WEBVTT 00:00:21.150 --> 00:00:25.030 Hello, I'm Patrick Adams. And I'm Caroline Lashir. 00:00:25.289 --> 00:00:28.570 And this is Librarians of Littles, a podcast 00:00:28.570 --> 00:00:32.630 where we discuss books, give ideas for makerspace 00:00:32.630 --> 00:00:36.990 connections, and give tips and tricks for working 00:00:36.990 --> 00:00:41.130 with our youngest learners in the library. With 00:00:41.130 --> 00:00:43.570 Teacher Appreciation Week just around the corner, 00:00:43.729 --> 00:00:47.490 we decided that we would discuss a couple books 00:00:47.490 --> 00:00:50.939 about teachers. So we have some really great 00:00:50.939 --> 00:00:54.140 books about teachers that might be good choices 00:00:54.140 --> 00:00:57.560 for during Teacher Appreciation Week. The first 00:00:57.560 --> 00:01:01.340 book that we'll be discussing is called My Teacher 00:01:01.340 --> 00:01:06.659 is a Monster. No, I'm Not by Peter Brown. It 00:01:06.659 --> 00:01:09.980 was published by Little Brown Books for Young 00:01:09.980 --> 00:01:15.150 Readers in 2014. This particular book has won 00:01:15.150 --> 00:01:19.250 a few awards, the ALSC Notable Children's Book 00:01:19.250 --> 00:01:25.549 2015, the Children's Favorite Award 2015, the 00:01:25.549 --> 00:01:29.650 Junior Library Guild Selection 2014, and Publishers 00:01:29.650 --> 00:01:36.170 Weekly Best Books of 2014. Peter grew up in New 00:01:36.170 --> 00:01:38.950 Jersey. As a child, he loved to tell stories 00:01:38.950 --> 00:01:41.510 with pictures of whimsical characters and settings 00:01:41.510 --> 00:01:44.129 from his imagination. And as he got older, he 00:01:44.129 --> 00:01:46.829 added words to his stories. He studied illustration 00:01:46.829 --> 00:01:49.689 at Art Center College of Design, where he took 00:01:49.689 --> 00:01:52.569 many courses on children's books. After graduating, 00:01:52.849 --> 00:01:55.129 Peter moved to New York to be closer to the publishing 00:01:55.129 --> 00:01:58.170 industry. He worked on animated television shows 00:01:58.170 --> 00:02:00.890 while signing his first book deal. Since then, 00:02:01.129 --> 00:02:03.129 Peter has written and illustrated many books 00:02:03.129 --> 00:02:05.250 for children. He currently lives in Maine with 00:02:05.250 --> 00:02:10.669 his wife and dog. Some of his other books include 00:02:10.669 --> 00:02:15.949 The Curious Garden, Mr. Tiger Goes Wild, Fred 00:02:15.949 --> 00:02:20.909 Gets Dressed, Children Make Terrible Pets, You 00:02:20.909 --> 00:02:25.750 Will Be My Friend, Flight of the Dodo, Chowder, 00:02:26.329 --> 00:02:30.090 the Wild Robot series, and he also illustrated 00:02:30.090 --> 00:02:32.590 the Creepy Tales series, the Creepy Carrot, Creepy 00:02:32.590 --> 00:02:34.810 Crayon, and Creepy Pair of Underwear written 00:02:34.810 --> 00:02:37.710 by Aaron Reynolds, which I didn't actually realize 00:02:37.710 --> 00:02:39.729 that he was the illustrator for those. I mean, 00:02:39.729 --> 00:02:43.370 I've read those books so many times, but it didn't 00:02:43.370 --> 00:02:44.889 click in my head that he was the illustrator 00:02:44.889 --> 00:02:47.669 for those books. I think I noticed it, like, 00:02:47.669 --> 00:02:50.210 I always read Creepy Carrots with my Creekay, 00:02:50.590 --> 00:02:53.490 and that's the scariest we get, and I scare some 00:02:53.490 --> 00:02:56.560 kids every year at Halloween. and I have to go 