Feel better with a little help from your library
Returned on Monday 8 February – Sunday 14 February 2021
We hope you enjoyed our online Health and Wellbeing week. If you want to give us feedback on an event that you took part in, you can fill in a simple feedback form online and tell us your thoughts. Share your experiences of Love Life Love Libraries with us as well on Twitter using #LoveLifeLoveLibraries.
The 2021 Lineup
Find out what events took place below. You can still interact with some of the online activities that happened on social media.
Wellbeing 1, 2, 3
Monday 8 February, Wednesday 10 February & Thursday 11 February, 1pm
Platform | Facebook & Twitter
All of the worksheets and information from these wellbeing posts for little ones is now available here if you missed them on social media..
Monday | Cooking Book Fun
Be inspired by one of the Bookbug P1 bag titles Brenda is a Sheep by Morag Hood and create your own Snackable Smore Sheep. Download the recipe below and catch a reading of the book online.
Snackable Smore Sheep recipe | Brenda is a Sheep reading
Wednesday | LEGO Mindfulness
Bring Mindfulness into unexpected places. Check out our ideas download for some inspiration and prompts to use your lego bricks to relax, unwind and have some fun. It’s not just for kids; the whole family can get involved!
Thursday | Trail Tales
Over the past year heading outdoors for a walk has provided a boost to our wellbeing and given us a chance to get to know our local community better. Whilst out and about why not play a game of eye spy or draw your own map with your child? Download the worksheet and check out our Trail Tales resources for families, nurseries and schools for more outdoor fun with Maurice the Station Mouse.
Trail Tales Worksheet | More Trail Tales Info
Twitter Health Test
Monday 8 February, 8pm
Platform | Twitter
We challenged you to discover if your health knowledge is up to scratch. Throughout the hour, we tested your health knowledge and helped to raise awareness of various health stats and information by asking you about them before revealing the answer.
Search for #LLLLHealthTest on Twitter to take part now.
Bookbug Online
Tuesday 9 February, 11am
Platform | Facebook & YouTube
Bookbug is loved by parent and children nationwide, and the health and wellbeing benefits of interacting with your child while singing songs, rhymes and listening to stories are always clear to see. Join us for another great online session which you can enjoy. This will mark the return of our weekly Bookbug Online sessions.
Catch Bookbug Online here on YouTube.
New Tricks Quiz
Tuesday 9 February, 2.30pm
Platform | Webex
The team behind our hugely successful New Tricks events held a brilliant general knowledge quiz. A great way to get your mind active and have some quiz fun.
Booking is now closed
Chatty Café
Wednesday 10 February, 2pm
Platform | Webex
We’ve all lived in very challenging circumstances in recent times and feelings of isolation have been easy to encounter. We held a Webex session to simply have a chat with a friendly face for a short while.
Booking is now closed
Shared Reading
Thursday 11 February, 11am
Platform | Webex
We held a Shared Reading session where you could listen to a staff member read a short story or poem and discuss it afterwards. Reap the benefits of reading aloud and have a chat with fellow story lovers.
Booking is now closed
Six Legal Must Dos
Thursday 11 February, 11am
Platform | Webex
In partnership with Solicitors for Older People Scotland, we held a Six Legal Must Dos session on Webex where one of their experts was on hand to provide a presentation on some important legal matters such as wills and setting up Power of Attorney that they can assist with.
Booking is now closed
For the Love of Books Podcast
Thursday 11 February, 6pm
Platform | Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music and more
Listen to our health and wellbeing-focussed episode of the library podcast, For the Love of Books which is available on all major podcast platforms. In this episode, we will highlight some of the health benefits of reading and why some of our staff feels reading helps with their own escapism.
Subscribe to our For the Love of Books podcast on Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Amazon Music to listen on these platforms or catch the episode on YouTube.
Read Well NL
Friday 12 February, launch day
Platform | BorrowBox and other reading material
Reading has some very well documented health benefits and regular reading can help improve those benefits faster. We relaunched our Read Well NL reading challenge. A challenge to read for 6 minutes each day. Get access to our downloadable recording sheet to keep track of how you’re doing on our Read Well NL webpage.
Webex Bookbug Group for 0 – 12-month-olds
Friday 12 February, 10am
Platform | Webex
The launch session of a new weekly Bookbug group for parents who have had children during lockdown and so far have been unable to participate in Bookbug sessions. This initial meeting had a short Science of Bookbug presentation, Q&A and introductory session. This is now a weekly event for attendees, with a 30 minutes standard session and chance to chat with other parents afterwards.
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Saturday 13 February, 4pm
Platform | Facebook & YouTube
Catch our video on colouring-in for adults and watch a relaxing video all wrapped up in one. Being creative is a great way to relax and improve your mental health and there are some fantastic videos out there can help you relax on this topic too.
You can watch the video on YouTube here.
Make Your Date a Book
Sunday 14 February, all day – videos daily in the lead-up
Platform | Facebook & YouTube
Inspired by Valentine’s Day, we shared a daily video of a romantic read which one of our staff would recommend.
On Valentine’s Day itself, we held a vote right here on the website on which one you fancied the most as your perfect date. There’s still time to vote, so click the link below.
If you missed the videos, you can watch them all on our YouTube Make Your Date a Book Playlist.
Visit our Mentimeter poll to vote for your favourite: https://www.menti.com/ufmdimn9id
What Made You Love Life Today?
Monday 8 – Sunday 14 February, daily
Platform | Social Media & CultureNL website
Sometimes the simple things in life are the best things in life. Each year of Love Life Love Libraries, we have been building a webpage of positivity built by you. It’s straightforward, use the form below to submit a short anonymous message of what made you love life today, and we’ll add it to our dedicated page which you can find here. Helping us build our page of positivity might just help others who may be struggling in these challenging times. There’s still time to submit a message so feel free.
Feedback
If you take part or watch any our Love Life Love Libraries activities this year, we’d love to hear what your thoughts on it were. Visit our feedback form and submit your feedback online. We’d love for you to tag us online too using the #LoveLifeLoveLibraries hashtag.
