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Wacky Wednesday Book Discussion #2 (3rd & 4th graders)
Our second book discussion for 3rd and 4th graders happened this afternoon. If you missed out on the first one I did, check out the link here. I had 15 kids participate with all of them actually reading the book. For this book discussion, I chose Frankie Pickle and the Closet…
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Wacky Wednesday Book Discussion (3rd & 4th graders)
We hosted our first 3rd and 4th grade book discussion this afternoon and it went very well! We read Moxy Maxwell Does Not Love Stuart Little by Peggy Gifford and I was surprised when all 17 kids had read the book! They were also excited to discuss the book and I…
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Spring Fever
The last couple days have been in the mid-80s with a great deal of humidity reminding me that summer is just around the corner and if that’s not all we’ve been visiting all the schools in our district getting the kids excited about summer reading this year and spring fever…
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Fun Friday – Gardening
My last Fun Friday program was a much smaller group of kids – I think partly because it’s a beautiful day outside and partly because the school year is winding down and families are so busy right now. Nevertheless, we had a great time. I read The Curious Garden by Peter…
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Middle School Book Discussion
Part of my library’s summer reading program involves 2 different middle school (grades 5 – 8) book discussions. The first is called “Literary Lunch” and is an hour long book discussion once a week for five weeks during lunch time. The students bring their lunch and the library provides some…
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A Long Walk To Water
I have read a number of things by Linda Sue Park, but A Long Walk to Water was by far the best I’ve read! This is a dual narrative based on a true story. The first narrative is by one the Sudanese “Lost Boys.” It is the story of how…
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Story Time and Sign Language
As part of the Summer Reading Program this summer we are providing preschoolers with a 4-week bilingual story time session . We are going to be focusing on French, Spanish, either Hindi or Chinese depending on who we can find to help us and American Sign Language (ASL). Now I…
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Summer Reading Programs
For years children’s librarians have known that summer reading programs are beneficial to students. Plenty of anecdotal information supports the same idea. Unfortunately there was no long-term study to back this viewpoint. Until the Dominican Study entitled “Public Library Summer Reading Programs Close the Reading Gap” was published in June…
