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Sunshine & Stories Episode 206: Unearthing CSLP Summer Program Resources

Episode Summary:  
The Collaborative Summer Library Program’s 2026 program manual is now live! So the Kates chat about all things summer from toolkits, printables and all that CSLP has to offer to fun ways to interpret this summer’s theme of “Unearth a Story” and the America 250 - Colorado 150 celebrations.  

Outline 

00:00 – Introduction
00:28 – What is CSLP?
01:28 – Tools  
03:33 - Access
05:29 - Learning Opportunities   
08:19 – Rules of Use
11:32 – The Theme and Program ideas
19:13 – Another take? 150/250
25:04 – Closing  

Resources: 

Collaborative Summer Library Program (CSLP)

CSLP Professional Development - Summer Symposium and other webinars

CSLP Official Summer Library Programming Group (Facebook)

Colorado Youth Services Library Network mailing list

Where to See the Dinosaurs of Colorado 

History Colorado: America 250 - Colorado 150 Commission

America250 

Colorado Tourism Office - Colorado Passport

CO State Library's "Stories of Colorado" collection

"Reimagining School Readiness: Dinosaurs" (CSL Kit) 

Colorado folks, for access to CSLP's 2026 "Unearth a Story" program manual, please contact Kate Brunner at brunner_k@cde.state.co.us. For all other states and territories, please reach out to your CSLP Representative. 

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