Today’s post is written by Amanda Swengros. Amanda is the librarian at Kiser Intermediate in the Lincoln County district in Lincolnton, NC. She spends each day with students in fourth and fifth grade. She has a combination of a fixed and flexible schedule. Traditionally when students come to my library, they are allowed to check out two ... Continue Reading...
Halloween Ideas for the Library
Today I got sucked into the black hole of Pinterest and I discovered several amazing ideas for Halloween in the library that I had forgotten about. Honestly, I try to stay off of the Pinterest website because once I get on there, I can go ahead and count on an hour of time being lost... It is an amazing website, though. If you're not on ... Continue Reading...
An Insider's Guide to Author Visits
Right Click here to download podcast episode. In today's podcast, I talk to young adult author Alecia Whitaker about her life as a small town girl turned big city author, and we also discuss ways librarians can help make school author visits amazing. Alecia's Website: http://aleciawhitaker.com More information about ... Continue Reading...
Everyone Loves a Contest!
Today's post is written by Tricia Pfeil, librarian at St. Joseph/St. Robert Elementary School in Pennsylvania. Would you like to share your ideas with the Elementary Librarian readers? Click here to learn how! Like many modern day librarians, I don’t shush my students the minute they walk through the door and expect complete silence. I try to make ... Continue Reading...
Adopt-A-Shelf Update
This summer I posted my free Adopt-A-Shelf program materials (if you haven't downloaded them yet, what are you waiting for?!?). I had high hopes for implementing the program in my own school library. In my mind, this was going to solve many of my messy shelf problems. If you're new around here, you may not know that like many of you, I have no ... Continue Reading...
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