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.
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
Some school libraries are reinventing themselves as makerspaces, but this Ohio library took a slightly different approach and has seen incredible results.
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.
Don't let a short schedule keep you from providing engaging library programming. These 30-minute library lessons are perfect for librarians!
A library scavenger hunt is a great way to assess library skills. They let students practice skills they learn about finding resources in the library.
Librarians: They're smarter than all of us.
Free library games and resources, including printables, worksheets, and slideshow presentations designed to help kids build library skills.
As we approach Winter Break, I realized I haven't written many blog articles lately. I moved to a new city and started in a new-to-me library this year. I've been too busy to do much blog writing beyond my infamous New Releases posts and a couple of random book reviews. I'm about 10 book reviews behind, and they may never get written at this point. It's been an exhausting few months, but Winter Break looms large and lovely on the horizon...only one more week to go!
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.
Next week marks the start of National Library Week!
This detailed planning document provides an overview of the school project I undertook for LSC 530, Texts and E-Tools for Tots and Teens, at the University of Rhode Island. For this project I “genr…
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.
We are passionate supporters of public libraries here at Pages Unbound. But there are still awesome services and programs I would love to see libraries provide! Here are ten cool ideas that would g…
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.
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.
in a small village in france, the le blé en herbe school by matali crasset uses design and organization of space to encourage learning.
Print This CraftKids will have fun as they explore the library with our latest addition to the scavenger hunt printables. ... Read More
Following last week’s panel discussion on the Robin Hood Library Initiative, we take an in-depth look at the library of P.S. 69 in the Bronx.
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 ☺
"Over protective" is a bit of an understatement.
It's taken a long time to perfect and to make the details tight with the story, but introducing ... Escape the Library: An Escape Room with Mr. Lemoncello!
Some school libraries are reinventing themselves as makerspaces, but this Ohio library took a slightly different approach and has seen incredible results.
