Animal Character Design
60 Mins+, Chapter 1 Bookish Beasts, Game/Activity, Teens
August 24, 2020 0.00 KB 1693 downloads
Host a writing workshop in which teens create unique animal characters! Begin with a group discussion of teens’ favorite characters and their traits. Printable worksheets guide teens on both written and visual character design. Optionally, have teens do a bit of research into real animals on which to base their characters (i.e., behavior, habitat, physiology).
Creating And Coding An Animation
60 Mins+, Chapter 1 Bookish Beasts, Children, Game/Activity, Low Cost, STEAM, Teens
August 24, 2020 0.00 KB 2346 downloads
Using the free online coding program Scratch, teens create an animated cartoon featuring an animal sprite (computer graphic). Teens code instructions to populate their cartoon with words and characters. Scratch is
easy to teach, even for non-coders.
Stuffed Animal Sleepover
45 - 90 Mins, Chapter 1 Bookish Beasts, Children, Game/Activity, Low Cost, Teens
August 24, 2020 0.00 KB 2255 downloads
A fun, low-cost event that is easy to modify to suit your library. Children come for a sleepover-themed storytime, bringing their favorite stuffed animal friends with them. They sign permission slips and name tags, and leave their stuffed animals overnight. After storytime, you might hold a stuffed animal show-and-tell, or have children draw portraits of their stuffed animals. When the children come back the next morning to pick them up, they see pictures of what their animal friends were up while they were gone.
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