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Monthly Archives: May 2012
“Read It Again Ms. Tess!” — My Library’s Outreach to Head Start
Head Start is a federal program that promotes school readiness for children from low-income families. Head Start provides services to enhance these vulnerable children’s cognitive, social, and emotional development. The program provides a learning environment for pre-school age children that … Continue reading
Posted in Guest Blogger, Outreach, Storytime
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ALSC Member Profile – Meet Caroline Jewell
Each month, an ALSC member is profiled and we learn a little about their professional life and a bit about their not-so-serious side. Using just ten questions, we try to keep the profiles fun while highlighting the variety of members … Continue reading
Posted in ALSC Member Profile, Blogger Mary R. Voors
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Volunteers – in their own words
Library volunteers come in all ages, and they do everything from shelving DVDs to holding book sales. It takes time to train and manage them, but the pay-off is vast. We’ve had an amazing volunteer program at our library for … Continue reading
Have an Idea for an Online Course or Webinar?
ALSC is looking for to add to its online course and webinar offerings! This is a great opportunity for those who would like to teach others about skills useful in children’s librarianship. The ALSC Education Committee has made it very … Continue reading
School-Age Science Programming
As children’s librarians, we do a great job of promoting early literacy, information literacy, reading for fun… why don’t we do the same for STEM subjects–science, technology, engineering, and mathematics? Children find STEM programs engaging and interesting, especially in a … Continue reading
Book to Film: A Little Princess
Last month I talked about one of my favorite book to film adaptations, Frances Hodgson’s Burnett’s The Secret Garden. Two short years after that movie came out, Alfonso Cuaron’s A Little Princess was released. It was (to me) a far … Continue reading
Engaging Young Readers Through Graphic Novels
I write books about natural history. I’ll be the first to admit that the history of life on earth is not the most exciting topic for my audience, children ages 8-12. Dinosaurs are exciting. Wooly mammoths are exciting. The story … Continue reading
Posted in Author Spotlight, Guest Blogger
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The Importance of Reflection
I’m not sure why I hadn’t considered it before. Many teachers have their students reflect on their school year in June, but I have yet to ask my students to reflect on their years in library. This year that is … Continue reading
Posted in Blogger Stacy Dillon, Programming Ideas
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