Don't let a short schedule keep you from providing engaging library programming. These 30-minute library lessons are perfect for librarians!
Show the joy of sharing books with your community by building your own Little Free Library. Our collection of 30 DIY little free library plans offers a range of styles to suit any personality and yard space. Engaging with neighbors and promoting literacy has never been easier or more rewarding. Craft a hub of knowledge and generosity that will leave a lasting legacy right outside your doorstep. Our step-by-step guide makes building a Little Free Library simple and fun. From selecting materials to adding the final touches, we have all the information you need to get started. Dive into these
Create your own DIY Little Free Library with these step-by-step instructions. You'll love feeling part of your community this way!
A HUGE collection of back to school free resources just for school librarians! These free resources can help make the transition back just a bit easier!
Free library games and resources, including printables, worksheets, and slideshow presentations designed to help kids build library skills.
Welcome them in and they'll never want to leave.
Time to inspire and motivate your students with these 4 fun bulletin board ideas that are perfect for schools, classrooms, or libraries!
The Library Adventure uses affiliate links, see our policies for more information.Kids ages 8 to 12 are often too busy with scheduled activities of their own to make it to library programs in the afternoons or evenings. For librarians who wish to increase attendance at programs for this age group, this can be very frustrating, […]
Learn how to build a simple Blessing Box Community Donation or Little Library Box with these free plans and video tutorial!
I LOVE these flowers!!! I also think this may be my new favorite art lesson to teach! 2nd Graders did such a fabulous job creating them– SO proud of their work!! Step-by-step directions with…
PATRÓN EN ESPAÑOL SCHEMA IN ITALIANO Hello again! It’s been months now since I published a premium pattern for Snoopy, and I have recently discovered that it’s marked as «Bestseller» on…
Discover the perfect All About Me preschool activity designed for young kids! Get a free printable worksheet that's simple, engaging, and ideal for emergent readers. Download now!
These "quiet critters" are amazingly effective!
This is such an easy way to update your IKEA Billy Bookcases - fill all of those shelf holes and make a huge impact without a lot of work.
Amazing things can happen with just one dot.
When I started making Notion content in 2019, a color library database was one of my first projects in the program. I decided to revisit this template in 2022 and build a simple color library and color palette generator using one database. Included is what I’m calling a “color map” organized by color type, a palette view, and a portal for bookmarked colors too. Here’s how it works.
These dot pages for dot markers are perfect for toddlers and preschoolers. They are such a fun and easy activity to set up your child.
A monthly library book display is a great way to bring awareness to different topics, seasons, and celebrations. Check out these ideas!
These free printable fall coloring pages are a fun and creative way to celebrate the season. Get the easy PDF download for all of them!
Haven't tried a book tasting with your students yet? This fun reading activity is an awesome way to introduce genres in your elementary classroom or library!
springtime, math, freebie
I want to try all of these.
It’s time for The Kids Craft Stars monthly craft challenge! Every month we have a challenge between a few blogger friends and I, to in-cooperate a different craft medium or technique into a simple kid craft. This month’s
The Unfair Game is a totally unfair twist on Jeopardy that your students will LOVE to hate! Learn how to play and find sample game boards in this post.
Craft this super easy origami jellyfish using the step-by-step tutorial. Bonus: you can turn it into an octopus too!
How to set up and implement a classroom behavior plan that really works, with advice from Smart Classroom Management's Michael Linsin.
Free Printable Paper Hexagon Kaleidocycle
A fun and creative elementary school art lesson plan for K-4th grade. This lesson plans is perfect for celebrating International Dot Day. Art teachers and educators can teach students creativity, courage & collaboration with Kandinsky inspired artwork.
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Inspired by my previous post, I have created a series of 6 doodle sheets that are free to download. I have produced them at A5 size (though they could be made smaller or larger if you choose) and they can either be printed off and used as they come, or trimmed and laminated to make re-usable doodle sheets, as illustrated here. If laminated, they should be used with special dry-wipe pens to allow them to be wiped clean. I also punched a hole in the corner of each sheet and tied them together using a keyring so that I could carry them about more easily. You are free to use these however you choose (except commercially of course!) However if you do wish to use them, please consider making a small donation to help support my personal blog. You can do this by clicking on the button below, or by using the Ko-Fi widget in the sidebar. To get your doodle sheets just click on the each image to open up the full size image, then right click to download a copy. Garden-Doodle Masterpiece Doodle View Doodle Knight Doodle Undersea Doodle Space Doodle
An early lesson you want to teach your students is the difference in books that tell stories and books that give information. I have found that the best way to teach this is within context of different types of texts. Let's read more about some resources that I have used to teach the differences in the two types, as well as meet our pesky friend, the BOOK BANDIT! We begin the unit learning the text features of both types of texts by creating this anchor chart and using real text examples to discuss the differences between the two. I print the anchor chart from the pack as a poster, along with the two mini posters, for students to reference throughout the unit. I printed the sorting cards on cardstock and students helped me attach them to the anchor chart during our whole group discussion. They then completed their own sort below. This is great to glue into their reading journal for additional reference during the unit. I have lots of activities that I use included within the pack, but you don't have to use them in the order laid out in this blog post. ;) The activity below is one I like to always do with a new reading skill. My students become reading detectives during this cooperative group activity. Each group gets an envelope with the following recording sheets and a text, which might be a book or a passage, inside. They work with their group to decide if the book tells a story or gives information. They have to prove their thinking by providing three pieces of evidence from the text. After you do a few rotations of these throughout your unit, you can add it to a learning center for additional practice. Throughout the unit, I kept two bins of books labeled books that tell stories and books that give information. I referred to a few of them during the unit. But at the end of the unit, I threw them all over the classroom for students to walk in and find the next morning with a letter from the Book Bandit! He had came in and made a mess of our sorted books, so it was the students' challenge to sort them back into their proper bins. They had to provide three pieces of evidence from the text to prove their thinking and they attached it to a craft of the Book Bandit that they had made. This was such an engaging activity and a great assessment! I have included lots of other resources in the pack to use during your lessons. Throughout the unit, students pretended to be detectives, so they wore these little badges! We used these interactive notebook pieces for different texts. If you have Scholastic flyers, you can have students sort them in these flapbooks. This is another great quick assessment! We always finish our lessons with an exit ticket for me to quickly assess their understanding of the different features of these two types of texts. After completing a unit, I love to give my students new bookmarks for them to use during independent reading just to remind them of the previous skill taught so that they can independently apply those skills during reading. Click any of the pics in the blogpost to check this resource out! As always, happy teaching and happy reading!
Free Jellyfish art tutorial for kids and adults! This stunning jelly can be recreated with a few watercolors and a bit of clear glue. This mixed media art project creates lots of interesting textures and designs that are sure to delight your students.
Craft an adorable, friendly paper bag dragon puppet using a free printable template! When you're done, put on a fairy tale puppet show.
Download FREE coloring pages and activity sheets that you can print for children.
This FREE handout is a great activity for warm-ups or even early finishers. This handout was inspired by the book Beautiful Oops! by Barney Saltzberg. Here is the BLANK version. This is a good opti…
Use this collection of Vincent Van Gogh teaching resources and complete Famous Artist Unit lesson plans for elementary art classes.
