{"id":448,"date":"2018-12-03T13:11:17","date_gmt":"2018-12-03T18:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/?p=448"},"modified":"2020-03-12T10:16:49","modified_gmt":"2020-03-12T14:16:49","slug":"reimagined-wellesley-branch-library-welcomes-librarians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mblc.state.ma.us\/mblc_blog\/2018\/12\/03\/reimagined-wellesley-branch-library-welcomes-librarians\/","title":{"rendered":"Reimagined Wellesley Branch Library Welcomes Librarians"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

By Shelley Quezada, Consultant to the Underserved at the MBLC<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

On October 29, 2018 staff from seven libraries that received\u00a0 FY19 LSTA grants for Mind in the Making: Supporting Play Spaces in Libraries<\/em><\/strong><\/a> \u00a0convened for training in the beautiful repurposed Fells Branch of the Wellesley Public Library.<\/a>\u00a0 In addition to Wellesley, the communities of Bedford, Bourne,\u00a0 Rutland, Shirley, Waltham and Shrewsbury\u00a0 will spend this year expanding opportunities for young children to participate in creative play activities in the library as well as to build, problem solve, think critically and even embrace failure as they become more confident and engaged learners.\u00a0 Under leadership of library director Jamie Jurgensen who applied for a LSTA grant, the library interior features\u00a0 wood replicas of Wellesley\u2019s\u00a0 famous buildings as well as frescos of local flora and fauna that are both a delight to see and touch.<\/p>\r\n

The Fells Branch, first opened in 1858 as a one-room schoolhouse, became a branch library in 1923 but recently has been used as a nursery school.\u00a0 Now, thanks to the generosity of the Wellesley Free Library Foundation and the Wellesley Foundation, the newly painted and refurbished branch \u00a0opened\u00a0 to the public on November 17.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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The LSTA training featured Alli Leake, Director of Education from the Discovery Museum in Acton who maintains a \u201cPlay Matters Blog<\/a>” on the museum \u00a0website.\u00a0 She invited\u00a0librarians to engage in a play activity by cooperatively building structures with \u201cfound materials\u201d which in this case were paper cups. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Additional support was provided by Jessie Kravette of the Boston Children\u2019s Museum who shared some of the many \u00a0BCM\u00a0 resources<\/a> \u00a0that support the importance of play.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Participating librarians were excited to share some of the many\u00a0 ideas they will be implementing over the course of the coming year as they create interactive play and flexible learning spaces in their own libraries.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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