I Love This! 💛💛💛

Thank you! It was a banner day + my sister and daughter were able to join for the dancing!

Yup! Still a big fan, I’ll have to see if I have one of my old units lying around 💛

So pretty #NotJudgingByCover #MaybeALittleBit 😂 Wildseed Witch by Marti Dumas.

I think I did this too. I vaguely recall a mind map type thing with all the topics that connected. Am I making this up? 😂

So much of it was literally knowing what they taught in the classroom. I asked my 3rd graders what they were learning about and when I popped up to their classroom with 10 books about NYC, you’d think I was a magician. That teacher was my first true collaborator and always came to me for ideas! 🥰

A2 Absolutely! One year I made an “what can your librarian do for you” die. I think only my principal saw it but it did help me think thru what I wanted teachers to know! Seeing it now, I think it also makes a great playlist! 🤣 #TLSkyChat and A5 #SchoolLibraryLife #ComputerScience #MediaLiteracy

Awesome! There is one more that I can’t remember the title of but it has a beautiful cover and AA FM can communicate with plants and goes to a special school in New Orleans! (I can see the cover but can’t remember the title!) off to search 😂

the amount of connections the kids made blew both of our minds & we started looking for more crossover projects! (I think we were equally surprised) He also didn’t think I was totally nuts when I asked if we could use scooters in the library #BuildTrust #TLSkyChat #SchoolLibraryLife

For example, when the students were learning about the heart in gym and how the pulse worked/helped you be fit, we read up on the heart in #pebblego

Overthinking is often my worst enemy (see all my art projects age 5-15 lol). Sometimes starting small is better than nothing at all. I’m working REALLY hard on PROGRESS not perfection #TLSkyChat #SchoolLibraryLife #InquiryCycle #ProcessOverProduct #AskCurateShare #ComputerScience #MediaLiteracy

I’m sure you’ve read them, it I also love Amari and the Night Brothers (series) by @bbalston.bsky.social, The Marvellers by @dhonielle.bsky.social, or for the younger kiddos try Dragons in a Bag by Zetta Elliot!

Oh man the memories with this song, and the awesome word play here, -=chefskiss=-

Yay! I’d love to hear how it goes! This is one of the simplest and greatest things I’ve ever tried lol!

I mean honestly anything Gratz works well. I also love titles like Jewell Parker Rhodes Ghost Boys for conversation about current events and how the past influences the present #TLSkyChat

Absolutely! At each of my schools I had to find my sweet spot of teachers who would try anything and show the one who wouldn’t try what the library could do! #tlskychat