WEBVTT 00:00:21.030 --> 00:00:25.390 Hello, I'm Patrick Adams. And I am Caroline Legere. 00:00:25.719 --> 00:00:29.359 And this is Librarians of Littles, a podcast 00:00:29.359 --> 00:00:33.799 where we review books, share makerspace ideas, 00:00:34.000 --> 00:00:37.280 and give tips and tricks for working with our 00:00:37.280 --> 00:00:41.539 youngest learners in the library setting. Today, 00:00:41.939 --> 00:00:45.520 we have two really fun books to share with you, 00:00:45.560 --> 00:00:49.119 the first of which is How to Make a Peanut Butter 00:00:49.119 --> 00:00:54.020 Sandwich in 17 Easy Steps. It's published by 00:00:54.020 --> 00:01:00.000 OwlKids Books in 2023, and it's written and illustrated 00:01:00.000 --> 00:01:06.280 by Bambi Edlund. Some awards for Bambi Edlund. 00:01:06.840 --> 00:01:13.099 She was a Lane Anderson Award finalist in 2024, 00:01:13.540 --> 00:01:17.239 and a Junior Library Guild selection list 2024 00:01:17.239 --> 00:01:21.760 for Operation Cupcake, How Simple Machines Work. 00:01:21.920 --> 00:01:28.040 And she's on the Texas 2x2 list for 2024 for 00:01:28.040 --> 00:01:31.299 how to make a peanut butter sandwich in 17 easy 00:01:31.299 --> 00:01:35.260 steps. Bambi Edelin has written and illustrated 00:01:35.260 --> 00:01:38.340 Operation Cupcake, How Simple Machines Work, 00:01:38.659 --> 00:01:41.920 and Squirrel -ish. She is also the illustrator 00:01:41.920 --> 00:01:45.640 of What a Waste, Where Does Garbage Go? by Claire 00:01:45.640 --> 00:01:51.560 Emner. So the summary for how to make a peanut 00:01:51.560 --> 00:01:54.819 butter sandwich in 17 easy steps is that there 00:01:54.819 --> 00:01:58.019 are wild animals attempting to make a peanut 00:01:58.019 --> 00:02:01.000 butter sandwich. They go through a very unique 00:02:01.000 --> 00:02:05.340 set of steps in the process of completing the 00:02:05.340 --> 00:02:09.500 sandwiches. This is a really fun story. I enjoyed 00:02:09.500 --> 00:02:12.919 it. It's these animals in getting into these 00:02:12.919 --> 00:02:17.819 really silly situations to... complete the goal. 00:02:18.580 --> 00:02:21.180 I love that the book starts right away with a 00:02:21.180 --> 00:02:23.900 list of all the things that you'll need. And 00:02:23.900 --> 00:02:27.439 they're just some rant like a donkey, you need 00:02:27.439 --> 00:02:32.560 clogs, there's like oranges. And so like, just 00:02:32.560 --> 00:02:34.780 starting by looking at all of those things with 00:02:34.780 --> 00:02:37.439 the students really gets their brains working 00:02:37.439 --> 00:02:39.680 right away. Like what do you need oranges for 00:02:39.680 --> 00:02:42.240 to make a peanut butter sandwich? And why are 00:02:42.240 --> 00:02:45.300 you using clogs? And Having a fun conversation 00:02:45.300 --> 00:02:49.240 explaining what clogs are All of these things 00:02:49.240 --> 00:02:52.840 and then as the story goes through you can have 00:02:52.840 --> 00:02:55.520 the students count the steps along with you and 00:02:55.520 --> 00:03:00.219 see what all of the All of these items are being 00:03:00.219 --> 00:03:05.479 used for and some of the kind of crazy Routes 00:03:05.479 --> 00:03:09.960 at which they go to to get to the end goal And 00:03:09.960 --> 00:03:12.569 then there's a lot of fun vocabulary words to 00:03:12.569 --> 00:03:14.990 include and kind of explain to students because 00:03:14.990 --> 00:03:18.250 at one point the animals have to settle up with 00:03:18.250 --> 00:03:20.990 the people in the story and so kind of explaining 00:03:20.990 --> 00:03:23.729 what that means and like we said clogs because 00:03:23.729 --> 00:03:25.789 i don't think a lot of kids will know what a 00:03:25.789 --> 00:03:30.689 clog is um and so it was just a fun story the 00:03:30.689 --> 00:03:34.150 pictures are amazing they're very kind of lovable 00:03:34.150 --> 00:03:37.669 character designs these cute animals doing some 00:03:37.669 --> 00:03:41.710 weird things to get to the end result of being 00:03:41.710 --> 00:03:45.389 able to eat a peanut butter sandwich. I really 00:03:45.389 --> 00:03:49.370 enjoyed it. I love this book, too. It was really 00:03:49.370 --> 00:03:53.030 funny. Very silly. I'm so glad you said that 00:03:53.030 --> 00:03:56.330 about the first page with all the different things 00:03:56.330 --> 00:03:58.250 that you'll need to make the peanut butter sandwich. 00:03:58.330 --> 00:04:01.849 That was easily my favorite part of the book. 00:04:03.030 --> 00:04:06.509 I love how you could really you could do a really 00:04:06.509 --> 00:04:09.729 fun Lesson on this with just using predictions 00:04:09.729 --> 00:04:12.629 like you could make a copy of that first page 00:04:12.629 --> 00:04:15.469 So the kids can like and like keep it posted 00:04:15.469 --> 00:04:17.670 for the kids to see as you're reading through 00:04:17.670 --> 00:04:19.470 and like kind of cross off what they've already 00:04:19.470 --> 00:04:23.149 used and As you're going through I would love 00:04:23.149 --> 00:04:25.610 to like cross it off and just like okay. What's 00:04:25.610 --> 00:04:28.269 next? How could they use that? Like yeah, what 00:04:28.269 --> 00:04:30.870 on earth would you use clogs for and clogs are 00:04:30.870 --> 00:04:33.370 for me? That's what stuck out the most that was 00:04:33.370 --> 00:04:37.339 like Yeah, I'm glad you mentioned that one in 00:04:37.339 --> 00:04:39.959 particular too because I was like, huh? What 00:04:39.959 --> 00:04:42.120 are we doing with