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Thanksgiving at CMLE!

thanksgiving-3 As you may be starting to appreciate, we like to be festive at CMLE Headquarters. Since Thanksgiving is soon approaching, we decided it was time to hang up the turkeys! (We have decorative turkeys on streamers floating from the ceiling. There’s no good way to photograph them, so stop by or use your imagination!)

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We just wanted to share our decorations with you, and perhaps you have some festive November or Thanksgiving themed decorating going on at your library or media center? Send us a picture! For more glimpses of our exciting office happenings (often including Orville the Bear and the Office Plant team) follow us on Instagram.

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A message of gratitude from the director…

photo-1415912364061-78a25859c0faAfter all of the recent terrorist threats, I think we are all feeling especially close to family and loved ones this Thanksgiving. I am thankful for so much this year, it is hard to list it all, indeed, I need categories!

Library colleagues do indeed get their own category. I appreciate engaged library staff (like you) who continue to use our services and engage in our programming. Whether you are reading and/or commenting on our weekly blog posts, liking our Facebook page, retweeting our Tweets, writing book reviews or other blog posts, suggesting ideas for programming, applying for scholarships, participating in our Quick Question Polls, or attending our events, you are the heart of what we define as resource sharing!

CMLE staff  are thankful for the opportunity to serve your needs, and to work with you to increase the capacity of all types of libraries in Central Minnesota! It is our privilege to work with talented and engaged library staff and we thank you for the opportunity!

Programming Idea: Use a whiteboard in the library with a “What are YOU thankful for?” heading, then sit back, and observe a showplace of thanks big and small!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Patricia-

Patricia Post, CMLE Executive Director

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Turkey Trivia and the Great Yam Scam!

Male_north_american_turkey_supersaturatedIt turns out, even the writers at the Farmers Almanac like to have a little fun. Looking for ways that you may position yourself as the Cliff Claven of the family this holiday? Try these on for size, or use in some way with students too as the holiday approaches!

Turkey Trivia

The Great Yam Scam

Cranberry Trivia

Historic Thanksgiving Storms

Why Do We Eat Turkey at Thanksgiving?

Why We Can Feel Good Eating Thanksgiving Food!

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Engage your students in the Great Thanksgiving Listen

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StoryCorps is launching an ambitious program over Thanksgiving. To record interviews between students and their grandparent or another elder using the StoryCorps app. The goal is to “record as many interviews over that one weekend than we’ve recorded over the last 12 years combined.”

Check out the StoryCorps website to learn more about the Great Thanksgiving Listen, or you can view the teacher toolkit which has a lesson planning guide, follow-up activities, and questions that students can ask their elders.

Have a little more time? Check out this great NPR interview about the program.

 

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Bring Something More to the Thanksgiving Table

What’s your favorite part about Thanksgiving – hearing about the first time your baby nephew put his finger up his nose?  Political debates?  Hearing that story your aunt tells every year?  Your uncle’s jokes?  Me neither.

Check out this video by Mental Floss – 25 Little Known Facts About Thanksgiving – and bring something more to the table this year.  (There’s even a nod to Minnesota!)