Project+Identification

Whitney Owen
 * Student:**

LIS 698 - Seminar and Practicum, Spring 2011 Dr. Tula Giannini, Dean Pratt-SILS
 * Course Title & Instructor:**

Kiera Parrot Assistant Head of Children's Services Darien Library 1441 Post Road, Darien, CT, 06820
 * Site Supervisor & Location:**

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7, 8, Create!
 * Project Title:**

While I was able to gain a great deal of experience with multiple aspects of library service to children and their caregivers through my internship at the Darien Library, my primary responsibility was to develop, plan, and lead a drop-in program for seven and eight year olds. This program - "7, 8, Create!" - was intended to provide children in this age group with an opportunity to engage with books, crafts, activities, and games. I aspired to learn not only how to best address the social, developmental, and emotional needs of patrons in this age group, but also how to integrate movement and multimedia presentations into the content I delivered. It was also a goal to familiarize myself with available and appropriate resources for providing library programming to children, and to learn how to best conduct social programming in a way that would be not only enjoyable, but also educational for the children present.
 * Abstract**