clogs people? Let's find out 00:04:42.120 --> 00:04:46.759 together like Yeah, it was just so silly and 00:04:46.759 --> 00:04:50.420 fun and Very creative and how they came to the 00:04:50.420 --> 00:04:55.930 process. So it was yeah So I would definitely 00:04:55.930 --> 00:04:59.009 give this a high score because it is like, even 00:04:59.009 --> 00:05:00.949 though it's a relatively simple thing, you can 00:05:00.949 --> 00:05:03.790 also, you could also use this as a sequencing 00:05:03.790 --> 00:05:07.829 lesson for the kids. Like you could like make 00:05:07.829 --> 00:05:10.170 like a picture of each of the steps and give 00:05:10.170 --> 00:05:12.350 the kids the pictures and have them put them 00:05:12.350 --> 00:05:14.810 in order and that kind of thing. There's a lot 00:05:14.810 --> 00:05:17.189 that can be used. This book can be used for, 00:05:17.370 --> 00:05:19.370 and so I really enjoyed it. I'm thinking this 00:05:19.370 --> 00:05:22.129 one is one of those five out of five bookmark 00:05:22.129 --> 00:05:27.540 books because. It's very, very good and very 00:05:27.540 --> 00:05:30.560 engaging. And I think it's a perfect kind of 00:05:30.560 --> 00:05:33.160 book for read aloud with our younger students. 00:05:33.959 --> 00:05:36.759 I agree. I actually I was thinking five out of 00:05:36.759 --> 00:05:40.040 five as well. It's it's just that engaging. It's 00:05:40.040 --> 00:05:44.079 just super silly. And I think the kids will really 00:05:44.079 --> 00:05:47.920 engage with it very quickly. So Excellent choice. 00:05:48.139 --> 00:05:51.360 Good work. This was a great one. I'm glad that 00:05:51.360 --> 00:05:54.579 it is being recognized by the Texas 2x2 list 00:05:54.579 --> 00:05:58.399 because it is such just a fun book. Gets in that 00:05:58.399 --> 00:06:01.560 counting, that sequencing, that predictions, 00:06:01.560 --> 00:06:06.579 and then just the great pictures and the silliness 00:06:06.579 --> 00:06:12.139 of it. It's just a fun book. And so if we're 00:06:12.139 --> 00:06:14.639 going to do a makerspace activity, I was trying 00:06:14.639 --> 00:06:17.189 to decide what I would like to do with this. 00:06:17.209 --> 00:06:19.990 Like I said, you could do like a sequencing activity 00:06:19.990 --> 00:06:23.389 with this where they put the different steps 00:06:23.389 --> 00:06:27.290 in order. There's a lot of different things, 00:06:27.329 --> 00:06:29.550 but I decided that since we're trying to feed 00:06:29.550 --> 00:06:32.370 animals, I thought it would be fun to make a 00:06:32.370 --> 00:06:36.720 bird feeder of some kind. Using either pine cones 00:06:36.720 --> 00:06:39.379 or I've seen it done with toilet paper rolls 00:06:39.379 --> 00:06:42.759 Get some bird seed you could use peanut butter 00:06:42.759 --> 00:06:46.259 or sun butter or even honey if there's an allergy 00:06:46.259 --> 00:06:50.300 I also like the idea of using like those plastic 00:06:50.300 --> 00:06:53.759 little plastic knives for students and have a 00:06:53.759 --> 00:06:55.720 conversation about safety first kind of thing 00:06:55.720 --> 00:06:59.699 but have them Be able to use those plastic knives 00:06:59.699 --> 00:07:03.170 and then just piece of string or yarn and have 00:07:03.170 --> 00:07:06.110 the students use those plastic knives to practice 00:07:06.110 --> 00:07:08.790 spreading the food adhesive, whatever you're 00:07:08.790 --> 00:07:10.410 going to use, peanut butter, sun butter, or the 00:07:10.410 --> 00:07:13.949 honey onto either a pine cone or onto a toilet 00:07:13.949 --> 00:07:17.329 paper roll and then rolling those things into 00:07:17.329 --> 00:07:21.029 the birdseed and then you just tie a string or 00:07:21.029 --> 00:07:24.810 piece of yarn to hang them, ideally hanging them 00:07:24.810 --> 00:07:27.970 outside near a window in the library or if you're 00:07:27.970 --> 00:07:30.209 doing this in the classroom. outside your classroom 00:07:30.209 --> 00:07:33.910 so that you can see the birds and that come to 00:07:33.910 --> 00:07:36.889 feed on the bird seed. That would be a pretty 00:07:36.889 --> 00:07:40.790 cool way to kind of introduce some of that natural, 00:07:40.790 --> 00:07:45.329 you know, be able to let the kids see some birds. 00:07:45.910 --> 00:07:49.129 And I think that would just be maybe a little 00:07:49.129 --> 00:07:51.689 messy, but it would be a fun activity to do. 00:07:51.810 --> 00:07:53.790 And then you can always send them home if you 00:07:53.790 --> 00:07:55.329 wanted to. You can put them in plastic bags, 00:07:55.389 --> 00:07:57.149 send them home, let the parents hang them in 00:07:57.149 --> 00:08:00.399 there. Trees and their homes that kind of stuff, 00:08:00.639 --> 00:08:03.199 too But I just I think that would be fun and 00:08:03.199 --> 00:08:05.139 I like the idea of having the kids use the plastic 00:08:05.139 --> 00:08:07.139 knives to be doing the spreading because I think 00:08:07.139 --> 00:08:12.040 that's a skill that Builds up some of that the 00:08:12.040 --> 00:08:15.279 fine motor That some of the kids maybe haven't 00:08:15.279 --> 00:08:17.959 been able to practice before so just something 00:08:17.959 --> 00:08:22.100 like that I love that idea. I really do. And 00:08:22.100 --> 00:08:25.399 I did, I think I did this one in the classroom 00:08:25.399 --> 00:08:28.420 like a long time ago, like maybe 10 years ago. 00:08:28.759 --> 00:08:31.600 And I think we did send, we used Crisco when 00:08:31.600 --> 00:08:34.279 we did it. Okay. And Crisco worked pretty well 00:08:34.279 --> 00:08:36.399 for, and I think we did it for allergy reasons. 