Ideas!

One thing that some people don't know or maybe just don't realize, is that figuring out what you want to teach in the library can be a real chore!!  Do I follow the teacher's classroom skills?  Do I follow the AASL library skills?  (Have you seen those?  Those are really hard to follow.) Or do I do a combination of both skills?

I am someone who has always tried to follow classroom skills and throw a few library skills in.  This year I'm trying to do more out of The Tibrarian Handbook.  We also have new standards this year.

There are others that I use as well.  One idea, that I thought that I got from the Tibrarian book is a Flashlight Tour.  My kinder kiddos checked out books from a smaller selection of books in another room and not from the shelves in the library, so this year now that they are first graders, they are going to be checking out in the big library, I need to introduce them to the different places in the library and I'm going to be doing this with flashlights.  First, I need to find enough flashlights for all my kids.  But I'm really excited and I think the kids will like it.  I know the first grade teachers will like it because they commented on my Facebook page when I mentioned it.

If you have any super ideas that you use in your library, leave me a message below and maybe I can add it to my lessons.

Thanks for reading,

Brandy

Lacking Inspiration

Have you ever gotten down to the time it was time to return to school and you just lacked the inspiration and motivation?!  Well that's where I am!  I am enjoying my sleep time and read time and time with my kids and I'm just not ready for it to be over.

Here are some of my struggles:  (and yes, some are dumb, but still...)

*I have a very ugly circulation desk that I would love to do something to, but I just cannot decide on what to do to it.

*I'm struggling with not having plans done for all grade levels.

*There are textbooks all over the library. Even in my office and teaching room, I can't even begin to work in there.

*Maintenance people have taken books off the shelves and they are just in random stacks.  And they've broken my handrails and it looks really bad!!

*I love the theme that I've chosen but I just don't know how to execute it in the room.

But I love my job, I really do!!  I love that I get to have relationships with all the kids and all the teachers in the school!  I love when I can get a teacher or a student hooked on a certain book or series!!  I'm really good at recommending books!!

Today I got to spend time with some ladies from work and then I went by the school, just to get back into school mode and it worked!  I've been working on school stuff all evening and feeling better about the whole thing.  Also, one of my teacher friends and I hung out this afternoon and sometimes it's just good to be able to bounce things off others.  And she is so creative and should be selling things on Teacher's Pay Teachers because she made me an AWESOME cover for my teacher binder!!

So, Teachers, where do you find inspiration?  Pinterest, Blogs, Teaching Stores or does it just come from others that step in and help you out when you're feeling lost?  I hope if you are feeling uninspired that you can find someone or something that can help you out.

Inspired (finally),

Brandy

Pokemon Go~I'm back!!!

I really hate it when blogs die, and then mine died...I could NOT remember my password!!  But thanks to Pokemon Go, I got it figured out. 

 

Have you played this game yet?  I played it for about 2 days, but then I got bored.  But my kids are playing it and it's something to do to relate with the kids at school too.  And this little blog of mine is really a blog about school and it's still summer, so I'm saying Hi and I think I'm back, but since I'm not back in the school mode yet, I'm going to continue with this little break for a tad bit longer.  I hope to share more about my library with you as it gets closer to school time.  See you in August!!