Things to investigate

Long post today!  Warning!!

I am researching and making plans to implement centers in most of my grade levels in the library in 2016-2017. I continue to struggle with activities that can cross grade levels so I don't have to be changing them out every hour and finding a place to store them in between and on Art days.

I am pinning ideas like crazy on my Pinterest boards and finding web sites to help.  

Here are some of the sites I am looking forward to reading.

http://learninprogress.blogspot.com/2014/07/primary-centers-getting-started-kaslsr14.html

https://elementarylibrarian.com/how-i-use-library-stations/

http://elementarylibraryroutines.wikispaces.com/Library+Centers+Procedure

http://ljune.edublogs.org/wiki/library-centers/

http://www.mrs-lodges-library.com/centers/

Neat sites to use in a creative way

http://aturntolearn.blogspot.com/2012/07/how-to-make-collage-of-words-in-any.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed:+ATurnToLearn+(A+Turn+to+Learn)

https://www.thinglink.com/

http://morguefile.com/search/morguefile/1/pop

http://tilearray.com/

http://www.toondoo.com/

http://storybird.com/

http://popplet.com/

http://my storyboard.com
https://www.storyboardthat.com/
http://www.boomwriter.com/
http://www.abcya.com/word_clouds.htm
http://kidblog.org/home/


Other lesson ideas
http://www.librarypatch.com/2014/10/research-task-cards.html

Creative sites to spruce things up

http://metaatem.net/words/Think%20know

http://www.blyberg.net/card-generator/

http://www.tagxedo.com/

http://bighugelabs.com/motivator.php

During the month of July (2016), this web site will have 500 ebooks available for free with no login information needed.  Star Walk Kids free ebooks

Our public library has digital and audio books that may be checked out online and downloaded to your smartphone, tablet or iPad.  Visit Reads Lib Overdrive for more information.  You need a public library card with the bar code on the back and make sure you type in "Dickson County Public Library & Lifelong Learning Center" as the library.

You can access many magazine articles, games, and other elementary-appropriate level encyclopedia articles through our free access to Tennessee Electronic Library (TEL).  World Book Kids!  I also just learned about World Book's Early World of Learning for pre-K and Kindergarten level readers!  It has ebooks that can be read in Spanish or English and you can choose to have the narration on so kids can follow along!  Check it out!  World Book Early World of Learning

I love my job!