Books to Give as Gifts
December 12, 2018
Are you looking for a list of titles to recommend to parents for them to give their children as gifts? Here are some lists I created – Books to give children.
Author: janemouttet
I am a K-12 librarian at Mesilla Valley Christian School. I have a masters degree in Children's Literature and hold a NM teaching certificate with a Library Media Endorsement.
Week by Week Series – Week 15
December 10, 2018
My regular schedule was disrupted this week for an annual Christmas luncheon our school hosts each December for the clergy of the community. So classes had to be moved around a bit and a couple of them even had to be shortened. Fortunately, the teachers were understanding and willing to cooperate as this is an… More Week by Week Series – Week 15
Creative Archiving: Holiday Makerspace Projects with Weeded Books
December 4, 2018
A fun activity for this month – a way to use your weeded books!
Week by Week Series – Week 14
December 3, 2018
I don’t know about your students, but ours seemed to forget how to behave after just one week off. Or maybe it’s because Christmas is just around the corner. During the break, two of my grown children came to the library with me to help decorate for Christmas. I enjoy having it Christmas-y when the… More Week by Week Series – Week 14
December 2018
November 29, 2018
Each month our library displays a list of “national” events which occur during the month. This list includes monthly recognitions, weekly celebrations, wacky and crazy daily celebrations, as well as the birthdays of famous people and authors/illustrators. For our display, I also include the birthdays of our students and faculty. Feel free to adapt the… More December 2018
Week by Week Series – Week 13
November 19, 2018
It was a bit of a crazy mixed up week at my school last week. Each year our school has a day of service, our Serve-a-thon. All of our students (K-12) participate in some form of community service. Our kinder classes along with the fifth graders filled shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child. I worked… More Week by Week Series – Week 13
MakerSpace… Cheap & Easy
November 16, 2018
Thought my readers might like to read this blog – it fits with the theme of Library Lady.
Week by Week Series – Week 12
November 12, 2018
How was your week? What fun activities did you do with your students? At MVCS I continued working with my two kinder classes on ABC order. The very littles (first year of two year kinder program) put cards in Alphabetical order which they have done before as a group. This time they completed them by… More Week by Week Series – Week 12
Thoughts Surrounding Thanksgiving and Native Americans
November 8, 2018
What do you call them? How should they be represented in materials given to our students? When I got up this morning, I had no thought of discussing this topic in my blog but two things happened before 9:15 AM that made me decide to talk about this today. I want to start by saying… More Thoughts Surrounding Thanksgiving and Native Americans
Week by Week Series – Week 11
November 5, 2018
Last week was a short week for us – classes dismissed early on Wednesday so that the teachers could travel to Phoenix for the annual ACSI Professional Development. I still got in most of my elementary classes and a couple of extra classes besides. **This post contains affiliate links and I will be compensated if… More Week by Week Series – Week 11