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March 3, 2022 by: Laura

March Library Lessons

If Spring Fever is starting to spread through your school, it’s time for some engaging, rigorous, and fun activities in your elementary library! Are you ready for your March library lessons? With spring on the horizon, March can be a fun time of transition in the library. Spread a love of reading, work on research skills, and create a calm atmosphere with these fun library

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February 2, 2022 by: Laura

February Library Lessons

February Library Lessons

February library lessons can be engaging and fun for both you and your elementary students because there are so many lively topics to choose from. If you want to make your library the center of your school, paying attention to events throughout the year and tying library activities to them can really help. The month is full of opportunities for you to embrace as you

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January 6, 2022 by: Laura

Fun Winter Olympics Activities for your Elementary Library

Winter Olympics Activities

It seems that every four years the world is captivated by the fun and amazing feats of the Winter Games. It’s the perfect time to capitalize on this universal excitement with some fun Winter Olympics activities for your elementary library! Collaborate with Other Specialists You may already know what a difference it made in my school when the physical education and music teachers and I

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September 22, 2021 by: Laura

September Library Lessons

September Library Lessons

The beginning of a new school year is always full of excitement! It’s important to start with engaging activities and lessons that will set the stage for a year full of active learning for all students. I choose September library lessons that are fun, foundational, and differentiated/scaffolded. I teach all 4 of these topics with all of my grade levels K-5, so that the concepts

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April 9, 2021 by: Laura

Celebrate Earth Day in the School Library with 5 Fun Activities

Earth Day Activities

When I think of Spring, I think of Earth Day. April brings us outside to enjoy all that our earth has to offer. Earth Day falls at the perfect time to motivate our students to take care of our beloved planet. It’s a great time for a fun school wide event, some engaging lessons, or a special library storytime. These fun Earth Day activities will

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April 2, 2021 by: Laura

4 Fun Poetry Month Activities for the School Library

Poetry Month Activities

April is National Poetry Month, so of course it’s a great time for some poetry activities in your school library. I really love to take advantage of these types of themes to create fun events in the library. Many classroom teachers do poetry units in April, so that makes it a collaboration opportunity too. Using Poetry Month activities in your school library is a win-win

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July 20, 2020 by: Laura

5 Reasons Why You Should Plan School Library Events

Trapped Librarian School Library Events

It’s no secret that I believe your library should be the center of your school.  School library events are a fun and engaging way to make that happen.  I’ve got 5 reasons why you should start planning your school library events now! School Library Events Build Excitement Nothing creates more of a buzz in my library than a good room transformation.  Transforming the library into

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December 29, 2019 by: Laura

Have Fun with a Star Wars Scavenger Hunt!

Since the newest Star Wars movie was coming out right before our winter break, it was the perfect time to build excitement in our library around a new theme. This year, my music and physical education colleagues wanted to tap into the latest movie buzz with Star Wars themed activities throughout our school. For one of our library activities we tried a Star Wars scavenger

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November 9, 2019 by: Laura

Have a Spooktacular Time with Halloween Storytime!

Halloween Storytime The Trapped Librarian

October brings an interest in spooky stories, mysterious tales, and disguises. A Halloween Storytime is a fun way to bring all of this together for our young learners. We had a great time in Kindergarten, first grade, and second grade singing songs and listening to fun read alouds. With a little bit of creativity and planning, you can have an engaging Halloween Storytime in your

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March 1, 2019 by: Laura

Energize Your School Community with Harry Potter Week!

Trapp Harry Potter Bulletin Board

A couple of weeks before Halloween, our school library was transformed into Hogwarts as our whole school celebrated Harry Potter Week! Over the past couple of years, I’ve teamed up with the music and physical education teachers in my building to integrate our subject areas around a theme for a week or so. Our Harry Potter Week has been our most exciting so far! This

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