00:08:36.460 --> 00:08:39.019 Cause that's another one that not many people 00:08:39.019 --> 00:08:40.940 are allergic to that. I don't think anybody's 00:08:40.940 --> 00:08:42.519 allergic to Crisco actually. No, they think about 00:08:42.519 --> 00:08:46.779 it. But I think we sent them home in plastic 00:08:46.779 --> 00:08:49.909 bags, but Now that you're mentioning it, I just 00:08:49.909 --> 00:08:51.570 haven't really thought about doing it in the 00:08:51.570 --> 00:08:53.549 library. And I do actually really like the idea 00:08:53.549 --> 00:08:56.669 of doing that in the library. And I think I would 00:08:56.669 --> 00:08:59.730 probably, another way I might do it is like not 00:08:59.730 --> 00:09:02.289 necessarily do it as an individual, like maker 00:09:02.289 --> 00:09:04.289 space activity, but more of like an extension 00:09:04.289 --> 00:09:06.509 of like the story time lesson where like we're 00:09:06.509 --> 00:09:09.350 kind of all doing it together, or maybe like 00:09:09.350 --> 00:09:11.629 doing it in more of like a small group, maybe 00:09:11.629 --> 00:09:14.789 like have five kids come to the table at once. 00:09:14.789 --> 00:09:18.139 And we just make like five bird feeders with 00:09:18.139 --> 00:09:20.100 the whole class. And then the kids could take 00:09:20.100 --> 00:09:24.259 turns spreading whatever on the toilet paper 00:09:24.259 --> 00:09:26.799 roll or pine cone. So that everybody kind of 00:09:26.799 --> 00:09:29.919 takes ownership, but then you don't have 25 of 00:09:29.919 --> 00:09:33.320 them. Yeah. I like that idea. Yeah. And then 00:09:33.320 --> 00:09:35.500 I like hanging it outside the library. I think 00:09:35.500 --> 00:09:38.860 that's a really fun way to like. Because honestly, 00:09:38.980 --> 00:09:41.059 when you do activities like that and send them 00:09:41.059 --> 00:09:45.080 home, I think there's maybe like a 50 -50 chance 00:09:45.080 --> 00:09:48.000 that the parents will actually like hang it somewhere 00:09:48.000 --> 00:09:50.899 for the kids and like continue that extension. 00:09:50.899 --> 00:09:53.740 And then sometimes that can be really sad when 00:09:53.740 --> 00:09:56.820 the kids worked hard on something and then their 00:09:56.820 --> 00:10:00.580 grownups don't follow through at home. So I kind 00:10:00.580 --> 00:10:02.600 of like the idea of doing it like a smaller setting 00:10:02.600 --> 00:10:05.240 and then hanging it outside the library if you 00:10:05.240 --> 00:10:07.879 can, if you have windows, which I'm fortunate 00:10:07.879 --> 00:10:10.259 enough to have real big windows in both of my 00:10:10.259 --> 00:10:13.259 libraries right now. So Well, and I get it. I 00:10:13.259 --> 00:10:16.039 get to give credit where credit's due. took that 00:10:16.039 --> 00:10:19.720 part of the idea from one of our coworkers, Miss 00:10:19.720 --> 00:10:22.799 Jenna, her classroom outside her classroom window, 00:10:22.799 --> 00:10:26.159 she has a bird feeder to get the birds to come. 00:10:26.240 --> 00:10:28.539 And so the kids it's right at the kids level 00:10:28.539 --> 00:10:30.419 too. So the kids could go over and watch the 00:10:30.419 --> 00:10:31.779 birds. So I thought if we're going to make a 00:10:31.779 --> 00:10:33.879 bird feeder having it somewhere where the kids 00:10:33.879 --> 00:10:36.039 might be able to see it so they can see the birds 00:10:36.039 --> 00:10:39.639 that come would be great. So kind of piggybacking 00:10:39.639 --> 00:10:41.600 off of something that she does in her classroom 00:10:41.600 --> 00:10:44.360 that I've seen before. So I love that. Yeah. 00:10:45.889 --> 00:10:50.049 Alright, so for this week's Library of Littles 00:10:50.049 --> 00:10:53.149 management tip that we talk about picture schedules. 00:10:53.190 --> 00:10:56.169 So many of our friends are visual learners, which 00:10:56.169 --> 00:10:59.769 we've discussed quite recently. Even as adults, 00:10:59.870 --> 00:11:03.529 sometimes we need those visuals to help us. So 00:11:03.529 --> 00:11:06.970 you do a great job of using a picture schedule 00:11:06.970 --> 00:11:09.730 with your students so that they know what's going 00:11:09.730 --> 00:11:12.330 on and have the predictability of the lesson. 00:11:12.350 --> 00:11:14.250 So why don't you tell us about your picture schedule? 00:11:14.909 --> 00:11:18.169 Yeah, so in both of my libraries I have a storytime 00:11:18.169 --> 00:11:20.669 puppet that I know we've talked about our storytime 00:11:20.669 --> 00:11:23.750 song before and we can refer back to our previous 00:11:23.750 --> 00:11:25.590 episode where we have our storytime song listed 00:11:25.590 --> 00:11:28.970 for you guys. But we start with a storytime song 00:11:28.970 --> 00:11:31.629 and we always sing our song with our school mascot. 