The Three Apples Award gives children and teens across New York State a rare opportunity to have their opinions count. The Three Apples committee would like to remind you that voting for the Three Apples Award begins in April. Paper ballots to use with children and teens will be available on the Three Apples website.
If you missed SALS’ LSTA grant sponsored workshop, Teen Library Behavior 101 presented by Beth Gallaway, you will want to read on! To start with, Beth asked everyone to think of one thing that we love about teens; this was a great positive exercise to begin with, and it set the tone for the afternoon. Beth went on to give an informative presentation outlining how the development on the teenage brain is an underlying factor influencing teen behavior. After learning about why teens act the way they do, the workshop focused on simple tips for handling teen behavior in the library. To view the slide show presentation and other handouts from the workshop visit http://infogdss.wordpress.com/.
Many school aged children, especially struggling readers, forget some of what they’ve learned or just don’t get to practice reading over the summer.  School libraries and public libraries can work together to help prevent the “Summer slide” by working together to promote Summer Reading Programs.
At the Summer Reading Planning Workshop, participants spent time discussing ways to communicate and reach out to school librarians, school organizations and personnel to increase participation over the summer for the benefit of the children they both serve.
Here are a few ideas generated at the workshop: