Re: Library role during parent night

[Sherry Paul <NKSMA@AOL.COM>]

What I've done for the last few years at our elementary school --other than
the usual posting a sign & telling the kids that the library is open at Open
House-- is have a bowl of candy (lollipops).  If kids wander in, they always
see the bowl.  Then I tell them if they bring back a parent to sign my
visitors list, they can have a piece of candy.  Off they go & drag in Mom or
Dad.  Once they're inside, the computers which have an interesting program on
the screen usually catch their attention long enough to tour the room.  The
other thing that used to bring 'em in at another school was the huge fish
tank.  Unfortunately I could have been a life sized cardboard sign as the
kids dragged parents through saying "there's the fish, there's where I get
books, there's the librarian...".
Sherry Paul, LMS, Kelly Elementary, KY

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