[LM_NET] Where can I find pointers/wands?

[Tony Pope <pope1966@ATT.NET>]

Sounds strange...  But years ago I purchased these pointers/wands at the Georgia 
Children's Lit. Conference in Athens, GA.  These are clear, approx. a foot long, 
hollow inside and filled with "stuff."  One of them has these small red beads 
and small shapes...maybe stars, circles, etc...all very small.  The other one 
has small black beads and small stars and moons.  I have used these over ten 
years with Pre and K classes as "book wands."  They give me the power to select 
students who have been sitting quietly and listening to get up when I tap them 
and select a book.  Most of the year I use the one with the small red beads, but 
I tell the kids at the start of the year that when October comes...something 
magical happens...the inside of the book wand turns black in celebration of 
Halloween.  I only mention this at the beginning of the school year...but sure 
enough...when they come to the library and see the black book wand, they 
remember the story.  I have to secretly change out the wands on the afternoon of 
the last September schoolday.

I'd like to see if there are any other "wands" out there maybe with different 
colors that maybe I could use at different times of the year (green at St. 
Patrick's Day, etc.).  I don't have a clue what these were originally called.  
I've tried Googling "pointers," "clear wands," etc.  and have pulled up things I 
hadn't wanted!  


Anyone have any idea how I might go about searching for these?  I'm thinking 
they were probably originally called a pointer...but no hits on images when 
trying to find them.

Thanks,
Tony Pope
Library Media Specialist
McHenry Primary School
100 McHenry Dr.
Rome, GA  30161
Pope1966@att.net

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