00:11:31.789 --> 00:11:34.610 So at one campus it's a lion cub and the other 00:11:34.610 --> 00:11:37.289 campus it's a bear cub. So we start with the 00:11:37.289 --> 00:11:40.370 picture schedule. It's just a picture of the 00:11:40.370 --> 00:11:42.889 mascot so the kids know okay I see a picture 00:11:42.889 --> 00:11:46.179 of or a little puppet or mascot, we're going 00:11:46.179 --> 00:11:49.519 to sing our story time song. The next step is 00:11:49.519 --> 00:11:53.679 always a picture of the book that we're going 00:11:53.679 --> 00:11:55.960 to read for the day. For that one, I just go 00:11:55.960 --> 00:11:58.480 to Google images and do a Google Google image 00:11:58.480 --> 00:12:01.419 search, print that out. And I put that one right 00:12:01.419 --> 00:12:04.779 below the picture of the mascot so the kids can 00:12:04.779 --> 00:12:07.440 see, OK, the mascot's here. that's where we're 00:12:07.440 --> 00:12:09.600 going to sing and then right below it is a picture 00:12:09.600 --> 00:12:11.639 of our book that's the book we're going to read 00:12:11.639 --> 00:12:14.000 and then below that there's always a picture 00:12:14.000 --> 00:12:17.340 of our tables because the kids we have a story 00:12:17.340 --> 00:12:20.620 time rug where we sit for our story time where 00:12:20.620 --> 00:12:23.860 they listen to the book and any whole group instruction 00:12:23.860 --> 00:12:27.059 that we have and then after that they go to our 00:12:27.059 --> 00:12:30.100 makerspace centers and that's always at the tables. 00:12:30.809 --> 00:12:32.710 that I have set up in the library. There's a 00:12:32.710 --> 00:12:34.909 total of five tables and there's always a bucket 00:12:34.909 --> 00:12:38.309 of toys, our makerspace manipulatives at each 00:12:38.309 --> 00:12:40.889 one so the kids can kind of see where to go and 00:12:40.889 --> 00:12:45.129 the space is well defined. So for that one I 00:12:45.129 --> 00:12:47.970 just have a picture of the tables where it's 00:12:47.970 --> 00:12:51.110 just empty because the kids know that's where 00:12:51.110 --> 00:12:53.870 we're gonna go have our makerspace time because 00:12:53.870 --> 00:12:55.929 that's where they do their makerspace. So our 00:12:55.929 --> 00:12:59.029 picture schedule always looks like mascot at 00:12:59.029 --> 00:13:02.320 the top. below that is the book and then below 00:13:02.320 --> 00:13:06.080 that is the picture of the tables and after that 00:13:06.080 --> 00:13:10.259 I know I should probably have a visual of cleaning 00:13:10.259 --> 00:13:13.740 up but at that point like when the kids come 00:13:13.740 --> 00:13:16.059 into the library we always sit down we always 00:13:16.059 --> 00:13:19.159 look at our schedule and we point out the things 00:13:19.159 --> 00:13:23.240 that we're going to do um but they don't really 00:13:23.240 --> 00:13:27.659 sit down again after the tables So that we never 00:13:27.659 --> 00:13:30.440 refer to it because they never, they're not sitting 00:13:30.440 --> 00:13:32.659 and looking at the schedule again. Like we look 00:13:32.659 --> 00:13:35.059 at it the first time, but they don't, you know, 00:13:35.580 --> 00:13:37.899 like I'll like refer to it as I'm going through 00:13:37.899 --> 00:13:41.360 my lesson for my whole group instruction. But 00:13:41.360 --> 00:13:43.679 then once they get to the tables, they don't 00:13:43.679 --> 00:13:46.039 see it again. So I don't really have a visual 00:13:46.039 --> 00:13:49.039 for cleanup, which maybe I should just so they 00:13:49.039 --> 00:13:51.759 know it's coming. But they, I've also already 00:13:51.759 --> 00:13:54.490 taught them that that's part of our Maker space 00:13:54.490 --> 00:13:56.870 table time. So that's something you could add 00:13:56.870 --> 00:13:58.950 if you were so inclined. I just don't have it 00:13:58.950 --> 00:14:03.509 on my schedule in particular Yeah, and I think 00:14:03.509 --> 00:14:05.490 the picture schedules are so important. I have 00:14:05.490 --> 00:14:10.090 a similar schedule Mine is more generic. I use 00:14:10.090 --> 00:14:16.080 a note of like a musical note and that's our 00:14:16.080 --> 00:14:20.620 story time song and then I have a generic picture 00:14:20.620 --> 00:14:24.539 of an open book that I use for the fact that 00:14:24.539 --> 00:14:26.840 we're going to read a book and then I'll use 00:14:26.840 --> 00:14:29.500 that same I have more than one so I'll use a 00:14:29.500 --> 00:14:33.259 second music note symbol to say if we're going 00:14:33.259 --> 00:14:35.620 to do a dance or something like that and then 00:14:35.620 --> 00:14:39.850 I have a picture of students building that's 00:14:39.850 --> 00:14:43.509 for the makerspace activities. And so I use more 00:14:43.509 --> 00:14:47.629 generic clip art just because I printing out 00:14:47.629 --> 00:14:49.830 and having each book that we're going to read 00:14:49.830 --> 00:14:52.629 each week takes a little bit of forethought and 00:14:52.629 --> 00:14:56.389 planning that I am not always able to ensure 00:14:56.389 --> 00:14:59.769 that I have done. So using it generic. But as 00:14:59.769 --> 00:15:01.169 long as the students, as long as you've explained 00:15:01.169 --> 00:15:04.009 to the students in advance what each of the pictures 00:15:04.009 --> 00:15:06.470 represents, they're going to get the same out 00:15:06.470 --> 00:15:07.809 of it. They're going to be able to look at and 00:15:07.809 --> 00:15:10.590 know what's happening. And so yeah, you can use 00:15:10.590 --> 00:15:14.250 specific pictures of like your puppet or of your 00:15:14.250 --> 00:15:16.169 book that you're going to use. But as long as 00:15:16.169 --> 00:15:19.250 there's some visual to give those kids being 00:15:19.250 --> 00:15:21.570 able to see, okay, we're here. We've done this. 00:15:21.610 --> 00:15:23.950 This is the next thing we're going to do. That's 00:15:23.950 --> 00:15:26.129 the purpose of the schedule. And it works so 00:15:26.129 --> 00:15:29.049 well for so many of our friends. A lot of these 00:15:29.049 --> 00:15:32.690 kids have like are anxious about