Crafting from the Collections: Bookplates
Posted by: Naomi Coquillon
Using Library bookplates and other collections for your own collection of books.
Posted in: Activities & Crafts, For Kids, For Teens, Reading, Uncategorized
Category: Activities & Crafts
Exploring the Early Days of Animation: Let’s Start with Stop Motion
Posted by: Sasha Dowdy
This is a guest post by Amy Ribakove, a Young Readers Center intern who is currently pursuing an MLIS at Pratt Institute. This September she begins her first year as the school librarian at International School of Brooklyn. Special thanks to Sara W. Duke, Curator of Popular & Applied Graphic Art in the Prints & Photographs Division …
Posted in: Activities & Crafts, Biographies, For Kids, For Teens, Reading
History in Our Backyards: Monuments and Memorials
Posted by: Kaleena Black
In this post, a former Teaching with Primary Sources intern shares examples of monuments and memorials that are represented in the Library's online collections, with some activities and discussion prompts for children and families.
Posted in: Activities & Crafts, For Kids, For Teens, Uncategorized
Getting a Feel for the Clave in Jazz
Posted by: Naomi Coquillon
An invitation to listen together to recordings in the Library's collections that use the clave, a percussion instrument often used in Afro-Cuban music.
Posted in: Activities & Crafts, African American History, For Kids
Cooking Up History: Lemonade
Posted by: Naomi Coquillon
Lemonade recipes with a side of history from the Library's collections.
Posted in: Activities & Crafts, Cooking, For Kids
Practicing Measurement with Historic Surveying
Posted by: Naomi Coquillon
Using the Library's collections, children can practice their skills in measurement and calculating area using the same methods as early surveyors, including George Washington.
Posted in: Activities & Crafts, For Kids, Science, Technology & Math
Exploring Percussion with the Tambuco Ensemble, Part Five: The Music and Dance of Body Percussion
Posted by: Naomi Coquillon
Final post in a series related to educational videos on percussion that offer a way of engaging with one’s environment musically.
Posted in: Activities & Crafts, For Kids, For Teens
Exploring Percussion with the Tambuco Ensemble, Part Four: Keyboards
Posted by: Naomi Coquillon
Part 4 of a series of blog posts related to educational videos on percussion that offer a way of engaging with one’s environment musically.
Posted in: Activities & Crafts, For Kids, For Teens
Exploring Percussion with the Tambuco Ensemble, Part Three: Texture
Posted by: Naomi Coquillon
Part 3 of a series of blog posts related to educational videos on percussion that offer a way of engaging with one’s environment musically.
Posted in: Activities & Crafts, For Kids, For Teens