Holiday Resources for Librarians and Teachers

By |2016-11-07T10:57:39-05:00December 8th, 2015|Blog Posts, Books, Videos|

It's Hanukkah!  But what is Hanukah, and what is Kwaanza? What is Ramadan? How do people around the world celebrate Christmas? How were holidays celebrated in the past? These questions come up time after time and time in classes across Quebec and Canada. There are a number of resources that librarians and teachers can use

Library Technicians: Collaborating and Advancing School Goals

By |2016-11-07T10:57:40-05:00June 17th, 2015|Blog Posts, School Libraries|

This Thinglink shows how library technicians (in Quebec, documentation technicians) are advancing learning in the schools in which they work. Just click on the dots or hearts, etc. to be taken to the films or websites  that show how they do this. The Canadian Library Association Standards encourage library personnel to work toward collaborative engagement

Malala Yousafzai on Books and Reading

By |2016-11-07T10:57:43-05:00June 2nd, 2015|Blog Posts, Books|

If you think that books don't have an impact on the lives of children, watch this film and you'll change your mind.  Nobel Prizewinner, Malala Yousafzai talks about how reading the biography of Martin Luther King, Jr. taught her that the fight for equality could be won. This inspired Malala to begin her own campaign

Everybody Wins With the Reading Challenge

By |2016-11-07T10:57:44-05:00May 8th, 2015|Blog Posts, School Libraries, Videos|

For several years now, Judith Munger, documentation technician at Alexander Galt Regional High School in Lennoxville, Quebec has encouraged reading with a fun reading challenge in which every student receives a prize. Judith spends an entire year approaching businesses and charities to contribute all kinds of small items that students would like. In the spring,

Collaboration Makes for a Student Friendly School Library

By |2016-11-07T10:57:44-05:00May 8th, 2015|Blog Posts, Library Hangouts, School Libraries|

Harmony Elementary School is really a showplace for...well, harmony! It is always a treat when people agree on the way to go forward with a project, and this school's library is certainly a perfect example.  The principal, the New Frontiers School Board documentation technician, and the library volunteers all agree that Harmony's library should be

Readers Theater – An Article That Tells You How To Do It In Your School Library

By |2016-11-07T10:57:44-05:00April 13th, 2015|Articles, Blog Posts, Howtos, School Libraries|

Kids love to put on plays.  Reader's theatre is a wonderful technique to make books come alive and to have students bring books to life. According to the article, Taking It to the Stage With Readers Theater (the article is from School Library Journal, hence the American spelling!), readers theatre helps students to become more

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