what's going 00:15:32.690 --> 00:15:35.009 to come next and so having that schedule to tell 00:15:35.009 --> 00:15:37.769 them what's coming so that that can kind of help 00:15:37.769 --> 00:15:41.350 them calm themselves and regulate and just having 00:15:41.350 --> 00:15:44.809 that predictability makes it just it runs so 00:15:44.809 --> 00:15:47.710 much smoother and the kids feel so much more 00:15:47.710 --> 00:15:51.070 comfortable knowing in advance what's going to 00:15:51.070 --> 00:15:54.149 happen. That's why so many kids even in elementary 00:15:54.149 --> 00:15:56.950 school so many of them come to you as soon as 00:15:56.950 --> 00:15:57.990 they come into the library what are we doing 00:15:57.990 --> 00:16:00.409 today it's because they want to know and so if 00:16:00.409 --> 00:16:02.809 you Hold on a second. Let's we'll go through 00:16:02.809 --> 00:16:04.669 exactly what we're gonna do today kind of thing 00:16:04.669 --> 00:16:08.529 It just helps with that anxiety It helps with 00:16:08.529 --> 00:16:10.289 a lot of the behaviors because they know that 00:16:10.289 --> 00:16:12.450 they're gonna be able to get up and do this or 00:16:12.450 --> 00:16:15.269 gonna Be going to the tables to build that kind 00:16:15.269 --> 00:16:18.350 of thing. So it really helps with a lot of things 00:16:18.350 --> 00:16:23.190 and a lot of the kids React positively to picture 00:16:23.190 --> 00:16:27.570 schedules. They they're so useful Mm -hmm. It 00:16:27.570 --> 00:16:30.720 is. Yeah, I agree it really Like you said, it 00:16:30.720 --> 00:16:33.440 helps calm their anxiety because they're a lot 00:16:33.440 --> 00:16:36.080 of our kids, especially our younger learners 00:16:36.080 --> 00:16:38.820 that those three and four year olds, like they, 00:16:39.360 --> 00:16:41.480 when they're dropped off at school, they don't 00:16:41.480 --> 00:16:43.840 really like, they don't know what to expect because 00:16:43.840 --> 00:16:45.759 they've never done it before. And they, some 00:16:45.759 --> 00:16:47.539 of them like kind of panic a little bit. They 00:16:47.539 --> 00:16:49.460 think that like they've been abandoned forever. 00:16:49.460 --> 00:16:52.740 And if you have something like a picture schedule 00:16:52.740 --> 00:16:55.059 to kind of show them, okay, this is how long 00:16:55.059 --> 00:16:56.960 you're going to be in here. And you can go through 00:16:56.960 --> 00:17:00.259 the things and like, what my more anxious students, 00:17:00.500 --> 00:17:03.120 I do take down, you know, when I sing our picture, 00:17:03.440 --> 00:17:05.640 our storytime song, I'll take off the picture 00:17:05.640 --> 00:17:07.700 of the mascot so they can see, okay, that's done. 00:17:07.799 --> 00:17:10.420 And that's not coming back. And so they can kind 00:17:10.420 --> 00:17:12.420 of check things off their list. And they know 00:17:12.420 --> 00:17:14.920 that there is an end point. I think that helps 00:17:14.920 --> 00:17:17.779 them a little bit. You know, what I've also started 00:17:17.779 --> 00:17:19.099 doing this year that I don't think I've told 00:17:19.099 --> 00:17:22.200 you about is You're right, it is a lot of work 00:17:22.200 --> 00:17:25.519 to go through. It's not a lot of work to go through 00:17:25.519 --> 00:17:27.859 and find that Google images and print the picture, 00:17:27.900 --> 00:17:29.960 but it's kind of annoying, to be honest. And 00:17:29.960 --> 00:17:32.440 it is an extra step. And it doesn't take a ton 00:17:32.440 --> 00:17:35.259 of time, but it's a little bit of pain. So what 00:17:35.259 --> 00:17:38.299 I've done this year is I kind of created a display 00:17:38.299 --> 00:17:41.079 that kind of goes along with it. I made a new 00:17:41.079 --> 00:17:43.940 bulletin board in the library. I'll take a picture 00:17:43.940 --> 00:17:47.220 of it and I'll send it to you so we can post 00:17:47.220 --> 00:17:51.609 it. But at the very top of the display it says 00:17:51.609 --> 00:17:54.750 books we've read so far and then it has like 00:17:54.750 --> 00:17:57.930 twine underneath it like two rows of twine and 00:17:57.930 --> 00:18:01.009 we just when we're done with our book for the 00:18:01.009 --> 00:18:04.569 week we. Clothes pin it over there and then the 00:18:04.569 --> 00:18:06.509 kids can see all the books that they've read 00:18:06.509 --> 00:18:09.849 in the library all year long And at this point, 00:18:09.869 --> 00:18:12.130 this is the first year I've done it and I really 00:18:12.130 --> 00:18:14.269 like it because as soon as you walk in the library 00:18:14.269 --> 00:18:17.269 It's like the first thing you see it's like right 00:18:17.269 --> 00:18:20.289 next to our story time rug So it's one of the 00:18:20.289 --> 00:18:22.109 first things you see when you walk in and you 00:18:22.109 --> 00:18:24.670 can really get a good visual of like wow They've 00:18:24.670 --> 00:18:27.269 read like 90 books in the library so far this 00:18:27.269 --> 00:18:30.369 year and like I've gotten to now at this point 00:18:30.369 --> 00:18:33.650 like the kids like go up to it now and they're 00:18:33.650 --> 00:18:36.089 like I remember reading that one and they'll 00:18:36.089 --> 00:18:39.269 like ask me like oh do you remember when we read 00:18:39.269 --> 00:18:42.170 polar express it's up there like and they'll 00:18:42.170 --> 00:18:45.289 like not it doesn't happen like daily but at 00:18:45.289 --> 00:18:47.930 least once or twice a week like I'll have kids 00:18:47.930 --> 00:18:50.150 