So what did you think of The Hunger Games movie?? Third highest opening for a movie ever! Best opening weekend for a non-sequel! See more info here:
http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/03/25/box-office-report-hunger-games/
The day after the movie opened, we hosted a Hunger Games program at the Honey Brook Library for ages 12 and up. To our excitement, it was the most that we have had a pre-registered for an event that was for this age group.
The hour long program was divided into to a game and a craft. The kids were divided into to 2 teams. Then they did a relay tag team scramble to choose items from the Cornucopia. (I must admit, that gathering the items for it was quite fun!) Next they came up with a name for their team. We had the "Mockingjays" and the "Trackerjackers". I read a story to them in which they got points for the items that they each picked from the Cornucopia. The game was a quite fun and was won by the Trackerjackers!
The story I read is found here:
http://www.bethanymediacenter.com/Cornucopia-Challenge.html
The kids really enjoyed the game which made me happy! Next came the craft. We had printed out pictures of the Mockingjay in different sizes and they could cut and paste them onto pins, magnets, and necklaces. The pins & magnet were made by placing the picture inside of a bottle cap and then glues a magnet or pin back onto the bottle cap. They were a big hit with the kids.
What I enjoyed the most about the program, was talking to the kids about the book and the movie. Most were obsessed with it, and they told me a lot of their likes and dislikes. I started to realize that this is the first time that most of them ever saw a movie that was from a book they read and loved. They were very critical of small changes, and things that were left out. Probably a first for them. They could quote most of the book, and were annoyed when a phrase was said, but my a different character. It was quite fun to see them so passionate!
I was really excited to have the program and was so happy that it went really well. We had requests for a similar program when the next book "Catching Fire" comes out. Yay!
Til next time,
Miss Jennifer
Four of Spades
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