Playful Learning

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,517
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient Type
Libraries
Status
Completed
Start Date
December 2014
End Date
December 2014
Activity Type
Education/Outreach/Engagement
Counties Affected
Le Sueur
Waseca
Le Sueur
Waseca
Project Overview
Our libraries launched our playful learning kits fall 2014. Our kits, funded by grants through the Minnesota Department of Education LSTA funding and the Waseca Area Foundation, were designed to help kids develop 21st century skills like critical thinking and collaboration while learning early literacy and STEAM skills using playful learning activities. We seek to inspire as well as entertain kids within the library. We also hope these kits will extend family time in the library and inspire parents and caregivers. Through this grant, we held launch events at each of our libraries which let the public know we have these kits and explained how they could use them. This grant covered signage for the playful learning areas as well as helped create two more kits—one centered on dinosaurs and one on aviation.
Project Details
535
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota for 2013 Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 4
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,517
Other Funds Leveraged
$2,522
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Participants will become more familiar with our playful learning kits.
Participants will use the playful learning kits.
Participants will have increased their skills or knowledge based on the kit they used, from letter writing to aviation.

Measurable Outcome(s)

1. Did you use the playful learning kit today?
Yes: 11
No: 0

2. Did you learn anything new about dinosaurs today (words, animal facts, etc.)?
Yes: 10
No: 1

3. Did you use your imagination while using the playful learning kit?
Yes: 11
No: 0

4. What was your favorite part of the playful learning kit?
Stage and play dinosaurs
The dinosaur mat
The dinosaur figures
The dinosaur stamps and the books
How they thought bigger ones would be tougher
The Legos and the “real” model dinosaurs
Busy Town board game
Airplanes, helicopters
The Airport game, doll, and airplanes
Trying on the outfit and looking at the display
The puzzles

5. Please list suggestions for playful learning kits you would like the library to make:
Magic; seasons; winter games; monkeys; butterflies; zoo animals; farm animals
Magnet fun
Vehicles
Maybe a kit for other animals like farm animals or forest animals
Cars, trucks, motorcycles, etc.; dinosaurs
Police/firefighters; doctor; animal learning/veterinarian; math/measuring
Astronaut kit; scientist kit; king and queen kits; famous singers and actors; people in history

6. Have you ever used a playful learning kit at the library before?
Yes: 5
No: 6

7. Where did you hear about this program?
Library: 9
Friend/Relative: 1

Source of Additional Funds

Waseca-Le Sueur County Libraries, daycares, businesses, schools

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
Location

1500 Highway 36 West
Roseville, MN 55113-4266

Phone
651-582-8200