00:02:56.560 --> 00:02:59.360 y 'all it's carrots and they go okay but I think 00:02:59.360 --> 00:03:02.340 I noticed it like two years ago when I was reading 00:03:02.340 --> 00:03:05.960 the wild robot series with my personal kids at 00:03:05.960 --> 00:03:08.620 home yeah and then I was like what Peter Brown 00:03:08.620 --> 00:03:11.740 I didn't realize that and like it took me a minute 00:03:11.740 --> 00:03:14.900 to make that connection as well and I did um 00:03:14.900 --> 00:03:16.400 when I because I've read this book this week 00:03:16.400 --> 00:03:19.770 with my students and One of the things I did 00:03:19.770 --> 00:03:22.569 mention was you know the wild robot because it 00:03:22.569 --> 00:03:25.210 just became a movie They came out this fall and 00:03:25.210 --> 00:03:27.990 so a bunch of my kids had seen the movie So I 00:03:27.990 --> 00:03:29.409 made sure to make that connection. I was like, 00:03:29.409 --> 00:03:31.870 this is the guy that wrote that book He wrote 00:03:31.870 --> 00:03:34.569 this one too. And so they thought that was the 00:03:34.569 --> 00:03:40.810 coolest So the summary of this book Bobby has 00:03:40.810 --> 00:03:43.740 a big problem at school Her name is Miss Kirby. 00:03:44.319 --> 00:03:47.979 Miss Kirby roars, she stomps, and she gives out 00:03:47.979 --> 00:03:52.240 consequences. She is a real monster. When Bobby 00:03:52.240 --> 00:03:54.699 goes to the park one Saturday to get away from 00:03:54.699 --> 00:03:57.759 his school problems, he runs into Miss Kirby. 00:03:58.580 --> 00:04:01.439 As they interact outside of school, they find 00:04:01.439 --> 00:04:03.120 that they actually have some things in common 00:04:03.120 --> 00:04:07.020 and enjoy being around each other. Back at school, 00:04:07.280 --> 00:04:11.860 Miss Kirby still stomps and roars. But is she 00:04:11.860 --> 00:04:16.899 a real monster? I really enjoyed this story. 00:04:17.139 --> 00:04:21.620 I love reading it with the kids because the kids 00:04:21.620 --> 00:04:23.420 think it's so cool to have this like monster 00:04:23.420 --> 00:04:25.899 character on the page that's doing all this stuff 00:04:25.899 --> 00:04:30.079 in the classroom. And what I like to do with 00:04:30.079 --> 00:04:31.720 it is I like to have the conversation with the 00:04:31.720 --> 00:04:34.600 kids and like... after the first couple pages, 00:04:34.660 --> 00:04:37.480 she was stomping as she's carrying books and 00:04:37.480 --> 00:04:39.839 saying, you know, make way kind of thing. The 00:04:39.839 --> 00:04:42.279 kids are getting loud and she's telling them 00:04:42.279 --> 00:04:46.399 to settle down. Bobby's throwing paper airplanes 00:04:46.399 --> 00:04:48.620 in the classroom and she's calling out his name 00:04:48.620 --> 00:04:51.000 and he's losing recess time, that kind of stuff. 00:04:51.100 --> 00:04:53.060 And I kind of point out to the kids after those 00:04:53.060 --> 00:04:54.459 first couple of pages, I'm like, is she doing 00:04:54.459 --> 00:04:58.959 anything that any other teacher wouldn't do? 00:04:59.459 --> 00:05:00.660 And they have to kind of, like a lot of kids 00:05:00.660 --> 00:05:02.319 are like, yeah. And I'm like, OK, what is she 00:05:02.319 --> 00:05:05.720 doing that your teacher hasn't done in your class? 