http://tinyurl.com/3b2ajh5
National Year of Reading 2012 http://www.love2read.org.au
Craft ideas on the theme of READING, suitable for activities in libraries.......
PLEASE ADD YOUR IDEAS and any useful links to this shared document.
Preschoolers:
- check out the ideas on the LIttle Big Book Club website
- Summer Reading Club booklet for preschoolers
- make shape books on any theme, with simple materials. Example: a holiday theme using the shape of a caravan (old style) cut from cardboard as front and back covers. Add pages, staple together. Children (and parents) include drawn, written, collage stories on their holidays. (Based around Alison Lester’s book “Are we there yet?”)
- shape book patterns http://www.eduplace.com/rdg/hme/k_5/shapebook/toc.html
- collage letters or pictures of things beginning with a single letter http://www.hsclassroom.net/2010/09/giant-collage-letters-for-preschool-or-kindergarten/
- alphabet activities http://www.first-school.ws/theme/alphabet.htm
School aged children:
- Summer Reading Club Primary Activity Book
- page corner bookmarks http://nheilke.com/blog/?p=2628
- DLTK's Crafts for Kids Printable Bookmarks http://www.dltk-kids.com/type/printable_bookmarks.htm
- Beaded paperclip bookmark http://www.favecrafts.com/Valentines-Day/Beaded-Paper-Clip-Bookmark
- Floral fish bookmark http://www.favecrafts.com/Unexpected-Ideas/Floral-Fish-Bookmark
- Embossed glue bookmarks http://www.favecrafts.com/Papercrafts/Embossed-Glue-Bookmarks
- How to Make a Journal Using a Manila Folder http://familycrafts.about.com/u/sty/craftstechniques101/Publish-Your-Craft-Projects/Manila-Folder-Journal-Craft---How-to-Make-a-Journal-Using-a-Manila-Folder.htm
- Write on shapes http://www.storyit.com/shapes/writeons.htm
- Many colouring pages and craft activities are linked on Twitter by @BookChook who is an advocate for children’s literacy and on blog http://www.thebookchook.com
- Super reader bookmarks http://www.freekidscrafts.com/super_reader_bookmark-e1541.html
- Paper craft cut-outs and models (inclues crown, Great pyramid, Eiffel Tower, Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre and more) http://papertoys.com
- http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/cutting_skills_printables.htm Shapes, lines for followng to cut (early tracking skill), reading certificates, activity pages.
- http://www.crayola.com/aus/index.cfm craft, activity and colouring pages. I have used the letters of the alphabet, flags of the World, Earth colouring pages, and Valentine’s Day for Library Lover’s Day. Craft pages such as the ideas for Spring also great to match to books. Paper Bag Pumpkin Patch good for Halloween Craft http://www.crayola.com/crafts/detail/paper-bag-pumpkin-patch-craft/
- Braille bookmarks http://www.myhomelibrary.org/booksinbraille.htmlb
- Lego poetry http://legopoetry.posterous.com/
Teens:
- Book spine poems
- Summer Reading Club Secondary Activity Booklet
- TwiHaiu a free Twitter Application http://www.makeliterature.com/twihaiku/twitter-poetry
- Beaded book thong http://www.favecrafts.com/Gifts/Beaded-Book-Thong
- Foam scrapbook http://www.favecrafts.com/Scrapbooking/Foam-Scrapbook
- Altered books http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qkiocvx7FQ Altered books - lesson plan http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/lessons/middle/Linda-books.htm
- QR code street art http://indolentdandy.net/fitzroyalty/2010/01/11/qr-code-street-art-poetry/
- QR code scavenger hunt http://ilearntechnology.com/?p=4211
- animate a poem http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrEPJh14mcU
- make your own fridge poetry magnets http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-Magnetic-Refrigerator-Words/
- make jewellery from Scrabble tiles and letter beads http://www.folksy.com/shops/CraftyKate?shop_section=scrabble_jewellery
- G.P.S. (Global Poetry System) http://gps.southbankcentre.co.uk/
- Lego poetry http://legopoetry.posterous.com/
Compilation by Australian Library and Information Association - Children’s and Youth Services (NSW) Group, 2011
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