Library decor ideas

Eight school library ideas that will help you jazz up your media center all year round!April is officially School Library Month, but we believe in celebrating the library all year round. Make your school library the place to be by trying ou…

Library display of my favorite middle school books.

UNFRAMED PRINT - I have to put this in for the people that don't read the words Unframed Print in the title. Of course if they didn't read the title or the words on the pictures they probably won't read this LOL. We tried. It's a print. It's not printed on wood, stone, slate, matboard, or any other kind of substrate. It's not a thick sign, it's a print. It's not framed. That's why every picture says "Frame not Include". If you did read this far, Thank You MAKES A GREAT GIFT - My huge…

When helping my students fall in love with books became a priority, everything changed. My relationships with students. Their relationships with books. The look and feel of my classroom. As I turned to experts like Nancie

Mrs. J in the Library's note: Decorations idea for secondary or elementary school libraries - "books" sprouting colored paper. Looks easy enough to make with a stapler and bright printer paper, actually.

Educational and craft activities for kids and parents

I finally (finally) got my school library's decorations up. Hey, and it's only October. Woo! Anyway, I wanted to share the ideas here, point out some cool resources, and even share a free printable travel poster. Travel poster? Travel poster. Here, you can see what I'm talking about. Check out this library... The pièce de résistance, of course, is this huge wall. I had each student in the upper grades write their favorite book title (with its call number--had to make this educational after…