come up to me and be like hey remember that one 00:18:50.150 --> 00:18:53.190 can we read that again that was fun so that's 00:18:53.190 --> 00:18:54.930 another thing that you could do with it is like 00:18:54.930 --> 00:18:57.569 and that that doesn't really create that doesn't 00:18:57.569 --> 00:18:59.349 now doesn't create any extra work for me because 00:18:59.349 --> 00:19:01.509 that's just part of the picture schedule it just 00:19:01.509 --> 00:19:04.730 moves over and i don't forget what books i've 00:19:04.730 --> 00:19:07.549 read that's exciting too because i've been doing 00:19:07.549 --> 00:19:10.410 this so long that i'm like i don't remember which 00:19:10.410 --> 00:19:14.589 ones so that helps yeah it helps me as well i 00:19:14.589 --> 00:19:17.690 love that idea that would be worth it for me 00:19:17.690 --> 00:19:21.509 is to print the book covers just so that you 00:19:21.509 --> 00:19:23.769 could have that display that's really cool because 00:19:23.769 --> 00:19:26.640 yeah like you said that'd be really awesome to 00:19:26.640 --> 00:19:28.500 be able to see how many books you've read with 00:19:28.500 --> 00:19:32.299 the students. It would be really cool for them 00:19:32.299 --> 00:19:34.680 to be able to go back and look at them. And then, 00:19:34.839 --> 00:19:37.700 yeah, once you start doing it, the years start 00:19:37.700 --> 00:19:39.259 running together. So you're like, have I read 00:19:39.259 --> 00:19:43.000 that book with this group yet? So having that 00:19:43.000 --> 00:19:45.839 to help you, that's awesome. I love that idea. 00:19:46.519 --> 00:19:48.960 Now I'm going to have to do that. Okay. Yeah, 00:19:48.960 --> 00:19:50.839 I'll send you pictures this week. Yes. Thank 00:19:50.839 --> 00:19:52.759 you. That would be great. Yeah. And we'll add 00:19:52.759 --> 00:19:55.740 that in our show notes for this episode so everyone 00:19:55.740 --> 00:19:58.380 can see them. But no, that's, I love that idea. 00:19:58.519 --> 00:20:00.400 Now I'm going to have, now it's one more thing 00:20:00.400 --> 00:20:02.079 I'm going to have to do in the library. Okay. 00:20:02.119 --> 00:20:04.980 Oh no. That's okay. That's okay. This will be 00:20:04.980 --> 00:20:07.740 a good one though. This'll, this is nice. Cause 00:20:07.740 --> 00:20:10.180 then, and then just like, not that it matters, 00:20:10.240 --> 00:20:12.720 but added bonus that if any administrator ever 00:20:12.720 --> 00:20:15.440 comes into the library, it's an easy thing to 00:20:15.440 --> 00:20:16.859 be like, look, this is all the stuff we've done 00:20:16.859 --> 00:20:19.319 so far. they don't even have to talk to you they 00:20:19.319 --> 00:20:22.480 can just see it and then yeah that's another 00:20:22.480 --> 00:20:24.779 example of how visuals work real well for grown 00:20:24.779 --> 00:20:29.539 -ups we need them we all need them i love that 00:20:29.539 --> 00:20:34.420 uh -huh all right the next book we have for you 00:20:34.420 --> 00:20:38.440 guys today is how to count to one and don't even 00:20:38.440 --> 00:20:41.940 think about bigger numbers the publisher is nosy 00:20:41.940 --> 00:20:45.920 crow ink published in 2022 The author is Casper 00:20:45.920 --> 00:20:49.299 Salmon and the illustrator is Matt Hunt. This 00:20:49.299 --> 00:20:54.359 book is on the 2024 Texas 2x2 list and the District 00:20:54.359 --> 00:20:59.920 of Columbia Capital Choices 2024 list for books 00:20:59.920 --> 00:21:03.200 for ages birth to five. Casper Salmon grew up 00:21:03.200 --> 00:21:06.140 in France and he is currently a freelance writer 00:21:06.140 --> 00:21:08.660 and lives in North London with his two children. 00:21:09.380 --> 00:21:12.299 He does not have any other children's books, 00:21:12.299 --> 00:21:15.539 but he is like I said, a freelance writer so 00:21:15.539 --> 00:21:18.279 he has published many articles and other pieces 00:21:18.279 --> 00:21:23.220 of writing for adults. And the illustrator Matt 00:21:23.220 --> 00:21:27.579 Hunt currently lives in Redditch, UK. He holds 00:21:27.579 --> 00:21:32.220 a BA in Fine Arts from Birmingham School of Art 00:21:32.220 --> 00:21:37.240 and some of his other books include some of his 00:21:37.240 --> 00:21:42.579 other books include a first book of dinosaurs 00:21:42.579 --> 00:21:46.640 by Simon Moll, Little People, Big Dreams, King 00:21:46.640 --> 00:21:51.359 Charles by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vergara, The 00:21:51.359 --> 00:21:56.160 Cat and the Rat and the Hat by M. Linus, The 00:21:56.160 --> 00:21:59.839 Goat and the Stoat and the Boat by M. Linus, 00:22:00.180 --> 00:22:05.859 and The Pirates Are Coming by John Condon. And 00:22:05.859 --> 00:22:11.430 he wrote and illustrated the book. up high and 00:22:11.430 --> 00:22:14.789 in this book an unseen narrator tells the reader 00:22:14.789 --> 00:22:16.869 that they're going to try a new way of counting 00:22:16.869 --> 00:22:20.210 in a new kind of book and on each page the narrator 00:22:20.210 --> 00:22:23.450 repeatedly asks the readers to count to one however 00:22:23.450 --> 00:22:27.130 the number of items pictured grows with each 00:22:27.130 --> 00:22:30.009 turn of the page i thought this was a really 00:22:30.009 --> 00:22:32.829 cute book it was a really funny twist on counting 00:22:32.829 --> 00:22:36.670 books As you turn the page, like, then the first 00:22:36.670 --> 00:22:38.829 page, the kids just have to count, you know, 00:22:38.990 --> 00:22:42.069 one apple, and then