> From: Ellen Rubin <bookbabe@njrubin.us>
> Date: July 30, 2005 3:21:07 PM EDT
> To: LM-NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: HIT: Teacher goody bags
>
> TARGET: I am planning to use the "goody bag" idea to encourage
> teachers to use the library more this year. I am in an elementary
> school and would love to know if anyone has used this idea
> successfully and what did you put in the bags?
>
> Here are the clever, humorous replies to my query and what I plan to
> do:
>
> ANSWERS:
> York Peppermint Patty
> Libraries are "mint" to be used.
> ********************
> I'm getting ideas and am probably going to use a 10-cent two-pocket
> folder in the school colors. One thing I'm going to put in will be a
> coupon for a free book (cook books weeded from my overly large
> collection at home). I'm going to have people do a "recipe for a great
> school year" as an activity. A bonus is that when you're deciding
> which cookbooks to keep, it puts you in the mood to try some recipes.
> :) I should mention that I'm going to put in the ALA rubber band
> bracelets, with "Read" in five languages. They really are rubber
> bands, not hard plastic like the Lance Armstrong bracelets.
> ********************
> Where can you study the Milky Way and read adventures of the Three
> Musketeers?
> Where can you hear either Snickers of children and the Crunch of the
> Wild Things?
> Where can you have Mounds of Nutrageous fun?
> In the LIBRARY of Course!
> Teachers really liked it. You can also include fact sheets or
> anything else you want with the candy.
> *********************
> I didn't make up a bag, but I did make up an ad/invitation for my
> library's annual Breakfast with Books (to show off all the new
> materials added to our collection last fall) on a business card, which
> I
> printed up using a word processing program. Then I punched out two
> holes in the card, threaded a large lollipop through the holes and put
> them in all the teachers' mailboxes. The slogan: "Pop" into the
> library and see our new books! They all loved the treat!
> ********************
> This is my first year as a media specialist. To start the year off
> right and to appear very approachable and friendly, I am giving
> teachers, administrators, secretaries, teacher's assistants, and
> janitors a goody bag filled with the following:
> 1. a pack of crackers
> 2. a sucker- to lick their problems away
> 3. Swiss Miss- Exercise can be such a dirty word at times, so that's
> why I rinse my mouth out with chocolate.
> 4. mints
> 5. bag of popcorn
> 6. bookmarks
> 7. a candybar, etc
> Since I just accepted the job, I didn't have time to order a good book
> to go into the goody bag, but at the end of the year, I hope to put a
> good book in their box along with a candy bar that has, " There's
> nothing better than chocolate, than a good book." Something like that.
> ********************
>
> MY SOLUTION (thanks to your wonderful ideas)
> 1. Use 8 x 10" colorful shopping bag on sale from craft store (25
> cents each). Put large label on front that says "Welcome Back!" In
> smaller letters:" For everything you want to know the library is the
> place to go."
> 2. Apple - The symbol of our school is an apple tree (and an apple
> for the teacher).
> 3. Package of cocoa mix and a small bag of mini marshmallow - cocoa
> parties in the library with small groups of children (5-6 at a time)
> are a school tradition.
> 4. Small bag of goldfish crackers - it's an "in joke" in my building
> 5. 8 x 10 spiral notebook (on sale at K-Mart for 10 cents!) with
> label "Ideas" in smaller type "Do something new this year."
> 6. Peppermint with label "Libraries are mint to be used."
> 7. A coupon for a free cookbook (I too am a veteran collector). All
> the recipient has to do is write a "recipe" on the back of the coupon
> for how the library can help them this year.
>
> I plan to use some of the other great ideas later in the year.
> I will try to let you know what the reaction of the faculty and staff
> was.
> Thanks for taking the time to share your thoughts.
>
> Ellen Rubin
> Elisabeth Morrow School
> Englewood, NJ
> (school)erubin@elisabethmorrow.org
> (home) emr@njrubin.us
>
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