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Resources for Family Engagement from the Library of Congress

We invite you and your family to participate in these activities, inspired by the collections, programs, and expertise of the Library of Congress.

Author Programs

Activity Kits

The activities below require just a few simple items you can find easilyaround the house and items from the Library's website. Kids are encouraged touse their creativity to enhance, adapt, or recreate anything we share. Checkback often for new activities and opportunities with engage with us!

All Ages

  • Cooking Up History[PDF 150KB]

    The Library's collections include thousands of cookbooks and recipes,includingThomas Jefferson's recipe formacaroni andfor ice cream,cookbooks dating as far back as the 16th century, and evenRosa Parks's recipe for "featherlitepancakes". Recreate a recipe from 100 years ago preserved inChronicling America, the Library'ssearchable database of historic newspapers.

  • Make a Cartonera[PDF 125KB]

    Cartoneras are hand-painted books with cardboard covers thatappeared in the early 2000s as a response to an economic crisis in Argentina.Create one based on cartoneras held in the Library'sHispanic Division. For older children,use the stitching instructions from the Make a Mini-Book activity on this page as thebinding for your cartonera.

  • Puppet Power[PDF 347KB]

    Using puppets in storytelling can help children of many ages and abilities to developliteracy skills such as decoding and building vocabulary. Use inspiration from theLibrary’s collections to create a puppet show at home. These two activities demonstratehow to create stick puppets and a shadow theater based on traditional Chinese shadowpuppetry.

  • Remembering Rosa Parks[PDF 351KB]

    Shortly after the death of civil rights activist Rosa Parks, letterpressartist Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr. began a print series featuring quotes by Parks. TheLibrary'sPrints andPhotographs Division holds a number of Kennedy's works, which are the inspirationfor this activity.

Ages 7-10

  • Be a Comic Creator[PDF 188KB]

    Did you know that the Library of Congress holds over 140,000 issues ofcomics, the largest publicly-available collection of comic books in the UnitedStates? Use the Library'scomiccollection as inspiration for becoming your own comic creator!

  • Design Your Own Lighthouse[PDF 360KB]

    Draw inspiration from images and architectural drawings from the Library's collectionsto design and build your own lighthouse.

  • Make a Mini-Book[PDF 393KB]

    Our preservation and conservation staff combine science and art as theywork to maintain our collections for years to come. Make a mini-book while learninga simple stitch that forms the basis of more complex work that our book conservatorsdo.

    Watch this demonstration for step-by-step instructions:

  • Readers Theater[PDF 733KB]

    This activity is based on a practice of dramatizing text using voice expression, drawingon radio scripts in the Library’s collections. Readers theater provides opportunities toincorporate multiple voices and sound effects and to have fun together. This activity kitwas written by Echo Rue, a 2021 Junior Fellow at the Library of Congress.

Ages 10-12

  • Make Your Own Geographic Information System[PDF 170KB]

    Geographic information systems (GIS) is a technological method to compile,organize, analyze, and visualize geographic data. Create your own GIS layers andpractice the basics of GIS mapping.

  • Preserving Family Stories[PDF 263KB]

    Find suggestions for recording family stories using oral history collectionsand resources from the American Folklife Center.

  • UnLOCk the Box: Sanborn Maps[PDF 286KB]

    Using clues from a map of Washington, DC from 1888, kids will reveal a code to unlock a box of treasures. TheUnLOCk the Box design (PDF 227KB), included in this PDF, was created byDr. Kellie Taylor, 2018-2019 Albert Einstein Fellow at the Library of Congress.

  • UnLOCk the Box: The Culper Code[PDF 126KB]

    Using the Culper Code developed during the Revolutionary War, kids will UnLOCk a box full of treasures, then use the code to create their own secret message. TheUnLOCk the Box design (PDF 227KB), included in this PDF, was created byDr. Kellie Taylor, 2018-2019 Albert Einstein Fellow at the Library of Congress.

Printables

More Online Resources for Kids and Families

Imagination Library

View bedtime stories fromGoodnight withDollyExternal andImaginationLibrary story times at the Library of Congress. Imagination Library is a 2014Libraryof Congress Literacy Awards Program Best Practice Honoree.

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We'd love to hear from you!

  • Find activity ideas and connect with us on our blog for families,Minerva’s Kaleidoscope.
  • Share yourfeedback on these resources or others you'd like to see atlearn@loc.gov.
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