Children's Services Division, OLA
  • Events
    • Event Registration
    • Event Archives
  • CSD
    • CSD Board >
      • CSD Board Archives
    • Reports & Minutes
    • Scholarships
    • Fundraiser
    • Contact
  • Awards
    • Lampman >
      • Lampman 2024
      • Lampman 2023
      • Lampman 2022
      • Lampman 2021
      • Lampman 2020
      • Lampman 2019
  • Programming
    • Oregon Library Presenters Directory >
      • Directory of All Presenters
      • Presenter Submission Form
    • Storytime
    • Maker Space and STEM
    • Tough Conversations
  • Professional Development
    • Anti-Racism
    • Professional Resources
  • Tool Kit
    • State Library Services
    • Early Literacy
    • Early Learning Hubs
    • Grants

CSD Blog

Spring Workshop Series: Programming

3/29/2021

0 Comments

 
Picture
1. The Spring Workshop continues.  Our next watch & read is about programming in general. Click here for the content. Remember, you can watch or read any of the links, or none! These resources aren't going away so feel free to bookmark them. 

2. If you can, join us for a debrief/sharing on April 30, 11 AM-1PM. The Zoom Link is pasted and highlighted at the top of the shared Google Doc.
​
3. The last in our workshop series, EDI in services, is coming soon! The debrief for that will take place May 7, 11AM-1PM.

0 Comments

Spring Workshop Series: Summer Reading Notes

3/26/2021

0 Comments

 
Picture

​A big thank you to those who attended the Spring Workshop Series: Summer Reading.  We had about 30 people sharing TONS of ideas for Summer at our first ever CSD Virtual Spring Workshop Series!  If you didn't make the meeting or just want to remember parts of the conversation, here are the notes. Thanks to Greta and Bryce for taking notes during the meeting to help with this!   If you need to find the notes later, head to our Spring Workshop Series webpage or our Summer Reading webpage.
0 Comments

Alaska Libraries, iREAD Summer Reading Showcase, Quick View

3/24/2021

2 Comments

 
Picture
Looking for a quick way to see if the Alaska Libraries iREAD Showcase on YouTube has anything that can help you?  Check out this “Cliffs Notes” version of the webinar.  Included are types of events discussed and the time stamp (minutes:seconds) on the YouTube video (see bottom of blog post for the video).  I also created Bibliocommons lists of book titles discussed.  I did not include every title mentioned.

Spend a few minutes looking at this quick view of the YouTube video and see if there is anything of interest in the one hour and 20-minute webinar.  Hope this saves you some time and helps your summer reading planning.

Let us know if you would like to see more quick view versions of webinars.

Presenter:  MJ Grande, Youth Services Librarian, Juneau Public Libraries

Picture
Storytime Books for Movement: 9:13 (minutes: seconds timestamp on video)
Bibliocommons list of storytime titles for movement.

Upcycle Tutu: make a tutu out of leftover newspaper bags: 14:49

Craft, Melted Crayons on Canvas: 16:05
​Page 209 of 2021 iREAD Resource Guide.  See picture below.


Picture

Indigenous books to read and hear: 17:04
  • Bowwow Powwow by Brenda Child

Color Inspiration Books: 19:56
  • Black is a rainbow color by Angela Joy
  • Cornflakes: Poems by James Stevenson
  • Vivid: Poems and Notes about Color by Julie Paschkis
  • See bibliocommons list of Alaska SRP Showcase.

Presenter: Susan Jones, Youth Services Librarian, Fairbanks

Her programming focused on ages 3-9.
Things to consider when creating your SRP plans: 23:23
Don’t set plans in stone.  Set in Jello for lots of wiggle room.