it tells you, we're gonna 00:22:42.069 --> 00:22:44.170 count something bigger now, and then you turn 00:22:44.170 --> 00:22:46.569 the page, and it's literally bigger, and it's 00:22:46.569 --> 00:22:49.069 just one elephant. And then after that, it's 00:22:49.069 --> 00:22:52.130 like, it says, okay, you have to go find something 00:22:52.130 --> 00:22:55.150 else now, and it has pictures, it's like really 00:22:55.150 --> 00:22:58.529 two huge whales, so naturally that's where your 00:22:58.529 --> 00:23:01.789 eyes go, but then there's a tiny... little sausage 00:23:01.789 --> 00:23:04.190 up in the spout of the whale and it tells you 00:23:04.190 --> 00:23:06.750 to count the one tiny little sausage so like 00:23:06.750 --> 00:23:09.650 the kids have to the narrator tells you to count 00:23:09.650 --> 00:23:13.710 the one and then has ellipses sausage and so 00:23:13.710 --> 00:23:17.069 like the kids are already focused like visually 00:23:17.069 --> 00:23:20.170 on the whales but then naturally you have to 00:23:20.170 --> 00:23:21.809 count the sausage and it keeps kind of going 00:23:21.809 --> 00:23:26.220 on like that so I love that it was like the kids 00:23:26.220 --> 00:23:29.920 like really really have to listen and follow 00:23:29.920 --> 00:23:32.880 directions in this book because they're gonna 00:23:32.880 --> 00:23:35.519 naturally like just the way it's written they're 00:23:35.519 --> 00:23:38.119 intended to like look at all the different things 00:23:38.119 --> 00:23:41.779 on the page but they're gonna have to like really 00:23:41.779 --> 00:23:45.220 tune in and listen to like what they're supposed 00:23:45.220 --> 00:23:47.599 to be counting and like it repeatedly tells you 00:23:47.599 --> 00:23:52.599 it's only gonna be one but we know those kids, 00:23:52.660 --> 00:23:56.400 they're gonna be tricked. So I loved and on the 00:23:56.400 --> 00:23:58.740 back of the book, there's also a QR code that 00:23:58.740 --> 00:24:00.759 takes readers to an audio version of the book. 00:24:01.099 --> 00:24:03.140 And that was I gave that one a listen. And that 00:24:03.140 --> 00:24:05.460 was actually a pretty I would still rather like 00:24:05.460 --> 00:24:09.539 as a librarian, read it. But if I was reading 00:24:09.539 --> 00:24:11.940 this at home, or if I had this at home with my 00:24:11.940 --> 00:24:14.960 kids, I would probably like read it and then 00:24:15.500 --> 00:24:18.700 you know play the QR scan the QR code and listen 00:24:18.700 --> 00:24:21.019 to the audio and kind of go back and forth because 00:24:21.019 --> 00:24:23.740 there are like Audio cues and like on the page 00:24:23.740 --> 00:24:25.640 with the whales like you hear splashing and things 00:24:25.640 --> 00:24:28.000 like that So kind of that might be a good way 00:24:28.000 --> 00:24:29.960 especially for like for parents reading this 00:24:29.960 --> 00:24:32.700 at home with their kids to kind of get kids to 00:24:32.700 --> 00:24:36.579 cue in because It can be difficult to be an engaging 00:24:36.579 --> 00:24:39.759 Reader sometimes for for younger children. So 00:24:39.759 --> 00:24:41.980 that might be a good way for others to read it 00:24:41.980 --> 00:24:44.920 as well. So Yeah, I really liked this book. It 00:24:44.920 --> 00:24:48.299 was a lot of fun. Yeah, I enjoyed this. It was 00:24:48.299 --> 00:24:52.059 very cute and just the different ways that they 00:24:52.059 --> 00:24:54.500 were able to kind of make you focus on just the 00:24:54.500 --> 00:24:57.819 one of everything because as the numbers of items 00:24:57.819 --> 00:25:00.599 on the page get bigger and there's more and more 00:25:00.599 --> 00:25:03.579 things and it's still just looking for one specific 00:25:03.579 --> 00:25:07.220 thing every time. It was cute and clever and 00:25:07.220 --> 00:25:10.680 kind of silly at times. I think this is definitely 00:25:10.680 --> 00:25:14.359 a very engaging book for our readers. I think 00:25:14.359 --> 00:25:17.819 that, like you said, definitely they're gonna 00:25:17.819 --> 00:25:20.400 get tricked and they're gonna count more than 00:25:20.400 --> 00:25:23.819 one on a lot of the pages, but it's a fun book. 00:25:24.240 --> 00:25:28.480 And I think that a lot of those kids, especially 00:25:28.480 --> 00:25:31.400 the ones that are really bright and can count 00:25:31.400 --> 00:25:34.759 pretty high already, are gonna find it amusing 00:25:34.759 --> 00:25:38.440 in the end. And then at the very, very end, there 00:25:38.440 --> 00:25:40.720 is the hundred things that they can count and 00:25:40.720 --> 00:25:43.579 everything. So, you know, I really liked this 00:25:43.579 --> 00:25:45.640 book. It was a good one. It was a good choice. 00:25:46.519 --> 00:25:49.799 Yeah, it was, it was fun. It was kind of a where's 00:25:49.799 --> 00:25:53.720 Waldo, I guess of counting books. So I think 00:25:53.720 --> 00:25:55.420 I would probably give it a five out of five. 00:25:55.480 --> 00:25:58.740 I think for like a read aloud in the library, 00:25:58.940 --> 00:26:02.400 it's really engaging because you have to really 00:26:02.400 --> 00:26:05.289 make the kids listen to what you're saying because 00:26:05.289 --> 00:26:07.329 sometimes they kind of zone out a little bit 00:26:07.329 --> 00:26:09.809 and sometimes they'll just pay attention to the 00:26:09.809 --> 00:26:12.190 pictures and Like that's a good pre -reading 00:26:12.190 --> 00:26:14.309 skill looking at the pictures and just focusing 00:26:14.309 --> 00:26:16.809 on that is a good pre -reading skill That is 00:26:16.809 --> 00:26:20.369 what comes first, but we have to listen and pay 00:26:20.369 --> 00:26:22.670 attention So I think like for a whole group. 