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The Library invites kids & families to join a youth advisory council to shape the development of a new participatory learning space in the Thomas Jefferson Building.
Archive for the For Kids Category (112 posts)
The National Book Festival: A Festival for Teachers, Students, and Families
Suggestions for making the most of the National Book Festival for kids & teens.
How Can Books Open the World? Some of This Year’s National Book Festival Authors Share Reflections
In this blog post, we highlight thoughts from several children’s and YA authors featured in this year’s National Book Festival, about how books and reading have “opened the world” for them.
Open a Book, Open a World of Empathy and Compassion
Ways to build empathy and compassion through the books featured on the children’s stage of the 2021 National Book Festival.
Crafting from the Collections: Bookplates
Using Library bookplates and other collections for your own collection of books.
Exploring the Early Days of Animation: Let’s Start with Stop Motion
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 […]
History in Our Backyards: Monuments and Memorials
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.
Getting a Feel for the Clave in Jazz
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.
Cooking Up History: Lemonade
Lemonade recipes with a side of history from the Library’s collections.
Practicing Measurement with Historic Surveying
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.