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Early Out Events: Spring 2015

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,452
Project of
Traverse des Sioux Library Cooperative Legacy Grant SFY 2014 - SFY 2015
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient Type
Libraries
Status
Completed
Start Date
March 2015
End Date
May 2015
Activity Type
Education/Outreach/Engagement
Counties Affected
Waseca
Waseca
Project Overview
In March, the library worked with the 410 Project on a Project Puppet Workshop. The workshop introduced kids to the idea of creating a work of art and using the creation in a myriad of artistic forms. Students created simple puppets made from various materials: paper, pencils, sticks, fabric, etc. The students created a character and a corresponding narrative to accompany the piece. By the end of construction, the students spoke a unique puppet language. In April, the library collaborated with the Loft Literary Center on two creative writing workshops. In Fairy Tales and Dinosaurs (K-3rd grade), kids explored the basics of storytelling through the lens of fairy tales and stories about favorite pets, real and imagined: from dogs to dinosaurs. In Writing the Stories You Want to Read (4th-6th grade), young writers and avid readers learned how to generate story ideas, create compelling characters, and craft exciting scenes. This class was generative: students read, wrote, and created together and shared what they wrote with peers in the classroom. The focus of this class was learning the basic craft elements of storytelling. Unfortunately, the author showed up at the Le Sueur library for the event so was a half an hour late to the event. Some kids stayed and some did not. We were quite disappointed. In May, the library collaborated with the Minnesota Raptor Center. The Center brought live raptors and taught the kids about these fascinating birds. We planned to hold the event behind the library in Trowbridge Park, but it was too windy, so we held the event inside the library.
Project Details
148
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota for 2013 Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 4
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,452
Other Funds Leveraged
$552
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Participants will enjoy the creative process or interacting with a raptor.
Participants will learn about raptors.
Participants will use their imagination while creating puppets and writing a story.
Participants will check out puppet making, creative writing, and raptor books.

Measurable Outcome(s)

PROJECT PUPPET
1. Did you enjoy the program today? If yes, what was your favorite part?
Yes: 5
No: 0
Comments:
• Everything
• Yes
• Puppets
• Every

2. Did you learn any new puppet-making skills today?
Yes: 5
No: 0

3. Did you enjoy using your imagination?
Yes: 4
No: 1

4. Will you be checking out of the library’s puppet-making books in the future?
Yes: 3
No: 1
Maybe: 1

5. Please list suggestions for types of programs you would like the library to hold:
• Hockey, NHL teams
• Board games

6. Have you ever attended a library event before?
Yes: 4
No: 1

7. Where did you hear about this program?
Library: 3
Friend/Relative: 4
The Snap: 1
Newspaper Article: 1
Facebook: 1
School: 1
Event email: 1
Event mailing:1

YOUNG WRITERS:
1. Did you enjoy the program today? If yes, what was your favorite part?
Yes: 2
No: 1
Comments:
• It did not start on time, was very simple, and too free time-ish. The writer did not write children’s books and was barely helpful. And it had unhealthy snacks!

2. Did you learn any new writing skills today?
Yes: 2
No: 1

3. Did you enjoy using your imagination?
Yes: 3
No: 0
Comments:
• Yes, of course I enjoy using my imagination, but didn’t think that’s what we were doing here.

4. Will you be checking out of the library’s writing books in the future?
Yes: 2
No: 1
Maybe: 1

5. Please list suggestions for types of programs you would like the library to hold:
• BOOK CLUB for 10-12 year olds
• Knitting

6. Have you ever attended a library event before?
Yes: 3
No: 0

7. Where did you hear about this program?
Library: 2
Friend/Relative: 2
Newspaper Article: 1
Facebook: 1
School: 1
Event mailing: 1
Poster at school/business: 1

RAPTORS:
1. Did you enjoy the program today? If yes, what was your favorite part?
Yes: 20
No: 0
Comments:
• Seeing the raptors
• Seeing the owl
• Seeing the birds
• The birds
• The bald eagle sounds
• The eagle
• When the bald eagle came out
• I got to see birds
• All
• Learning new things – owl ears and feather development

2. Did you learn anything new about raptors today? If so, what was it?
Yes: 19
No: 1
Comments:
• How up-close pretty they are
• They have pointed feathers
• So much about each bird
• The females are bigger
• What they eat and how they fly
• Raptors are carnivores
• The great horned owl
• Girls are bigger than boys 2
• They are cool
• They are big and small
• Feather development
• Boys are smaller than girls

3. Did you enjoy getting so close to the birds?
Yes: 19
No: 0

4. Will you be checking out any of the library’s books on raptors in the future?
Yes: 9
No: 9
Maybe: 2

5. Please list suggestions for types of programs you would like the library to hold:
• Reptiles, water creatures
• Lizards
• Eagles
• Snakes
• Animals that need help
• Any
• Fairy garden
• Knitting

6. Have you ever attended a library event before?
Yes: 15
No: 4

7. Where did you hear about this program?

Library: 8
Friend/Relative: 7
Newspaper Article: 2
Facebook: 4
School: 6
Event email: 1
Poster at school/business: 2
On the phone: 1

Source of Additional Funds

Waseca Library and local businesses

Project Manager
First Name
Dayle
Last Name
Zelenka
Organization Name
Traverse des Sioux Library Cooperative
Street Address
1400 Madison Avenue, Suite 622
City
Mankato
State
MN
Zip Code
56002-5488
Phone
507-625-6169
Email
dzelen@tds.lib.mn.us
Administered By
Administered by

Minnesota Department of Education

Location

1500 Highway 36 West
Roseville, MN 55113-4266

Phone
651-582-8200
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