Hi friends! I blogged about my Top Ten Poetry Centers a few days ago. I tried out the butcher paper poetry center from Mrs. Lodge’s Library. Wow! My students amazed me! My center looked like this. Super easy. Butcher paper, markers, a printed map of our San Antonio Zoo, animal poetry books, and a sign:…
I’m sure you all know that April is National Poetry Month. I want to share with you my favorite fun poetry centers that you might want to add to your April library centers. Stations or centers are a friendly way to engage students in learning more about poetry. 1) I love Mrs. Lodge’s super easy…
Hi friends! Many of you have asked what my library centers look like. I’ve been working all week to create this Animoto video for you by combining still photos (with student faces blurred for privacy) with audio of our conversations. You can see from this video that our library centers are very informal with lots…
Reading is sweet, can we all agree? There’s nothing quite like building a reading environment that feels fun, joyful, and just a little bit magical ,and that’s exactly why I want to share this bright, cookie-themed library idea that we recently brought to life. We call it “Reading Is Sweet,” and it’s one of those…
Hi friends! If you haven’t tried a storybook pumpkin patch in your library yet, you’ve GOT to give it a try! This was my first year to give it a go, and WOW! Our students really surprised me! Gerald, the elephant Now, these are the same students who forget to turn in library books, and…
Hi friends! Our school just had the most delightful author visit with Kate Messner! She was so friendly to our students–her presentations were engaging and captured our students’ attention–our teachers loved the way she talked about writing and revising—it was GREAT! She talked about keeping a writer’s notebook, about observing what happens in your daily…
Hi campers! I hope that your summer is off to a relaxing but productive start. Today I have a hike for you that could take hours or minutes, depending on whether or not you’ve been down this trail before. The path has been forged for us by other teachers and librarians, and maybe you’ll add…
Hi friends! I’ve had a few questions about my living science centers. I’m going to answer those as I show you the tadpole center we have in our library right now. Here’s what you see: 1) Frog books on display. Non-fiction, fiction, picture books, poetry…any and all frog books I can find go on this…
Next Tuesday we’ll have our 100th day of school. If you walk into a kindergarten classroom at our school, you’ll know it right away. They’ve been counting the days since day one (for math purposes, of course!).Here’s a great 100th day center for the library, although I think I’ll leave it out all week, not…
Do you remember the trouble I had with my worm center? I was so excited to get a tankful of soil and worms into the library for our students to observe. Then, those bashful worms burrowed into the soil, and we never saw them again (until I took them home to my garden).So…determined to observe…
Are you looking for a cute February center? Here is a dice game for Valentine’s day.Here is the free download from Teaching Heart. Each student takes a turn rolling the dice. They add a part to their love bug, depending on the number they roll. The first student to complete a love bug with all…
I don’t know about you, but every time book fair rolls around, I realize that our students need LOTS more practice in money math. I think this library center will help! Here’s a cute FREE printable center from Ginger Snaps. Students take turns marking a number. That number is added to the player’s total. Each…