00:05:05.779 --> 00:05:07.779 And they have to stop. And they're like, oh, 00:05:08.540 --> 00:05:10.660 well, no, I guess not. But the fact that it's 00:05:10.660 --> 00:05:12.199 a monster doing it, they're like, oh, yeah, she's 00:05:12.199 --> 00:05:13.800 evil. She's doing all this horrible stuff. And 00:05:13.800 --> 00:05:16.500 I'm like, but what is she doing? And I kind of 00:05:16.500 --> 00:05:17.819 pointed out, I was like, she's asking him to 00:05:17.819 --> 00:05:19.500 move out of the way while her arms are full of 00:05:19.500 --> 00:05:21.779 books. She's telling the class they need to calm 00:05:21.779 --> 00:05:23.459 down and settle down because they're being too 00:05:23.459 --> 00:05:26.250 loud and not staying focused. she's giving a 00:05:26.250 --> 00:05:28.310 consequence because he threw a paper airplane. 00:05:28.490 --> 00:05:30.009 And after like that first page, when he's throwing 00:05:30.009 --> 00:05:31.329 the paper airplane, I say, are you allowed to 00:05:31.329 --> 00:05:32.949 do that in class? Would your teacher be okay 00:05:32.949 --> 00:05:35.389 with it? No, of course not. Okay. So what is 00:05:35.389 --> 00:05:37.189 she doing that's so monstrous? And they're like, 00:05:37.209 --> 00:05:41.790 oh, you know, um, but I like, so like, I love 00:05:41.790 --> 00:05:43.329 to point some of that stuff out as we're reading. 00:05:43.329 --> 00:05:47.990 And then I really enjoyed this book because Peter 00:05:47.990 --> 00:05:49.790 Brown does a great job with his illustrations 00:05:49.790 --> 00:05:53.110 are so like geometric in shape. There's like 00:05:53.110 --> 00:05:57.670 lots of like, straight lines, but there's like 00:05:57.670 --> 00:05:59.449 circular shapes in there and stuff like that. 00:05:59.470 --> 00:06:03.170 It just, I love the pictures. The colors are 00:06:03.170 --> 00:06:06.250 really unique. Like there's some darker colors, 00:06:06.269 --> 00:06:09.230 but like that bright green of the monster teacher 00:06:09.230 --> 00:06:12.490 pops off the page. And he does a really great 00:06:12.490 --> 00:06:17.509 job in this book of as they're in the park together, 00:06:19.110 --> 00:06:22.449 she slowly, her color is changing. her appearance 00:06:22.449 --> 00:06:25.250 is slowly changing and it's done incrementally 00:06:25.250 --> 00:06:28.430 so at first the kids don't notice it until it's 00:06:28.430 --> 00:06:30.009 almost completely done and they're like wait 00:06:30.009 --> 00:06:32.649 a minute she's not green anymore and she doesn't 00:06:32.649 --> 00:06:35.310 have this giant jaw like that kind of stuff and 00:06:35.310 --> 00:06:38.870 she slowly becomes human looking and i just love 00:06:38.870 --> 00:06:41.350 how subtle it is because like if you're not paying 00:06:41.350 --> 00:06:43.930 attention you don't actually notice like oh that 00:06:43.930 --> 00:06:46.670 color is a little bit less green and it's becoming 00:06:46.670 --> 00:06:50.670 more pale colored like It's just a really fun 00:06:50.670 --> 00:06:53.370 story and by the end of it the kids are like, 00:06:53.730 --> 00:06:56.230 oh She looks like a person. I was like, yeah, 00:06:56.269 --> 00:06:58.970 she does and then they go back to school and 00:06:58.970 --> 00:07:00.370 she's doing all this stuff and she's looking 00:07:00.370 --> 00:07:04.029 normal and the last line before the last page 00:07:04.029 --> 00:07:07.360 is Is she still a monster? And all the kids will 00:07:07.360 --> 00:07:08.839 answer. It's like you're reading the book. And 00:07:08.839 --> 00:07:10.759 so it's not necessarily a question that's posed 00:07:10.759 --> 00:07:12.500 out loud for the kids to answer, but all the 00:07:12.500 --> 00:07:14.939 kids answer, no, she's not. And then you flip 00:07:14.939 --> 00:07:16.899 the page and he threw another paper airplane 00:07:16.899 --> 00:07:19.420 and she's yelling his name and she's green again. 