[CASL-L] [EXTERNAL] Re: Passive Programming Inspiration

[Haddad, Christine]

When our kids come to the Learning Commons, I find that they really just
want to be kids!

   - Board and card games are always a big hit.
   - Coloring
   - We have a community weaving loom that a student made last year
   - Play-do
   - Buddha board (very popular)
   - Marble runs
   - Blinging (lots of kids have bedazzled their phone cases)


Tech-Free Special Events:

   - Vision boards
   - Shadow boxes
   - Decorating Graduation Caps (EOY)
   - Book Blinging


Christine Haddad
New Fairfield High School Library Media Specialist
Virtual High School Site Coordinator
54 Gillotti Rd.
New Fairfield, CT 06812

*"Whatever the cost of our libraries, the price is cheap compared to that
of an ignorant nation." Walter Cronkite*




On Tue, Sep 15, 2026 at 11:01 AM Kara Swezey via CASL-L <casl-l at mylist.net>
wrote:

> When you say you are doing vision boards...what does that look like?
>
> On Tue, Sep 15, 2026 at 8:30 AM Buchanan, Ann <buchanana at mpsct.org> wrote:
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>> I am doing vision boards, questions of the day, coloring stations, puzzle
>> stations, and chess
>>
>> Ann Buchanan
>> Middletown High School
>> Library Media Specialist/ STEAM teacher
>> TEAM Mentor
>> Newspaper Advisor
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>> On Tue, Sep 15, 2026 at 8:25 AM LaPlante, Casey via CASL-L <
>> casl-l at mylist.net> wrote:
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>>> My students currently love:
>>>
>>>    - games, specifically Wavelength and Battleship right now
>>>    - paint by sticker books
>>>    - community puzzles
>>>    - giant Connect 4
>>>    - making felt pennants
>>>    - Murdle puzzles
>>>
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>>> On Tue, Sep 15, 2026 at 8:01 AM Jodie D'Alexander <
>>> jdalexander at region16ct.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Good Morning,
>>>>
>>>> I hope everyone is off to a great start to the school year.  I'm
>>>> looking for some inspiring ideas for my Media Center in regards to low tech
>>>> / passive programming.
>>>>
>>>> I currently have:
>>>> Community Puzzle
>>>> Perler Bead Station
>>>> Buddha Boards,
>>>> Community Sticker Poster (Stick Together)
>>>> A shelf of board/card games
>>>> Friendship/bracelet making
>>>>
>>>> Can anyone offer any other ideas to implement for high schoolers?  I
>>>> rotate activities in and out of the LMC throughout the school year.  I love
>>>> activities that engage them in conversations with their peers (and get them
>>>> off of their phones / Chromebooks).
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for any help you can provide,
>>>>
>>>> *Mrs. Jodie D’Alexander*
>>>> *Library Media Specialist*
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>>>> Woodland NEASC Steering Committee* member*
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