Don't let a short schedule keep you from providing engaging library programming. These 30-minute library lessons are perfect for librarians!
Over the last several years, I've done at lot of change up our library space at Stewart. Here's some of my tips to help you rethink your library.
If you don't have a lot of time or money to decorate your school library, these simple tips and ideas will help you create an inviting, welcoming space.
Teacher attitude toward the school library determines student use of our facility. School Librarians can show teachers the benefits of collaboration & library visits by creating a customized l…
Welcome them in and they'll never want to leave.
If you use Facebook, #22 will make you laugh.
Library bulletin boards can be a great way to show off your current programs, books, and ideas. We’ve gathered ideas to give you inspiration for your next bulletin board display!
Next week marks the start of National Library Week!
Recently, I've been looking back through photos of my media center at Stewart Middle Magnet from the past five years. I'm working on a conference presentation for the Florida Association for Media in Education about transforming library spaces. As I look back over these photos, I'm struck by how the space slowly evolved over this
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If you don't have a lot of time or money to decorate your school library, these simple tips and ideas will help you create an inviting, welcoming space.
School librarians are an essential part of a school community. Check out these 12 ways a school librarian can help teachers thrive.
Looking for a fun way to hook kids into thinking about books, libraries, and all things literature? This resource has 40 kid-friendly, side-splitting LIBRARY JOKES to last you the entire school year! Since these jokes come on PowerPoint slides, you could easily project them onto the SmartBoard or Promethean Board, with no prep required! Short on technology? No problem! Just print the slides out instead! WHAT YOU GET WITH THIS RESOURCE: ☺ 80 full-color Library Joke of the Week PowerPoint slides (40 of the Question; 40 of the Question & Answer) ☺ A 3-page Library Joke of the Week Tracking List to help you stay organized ☺ An EDITABLE slide so you could add your own funny jokes (font and clipart not included) WAYS TO USE THIS RESOURCE: ☺ On “Fun Fridays” to get the laughs rolling ☺ At the beginning of class to focus students’ attention ☺ At the end of class as a jovial goodbye ☺ As springboards for library discussions or conversations about word play ☺ As an eye-catching bulletin board display NOTE: You must have PowerPoint to use this resource. May the jokes be with you! CLICK HERE FOR MORE JOKE OF THE WEEK RESOURCES! Rating after downloading is greatly appreciated. Yours in Literacy, Sheila ☺
Keep an organized classroom library with these one-of-a-kind How to Treat a Book posters! This collection includes eight colorful posters with tips on how to treat a book plus a title poster. Students will love seeing these posters as helpful reminders on how to treat books in their classroom! Each poster is in full color and measures 8.5" x 11" for easy printing. Please note these posters do not come in black-and-white. The How to Treat a Book Posters read: - Hug your book when walking. - Keep your book off the floor. - Be careful turning pages. - Use a bookmark. - Keep your book dry. - Hold your book with two hands. - Put your book back where you found it. - Clean your hands before reading. + a How to Treat a Book cover Enjoy! :)
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Library Themed Humor to Check Out - The internet has generated a huge amount of laughs from cats and FAILS. And we all out of cats.
Applying for library grants is a great way to leverage your library and get more resources. Check out these 10 library grant suggestions!
Check out these memes about overdue library books that will make you laugh out loud. We've also included three library display inspiration to help you sk for library books to be returned.
Today I'm showing off the finished version of my back to school bulletin board. I first blogged about the preparation stages a few weeks ago. You can read about that by clicking here. Just a reminder, here is my inspiration for the board. Making the giant book ahead of time was really genius. When we got into school, it was super quick to get the board all put together. We used two white plastic table cloths from the dollar store to create clouds. Simply staple the bottom and fold up. That way, you don't see the staples on the bottom edge. Shape and staple the top and stuff all the extra inside for volume. The cover of the giant book was stapled on with a heavy duty staple gun. We then hot glued the pages of the book to the cover. The green you see in the picture above is the start of a vine. It's just twisted tissue paper. We twisted and stapled all the way up to the ceiling. Curled up pipe cleaners and leaves cut from lime tissue paper were also stapled on. The title seemed to not have enough weight on its own. To solve that, we placed each letter on top of a paper plate. I love that technique! It's really eye catching. And that's it! Board complete! Are you interested in even more bulletin board ideas? Do you want to save time by finding them all in one place? Follow the image or button below to grab your copy of my free bulletin board inspiration guide. Take Me to the Free Download Inspired by this post? Save it to Pinterest using the image below. Helping to inspire,
Making a book to talk about the parts of a book! Whew! I always forget how quickly the first part of the school year goes, and we sure have been BUSY! September has been filled with teaching and/or reviewing with students on how to check their own books in/out on the computer, how... Read more
I don’t teach the Dewey Decimal Classification System and you don’t have to either. There’s a better way to teach students how to find a book in our School Libraries and it suppor…
Or do you call them Cootie-Catchers? One and the same, my friend. The point is, here's an idea to help patrons figure out what to read next. Like so: I originally saw the idea on MLISsing in Action, which actually has all kinds of fun passive displays. But I decided to make my own version of the fortune teller idea: free printables included! Here's the sign and here's the cootie-catcher. There's four versions in the cootie catcher file: the first is what you see: I filled mine all in with actual titles (my favorite middle-grade fiction, as selected from my "What Books to Give a Middle-Grader" flowchart poster). The second version has fortunes, such as "Your next title will begin with the letter 'H'" and "Pick a yellow cover to ensure happiness". Fun stuff like that (which provides a good opportunity to display books that fulfill those fortunes!). The third has blank fortunes, so you could do your own. And fourth is...well, pretty much all blank. Do whatever your heart desires! Here's a brief pictorial representation of how to fold your cootie-catcher... cut out the square fold along the diagonals fold the corners in turn over and fold corners in again ta-da! Or this library has a nice instruction sheet seen here. The point is, it's a fun way to get patrons to try something new! See how your library likes it!
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Hi friends! Do you get overwhelmed by all of the library books that your students check in every day? Our guest blogger Amanda Maslonka shares her genius
Being a brand new school librarian is both exciting and scary. All summer, you’ve planned for your new position, but today, you're feeling pretty lost.
It's not anywhere close to unique, but hey, that just makes it classic. This here library display is simple for anyone to do. I'm talking about gettin' wild... What I'm really proud of is the felt animal prints I made. Yep, hand cut from patterns I found online. Can you see the texture? It just adds a bit more glam to it. Safari glam. Just what is needed in the library!
