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Competent
You should at the very least be competent, but I should hope that you’d rather strive to be exemplary.
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Ready, Set, Go! Storytime Can Help Children (and Parents) Become Kindergarten-ready. – 9/1/2009 – School Library Journal
Ready, Set, Go! Storytime Can Help Children (and Parents) Become Kindergarten-ready. – 9/1/2009 – School Library Journal. A great little post about the importance of storytime. More and more communities lack a sufficient number of quality preschools and daycares to help parents instill in children the skills they will need to succeed in school. It…
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High Standards?: When Books Are Intentionally Shelved Beyond Young Readers Reach
You don’t want to be the librarians that SLJ (School Library Journal) describes in this blog post. You’d also do well do subscribe to SLJ’s censorship news feed, to make sure you never see yourself in its pages.
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The future of libraries, with or without books – CNN.com
The future of libraries, with or without books – CNN.com. Another OH NOES article about the future of libraries. Another reason that librarians who work with children are extremely important. If we don’t capture the imagination of these children today, we won’t have any library supporters (and tax payers) in the future.
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A library without the books – The Boston Globe
This is a interesting approach. I don’t believe it will be successful, but I’m eager to see the experiment unfold. A library without the books – The Boston Globe.
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storytime!
Here’s a powerpoint (ugh I hate how powerpoint is used, more on that later) I created to explain how I put together a storytime. I presented it at mpow*, and for a class at the College of Dupage. storytimelunch *my place of work.
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telling stories
I like it when the kids come into the library and say “Hi, Miss Julie!” I like telling stories. I like raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens. I like singing goodbye to my coworkers at the end of the day. I like…well…learn more about me here. You can also follow me on The Twitter,…