls. (See Diana Rendina’s epic instructions.) Till now blocks kinda […]
In the Teen MakerSpace at The Public Library of Mount Vernon and Knox County (OH), we’re getting ready for National Poetry Month (April). We have a variety of activities that we will be hosting all month long in our makerspace using our materials to get teens thinking about and creating poetry. Some of our ideas […]
In an attempt to express my personal political frustrations, I recently hosted a postcard party. It turns out, with or without the politics, this is a great MakerSpace program. Making your own postcards is quicky, easy fun. Here’s what I did at home: I invited a group of friends to my home whom I knew […]
Our fearless reviewer—who just happens to be SLJ's 2015 Librarian of the Year and a maker queen—canvassed the entire Javits Convention Center in Manhattan to find the most exciting innovations coming out this year.
Librarian and instructional technology facilitator Nikki Robertson curates SLJ's Teen Tech Week (March 5–11) Pinterest board.
These inspiring partnerships reflect a growing trend: alliances between universities and K-12 students that emphasize problem-solving and mentoring skills.
We got a typewriter for our Teen MakerSpace. Yes, a typewriter. This may not seem like a very high tech gadget to get for a MakerSpace, but it has proven to be a glorious addition. The idea came to me when I went to a Pinterest conference and they had a scrapbooking merchant who had […]
Step-by-step illustrated instructions for sewing and robot-building activities from SLJ's 2016 School Librarian of the Year.
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