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22 free printable library activities for kids, including answer keys.

Schimelpfenig Library October2013

You can’t spell book without BOO!

As soon as the library doors swung open at 8 a.m., 10-year-old Olivia entered the library. She didn’t walk quietly across the room; instead, she stomped her feet as she walked toward me, calling out, “I get so mad at the characters!” I didn’t have to ask what she was talking about; I saw the book "Ghost" by Jason Reynolds in her hand and I knew she must have been reading the chapter where Ghost Crenshaw steals a pair of shoes. “Why does he do these things?” she wanted to know. We talked…

I love the library I work in. I love my giant circulation desk with all of its counter space, the huge windows that let me see the sun shining through the trees, the birds chirping outside (except the one time a bird came in the library, but that's a story for another day), and all the space my students have to work or play games or read. The one thing I don't particularly love, though, is the giant support beam that sits right in front of my desk. It's pretty clear that the space my…

Community Coloring Table | Passive Programming | School Library

Blackout Poetry is a great way to celebrate National Poetry Month in April! We set up a table with book pages, markers, and that’s all it took to get the kids creating. The posters hanging …

This display got people dancing in front of the circulation desk! I slightly modified a poem I found here, pulled out the thickest books I could fine, and the rest speaks for itself.

The Book Wrangler – Page 2 – Elementary Classroom & School Library Resources

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