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Jan. 4th, 2007 07:36 pmI need ideas. You people are good with ideas. So!
Old Librarian is very involved with Heifer International, and every year she did "Read to Feed" with the kids. The basic idea is that kids read a lot and families give money to Heifer through the library. The kids also made quilt squares and pins, on an animal theme, and sold them to raise money. Last year they bought an ark!
Here's the sitch: I'm taking over this whole operation, having never done it before. I want to make it my own, and do it differently, while still honoring Old Librarian's rather large legacy in this respect. I intend to keep it a lot smaller-scale this year, so I can just get a feel for how it works and everything while concentrating on teaching. I also don't want to push the community too much financially, because they've already given a lot of money to school-related stuff this year (much more than usual because of local events). But I'd like to do something special with it, and I have a group of maybe 10-12 7th graders who would be doing it with me as an elective.
I need a project the 7th graders can either do themselves or organize for other kids to do. I will, of course, be helping, organizing, supervising, all that good stuff - I just want them to feel a sense of ownership for the project. It can be anything as long as it can raise some Heifer money and doesn't require a Ginormous investment of time and money. If it's farm animal themed in some way, that's a plus. Thoughts? READY, GO!
Old Librarian is very involved with Heifer International, and every year she did "Read to Feed" with the kids. The basic idea is that kids read a lot and families give money to Heifer through the library. The kids also made quilt squares and pins, on an animal theme, and sold them to raise money. Last year they bought an ark!
Here's the sitch: I'm taking over this whole operation, having never done it before. I want to make it my own, and do it differently, while still honoring Old Librarian's rather large legacy in this respect. I intend to keep it a lot smaller-scale this year, so I can just get a feel for how it works and everything while concentrating on teaching. I also don't want to push the community too much financially, because they've already given a lot of money to school-related stuff this year (much more than usual because of local events). But I'd like to do something special with it, and I have a group of maybe 10-12 7th graders who would be doing it with me as an elective.
I need a project the 7th graders can either do themselves or organize for other kids to do. I will, of course, be helping, organizing, supervising, all that good stuff - I just want them to feel a sense of ownership for the project. It can be anything as long as it can raise some Heifer money and doesn't require a Ginormous investment of time and money. If it's farm animal themed in some way, that's a plus. Thoughts? READY, GO!
