Scholastic has scheduled the following webinars for NOVELNY databases for the month of September. Please see dates, times and registration information below. September 10, 2014, 3:30pm Scholastic is hosting customized NOVELNY training sessions to help inform NOVELNY users about Scholastic GO!’s program features and how to incorporate Scholastic GO! into schools and public libraries. In this training they will focus…
Learning through Playful Exploration with Makerspaces
This is a follow-up article to a recent Webinar hosted by WebJunction: http://webjunction.org/news/webjunction/learning-through-playful-exploration-with-makerspaces.html?utm_source=WhatCountsEmail&utm_medium=Crossroads&utm_campaign=Crossroads
Librarians Reimagine Book Clubs with the Help of Technology
Some interesting ideas on using technology to enhance the traditional book club: http://www.americanlibrariesmagazine.org/article/novel-idea
2014 Summer Reading Lists
The Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) has updated and released three Summer Reading lists. The lists are full of book titles to keep children engaged in reading throughout the summer. Lists are available for K-8 students. Each is available to download for free in color and black and white. The lists can be customized to include library information,…
Early Literacy Good Morning/Welcome Song
For a good morning/welcome song that will work really well as a start for your next storytime, try The Good Morning Train. The first verse can sung by itself and the secondary verses can be ‘customized’ good mornings to each child in your program. The Good Morning Train The good morning train is coming, how are you? Choo – Choo…