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.
February is I Love to Read Month. I wanted to share some resources with you which you can use to help you celebrate. The Capstone Publishing website has printables, booklists, book trailers, articles and more that can help you plan your activities. Want some fun ideas for activities to schedule this month. Check out this… More I Love to Read Month
When I saw the title of the book that won this year’s Caldecott Award I was shocked. When I first read Hello Lighthouse I was not impressed. My original estimation of the book was ” I do not believe this title is Caldecott-worthy.” In spite of that fact, I included it in the books I shared with my… More Does the Caldecott Committee understand children?
It was another fun week in our library. I am winding down our Caldecott unit – finished it this week with most of the classes. With my kinder classes we watched Aaron Becker’s trailer of Journey We then worked our way through the picture book, stopping to discuss what was happening on each page. For their… More Week by Week Series – Week 22
It was another full week in my library. With my littles up through first grade we read Blue and Green by Laura Vaccaro Seeger. For our activity this week we illustrated three books. My two kinder classes did Green and my first grade did either Gold or Blue. Students told me what kind of color… More Week by Week Series – Week 21
Tyndale House and NavPress are starting a new Reader Rewards Club which will give you the opportunity to earn points toward new books for your personal or school library. Click on my link (www.myreaderrewardsclub.com/login?pc=clg4-oa88-jin3-keco-utla) and both of us will receive points toward our next free book. If this interests you, please use my affiliate link… More Reader Rewards Club
Our library likes to display 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 February 2019
It is shocking that so many adults in today’s world do not have basic reading or writing skills. In an effort to combat these statistics, people around the globe are participating in World Read Aloud Day on Friday, February 1. There are many ways to participate – Skype visits, read aloud events in your classroom… More World Read Aloud Day
This was another week of exploring the Caldecott titles. I so enjoy sharing these books with my kiddos. This week was especially fun as we did wordless books. For second, third, and fourth grades I used the “Wordless Book Story Chart” worksheet found on the Library Sparks web site. The fifth graders had to fill out my… More Week by Week Series – Week 20
Multicultural Children’s Book Day 2019 (1/25/19) is in its 6th year and was founded by Valarie Budayr from Jump Into A Book and Mia Wenjen from PragmaticMom. Our mission is to raise awareness of the ongoing need to include kids’ books that celebrate diversity in homes and school bookshelves while also working diligently to get… More Multicultural Children’s Book Day
This week was a fun one for me. I got to do one of the things I most enjoy – helping elementary students learn the joys of research. I also got to share Caldecott books with my elementary classes. My second graders visited the library to research – their first time to do so. The… More Week by Week series – Week 19