StoryWalks: 26:08
Possible books:
  • Press Here by Herve Tullet
  • Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
  • Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Bill Martin
  • Add in movement, singing, drawing in some way to the StoryWalk

Scavenger Hunt: colors 28:26

Outdoor Day: 29:54
  • Sidewalk chalk drawing
  • Bubbles

Music Concerts outside: 30:35

Mad Scientists (virtual): 31:04
  • Walking colors. Page 152 of 2021 iREAD Resource Guide.  See pictures below.​
Paid Performer: 32:46
​
Take and Make Bag: 33:34
  • One bag for the entire summer reading with all the weekly crafts to correspond with programs
  • Make beads from magazines by rolling up the paper
  • Color Wheel craft
PictureFrom the website: One Little Project. See link on left or below.
Aurora Borealis Art project: 34:17
  • See how to make this art project: https://onelittleproject.com/northern-lights-chalk-art/
  • Black construction paper
  • White Scrap paper in shape of mountains
  • Chalk
  • Cotton balls
  • Place white paper on black paper
  • Rub chalk upwards from white paper to black.  Use different colors
  • Brush chalk marks upwards with cotton balls.

Pandemic Quilt: 35:12
  • Include square in take and makes.
  • Have each child write their name on square and decorate.
  • Return to library.  Library will make quilt.

Colorful Family Flag: 35:35
  • Reading Colors Your World Resource Guide page ?? (if you find the page number, will you let us know?)

Color Your Plate with Fruits and Vegetables: 35:57
  • Reading Colors Your World Resource Guide pages 94-97.  See pictures below or click here for PDF version.

Mystery Sticker Posters: 36:35
  • Company: Stick Together

Minerals, Rocks and Gems: 37:06
  • Borrow a kit from a museum??

Rubber Chicken Karaoke: 37:30

Essay Contest: Forgot to get timestamp.

​Presenter:  AJ Gooden, Igiugig Tribal Library

​Has directions and materials lists and is willing to email you a copy.  Update 3/25/21: I requested her materials and received them.  They are excellent.  I highly recommend getting them.  Most of her programming will be in-person.

Color Fun with Process Painting: 41:33
  • Mouse Paint by Ellen Walsh
  • Beautiful Oops by Barney Saltzberg
  • String Art
  • Dot to Dot Art
  • Marble Painting
  • Family oriented stations
  • Bibliocommons list of books

Color Fun with Crayons and Marker: 42:51
  • My Crayons Talk by Patricia Hubbard
  • Melted Crayon Art
  • Crayon Etching
  • Marker Dot Art
  • Bibliocommons list of books

Hands-on Color: 43:48
  • Festival of Colors by Kabir Sehgal
  • Bibliocommons list for the book
  • Playdough Mandalas
  • Tissue Paper Suncatchers
  • Paint-chip paper beads

Questions about Color: 45:29 
Survey patrons about color and explore their questions
What makes color?
  • You Are Light by Aaron Becker
  • Optical Physics for Babies by Chris Ferrie
  • Let’s Make a Rainbow by Chris Ferrie
  • Model of Light Waves
  • The Light Spectrum with Prisms and Refractions
  • Absorption and Reflection
  • Take Home a Beaded Prism Suncatcher
 What if you see color differently: 47:42
  • Erik the Red Sees Green by Julie Anderson
  • The Girl Who Heard Colors by Marie Harris
  • Acromatopsia and Color Deficiencies
  • Synesthesia- Painting what you hear

I Color (Artists and Color): 49:10
  • Noisy Paint Box by Barb Rosenstock
  • Kandinsky Square Art
  • Henri’s Scissors by Jeanette Winter
  • Matisse Cutouts Art
  • Through Georgia’s Eyes by Rachel Rodriguez
  • O’Keefe Flower Tissue Paper Art
  • Roy’s House by Susan Rubin
  • Portraits inspired by Roy L Lichtenstein

Colors of our World, Earth Art and Community Photo Book: 50:50
  • Color Me a Rhyme by Jane Yolen
  • Use found objects outside to create art
  • Invite families to take pictures focused on color and share on library social media.

