We've been trying a new program at my library...Escape the Room games! Using Breakout EDU kits we've been able to use pre-made games and create our own. This program is a hit! While the kits are an investment at $125.00 plus $19.00 in shipping, we decided that it was worth the cost. Escape the Room programs encourage teamwork, listening, and critical thinking. If you plan the puzzles right you can even incorporate educational standards into the game.
Learning + Fun = Library win!
Don't be discouraged thinking you can't create puzzles. You ARE in fact smarter than a fifth grader! Puzzles we made included math problems on recipe cards, word ciphers, measuring footprints, twister directions, counting numbers of items, time zone conversions, and more.
Check out our program plans!
Pacific Islands
Cuba
Somalia
Myanmar
We chose these countries as the theme of our Escape the Room because they are the most prevalent immigrant communities in our library's neighborhoods. We wanted to encourage education about diverse cultures and make immigrant children feel welcome in the community. And it worked! One girl informed her teacher that she would be extra good at this game because she was from in Somalia. :)
Set up your room using things you can find around your library. Our set up is never dazzling, but the kids have fun tearing the room apart looking for clues anyway.
This is a program that has a huge pay-off for the medium amount of work that goes into it. We have kids coming back again and again and asking when the next one will be. So try it!
Learning + Fun = Library win!
Don't be discouraged thinking you can't create puzzles. You ARE in fact smarter than a fifth grader! Puzzles we made included math problems on recipe cards, word ciphers, measuring footprints, twister directions, counting numbers of items, time zone conversions, and more.
Check out our program plans!
Pacific Islands
Cuba
Somalia
Myanmar
We chose these countries as the theme of our Escape the Room because they are the most prevalent immigrant communities in our library's neighborhoods. We wanted to encourage education about diverse cultures and make immigrant children feel welcome in the community. And it worked! One girl informed her teacher that she would be extra good at this game because she was from in Somalia. :)
Set up your room using things you can find around your library. Our set up is never dazzling, but the kids have fun tearing the room apart looking for clues anyway.
This is a program that has a huge pay-off for the medium amount of work that goes into it. We have kids coming back again and again and asking when the next one will be. So try it!