On Fri, 11 Jul 2003, Barbara Braxton wrote:
> Dear Carol
> Instead of worksheets, why not put all that ECE training into practice and
> think of craft activities that can be done. Think of all the early reading
> strategies like sequencing, prediction, retell that you can reinforce. The
> lists are endless - published worksheets as 'shoosh and colour' will not
> make the kids remember their early library experiences with glee, and it is
> their early experience that will determine their usage later on.
> Barbara
Good advice. Thank you for sharing.
I set up "stations" in the library most years. Some included story-related
"crafts" type activities. I've also had puppet stations, materials
for making puppets too. I've had dress-up stations where students
acted out stories. I had a hermit crab station next to an easy
chair. Children read stories to Herme, the Hermit Crab. They
took that task dead seriously. Of course, they also thought he
was the most brilliant hermit crab in the word. I put a "finger board"
in his tank one day and told the kids he could stateboard. "Huh uh!"
they all said. A few days later we had him and the finger board out of the
tank. Someone dropped him and he landed on the fingerboard and "skated"
across the room. The kids never doubted me again.
Anyway, I also had listening stations (books on tape) and "make a book"
stations with story starters. I also had shelvers among my older students.
Children adopted a shelf for which they were responsible. They would read
the shelves and help keep them in order.
Sometimes I branched out to other subject areas to complement what
might be going on in the classrooms.
Behavior, however, is an issue you can address and control. Library
behavior has to be taught and reinforced... and taught and reinforced
again. It can be ugly at the beginning of the year, I know! But children
that age are, indeed, capable of learning how to behave properly.
At the same time, you're on the right track. It's wise to have something
constructive for them to do if, for whatever reason, they are not actively
engaged in the check-out process. I'll bet some others here have some
good ideas they can share too.
J. Rathbun, Librarian | "You may say I'm a dreamer,
Mojave High School | but I'm not the only one..."
Clark County School District |
Las Vegas, Nevada | John Lennon
Email: jrathbun@orednet.org |
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