Interactive Displays: 52:40
  • Wooden Rainbow Blocks: Have around for interactive playing.  Find here: https://amzn.to/2ZxwuXP
  • Linking Disks. Find here: https://amzn.to/3b7ex7C
  • Magnetic Tiles. Find here: https://amzn.to/3bd39aa

Presenter: ​James Adcox, Youth Services Coordinator, Kenai Community Library 

​DIY Kits for Teens and Tweens: 55:14
  • Be creative, be simple, be educated.
  • They offer 5 kits over 10 weeks.
  • Scratch board with enclosed toothpick
  • 3-D paper with 3-D glasses (black sharpie marker, special paper)
  • Make your own comic book diary
  • Pop-up cards
  • Design your own FORTNITE or graphic novel character
  • Make your own modern art mobile based on the work of Alexander Calder
  • Make your own kaleidoscope
  • Snowflakes and rainbows CD art
  • Blackout poetry
  • De-stress kits/ self-care kits
  • Escape room in an envelope

Teen and Tween Virtual Programming: 1:05:31
  • Interactive vs pre-filmed?
  • Trivia night
  • How to make stop-motion movie
  • Cardboard cosplay
  • Abstract art with cardboard squares
  • Oil painting Portrait demonstration (ask an artist in community)
  • Charcoal Portrait demonstrations (ask an artist in community)
  • How to make a comic book diary
  • Reject toy drawing activity
  • Acids and bases science experiment
  • Homemade fudge
  • Bad art night
  • Virtual art gallery
  • Online scavenger hunts

Incentives and Giveaways: 1:15:20

STEAM Kits: 1:17:18

Alaska Libraries, Reading Colors Your World, Summer Reading Showcase YouTube Video

From the website: "​This YouTube video is a panel discussion sponsored by the Alaska State Library on activities for the 2021 Alaska Summer Reading Program using the iREAD program."

Author

Tara Morissette
Library Assistant
Oregon City Public Library
​CSD Communications/Web Editor

2 Comments

Dr. Seuss: Compilation of Resources

3/8/2021

0 Comments

 
There was lots of information in my emails and online regarding Dr. Seuss and Read Across America. So, to make it easily accessible, I compiled the information in one place.  

Here is the press release by Dr. Seuss enterprises on March 2, 2021 from their website:
Picture
“Today, on Dr. Seuss’s Birthday, Dr. Seuss Enterprises celebrates reading and also our mission of supporting all children and families with messages of hope, inspiration, inclusion, and friendship.
We are committed to action.  To that end, Dr. Seuss Enterprises, working with a panel of experts, including educators, reviewed our catalog of titles and made the decision last year to cease publication and licensing of the following titles:  And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street, If I Ran the Zoo, McElligot’s Pool, On Beyond Zebra!, Scrambled Eggs Super!, and The Cat’s Quizzer.  These books portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong.
Ceasing sales of these books is only part of our commitment and our broader plan to ensure Dr. Seuss Enterprises’s catalog represents and supports all communities and families.”

Dr. Seuss and Racism

A peer-reviewed article called The Cat is Out of the Bag that discusses the racism in Dr. Seuss’ work:  Ishizuka, Katie and Stephens*, Ramón (2019) "The Cat is Out of the Bag: Orientalism, Anti-Blackness, and White Supremacy in Dr. Seuss's Children's Books," Research on Diversity in Youth Literature: Vol. 1 : Iss. 2 , Article 4.  Available at: https://sophia.stkate.edu/rdyl/vol1/iss2/4
 
Book “Was the Cat in the Hat Black? The Hidden Racism of Children’s Literature, and the Need for Diverse Books” by Philip Nel.  Information from the publisher: “Gives those who teach, create, edit, or agent children's books potential tools to uproot systemic racism.  Explores how children's literature obscures its racialized origins.  Examines the common marketing practice of "whitewashing" and the growing resistance to it”  Google talk with the author Philip Nel.  Slate interview with Philip Nel about the press release from Dr. Seuss Enterprises on 3/3/2021.

Opinion piece in SLJ, Choosing Not to Highlight Dr. Seuss Books is Not Censorship by Oregon school librarian Miranda Doyle.

Article in School Library Journal about racism and monkey imagery:  The Problem With Picture Book Monkeys: Racist imagery associating simians with Black people has a long history by Edith Campbell. School Library Journal, December 4, 2019. 
​A great infographic by Katie Salo (Twitter: @storytimekatie):
Picture

Diverse Books Recommendations for Reading Aloud

Read across America’s recommendations of diverse books.

Blog post by Jillian Heise that includes a list of diverse and inclusive read alouds.

Collection Development

Collection development and weeding decisions.

