the ultimate tween experience

Laureen Maloney &Elizabeth DavisLackawanna County Children’s Library

TEAM M EVIL

• Scarecrows

• Nyokki Egg Pet Plants

• Pot Holders

• Kites

• Sidewalk Paint

• Dryer Lint Dough

Nyokki Nyokki EggsEggs

Scare CrowsScare Crows

Dryer Lint Dough and Dryer Lint Dough and other Doughsother Doughs

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• Kids love hands on

• Activities can be done at home

• Equal number of girls and boys in most cases

•Crafts that they can take home

• Tweens will checkout books for more craft ideas

• Parents/ adults will stay to observe and help in some

instances

•Children learn how to follow directions to achieve end

results

• Banana Joust

• Bottle Rockets

• Card Sharks

• Codes and Ciphers

• Diet Coke and Mentos Explosion

• Egg Parachute

• Gak & Oobleck

• Pirate Training

• Secret Ink

• Snow

• Test Your Taste Buds

• “Is it really dangerous?”

• Higher Dad and Grandfather attendance

• Higher boy: girl ratio

• More activity based the better

• Instant results will keep them hooked

• Not all experiments work

• Scientific method

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• Tweens enjoy sharing, especially if food is involved• Tweens learn how give an effective book talk• Become more confident in public speaking before their peers• Tweens engage in lively and sometimes heated discussions•Even the shyest tween will participate on some level•They learned … you don’t share, you don't get the ice cream!

• Super Smash Brothers Tournament vs. Abington

Community Library

• Uno, Clue and Checkers Tournaments

• Human Checkers

• Wii Olympics (winter and summer)

• Loser Olympics

• National Gaming Day

• I Spy

• Broom Hockey

• Live Chutes and Ladders

• A higher boy: girl ratio

• Ultra-competitiveness

• Conversation

• Peer Education

• Team Sports are

difficult

• Parent involvement

• Specific Games

• Boy Scouts

Additional Program Additional Program Ideas:Ideas:

Recycled Plant Recycled Plant HoldersHolders

Edible Garden

Music and Art Music and Art ProgramsPrograms

All You Need Is All You Need Is LoveLove

Mouse Races

Mouse Races

• Lackawanna County Children’s Library Blog-

www.lackawannachildrenslibrary.blogspot.com

• Below are ideas for fun projects with tweens.

For more great ideas, check out:

•http://familycrafts.about.com/od/tweens/

Crafts_for_Tweens.htm

•http://familyfun.go.com/crafts/crafts-by-age/tween-

crafts/

•http://parentingteens.about.com/od/crafts/

Crafts_Craft_Project_Ideas.htm

•http://acplyouthsvcs.wikispaces.com/Teens+and+Tweens

•http://teenprograms.pbworks.com/

We are team evilWe are team evil

Laureen maloneyLaureen maloneylmaloney@albright.orglmaloney@albright.org

Elizabeth davisElizabeth davisedavis@albright.orgedavis@albright.org