Sexy Senior programming at your library
- Outreach
- instead of grandparents bringing grandchildren to storytime – taking the storytime to the grandparents – or even just an assisted living facility
- younger parents take pleasure in this – their own parents live further away – and this is a way for them to introduce their children to older adults - Primetime Readers
- Two Part Program started for school age students – teens and tweens
- Reading
- Chapter books don’t work as well as single reads
- Old time radio scripts
- Activities
- Bingo
- Tie-ins to the Reading
- heroes
- collectibles
- New Technology
- Senior Mornings
- Senior specific computer classes
- Enjoy learning with their peers
- Mousercize / Mouserobics
- Gaming
- Wii
- Partnered with the Schools
- Wii bit of fun
- Bring an older friend
- Bowling Tournament
- Encouraged to dress as a team
- 150 people attended
- Families brought cookies
- 5th grader set up miis prior
- variety
- entire families attended
- asked about practicing
- everybody got a trophy – called the local bowling alley and asked for “bad pins” – received 100 pins
- Vblogging
- Bethelparkcheckitout.blogspot.com
- cable access
- google video / youtube
- presidential campaign – liberty and literacy for all slogan
- easy to do if you don’t mind public humiliation
- therapy dog and handler
- Laughter Club – 3 per month – 2.5 years
- idea came from senior
- folder with “laughter club” written on it
- Senior Residence
- What is a laughter club
- Improve health
- reduce stress
- feel more positive and optimistic
- what happens
- breathing
- stretching
- laughter exercising
- good-hearted living
- Unique features
- no jokes in laughter club
- sounds of laughter and motion create exercise
- simulated laughter stimulates laughter
- laughter exercises done in group setting
- led by a certified laugher leader
All you need is a willingness to laugh
- how do you become a laughter leader
- www.worldlaughtertour.com
- What does it cost?
- $400 for training workshop
- texts separately
- $75 annual registration
- $45 annual certification renewal
- can be run for free or a fee
- Why Laughter is Good for you
- reduces stress