Browse through a variety of program ideas and resources contributed by librarians throughout Northwest Ohio.
Northwest Regional Library System
Serving Northwest Ohio Since 1974
Program Resources
| State Library of Ohio 2023 Summer Reading Program Workshop Presentation | State Library of Ohio 2023 Summer Reading Program Workshop Presentation |
| STEAM Grab and Go Bag Ideas for Grades K-7 | Includes 8 weekly STEAM Grab and Go Bag ideas for grades K-3 and 5 weekly STEAM Grab and Go Bag ideas for grades 4-7. A video demonstration and discussion of important STEAM concepts and fun tips will be posted online for each kit. |
| STEM Activity Clearinghouse | The STEM Activity Clearinghouse makes high quality, library appropriate STEM activities available to librarians and library staff. Search by audience, content level, difficulty, and curated collections. |
| STEM Activity: Wildlife Engineering Design Challenge | Using recycled materials, design a new park where people can have fun and animals can thrive! |
| STEM and Fairy Tales: Blending Fantasy and Science | A wide variety of STEM activities that correspond to well-known fairy tales. |
| Story Time from Space Video Directory | A variety of children's books have been sent to the International Space Station where astronauts videotape themselves reading the books. |
| Story Time Scripts | Storytime scripts for Comets, Stars, the Moon, and Mars by Douglas Florian, One Starry Night by M. Christina Butler, Red Knit Cap Girl by Naoko Stoop, and The Playground of the Sun and Moon by Margaret Read MacDonald. |
| Story Time Summer 2019 Week #1 | This space themed storytime includes books, songs and rhymes, and craft ideas. |
| Story Time Summer 2020 Week #1 | This nursery rhyme themed storytime includes books, songs and rhymes, and a simple activity. |
| StoryTime "Teddy Bear" Workshop | Preschool age children can make a dragon or a unicorn after reading Hailey's Magic Words by Tracy Main. |