00:07:19.420 --> 00:07:21.899 And they're like, wait, what? So it was really 00:07:21.899 --> 00:07:24.879 fun. I loved reading it with my kids. They really 00:07:24.879 --> 00:07:27.579 enjoyed it. And we were able to have some really 00:07:27.579 --> 00:07:28.980 good conversations because I started pointing 00:07:28.980 --> 00:07:30.660 out, I was like, when is she green in the book? 00:07:30.660 --> 00:07:32.279 And they're like, when she's mad. And I said, 00:07:32.480 --> 00:07:34.740 are you sure? And they're like, what do you mean? 00:07:34.839 --> 00:07:40.220 I said, is she, is she mad or is she giving out 00:07:40.220 --> 00:07:42.439 consequences? Like is someone else making a bad 00:07:42.439 --> 00:07:45.360 choice and she's just having to be the enforcer? 00:07:45.660 --> 00:07:47.680 And they were like, what? And I said, so we went 00:07:47.680 --> 00:07:50.860 back and we looked and I was like, see here he's 00:07:50.860 --> 00:07:52.839 throwing paper airplanes. She's yelling at him 00:07:52.839 --> 00:07:55.899 not to do that. She's green here. They're getting 00:07:55.899 --> 00:07:57.959 loud. She's telling everybody to settle down. 00:07:58.899 --> 00:08:00.879 Like all that kind of stuff. And they're like, 00:08:01.000 --> 00:08:04.420 Oh, Yeah, it's not when she's mad, it's when 00:08:04.420 --> 00:08:06.660 the kid's mad. Yeah, it's when, and so I was 00:08:06.660 --> 00:08:08.439 like, are you sure? Like, so I was like, and 00:08:08.439 --> 00:08:09.819 then I was, I just asked him the question. I 00:08:09.819 --> 00:08:12.939 was like, do people just turn green and become 00:08:12.939 --> 00:08:15.019 monsters? And they're like, no, I said, okay. 00:08:15.379 --> 00:08:17.379 So if that's not something that normally happens, 00:08:17.480 --> 00:08:20.100 why do you think she looks like a monster? And 00:08:20.100 --> 00:08:22.180 there's a couple kids that slowly start to pick 00:08:22.180 --> 00:08:24.839 up on it. It's, but it's a hard concept, but 00:08:24.839 --> 00:08:29.540 they're like, well, cause she's acting like when 00:08:29.540 --> 00:08:31.769 I was like, But again, she's not really acting 00:08:31.769 --> 00:08:34.009 like a monster. She's acting like a teacher. 00:08:34.509 --> 00:08:37.470 And they're like, oh. I said, but he, I agree 00:08:37.470 --> 00:08:40.190 with you, he thinks she's acting like a monster. 00:08:40.190 --> 00:08:43.110 And they're like, oh, is that why? So like, it 00:08:43.110 --> 00:08:45.149 was fun for me. I loved it because we were able 00:08:45.149 --> 00:08:47.210 to have some really good conversations. And I 00:08:47.210 --> 00:08:50.169 point out to my kids as like, you know, your 00:08:50.169 --> 00:08:52.269 teachers worked hard all year dealing with you. 00:08:52.309 --> 00:08:55.590 And that's not an easy job, you know? And so 00:08:55.590 --> 00:08:57.490 like, it was fun to be able to point out to them 00:08:57.490 --> 00:09:03.269 like, your teacher? doesn't enjoy having to get 00:09:03.269 --> 00:09:05.710 onto you and call out your name and give you 00:09:05.710 --> 00:09:07.549 consequences, but it's something your teacher 00:09:07.549 --> 00:09:10.149 has to do to make sure that you're still learning. 