Whether you are a librarian brand new to the field or one that has a few years under your belt, you have undoubtedly faced the question, “To genrify or not to genrify”. That is certainly the question! I have wrestled with this same question for years.. As any good librarian
Elementary librarians are always on the hunt for, not only, new books to read-aloud, but for those activities that will extend those new books! Well, look no further. Here are some of my favorite December books with a few ideas of activities to pair with them.
Elementary librarians are always on the hunt for, not only, new books to read-aloud, but for those activities that will extend those new books! Well, look no further. Here are some of my favorite November books with a few ideas of activities to pair with them.
In today’s modern world, screens seem to dominate our daily lives, leaving books and reading in competition with devices and gaming. But, there are ways to make reading fun and enticing for kids, ensuring they choose time with their books over their electronic gadgets.
Hello Library Friends ~ Thanks for joining us on our Back 2 the Books Blog Hop and Giveaway! My original post about “Using Google Drawings to Create a Library Website” has been removed. I am in the process of updating the post and will share the link here as soon
Holy Moly!! If anyone had told us back in January of 2020 that we would end the academic school year trying to “library” while quarantined in our homes, would we have believed them?? I most certainly wouldn’t have!! But, friends, somehow with very little preparation, we did it!! I am
Why a Research Center in the Library? Many of our school libraries have become hubs of active learning. No longer is it just … Here a book! There a book! Everywhere a book! Libraries are now far more reflective of the very best tenets of education! Now it is more
Books! Books! Books! They are the very reason that we, as librarians, exist! However, there are certainly days when it feels that those same books may in fact be winning. Mounds in the drop box. Piles on the return book cart. And questions. So. Many. Questions. Especially from your littlest
When the students used the Makerspaces in the library well, Makerspaces were everything that I wanted them to be … creative and thoughtful spaces for the kids to express themselves! They were centers of learning and making. There were ingenious structures, beautiful creations, and thought-provoking problems to be solved! However, more
MAKERSPACES … I tried to ignore them! I tried to deny their growing momentum. I skipped over articles and blogposts where makerspaces were the headline. I averted my eyes when newsletters about them crossed my mailbox. Not that I didn’t find value in them! I ABSOLUTELY did. Honestly, I was
