Library Centers Are a Hit

Over a month has passed since the start of our Library Centers at DES.  The students come to the library excited to find out what centers there are each week, and they are actively engaged in the activities.  There have been positive comments from the staff.  At this point, we feel implementing centers has been a great move educationally.

The two most popular centers, which we are thinking about having out on a regular basis, are the Doodling/Coloring Center and the Puzzle Center.  I've been doing some research on the benefits of having these types of activities available for students AND adults.  All my findings lead toward the belief that these types of activities are often times very relaxing and can provide some much needed "down-time" in our busy schedules.

A few of our most recent centers included...

Classic Card Games (Go Fish, Old Maid, etc)

Playaway Instructions (grades 3-6)

Whispy Reading

Library Center Ideas

Doodle/Color (snowflakes and winter mittens)
Read to Self, Read to a Partner, Read in a Small Group

 

Library Centers - Open for Business

Our Library Centers opened for business this week!  What fun!  When students were done checking out, they then had time to explore the centers.

Our centers this week included:

• Information Station - books about Presidents, First Ladies, and Pets at the White House
• Puzzle Center - Earth's Animals puzzle and books related to animals
• Onomatopoeia - Explore this literary technique and find examples in books
• Vote for Your Favorite Book - Grace for President, Duck for President, and My Teacher for President
• Coloring Center - Color by number turkey

On Wednesday, with the help of many hands earlier in the week, a group of students from 5S finished the Earth's Animals puzzle.  They were so excited!  About an hour later, KC came to the library, and they started the puzzle all over again!!

The results for Vote for Your Favorite Book will be tallied at the end of the week.  It's going to be a close race.