Pasadena Public Library
Kids 9-12 years old came to the library for a three-day program last week to make book trailers about their favorite books. These trailers were all created using iPads with the iMovie app, though we also tried some other movie editing software too. Most of the photos the kids used […]
On Saturday, we held a workshop called “Make-Believe Science,” inspired by two books: “Don’t Forget to Write: For the Elementary Grades” by 826 National (this was from my personal collection): and “Two Truths and a Lie: It’s Alive!” by Ammi-Joan Paquette and Laurie Ann Thompson (copies available at Pasadena Public […]
Last Saturday, kids between the ages of five and eight came to Pasadena Library to do do a crafty creative writing activity making our own books–covers included!–inspired by the Pigeon books of Mo Willems! We read The Pigeon Needs a Bath and a little of Don’t Let The Pigeon Drive […]
This year Central Library is excited to offer kids a new art series provided in partnership with USC Pacific Asia Museum. Each month, representatives of USC Pacific Asia Museum come to the library to read kids a picture book about Asian culture, and then guide children in an art project […]
This year we held our fourth annual Educator Night, sharing information about the library’s resources while giving Pasadena-based teachers dinner, a tote bag and a few free books to show our appreciation for all that they do! We did some fun new things at this year’s Educator Night, such as […]
On Saturday, February 9th, high school students from Arcadia High School came and presented a fun and informative workshop on graphic design to kids in grades 5-8. The tween participants learned about color theory and fonts. Then tweens had the opportunity to put that knowledge to use making cards and […]
In January kids came to Central Library to learn about coding with Sphero Robots! Cheri Haggard of MATHmania Robotics came and showed kids coding fundamentals while engaging them in a challenge to program their robot to go around a track and cross the finish line. The robots move with a […]
On Thursday, November 8 at Central Library, we got to meet Natalie Dias Lorenzi, author of A Long Pitch Home, this year’s Young Readers League selection! Participants got their books signed, joined in activities and crafts, and celebrated the art and writing contest winners. To learn more about Young Readers […]
Last month, kids came to the library to learn how to write a “Choose Your Own Adventure” type of story using a free web-based software called Twine. I walked them through the steps of it and they were very quickly writing stories with twists that the reader could choose. Here […]
I’m trying to catch up on my blogging… Back in summer, as part of our STEAM 2018 year of STEAM programming, we did a fun engineering project making roller coaster ski jumps out of pipe insulators for marbles to “ski” down! I’ve been meaning to share the photos and videos […]