Exciting Activities for the School Library: Events and Ideas for Encouraging Children to Read | Suite101.com When it comes to encouraging children into the school library, sometimes a little coercion is required! By thinking up creative ideas for activities that will draw children in, the librarian will soon find that the library is bursting with users every break time! Exciting Library Quizzes Children love a challenge, so the more competitions and quizzes the library holds, the better! A break time quiz based on a popular TV quiz showA treasure trail of questions and clues to solveFascinating facts or general knowledge quizzesQuiz sheets that involve exploring the Dewey systemDon’t forget to include prizes! Fun Library Activities There are many sources of activity ideas for using in the school library. Holding a Library Book Fair Some publishing companies offer book fairs to schools. Organizing an Author Visit to the School Even non-readers will enjoy a special talk or workshop with a visiting author. Educational Library Software Educational Games for the Library
CLC Libraries and Instructional Services A to Z Teacher Stuff Lesson Plans FAST Share Book Recommendations With Your Friends, Join Book Clubs, Answer Trivia FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology) [OCLC - Activities] FAST (Faceted Application of Subject Terminology) is derived from the Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH), one the library domain’s most widely-used subject terminology schemas. The development of FAST has been a collaboration of OCLC Research and the Library of Congress. Work on FAST began in late 1998 FAST has been developed in large part to attempt to meet the perceived need for a general-use subject terminology scheme which is: simple to learn and apply, faceted-navigation-friendly, and modern in its design. The broad purpose of adapting the LCSH with a simplified syntax to create FAST is to retain the very rich vocabulary of LCSH while making the schema easier to understand, control, apply, and use. After full development, FAST has evolved into an eight-facet vocabulary with a universe of approximately 1.7 million headings across all facets. Background Impact Details The FAST authority file contains over 1,700,000 authority records. searchFAST assignFAST FAST as Linked Data Outputs
Dewey Decimal for Kids Here's a slideshow that explains the Dewey Decimal System in a way that kids can understand. Just click the RIGHT ARROW BUTTON to advance through this slideshow and see how the Dewey System works. [Library Lessons Home] [Your Library Today] [My Lesson Plans] [Parts of a Book] [Book & Library Rules] [Curriculum] [Dewey for Kids] [Finger Plays, Rhymes & Songs] [Library Media Resources] [Kindergarten Links] [First Grade Links] [Second Grade Links] [Downloadable, Printable Lesson Plans & Resources] [Top] Popular Topics With Kids & Their Dewey Numbers Doin' Dewey Imagine you have hundreds of great books, books you love and want to share. You might start with a list of the books - in a library, this is called a "catalog". You would also probably want to group books, keeping books on similar topics together. The system that libraries use to organize books on shelves was invented by Melvil Dewey, who lived from 1851 to 1931. A digit is one number, 0 through 9. The Dewey Categories are:
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom @ The Virtual Vine by Bill Martin, Jr. & John Archambault A told B, and B told C, I'll meet you at the top of the coconut tree. But when all the letters of the alphabet race up the tree ... Oh, no! Once you get started on this book, it can lead you into so many directions. Reading Center: You can create a HUGE palm tree for your Reading Center. ABC Books: Don't forget to stock your Reading Center with lots of ABC books! Coconut Bowling: I love this idea! Story Props: I purchased story props for this story from Lakeshore called 5 Little Monkeys Sing Along Activity. Story Retelling: I bought a large (5 ft) palm tree that's flat and mounted it to the side of my large storage cabinet. Art: Paint bottom of student's forearm brown and press onto large piece of light blue construction paper. We did not have the large size blue construction paper, so I used yellow instead. Taste Test a Coconut: Purchase a couple of coconuts from the produce section of your grocery store. Coconut Facts * Coconuts grow in clusters.