Friday, July 12, 2013

Sharing the Pinterest Obession


Since we've been sharing lesson ideas this week, I thought I share my Pinterest obsession with you today.  Who doesn't love Pinterest?  I admit, I am a bit addicted to it.  I have to make sure I set a time limit when I start looking at pins and adding my own pins from blogs or websites.  In fact I have almost 6,000 pins and over 100 boards. I decided it was better to have more boards to spread out the pins rather than have 1,000s of pins on one board. Much easier to find what you are looking for that way.


I also admit that I don't always go back to everything I pin.  I see something that I think is cute or that I MIGHT use one day and I will repin it.  Thus the almost 6,000 pins.

But I do use Pinterest a lot when planning so I am VERY glad that our county decided to unblock Pinterest.  I pin ideas for lessons that I've seen on other blogs or decorations or clipart.  I've even pinned YouTube videos to use for my blog posts.  It's so much nicer than just doing adding a boring old favorites link on a browser tab.  

Here are some of my Library/Media Center related boards. Feel free to repin anything or follow any of the boards.





















And just for fun...


Are you on Pinterest?  Join the linky below so we can follow all of your neat pins!  =)




Thursday, July 11, 2013

Fun Books to Use for Library Lessons

So the last few posts have been about lesson books I use or am thinking about purchasing. So today I thought I would talk about pictures books to use for lessons.  While there are tons of picture books that you could read to your classes for entertainment, there are also some great picture books out there that are perfect for teaching media skills.  Here are some that I have in media center that I use for media lessons (NOTE: prices and availability are subject to change):

32 pages, buy it used on Amazon
Upstart sells other items to go with this book.  You can find them here.
Great for K-2.

36 pages, on Amazon
Good for 3rd grade and up.

32 pages, on Amazon
I use this book with kindergarten and first grade. They love it.


32 pages, on Amazon
I read this to second grade students letting them know that they will begin to find books on their own.  Of course, I am there if they need help, but I want them to try on their own first.

32 pages, on Amazon
I use this with K and 1st towards the beginning of the year and again after Christmas break.

32 pages, on Amazon
Reading level is age 7 and up, but I would use it as a read aloud for ages 9 and up.


I just purchased these, but haven't had a chance to use them yet:

32 pages, on Amazon

36 pages, on Amazon

32 pages, on Amazon

32 pages,  on Amazon

3 books, grades 1-4,  on Upstart


 I don't have these books, but I would like to get them eventually:

32 pages, on Amazon

Upstart sells and Alpha Betti doll 


24 pages, on Amazon,  or Bound to Stay Bound

24 pages, on Amazon

24 pages, on Amazon

32 pages, on Amazon

32 pages, on Amazon

24 pages, on Amazon

32 pages, on Amazon

24 pages, on Amazon

24 pages, on Amazon


20 pages, on  Amazon

32 pages, on Amazon

32 pages, on Amazon

24 pages, on Amazon


48 pages, on Amazon

35 pages, on Amazon

32 pages, on Amazon

48 pages, on Amazon

48 pages, on Amazon

48 pages, on Amazon

What are some picture books that you use to teach library/media lessons?


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