dinovember – something to read and roar about

This month in the library we roared more than usual, but mostly it was on topic roaring. We read, crafted, sang and stomped like dinosaurs. As always, I made a bitmoji library as a basis of our theme for the month. One of my favorite activities was to read If the Dinosaurs Came Back, then have students create a background and dinosaur in the same style as the illustations. It turned out the be a little challenging for some of them so I helped by printing out dino shapes for the foreground image.

We found great hats to make on the interwebs, and lots of fun dino themed games on pbs kids and abcya for our computer brain break day. We also made a makeshift green screen from butcher paper to practice our dramatic poses in front of scary dinosaurs- easy and free with the DoInk app.

To make a copy of the dinosaur library in google slides click here, to view in presentation mode use: https://bit.ly/bgbsdinovr

talk like a pirate day 2024

This was my first International Talk Like a Pirate Day at a new school library, and we tried to prepare all week leading up to give everyone a chance to hear plenty of pirate fun before 9.19. It seemed to help everyone join in on the pirate vernacular. We used the Pirate themed bitmoji room I have used for years, with a few new titles added. I folded what felt like a 100 paper pirate hats, and stapled hundreds more for yet another hat style.

We hung pirate flags and challenged the staff to dress as a pirate for TLAP Day, with the winners earning book fair credit from our upcoming Book Fair. The coloring mural I drew was finally ready to hang the day before TLAP Day, so it made a nice photo backdrop. I sure am glad I keep that pirate hat in storage, but I had to buy new pirate teeth and I can’t find my hand hook! Can’t wait for next year’s version!