One of my goals this year was to be more consistent with my posts, and I was doing really well up until this past November.  Unfortunately, I got hit with the longest cold/flu/awful hacking cough that lasted about 6 weeks.  During this time, I also had to say goodbye to my kitty, Kaboudal, who…

Have you ever thought about having students as volunteers in the library?  For the past few years, our campus has been working hard to develop leadership qualities in our students.  We began by reading the book The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People as a campus book study.  Then we introduced the book The 7…

     I first heard about a Storybook Pumpkin Patch from Cari Young on her blog The Centered School Library.  I thought this would be a fun way to celebrate books, and possibly start a new tradition at our school as well.       I sent home a letter in mid-October to give the kids…

     As a teacher and a librarian, I spend a lot of time discussing how when you read, your brain needs to be actually DOING something, not just reading the words (although that part is important as well).      I had previously found this Brain Hat late one night as a teacher and thought this would be…

     I like to do small “mini-events” with my PreK, Kinder, ELE, and ICAP classes toward the beginning of the year, to help get them excited about the library.  I usually use the book from Jumpstart’s Read for the Record but unfortunately, there were schedule conflicts that prevented me from getting everything ready by their October…