Book care lessons

This post is for librarians and all of you unlucky parents trapped at home with your restless kiddos on another snow day. I am on my third snow day this week!! Craziness! And while I'm adapting quickly to my blissful new hermit status at home drinking herbal tea, watching Hulu, and baking cookies... I doubt the parents of my students are enjoying this... This Adele parody video is a perfect expression of how I feel about snow days as an elementary librarian. Every line rings true for me…

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This past March, I posted a blog about a series of books about a cat named Chester who comes to visit the library and ends up learning what to do in a library, book care, and the types of books that can be found inside the library. I originally purchased these three books from... Read more

BOOK CARE RULES Please take good care of your library books. Poster and bookmarks for the library of the University of Applied Arts Vienna. To raise awareness...

Books recommendations for teaching kindergartens how to take care of library books.

Book Care Review and Parent Reminder Notes. Review book care rules with your students with these sorting cards and minibook. Also includes reminder notes for parents.

I love the first week of library lessons!! While it’s often a blur of activity, it’s always fun to see the kids walking into the library, some for the first time, some for the 100th time, but all of them having that look of excitement. I know just how they feel! ... Read more

If your students are anything like mine, they need frequent reminders about book care. So I make sure that I review book care several times a year. Source Last week it was book care review time with my firsties. We read the story Penelope Popper, Book Doctor by Toni Buzzeo. After reading the book, I brought out some of my book hospital supplies and demonstrated how they are used. I also showed them some examples of books that had not been taken care of. There may have been a few gasps when I…

It’s so important that readers feel like they are part of a reading community in your classroom. This not only builds confidence and excitement, but it also creates lifelong readers. I’ve come up with a new list of books that I recommend adding to your classroom library. Reading these books at the beginning of the year and then coming back to them throughout the year will help establish a community of readers! #reading #literacy #childrensbooks

So, you’ve just bought a brilliant book to add to your classroom library. But how can you ensure that it doesn’t sit there, unloved and dusty? How can you make sure it gets into the right hands? The answer is . . . the humble book talk.

Library Lion is a great book to share at the beginning of the year. Not only will this book help start a conversation about library rules and caring for books, but kids will absolutely love and root for this friendly lion! Here are some printable and digital Library Lion activities you can use in the classroom or at home.

Life skills to teach kids - library skills for kids to learn. #parenting #lifeskills

I always like to start the school year off by teaching book care to my students. I like to think that if they know how to treat their books with respect I have more chance of them being returned the same way they were loaned out! I’m going to share with you some tried and tested lesson ideas, books and resources that I love to use.

Teach students how to treat your books respectfully with clear classroom library expectations! Help your students grow in their love of reading!

Use these free printable Parts of a Book Poster & Worksheet to teach your pre-readers about book awareness and concepts of print.

Teach or review rules and procedures with this free editable PowerPoint slideshow. This is perfect to use after an extended holiday break or at the beginning of a new school year.

Looking for picture book activities? Need school library lesson plans? Check out this blog post with my top 5 tips for picture book lessons in your school library. Library lessons for kindergarten, library lessons for first grade, and library lessons for second grade are all discussed, and you can download a FREE elementary library lesson! #LibraryLearners

Wondering how to incorporate independent reading or choice reading in an effective and meaningful way? Try this engaging model of book club in your high school ELA classroom. Read all about how to implement it and why it works in this three-part series from Reading and Writing Haven.

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