Collaborative Summer Library Program - 2007 Children's Program





	2007 Children's Program: "Get A Clue @ Your Library" Chapter 1: Planning Chapter 2: Promotion Chapter 3: Detect It! Super Summer Sleuthing Ideas suggested: Mysterious Disguises Make a Detective Kit Fingerprinting How to Write a Mystery Famous Sleuths: Sherlock Holmes, etc. Literary Sleuths Fingerprinting/ GEMS program/ Ed Emberley's thumbprints Missing people FBI program Crime Scene Evidence: police evidence technician or forensic specialist Girl Sleuths Animal Sleuths Preschool ideas: Treasure Hunt, Scent Detective, What Is It Box, What's Wrong with This Picture Chapter 4 Solve It! Puzzles, Codes and Ciphers Ideas suggested: Secret Codes: Braille, UPC Product Codes, Morse, Pig Latin, American Sign Language, semaphore, rebuses, secret languages such as hash house or diner slang, backwards writing, numbers = letters, code words, block ciphers Scavenger hunts Invisible Ink Hidden Pictures Mazes: Giant Maze with stacks or maze using blue painter's masking tape/ Corn mazes 20Q game Make-Your-Own Ending Crossword puzzles Mystery Meal Unfolding Mysteries. Paper folding stories such as Nancy Schimmel's The Rainhat. Or, origami Preschool: Guessing Games, riddles, rebuses, Anno's Peekaboo, Mouse Views, Preschool puzzle exchange, peekaboo, hiding places, Have them guess what kind of person or job goes with what kind of hat. Martin's Hats, Caps for Sale, Which Hat Is That? Chapter 5 Dig It Up! Mysteries from the Past Ideas suggested: Egyptology: mummies, pyramids, sphinx Lost Civilizations: Mayan, Etruscans, Vikings, etc. Mysterious places: Stonehenge Stonehenge, Bermuda Triangle, Crop circles Be an Archeologist/Fossils/ dinosaurs History mysteries (American Girl history mysteries, historical mysteries) Preschool ideas: Pourquoi stories: how giraffe got long neck, etc., digging up dinosaurs Chapter 6: Discover it! Science Mysteries Ideas suggested: Rocks that Float Name That Leaf or Flower Everyday mysteries: why does a camel have a hump? Mysteries in the Sky Optical Illusions Preschool ideas: Mystery Seeds or mystery garden. At beginning of summer plant mystery seeds and figure out what they are as they grow. Color Mysteries, Mysterious Frogs/Origami, Discovering Shapes: Tana Hoban, Who am I: Name that sound, e.g. buzzing for bee. Chapter 7: Explain It! Real life mysteries. Ideas suggested by CSLP Committee: It's a Mystery potpourri Where in the world is...? (Geo mysteries, discovering places in your community, state, etc.) Find Me! GPS/ Geo-Caching/ Letter Boxing How Things Work Art Detective Math Mysteries UFO's, Bermuda Triangle, Bigfoot Computer Capers Preschool: be an art detective, easy math mysteries, Who am I? Guessing Games Chapter 8: Get a Clue for all ages Family literacy/intergenerational/adult activities About the Artist Mark Teague has delighted young readers with more than 20 picture books, and he has written many of them himself, including the popular Pigsty, Baby Tamer, and One Halloween Night. He is also the illustrator of Cynthia Rylant's beloved Poppleton series for beginning readers and the best-selling books by Jane Yolen, How Do Dinosaurs Say Goodnight and How Do Dinosaurs Get Well Soon. Mark Teague's life changed when he moved from San Diego to New York City and he planted the seed for his first picture book, The Trouble with the Johnsons. Each of Teague's books start as "notebooks full of sketches and scribbles, strange little drawings and phrases that suddenly come together," Teague explains. And although he had no formal writing training, his endless imagination and understanding nature gives him a permanent place in the hearts of everyone. Mark and his wife live in Coxsackie, New York, with their young daughter Lily, who has a great time watching her dad paint the pictures in his books. Portfolio ~ Alumni Profile



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2007 Children's Program: "Get A Clue @ Your Library"