reading fair projects

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Last Thursday my students put on the reading fair at our school.  Participation was optional and we ended up with around 50 projects, which was great.  Their enthusiasm was amazing and they were so proud of their story boards.  I was pretty proud of them, too.  I thought I would share a few of the [...]

Printable Subway Art Craft

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  I thought I’d share my first attempt at a Pinterest-inspired craft.  I ran across this beautiful framed printable Family Rules subway art and since it only required a printer and a picture frame, it was definitely right up my alley because I am the most non-crafty person. You can see the original post and [...]

Online Children’s Books

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Probably one of the most fun things about being a children’s librarian is the amazing websites I am stumbling across while looking for supplemental ideas for my lesson plans. I love reading my students books, but I also try to incorporate media and technology into our lessons. After all, these children are being raised in [...]

Melted Crayon Craft

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On Sunday I started going through and organizing my teaching stuff I used in the past and came across a sad bag of old, broken crayons.  I had run across several clever blog posts online about recycling broken crayons instead of throwing them away.  I had always meant to give it a try, but just [...]

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