Thing #17

I listened to a podcast by an elememtary school librarian Jo Nase on "How to host a Book Tasting".  The goal of this exercise was to help the studens choose "good fit books" in a fun environment.  She explained how she had the room decorated and set the tables up like they were in a restaurtant.  She different coloured tablecloths for different genres and had the books sitting on the middle of the table on a silver platter.  She also had tea lights and flowers on the table.  The students were able to sample the books for a few minutes and then for the older students she had a menu for them to answer a few questions about the books and for the younger students they could mark a happy face or sad face as to how they rated the book.  It sounded like a fun idea to get children to venture out of their comfort zone and try some different books.

Thing #16

Just finished Week 4, Images but was not able get wordle to come up on my computer to create my world cloud so will try this at home.  I already have a pinterest account, so I created a board in my account for the library and pinned some cool ideas for preschool crafts.

On a side note I just got a phone call that Canada beat the US in the men's Olympic hockey game!!!!

Image taken from morgueFile

After the snow, freezing rain and cold tempertatures this winter, this beach looks very inviting!

I have been off work the past week and a half with back problems and a pinched nerve, so I am falling behind in my 23 Things.  Hoping to catch up soon!

I created my twitter account this morning while the library was closed to the public.  It is still a little chaotic here as they are still working on the library renovations.  It was quite chilly while the workers carried in 100 boxes of flooring this morning.  I actually think I am going to enjoy twitter, receiving the latest tweets on things that interest me.  By checking out tweets from other libraries, it may give me new ideas for programming.

First time for everything

Who would have thought the girl that hated creative writing in High School is actually creating a blog????  I guess the old adage "never say never" applies here.  Stay tuned!