Re: Hit: Book care lessons for elementary school child

[Molly Pearson <mapearso@GTE.NET>]

Donna wrote:
These lessons on book care are great, and I will use parts of them as I
teach
> this lesson each year.  However, something is missing:  proper book care is
> hardly mentioned while improper book care is clearly demonstrated.

I agree.  I had similar thoughts as I read the posts.  The No David lesson
plan is so cool and memorable that I will be trying it, but have alread made
signs for two boxes:  No! No! Never!,  and Yes! Yes! Always!  I think that
by adding a few more props and using them all as double duty ones, I can
start with the negative and move to the positive.  For example, the dog can
represent the "Keep your books safe from pets." for the Yes Box.

 Any thoughts?
--
Molly

Molly Pearson, Librarian
Lakewood Elementary and English Crossing Libraries
Lakewood School District, Lakewood, WA  (north of Seattle)
mapearso@gte.net


> These lessons on book care are great, and I will use parts of them as I teach
> this lesson each year.  However, something is missing:  proper book care is
> hardly mentioned while improper book care is clearly demonstrated.  Somehow we
> have to show proper book care--not just give lessons on improper book care.
> For every error there must be an example of correct behavior, and the correct
> behavior must look as interesting and profitable as the incorrect behavior.
> Kids ooohing and aaahing over damaged books just makes damaged books the
> stars.  The stars are the clean, well-taken of books that they should be
> coveting.  Over the years, I've altered my lessons on sad books as I became
> convinced that students were learning more from me on how to damage books than
> they were learning about how to and why to take care of beautiful library
> books.
> In a quest to teach proper book care, I've tried these techniques with some
> success:  have students model some example proper care in front of the class
> for a pat on the back or a jelly bean; for every picture of an improper
> activity, show a picture of a good one, and be sure the improper activity has
> a big X on it or is less attractive somehow.  For every "sad" book, pull out a
> gorgeous one.

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