Dictionary Day! October 16

Drop-in Program, All day

Intended for all the guests of the Children's Department

Supplies

Paper
Pencils

Program

Dictionary Day is October 16!  I wanted a fun and creative way to celebrate the language that we use, for better or for worse.  This is a very simple drop-in program that can take place all day long.  Participants can ask the reference librarian for a pencil and a piece of paper, and then feel free to create their own word, including a new definition too.  The created words can then be displayed on a bulletin board through out the day or till the end of the week.  Participants will feel pride in having their own new and innovative word on display for all to see! 

If you want to get a little fancy, because it is too simple for you, you could create a template for the participants to use when creating their new word:

confergate (kuhn-fur-geyt) verb. to go through a passageway by use of a secret or magic word of phrase. 

That's pretty much all she wrote.  Pun intended.