45 Virtual Field Trips (15 New Ones) On The "Let's Take A Trip Around The World Buncee Choice Board"! Our students are having so much fun visiting all kinds of places through the virtual field trips I added to the Let's Take A Trip Around The World Buncee. We are now up to 45 different virtual field trips as I added another page this morning. It's been great seeing all of the other places people have been sharing, so I spent some time adding some of those to this Buncee too. At the bottom of each page, users will see a little arrow pointing to the place to go back and forth between...
LEGO Mini Dragon Building Instructions Build some LEGO® Mini Dragons – instructions below! We’ve got a couple of fire breathing dragons and then a lizard type dragon. Cute and fierce! After you finish them, build a whole scene with a dragon lair and knights on a quest to seek the treasure – at the risk of their lives! Colored Tape Rows on the Keyboard – Learning with Christine Pinto Often times I try putting myself into my kindergarten students’ shoes and wonder how they embrace the world. Approaching a keyboard can be intriguing for students because they contain letters and numbers, items that little kids are learning about. Since the letters on the keyboard are out of their alphabetical order, locating letters can be time consuming task.
50 Fictional Librarians, Ranked Shhhhhh....... Here at Literary Hub, we love librarians. I mean, really everything about them—their knowledge, their kindness, their demon-slaying abilities. If you love them too, then you probably feel a little jolt of extra excitement whenever they show up in pop culture. Or, okay, maybe you aren’t a total nerd, but here you are looking at my ranking of fictional librarians, so I think it’s a fair bet that you are.
How to play Jackbox games online with friends Want to know how to play Jackbox games online with your friends? You've come to the right place. Jackbox games are the king of party video games, with each party pack offering a variety of fun, multiplayer games to partake in that include quizzes, drawing tasks and even word rap challenges. Storytime Books That Will Make Grownups Laugh Storytime is an integral part of being a children’s librarian. One of the biggest frustrations I’ve come across is keeping the grownups engaged. From ALSC’s Early Childhood Programs and Services Committee (ECPS) Cookies and Conversation, one way to engage parents is by reading books with jokes that adults will also find funny. In my experience, finding books that are engaging for children, but can still make an adult chuckle is not easy. After only coming up with a few on my own, I asked some librarian friends for help. Here are a few favorite storytime reads that are fun for both the children and the adults.
Top 100 Children’s Book Blogs and Websites for Parents, Teachers and Kids in 2020 1. Kids Book Review Australia About Blog Kids Book Review is a voluntary children's literature and book review which works with authors, illustrators and publishers Australia-wide and internationally. About - Blink YA Books Mission Blink brings true stories and fiction to YA readers. The literature published by Blink is a positive reflection of what is inspiring and heartening while maintaining a tradition of imaginative and exciting storytelling that will bring readers to the edge of their seats, immerse them in a heartrending love story, or engross them in a story of a life well-lived. Readers will see themselves in all facets of Blink’s literature and will find new levels of entertainment that enrich and uplift. Company Overview
Libraries are getting $200 million in stimulus funds. Here's why It's one of the reasons Republicans have criticized the bill, which they argue is too big and includes funding for things that have nothing to do with fighting Covid or the resulting economic crisis. The final bill passed on a party-line vote, without any Republican support in the House or the Senate. But librarians say they've come to the rescue for those hit the hardest by the pandemic, becoming the only way many without internet access are able to get their kids online for school -- or access medical services, make vaccine appointments or register for federal aid like stimulus checks and unemployment benefits. That's especially true in low-income or rural areas like western Kentucky's McCracken County, where the library got a burst of calls from people frantically trying to register for their stimulus payments after the first Covid relief package passed last year. "Our staff, and library staff everywhere, are flexible, good researchers, and want to help people. Filling in a gap
Jbrary is a blog and YouTube channel that provides programming ideas for librarians, specifically focusing on services to children. They also post professional resources and links to other blogs by librarians around the country that share their love of children’s programming. by evaldes Mar 29