tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3124163029230555324.post6358126138000828349..comments2023-07-21T05:34:52.730-05:00Comments on The Show Me Librarian: Percy Jackson Party: An UnprogramAmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02822088574795909869noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3124163029230555324.post-3992699573230270962015-02-17T20:25:17.288-06:002015-02-17T20:25:17.288-06:00Sounds like you had a really great program, Katya!...Sounds like you had a really great program, Katya! I particularly love the story starters with puppets and the oracle station.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02822088574795909869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3124163029230555324.post-90663422586444641362015-02-17T20:19:41.278-06:002015-02-17T20:19:41.278-06:00This was very helpful, Amy--we just had a PJ inspi...This was very helpful, Amy--we just had a PJ inspired but more broadly named 'Bay Ridge Olympians' event at my library today. We decorated paper-plate shields, made hieroglyphic headdresses (thanks Scholastic!), did a quick group-telling of the story of Daedalus and Icarus (and argued about how to pronounce Daedalus). Some kids drew me a great Cyclops and we played 'pin (tape) the eye on the cyclops). I also put out a tabletop puppet theater and a bunch of animal puppets and suggested they enact their favorite mythological scenario--with a few suggestions printed out on slips of paper (i.e. 'Gotta, just gotta get that Golden Fleece,' 'A scary dude just grabbed me and pulled me underground--I just ate some fruit and now I think I'm stuck here.' 'OK, war's over and I'm ready to go home. If only I could remember where it was...' etc..)<br /><br />The final activity station was 'Ask the Oracle.' I provided tiny chalkboards and chalk and made it a partnered activity, but I think it would have also worked really well as a big wooden or foam-core picture with a head cut-out, so kids could take turns making oracular predictions. They were really good at thinking of non-specific frustrating predictions (When will I die? On a day in the future...). Great ideas, and I have more, hoping to do it again soon.Katyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04837602358691420117noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3124163029230555324.post-31821213059273134972013-08-09T13:55:29.252-05:002013-08-09T13:55:29.252-05:00Medusa freeze tag! I love it!Medusa freeze tag! I love it!Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02822088574795909869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3124163029230555324.post-54884018275570655572013-08-09T13:39:26.851-05:002013-08-09T13:39:26.851-05:00We just had a Percy Jackson party, too! We started...We just had a Percy Jackson party, too! We started out with a little god/goddess/titan/monster trivia game, then moved on to making "claiming badges." On one side of the round gold badges (spraypainted cardboard) they drew symbols for the god or goddess who claimed them and then on the other created visual representations of what their inherited talents might be if they were demigods. Then we did a quick "dyslexia" challenge where they had to decipher a paragraph that was written like what a dyslexic person might see when they read. Finally, we finished out on the lawn with some "medusa freeze tag." :)Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06493359469313592497noreply@blogger.com