My goal for this school year is to strike a balance between making, thinking, and reading in the library. This summer I read many books about creating amazing MakerSpaces and several focused on fostering the love of reading. Our MakerSpace is up and going so I have been thinking and implementing ways to encourage the love of books. At the beginning of the year, Mrs. Haynes and I added a spot where we can share with the kids what we are currently reading...a very simple idea. Mrs. Haynes commented the other day that several kids had inquired about the book she had been reading. At the time, I had not had any conversations about my reading choice. But today that changed! I was waiting to walk a kindergartner back to the library after a little bathroom break (she was a little worried about the big kids at the bathroom) so I was standing there when Grace, a 4th grader, started talking to me about the book I had been reading, Behind the Bookcase by Mark S...
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