Some people call it March Madness, I’m choosing to find the Magic in the Madness. We have so much fun in the library every day, so many kids actually run into the space with excitement, it is wonderful. I know some of our parents really miss it, and we sure miss you too. We are really excited to see many of you this Wednesday and Saturday, please be sure to stop by.
It has indeed been a busy month, we are barely half way through; here are some of the highlights.
Jerry Pallotta Virtual Visit
We’ve had Jerry Pallotta, the author of the very popular Who Would Win series visiting with our students. So far he has seen every grade except 5th, and he will meet with them on the morning of March 29th. Ask your child if they’ve read a Who Would Win book, or one of Jerry’s alphabet books. In a writing career that didn’t start til he was 32, Jerry has published over 100 books; only one of them is fiction. Jerry really engaged the students with his stories of travel in Africa and Antarctica and kept their interest sharing some wonderful footage of his trips. He has been a great resource to inspire our students that ideas come from everywhere, keep your eyes open, and stay curious. He shared that he does much of his research through books glorious books, as well as on the ground travel and experiences.
How many books checked in today competition
We’ve been keeping track of how many books are checked in each day since November, well, we always know, due to our destiny database, but we’ve been SHARING how many, and sorting them in to categories each morning with the students. It has been AMAZING. Seriously. The kids have been SO engaged, and learned so much without even realizing it. So for the month of March, we’ve been getting the students to guess how many books they think will be checked in today. 2nd grade have been really improving and this week we even had our first 1st grader guess the EXACT amount. Woo hoo
the barefoot librarian 