00:26:22.930 --> 00:26:24.950 It's a lot of fun I would give it a five out 00:26:24.950 --> 00:26:27.269 of five and even like listening to it at home 00:26:27.269 --> 00:26:30.259 too because it's got that QR code like If I was 00:26:30.259 --> 00:26:32.160 just recommending it for like a parent to read 00:26:32.160 --> 00:26:33.980 with their child, I would still give it a five 00:26:33.980 --> 00:26:38.680 out of five because that too. Yeah, I think it's 00:26:38.680 --> 00:26:40.519 a great one. I think you're right. Five out of 00:26:40.519 --> 00:26:44.279 five for it. Like you were saying at the very, 00:26:44.420 --> 00:26:48.839 very last page, it finally does let you count 00:26:48.839 --> 00:26:52.039 100 things and you get to count to a higher number 00:26:52.039 --> 00:26:56.289 than one. So I think I would use this for. a 00:26:56.289 --> 00:26:58.769 hundredth day or close to a hundredth day activity. 00:26:59.690 --> 00:27:02.329 I think that might be a fun way to like just 00:27:02.329 --> 00:27:04.210 tell the kids, okay, it's time to celebrate the 00:27:04.210 --> 00:27:07.250 hundredth day and then can't count the last one. 00:27:07.410 --> 00:27:10.650 Ha ha. But then surprise, we really are going 00:27:10.650 --> 00:27:13.130 to count to a hundred. Yeah, I think that this 00:27:13.130 --> 00:27:15.089 would be a great one for the hundredth day. So 00:27:15.089 --> 00:27:18.809 I think really any kind of one hundred activities 00:27:18.809 --> 00:27:22.269 would work like for makerspace and more unique 00:27:22.269 --> 00:27:26.549 one. might be like building a 100 domino dash 00:27:26.549 --> 00:27:28.710 with kids and like creating a chain reaction 00:27:28.710 --> 00:27:32.710 using 100 dominoes but really 100 of anything 00:27:32.710 --> 00:27:36.769 could work because it is at the very end it's 00:27:36.769 --> 00:27:40.630 just 100 so whatever your favorite 100th day 00:27:40.630 --> 00:27:42.869 activity is could tie in with this really easily 00:27:42.869 --> 00:27:46.210 that's great yeah i love this book and i think 00:27:46.359 --> 00:27:49.859 For sure. You're right. 100 dominoes or give 00:27:49.859 --> 00:27:52.460 them 100 Legos to build with. Any of those things 00:27:52.460 --> 00:27:55.579 would absolutely be great for this book. Very 00:27:55.579 --> 00:27:59.359 engaging. And some of those kids just love to 00:27:59.359 --> 00:28:02.359 count. So give them 100 and let them count that 00:28:02.359 --> 00:28:05.839 out and then have them build with it or set up 00:28:05.839 --> 00:28:07.960 the dominoes or whatever. That would be great. 00:28:08.359 --> 00:28:11.559 I love that idea. And I think that that's, I'm 00:28:11.559 --> 00:28:13.440 going to try this next year on the 100th day. 00:28:13.460 --> 00:28:15.920 We're already past it this year for me, but I 00:28:15.920 --> 00:28:18.559 think that this would be a really fun book, you're 00:28:18.559 --> 00:28:20.500 right, for the 100th day. Especially when it 00:28:20.500 --> 00:28:24.940 starts out just kind of tricking them all to 00:28:24.940 --> 00:28:28.940 only be counting to one for the first... Forever. 00:28:30.099 --> 00:28:31.960 Yeah, for the whole book until the last page. 00:28:31.960 --> 00:28:35.680 Except the last page. Yeah. So I think that would 00:28:35.680 --> 00:28:39.500 be very funny and a lot of fun. You could maybe 00:28:39.500 --> 00:28:43.200 do it for April Fool's Day too. Like, surprise! 00:28:43.380 --> 00:28:46.900 Tricked ya! We're counting! Now you have to work. 00:28:50.420 --> 00:28:55.319 That's actually a really good idea. Awesome. 00:28:56.019 --> 00:28:58.660 Thank you all for joining us today on this episode 00:28:58.660 --> 00:29:01.680 of Librarians of Littles. We hope you found some 00:29:01.680 --> 00:29:04.400 fresh ideas for inspiring young readers. Please 00:29:04.400 --> 00:29:06.579 be sure to subscribe and connect with us on social 00:29:06.579 --> 00:29:09.440 media. Thank you for listening to this episode 00:29:09.440 --> 00:29:12.299 of Librarians of Littles. We hope that you've 00:29:12.299 --> 00:29:15.410 enjoyed it. Check back each Wednesday for a new 00:29:15.410 --> 00:29:19.569 episode. Librarians of Littles is a podcast produced 00:29:19.569 --> 00:29:22.730 and hosted by Patrick Adams and Caroline Ligier. 00:29:23.150 --> 00:29:26.529 Editor Patrick Adams. Our theme song is performed 00:29:26.529 --> 00:29:30.170 by JD Adams. You can follow us on Instagram at 00:29:30.170 --> 00:29:33.430 Librarians of Littles. You can follow us on blue 00:29:33.430 --> 00:29:39.519 sky at littleslibrarian .bsky .social. And you 00:29:39.519 --> 00:29:43.359 can send us your emails at librarianoflittlespod 00:29:43.359 --> 00:29:47.720 at gmail .com. I like the book that you picked 00:29:47.720 --> 00:29:49.740 for this one too. That was a really cute. The 00:29:49.740 --> 00:29:52.720 how to count to one was a lot of fun. I like 00:29:52.720 --> 00:29:55.319 this book. It was a lot of fun. It was really 00:29:55.319 --> 00:29:57.819 hard finding information about the author because 00:29:57.819 --> 00:30:00.539 apparently he's like really into only adult things 00:30:00.539 --> 00:30:04.900 and stuff. And I was like, Whoa, okay. Yeah. 00:30:05.980 --> 00:30:08.740 But it was really cute. I enjoyed it.