What to do about books with cultural inaccuracies in your collection.
Do you have an important resource to add to this collection?  Let us know.  Email [email protected].
​
A big thank you to Angie Manfredi, Youth Services Consultant at the State Library of Iowa for her contributions to the discussion, Katie Salo for her amazing infographic, Greta Bergquist for keeping us in the loop and Tessa Michaelson Schmidt, Wisconsin's Youth and Inclusive Services Public Library Consultant.

Racism and Children

Author Kelly Yang opens up about her own experiences with racism in the wake of COVID19​ and explains how we can teach kids to rise above hate during this critical time -- and always.  YouTube Video.
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture
An incredibly in-depth look at resources on racism, children and Dr. Seuss by Philip Nel, Professor of English at Kansas State University.

Author

Tara Morissette
Library Assistant
Oregon City Public Library
CSD Communications/ Web Editor

0 Comments

Spring Workshop Series

3/2/2021

0 Comments

 

Announcing: the 1st Ever Virtual CSD Spring Workshop series! ​

This year we are trying something a little different. Please try it with us!

1. Each month for the next three months, we'll be thinking about different topics.  March's topic is Summer Reading.

2. We invite you to pick among a menu of webinars or articles related to this month's topic from this list.
Only choose the webinars or articles that interest you!
 
3. Join us for a debrief session! These will be informal discussions around each topic. 
Picture
No time to watch or read? That's okay! You can come anyway!
​
Can't attend the debrief session? You can still watch or read about the topic when it's best for you.

​
Save the Date, 11AM-1PM
March 19: Summer Reading

Click here to get started on March's Watch and Read on Summer Reading.
 
For more information about the entire series go to our Spring Workshop page.

Questions or need the Zoom link? Contact CSD Co-Chair Bryce Kozla. 
0 Comments
    Picture

    OLA Home ​


    Subscribe
    Don't miss a beat! Stay current with kids-lib, CSD's electronic mailing list. 

    Archives

    February 2025
    January 2025
    December 2024
    November 2024
    October 2024
    May 2024
    April 2024
    March 2024
    February 2024
    January 2024
    December 2023
    November 2023
    October 2023
    September 2023
    August 2023
    July 2023
    May 2023
    April 2023
    March 2023
    February 2023
    January 2023
    December 2022
    November 2022
    October 2022
    September 2022
    August 2022
    June 2022
    April 2022
    March 2022
    February 2022
    January 2022
    November 2021
    October 2021
    September 2021
    August 2021
    July 2021
    June 2021
    May 2021
    April 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    January 2021
    December 2020
    November 2020
    October 2020
    August 2020
    July 2020
    June 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    November 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    June 2019
    April 2019
    February 2019
    January 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    November 2017
    September 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    April 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015

    Categories

    All
    Best Of
    Best Of 2020
    Collection Development
    Conference
    Craft Recipe
    CSD
    Diversity Audits
    Diversity & Inclusion
    Early Literacy
    Equity
    Lampman Award
    Lists
    Mock
    Oregon Library Presenters Directory
    Programming
    Scholarships
    Spring Workshop
    STEAM
    Summer Reading
    Take And Makes
    Year End Roundup
    Youth Services Summit

    RSS Feed

Picture
Picture
Oregon Library Association
Children's Services Division
Contact Us

Join Children's Services Division!
Contact [email protected] for membership information.


The purpose of this site is to improve communication among Division members, publicize Division events and activities, introduce new and prospective members to the Division, and to link to useful Internet sites. Bylaws & Award Procedures
  • Events
    • Event Registration
    • Event Archives
  • CSD
    • CSD Board >
      • CSD Board Archives
    • Reports & Minutes
    • Scholarships
    • Fundraiser
    • Contact
  • Awards
    • Lampman >
      • Lampman 2024
      • Lampman 2023
      • Lampman 2022
      • Lampman 2021
      • Lampman 2020
      • Lampman 2019
  • Programming
    • Oregon Library Presenters Directory >
      • Directory of All Presenters
      • Presenter Submission Form
    • Storytime
    • Maker Space and STEM
    • Tough Conversations
  • Professional Development
    • Anti-Racism
    • Professional Resources
  • Tool Kit
    • State Library Services
    • Early Literacy
    • Early Learning Hubs
    • Grants