These posts cover seasonal and holiday library activities, such as Halloween trivia, Thanksgiving reading comprehension, Christmas author’s purpose, Valentine’s rhyming words, St. Patrick’s Day PowerPoints, Earth Day sorting. Also some ideas on decorating your library for various holidays.
How do you celebrate Thanksgiving in school? Same old paper Pilgrim hats and eating chicken nuggets? Try something new! Multiculturalism I think by now most teachers and librarians are savvy enough to provide a more balanced view of the First…
Do you want to have a Happy Halloween in your library, while still focusing on your main objective…to support the love of reading? Try these 7 tips! Tip 1: Welcome the Kids Why let the classroom teachers have all the…
Cool, sweater weather. Crunching through crisp leaves. Biting into juicy apples. While most of us start back to school in steaming August or humid September, by the time October rolls around, we are ready for autumn. How do you have…
How are you going to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with kids?
Are you getting ready for the end of the school year and beginning of summer? Why not celebrate with a beach day at school? Whoo Hoo! Summer is almost here! Most of your lessons are finished for the year. You…
Are you among the thousands of people digging out from a major winter blizzard? Did you know that the amount of snow is not what qualifies a storm as a blizzard? It is the fierce wind and low visibility. If…
Does your school celebrate Kids Heart Healthy Day? Try these Valentine’s Day activities across the curriculum.
Will you read it in a box? Will you read it with a fox? Will you read it here and there? Will you read it anywhere? If you recognize these (adapted) lines, you are a probably a fan of Dr….
SUMMER BUCKET LIST 1. Read books above a Lexile 6002. Make improvements in the garden:remove some overgrown shrubs,spread some mulch,plant a few more perennials,get the last of the annuals into the flower beds,(yes, I know I am quite behind on…