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Betsy-Tacy Book Club - 2011

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$841
Project of
Traverse des Sioux Library Cooperative Legacy Grant SFY 2010 - SFY 2011
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Status
Completed
Activity Type
Education/Outreach/Engagement
Counties Affected
Sibley
Sibley
Project Overview

The Betsy-Tacy Book Club met for four Saturday’s this Spring.  Each meeting included reading an excerpt of a Betsy and Tacy book, discussion time, and craft or activity based off of the reading.  In addition, the club took a trip to Mankato this summer for a Betsy-Tacy Tour.

Project Details
  • Event Dates: 3/5/11, 4/2/11, 4/30/11, 5/14/11
  • Locations:  Gaylord Public Library
  • Attendance: 
  1. 3/5/11 - 18,
  2. 4/2/11 - 18,
  3. 4/30/11 - 21,
  4. 5/14/11 - 19
  • Partner Organization(s):  Elizabeth Reishus, Member of the Gaylord City Library Board and employee of the Gaylord Hub Newspaper, Gaylord Public Library
  • Partner Organization(s) Contribution/Role in the Program:  Elizabeth Reishus - opportunity to share her love of these characters and their author.  Her family also donated extra sand, bottles, ribbons, crayons, glue, etc. for projects and supplied dress-up clothes for girls.   Gaylord Public Library - refreshments
  • In-Kind Support:  $260.00
  • Program Outputs: The day for the tour was great.  The weather was beautiful and the Betsy-Tacy Society was so accommodating!  They had children there dressed up like Betsy and Tacy's time, playing games that Betsy and Tacy played.  Their Father played instruments of all types.  Both the kids and father were very engaging.  After the tour, one of the grandmother's signed up for a library card. The Betsy-Tacy book club met four Saturday's, which included 14 girls, 2 moms and 2 grandmothers.  Each meeting included a reading from a Betsy-Tacy book, discussion time and a craft of activity based on the reading.
Details/Reports
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$841
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

Measurable Outcomes may be collected by survey, anecdotal responses, pre-test/post-test, observations; Describe proposed end user change in Behavior, Attitude, Skills, Knowledge, Condition and/or Status.

  • The children will learn something about Betsy and Tacy and their Mankato author Maud Hart Lovelace. 
  • The children will be excited to read more Betsy and Tacy adventures or other books by Lovelace on their own time, and
  • will experience some of the activities children enjoyed in the early 1900's.
Measurable Outcome(s)

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