Abby the Librarian: Those Summer Reading Club Prizes So. Revamping the prizes for the Summer Reading Club. We're doing it this year and I'm really, really excited about the changes we've made. We typically have about 1000 PreK-5th grade kids finish the Summer Reading Club and earn prizes. For many years, we've offered a packet of coupons donated by local businesses (free ice cream, pizza, zoo passes, etc.), which we're still doing. So this year, we've put together a bunch of different Science Activity Packs. Each of these links will take you to more details about the activity, but basically we provide the supplies and a sheet with instructions, challenges, and/or ideas for additional activities they can do with the materials provided. Yes, they were labor-intensive to put together, but it gave us a great project to utilize the volunteers we have at the library! This year, we've culled together prize books from donations and from review copies I receive for this blog. There are more reasons than that, of course.
Orca Publishers: Books w/ Female Protagonists 112-144 pages each Interest level ages 12+ Reading levels from grade 2.0 to grade 4.5 Contemporary stories teen girls will want to read Orca Digital Subcriptions are a unique and cost-effective way to provide ebooks to an entire school. With the purchase of a subscription you get unlimited multiuser access that includes download lending. There is no limit to how many users can read a single title at the same time. Students can access your subscription at school or at home on a PC or Mac, and they can download it onto their ereading device. You must supply us with an email address for this order to be filled. This collection includes the following 30 titles.
Little eLit | Young Children, New Media & Libraries Orca Publishers: Books w/ Male Protagonists 112-144 pages each Interest level ages 12+ Reading levels from grade 2.0 to grade 4.5 Contemporary stories teen boys will want to read Orca Digital Subcriptions are a unique and cost-effective way to provide ebooks to an entire school. With the purchase of a subscription you get unlimited multiuser access that includes download lending. There is no limit to how many users can read a single title at the same time. You must supply us with an email address for this order to be filled. This collection includes the following 38 titles: B Negative Battle of the Bands Bike Thief Breaking Point Bull Rider Cellular Chill The Darwin Expedition Dead Run Exit Point Fastback Beach Final Crossing Grind Hit Squad Home Invasion I.D.
Join the largest learning event in history, Dec. 7-13, 2015 library makers The Show Me Librarian The Daring Librarian The 10 Best STEM Resources By Phil Nast, retired middle school teacher and freelance writer Found In: mathematics, science, preK-2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 Curriculum Resources Exploratorium Provides interactives, web features, activities, programs, and events for K-12. Professional Development STEM Education Resource Center Provides nearly 4,000 science, technology, engineering and math resources for PreK-5, 6-12 as well as free, self-paced modules for teachers teaching global climate change to middle school and high school students.
Transforming Libraries Into Learning Labs What’s the future of libraries? As information goes digital, the role of the brick-and-mortar library has to evolve, too. As the traditional reading rooms become a thing of the past, what’s the best use and function of libraries going forward? That’s what Chicago Public Library and Denmark’s Aarhus Public Libraries wanted to know when they engaged IDEO in a project sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The final result: the Design Thinking Toolkit for Libraries, reading and workshop material that can be used by any front-line library staffer to adapt to library users’ changing needs. The toolkit includes everything from case studies on previous IDEO and IDEO.org projects to exercises demonstrating various design thinking methods. IDEO helped our staff see how to create rapid change, in service of our patrons, effectively, quickly, and with very few resources. Check out the Design Thinking Toolkit for Libraries.