Good evening all:
Several of you asked for a hit on my request for ideas on
what to do for the "lock-in" at our school the other night. I had
asked for some ideas on quiet activities that could be done in half
the library while the other half was being used as a sleeping area.
Videos, board games, computer games, etc. were going on in various
other parts of the school.
Some of the responses were saved onto my computer in a
document at school, but I won't be back there for the rest of the week
due to a road trip that I leave on tomorrow to go to mentor some
filipino school librarians. The main ones that I used are listed
below, but there were other people who suggested the idea of having
materials available for them to do various writing assignments. One
person suggested keeping a journal (complete with pictures) of the
evening and someone else suggested making mini-books. I had used a
site for a "stapleless book" with my first graders and it is basically
you just fold a sheet of paper in various ways until it takes on the
shape of a book. These could then be used by the kids for poetry or
short stories.
As a report on our own evening, it went very well. More than
half of the girls who were there eventually ended up in the library at
some point in time, some for a short nap and others for a longer time.
I had a jigsaw puzzle set up on a table and that was very popular and
other girls had a great time with "Hugo Cabret" which I have been
seriously plugging for all age groups. I also had some word search
puzzles from this great site that is part of the hit--though the girls
were not real interested in it because they said they were too tired
to think about them. The only problem came with the fact that I had
set it up for girls only and the boys wanted to sleep also, but we
found another room for them to sleep in so all went OK. I think if I
do this again I will just have it be the "sleeping area" and set up a
different room with the puzzles and such since the lights were on in
at least half of the library all night.
Thanks again for all your encouragement in this endeavor. I
had done all night "book a thon's" before, but trying to come up with
a way to have some sleep while others did quiet activities was a new
one for me.
Blessings,
Carol Van Brocklin
Librarian
Faith Academy-Davao
Davao City, Philippines
You could print out some puzzle pages. Here's a website I've been using.
http://www.squiglysplayhouse.com/PencilPuzzles/index.html#Code
Our theater students are having a school sleep over soon. Tonight they
were making a "rules" video -- only one person in a sleeping bag,
opposite sexes must stay 6 inches apart, etc. From what I saw them
filming, video will be so funny.
Years ago we had an after-prom party all night in the school. Remember
that the students will be hungry so plan for lots of food. Have a
nurse on call or present depending on your school policy. Section off
areas that you can't easily supervise. Have a large sign that you are
the quiet area. Make a few book displays so you don't miss the
opportunity to create a new reader. Have a cell phone policy for your
area so the noise doesn't bother sleepers, etc. Will the couch be for
sleepers or talkers? Make that clear. Activities: Board games. Books
on CD/MP3. Some simple craft.
Good for you! I've done this before with high school students as a
club activity. Actually the whole event was in the library, including
dinner. The kids brought literary-related food which was great fun. I
brought in a TV so we could watch books turned into movies, a teacher
who writes poetry came in and sang lullabies, and the headmaster came
to read a bedtime story. The girls slept in nonfiction, the boys in
periodicals. I think puzzles are good, as well as literary word
searches or trivia quizzes. You could also have a read-aloud area so
students could take turns reading a book or a collection of short
stories (creepy ones!). Have fun!
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