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Teaching life skills at the library : programs and activities on money management, career development, and more

2022

Format:	Book
Author:	Buckley, Kimberli S., 1965- author.
Title:	Teaching life skills at the library : programs and activities on money management, career development, and more / Kimberli S. Buckley.
Publisher, Date:	Chicago : ALA Editions, 2022. ©2022
Description:	xvi, 112 pages ; 23 cm
Summary:	"This book provides easy-to-implement activities that readers can use to develop life skills classes at their library"-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects:	Libraries -- Activity programs. Life skills -- Study and teaching -- Activity programs.
Notes:	Includes index.
Contents:	Introduction: You've Got This! -- Part I: Planning Life Skills Classes -- Let's Start Planning! -- Partnership Opportunities & Program Promotions -- Evaluate & Sustain Your Life Skills Classes -- Part II: Life Skills Activity Plans -- Jobs -- Money -- Cooking -- Self-Care -- Personal-Care -- Home Skills -- Communication -- Relationships with Friends & Family -- Stress Management -- Conclusion: Taking Care of Business -- Appendix: Blank Planning Template.
LCCN:	2022003269
ISBN:	9780838948903 0838948901
Other Number:	1312656231
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Buckley (library manager, Concord Lib., Contra Costa County, CA) wrote this book after discovering that basic life skills were not being taught in their community. This slim volume is designed to assist librarians in creating programs and resources to help young and emerging adults gain confidence in and knowledge about financial management, career development, cooking, self-care, communication, and relationships. The book is divided into two parts: "Planning Life Skills Programs" and "Life Skills Activity Plans." In Part I, Buckley notes that libraries are perfect places to engage in life skills programming, as people often view libraries as relaxed, safe places for learning. Additionally, libraries are often able to take advantage of partnership opportunities with government, nonprofits, and local businesses. In Part II, Buckley includes many step-by-step plans for activities and games, such as financial literacy jeopardy, a photo booth, smoothie stations, a trust obstacle course, and a positivity board. Libraries should also consider live streaming this programming. VERDICT This useful hands-on guide is recommended for librarians, educators, and human-services providers with minimal programming experience working in communities that lack life-skills training opportunities.--Susan Belsky

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Buckley is a public library manager who teaches classes on life skills for emerging adults, inspired by a high-school teacher's request to fill a gap for her students. These experiences are the basis for this book. She notes the importance of teaching life skills in the library in terms of community relations and community improvement. The first part of the book focuses on planning life skills programs, noting ways to partner and promote programs as well as ways to sustain them. Most of the book details nine life skills plans, with the author starting out with the "big three" most important programs: jobs, money management, and cooking. The remaining topics are self-care, personal care, home skills communication, personal relationships, and stress management. Each plan has the same structure: program title and description, goals and objectives, topics, activities, presenters, partners, marketing, and evaluation; the author gives step-by-step guidance for each step. Two appendices (a planning template and curated reading tie-ins) and index conclude this slim volume. The author's tone is informal, yet informed. In short, she provides useful tips to help librarians plan and deliver engaging, practical--and doable--life skills programs.

Summary

Between making financial decisions, maintaining a healthy work-life balance, and juggling health, family, friends, and other responsibilities, life can feel overwhelming. Place these same responsibilities on an individual just entering adulthood who has less real-life experience and it can feel even more overwhelming. So why not make sure our teens and young adults are more prepared to face the world before they go out on their own? How can we also reinforce these skills for adults who may never have learned them or who may need a refresher? This book provides a hands-on and interactive approach to creating and planning library programs and activities that will enable patrons to learn and build the most important life skills. Readers will discover how life skills library programs can encourage participants to imagine and prepare for real-world situations; a rich variety of step-by-step programs, complete with planning tips, instructions, and a materials and equipment list, for activities such as Mock Job Interviews, Financial Literacy Jeopardy, planning of week of dinners, Spring Cleaning Visualizations, the art of packing a suitcase, practicing self-care, a stress-relief dance party, and many others; advice on planning, partnership opportunities, promotion, evaluations, and sustainability; ways to promote a safe space and a relaxed environment while leading programs; and additional helpful resources, including a planning template and reading tie-ins.

Table of Contents

	Preface	p. vii
	Acknowledgments	p. xiii
	Introduction: You've Got This!	p. xv
Part I	Planning Life Skills Programs
1	Let's Start Planning	p. 3
2	Partnership Opportunities and Program Promotions	p. 11
3	Evaluate and Sustain Your Life Skills Programs	p. 17
Part II	Life Skills Activity Plans
4	Jobs	p. 23
5	Money	p. 31
6	Cooking	p. 39
7	Self-Care	p. 47
8	Personal Care	p. 55
9	Home Skills	p. 63
10	Communication	p. 71
11	Relationships with Friends and Family	p. 79
12	Stress Management	p. 87
	Conclusion: Taking Care of Business	p. 95
	Appendixes
Appendix A	Planning Template for a Life Skills Program	p. 97
Appendix B	Reading Tie-Ins	p. 101
	Index	p. 111

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