Elementary school library activities

Don't let a short schedule keep you from providing engaging library programming. These 30-minute library lessons are perfect for librarians!

Find free games, printables, slideshows, and other resources to use in your library. Great for virtual learning and for library centers.

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!

This Library Orientation Scavenger Hunt is the perfect back to school library activity! It's easy to prepare, gets students up and moving, and it's fun!

A library scavenger hunt is a great way to assess library skills. They let students practice skills they learn about finding resources in the library.

Here are 27 library activities for kids that will give you different ways of engaging them at the library and help to grow a love of reading.

Looking for the best free library lesson plans for elementary students? Look no further! Sign up for 4 weeks of free elementary library lesson plans per grade level to build literacy skills and a love of books and stories. Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th grade students will love these lessons and elementary librarians will love the time they'll not having to plan lessons.

I know elementary librarians whose library programs thrive on the Specials Rotation. I am unfortunately not one of them. I was on the rotation only in my fifth year in the library, and it was enough to make me apply at the middle school for the next school year. Here's why it went so bad for me... #elementarylibrarians #specialsrotation #schoollibraries #librariantruths

Teaching blog post on using genre crafts to teach genres in the upper elementary classroom

Download Elementary Librarian Lesson plan samples here. All resources included.