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to ever-fluid situations is not uncommon in the field of youth services. Considering these unique times, let’s think about how we can engage with youth by going virtual! Take your traditional forms of engagement with </span><span class="spellingerror">MeL</span><span class="normaltextrun"> a
step beyond the desk by going virtual on social media. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun">Here are a few virtual family programming ideas to get you started:</span><span class="eop"> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="normaltextrun">Create scavenger hunt games for families to explore </span><span class="spellingerror">PebbleGo</span><span class="normaltextrun"> Animals.</span><span class="eop"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.25in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="normaltextrun">Lead a virtual trip through history in </span><span class="spellingerror">PebbleGo’s</span><span class="normaltextrun"> Social Studies content.</span><span class="eop"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="paragraph" style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.25in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline;user-select: text;-webkit-user-drag: none;-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent;overflow-wrap: break-word">
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="normaltextrun">Share the early readers and printable activities in World Book Early Learning.</span><span class="eop"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="normaltextrun">Post trivia questions to encourage use of Britannica School, with a prize drawing for those with correct answers.</span><span class="eop"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="normaltextrun">Start a virtual reading club with the eBooks K-8 and create a group page for discussions. CSLP’s Imagine Your Story resources are now available for you to use for library programming year-round, as
well as the past 2 thematic years.</span><span class="eop"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span class="normaltextrun">Create a hashtag for families to follow the virtual program offerings throughout the next few weeks.</span><span class="eop"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span class="spellingerror"><b><i><o:p> </o:p></i></b></span></p>
<h2><span class="spellingerror"><b>MeL</b></span><span class="normaltextrun"><b> </b></span><span class="spellingerror"><b>eResources</b></span><span class="eop"><b> </b></span><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></h2>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><a href="http://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?database=eb" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue">Britannica
School</span></span></a></span><span class="eop"> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span class="normaltextrun">Reliable, quality information is available from home with just a few clicks. Students from elementary through high school will find resources to help them write essays and research papers and complete homework assignments. <span style="color:#2B2B2B">Includes
over 132,000 encyclopedia articles, 103,000 images, 7,500 multimedia elements, more than 27,000 eBooks, and novels and essays. Tools include translation for 50+ languages and read-aloud functionality.</span></span><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:#2B2B2B"> </span></span><span class="eop"><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"> </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><u>eBook Collections in </u></span><span class="spellingerror"><u>MeL</u></span><span class="eop"> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span class="normaltextrun">The </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?database=ebsco-e860xna" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue">eBooks
K-8 Collection</span></span></a></span><span class="normaltextrun"> includes beginner cookbooks, craft books, alphabet books, <i>Diary of a Wimpy Kid</i> series, <i>Big Nate</i> series, and a wide range of students’ favorite sports’ team, just to name a few.
The </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?database=ebsco-e862xna" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue">eBooks
High School collection</span></span></a></span><span class="normaltextrun"> has <i>Illustrated Classics</i>, <i>Orca</i> series, sports’ collections, biographies, history books, STEM books, do-it-yourself projects, and over 1,200 young adult fiction titles.
Be sure to explore the </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?database=ebsco-e000xna" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue">eBooks
Academic</span></span></a></span><span class="normaltextrun">, </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?database=ebsco-e020mna" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue">eBooks
Business</span></span></a></span><span class="normaltextrun">, and </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><a href="https://widgets.ebscohost.com/prod/customerspecific/mel/auth.php?database=ebsco-e700xna" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue">eBooks
Public Library</span></span></a></span><span class="normaltextrun"> collections as well. </span><span class="eop"> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun">Find bite-sized pieces of content for your K-2 learners. All types of animals are covered as well as habitats, animal behavior, and dinosaurs. The social studies area covers topics ranging from “Being a Good Citizen” to continents
and countries and “Jobs in the Community” to “People and the Environment” and transportation. Short videos and activity sheets are also available so learners can be active participants from home.</span><span class="eop"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><a href="https://worldbookonline.com/ewol/home?subacct=O6106" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue">World Book Early
Learning</span></span></a></span><span class="eop"> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:#2B2B2B">Students in grades PreK-3 can follow Trek and Taffy the cat around the world. Share their love of colors, numbers, game, and other fun things. Come inside for stories and pictures!</span></span><span class="eop"> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span class="normaltextrun"><span style="color:#2B2B2B">Students in grades Pre K-5 will find easy-to-read content in addition to hundreds of activities, science projects and experiments.</span></span><span class="eop"> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.michigan.gov/documents/libraryofmichigan/LM2017_Youth_Services_Programming_in_crisis_toolkit_599639_7.pdf" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue">Youth
Services Programming During a Time of Crisis<b> </b></span></span></a></span><span class="scxo151802778"> </span><br>
<span class="normaltextrun">A printable toolkit designed to help public libraries in times of crisis plan programming that creates a sense of normalcy for youth and teens in times of disaster or upheaval. This toolkit is the Capstone Project designed and written
by Jamie Gilmore, Grace Morris, Erica Trotter, and Alexandria </span><span class="spellingerror">Wardrip</span><span class="normaltextrun"> through the University of Washington's Information School. It was also featured (8/30/17) in <i>The Conversation's</i> article,
"</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><a href="https://theconversation.com/public-libraries-can-literally-serve-as-a-shelter-from-the-storm-83070" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue">Public
Libraries can (literally) Serve as a Shelter from the Storm</span></span></a></span><span class="normaltextrun"><b>," by Grace Morris. </b></span><span class="eop"> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span class="normaltextrun">ALA’s </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.ala.org/aasl/sites/ala.org.aasl/files/content/aaslpubsandjournals/knowledgequest/docs/KQ_MarApr_WheretoStart.pdf" target="_blank"><span class="normaltextrun"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:blue">Where
to Start? Creating Virtual Library Spaces</span></i></span></a></span><span class="normaltextrun"><i> </i></span><span class="scxo151802778"> </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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