Tuesday, April 21, 2020

National Library Week



We are celebrating National Library Week very differently this year.  Instead of being together at the library, we invite you to explore the library from your home.  

Our library provides you with FREE access to ebooks, audiobooks, online learning opportunities, virtual programs, and more.  We also have compiled additional resources from other reputable sources for you to consider.


You are invited to "Find the Library at Your Place" with our bingo page containing a variety of options. Explore the library and other recommended activities to complete a bingo and win a prize.

(Our children's bingo page is here.)

TNT National Library Week BINGO
(Teen and Tween, 6th - 12th grade)

Share Your Story:
Share your experience during this time at home. Details
here.
Do something creative: write, sing, draw, play an instrument, dance, cook, photograph, or anything you choose.
Read or listen to any book or part of a book.
Visit a museum
virtually here.
Do something kind for someone else.
Read somewhere you don’t usually read - outside, in the bathtub (perhaps with pillows not water) or anywhere you choose.
Write a book review.  It can be just one sentence or as much as you want to write.  Details here.
Play a game: a board game, a card game, or anything you choose.


Share a Smile:
Write a letter or draw a picture to share with someone who receives Meals on Wheels.
Details
here.
Learn how to do something new: origami, drawing, tying a tie, a new recipe, or anything you choose.
Tell someone about a book you have read or are reading.
Read or listen to an ebook or eaudiobook.
Details
here.
Your Choice:
Choose something you like on this bingo page and do it again.
Create a comic, write a story, or try anything else from this list.
Observe the animals and plants you see and hear outside. Learn more about one. Details here.
Your Choice:
Choose something you like on this bingo page and do it again.
Visit a zoo, aquarium, or aviary virtually here.
Write a letter or draw a picture for a friend or family member.
Read a poem.
Details
here.
Read or listen to any book or part of a book.
Learn something new that interests you.  Details here.
Go outside and watch the clouds and/or the stars.
Write a poem, and share it with us to add to our Poetree, if you choose. Details here.
Attend a virtual library program.  Details here.
Or choose something you like on this bingo page and do it again.
Draw a picture about a book or write a text message conversation between two (or more) characters in the book.


You can:
- print the bingo page here (with color header and instructions)
- print the bingo page here (printer friendly black & white)
- save one of these images to your device 

color with heading and instructions
just bingo page


If one (or more) of the bingo squares doesn't work for you, you can choose any other activity on the page to do for that square instead.  

Mark off the activities you do, and email the image or a picture of your paper copy to jperryman@milanlibrary.org.  

Complete one bingo to receive a free book after we reopen.  Complete additional bingos (2, 4, 6, and full card) to enter a prize drawing for a gift card to a local business or bookstore.  

We'll draw names for the prize drawing on Monday, May 4, so please submit your entries by Sunday, May 3.

If you have any questions, please email Jennifer at jperryman@milanlibrary.org.


Activity Details:

Most of the activities on the bingo page are already on our blog.  The links on each square on this page will take you to those details. 

Here is more information about the items that don't already have a page.

Write something about a book you have read.  It can be one sentence or as long as you want it to be. Tell if you liked the book or not and why you liked or didn't like it.  You can write anything else you would like. If you would like to share your review with us, we will post them online and in the library when we reopen. If you want to share it, you can email it to Jennifer at jperryman@milanlibrary.org.  Please include how you would like to be credited: first name and age, just age, or neither (anonymous). 


Animals and Plants:
Go outside - or watch and listen through a window - and see how many animals and plants you see. Pick one that interests you and learn one new thing about it using any books you have at home or any of these resources: 

Britannica School (available through MeL)
EBSCO eBook K-8 Collection (available through MeL)
EBSCO eBook High School Collection (available through MeL)
World Book Kids (available through MeL)
Michigan Department of Natural Resources - Learn about Michigan's Species
Michigan Department of Natural Resources - Attracting Frogs and Toads
Michigan Department of Natural Resources - Bird and other Wildlife Feeders


Learn Something New:
Use any of our resources or the options we have shared from others to learn something new.

- Explore any resource on mel.org (Michigan Electronic Library). Start here. You can narrow down the list by choosing an option in the subject search box: teen, DIY (for a variety of hobby and craft info), science, or anything that interests you.

- Learn a little bit of a new language with Mango Languages.

- Prepare for the ACT or SAT with Learning Library Express.

- Learn how to draw something from an author/illustrator video here or a drawing page here.

- Or try any other activity or resource here: Online reading and learning resources


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