00:09:10.230 --> 00:09:12.090 Your teacher has a really big job to make sure 00:09:12.090 --> 00:09:14.470 that you know everything you need before the 00:09:14.470 --> 00:09:17.289 end of the school year. And if they're having 00:09:17.289 --> 00:09:19.990 to like, trust me, if they didn't have to get 00:09:19.990 --> 00:09:21.509 onto you, if they didn't have to call out your 00:09:21.509 --> 00:09:23.929 name and tell you to stop or pay attention or 00:09:23.929 --> 00:09:26.009 sit down or any of those things, like they would 00:09:26.009 --> 00:09:30.519 be 100 % okay with that. But that's not how kids 00:09:30.519 --> 00:09:33.000 are like you guys have to learn the teachers 00:09:33.000 --> 00:09:34.960 have to give you some kind of consequence that 00:09:34.960 --> 00:09:36.500 consequence might just be calling out your name 00:09:36.500 --> 00:09:39.240 or having a conversation with you or it might 00:09:39.240 --> 00:09:41.460 be something bigger like you lose a little bit 00:09:41.460 --> 00:09:44.080 of recess or something like There's a whole other 00:09:44.080 --> 00:09:45.659 conversation that can go into whether taking 00:09:45.659 --> 00:09:48.639 away recess is a good idea or not But yeah, like 00:09:48.639 --> 00:09:51.659 there has to be some kind of consequence sometimes 00:09:51.659 --> 00:09:54.419 so that you learn your lesson and maybe it won't 00:09:54.419 --> 00:09:56.940 happen again because we want to be focused on 00:09:56.940 --> 00:09:59.039 teaching you instead. And so like, I think a 00:09:59.039 --> 00:10:01.080 lot of kids actually want walked away like, oh, 00:10:01.980 --> 00:10:06.059 my teacher doesn't have this malicious joy of 00:10:06.059 --> 00:10:10.740 you know, like, if it was a good book, it's in 00:10:10.740 --> 00:10:13.440 like I said, I brought a lot of good conversations 00:10:13.440 --> 00:10:16.860 to my classes. I really liked it a lot. I think 00:10:16.860 --> 00:10:21.139 it's just that he's got that kind of humor where 00:10:21.139 --> 00:10:26.090 it's kind of subtle. It's just fun. And again, 00:10:26.149 --> 00:10:29.210 I love, I love the illustrations because they, 00:10:30.049 --> 00:10:33.330 that geometric almost, it's not super simplistic, 00:10:33.350 --> 00:10:36.710 but there is a simplicity to it that the kids 00:10:36.710 --> 00:10:39.149 are just kind of drawn to. And so I think this 00:10:39.149 --> 00:10:41.470 is a really great book. It's a fun story. It's 00:10:41.470 --> 00:10:43.769 a little bit older, like I said, came from 2014, 00:10:43.769 --> 00:10:46.570 but it's a fun book. I would definitely give 00:10:46.570 --> 00:10:49.549 it about a four and a half out of five bookmarks. 00:10:49.649 --> 00:10:54.009 I think it's a really fun story to enjoy, to 00:10:54.009 --> 00:10:58.919 kind of. know, just start out the thoughts about 00:10:58.919 --> 00:11:00.879 how challenging it might actually be to be a 00:11:00.879 --> 00:11:04.960 teacher, you know? Yeah. Yeah, I agree. All the 00:11:04.960 --> 00:11:06.700 things you said, I thought it was a really fun 00:11:06.700 --> 00:11:09.779 book. Like you said, with the illustrations, 00:11:09.879 --> 00:11:13.139 I love how subtle that change was with Miss Kirby 00:11:13.139 --> 00:11:18.659 going from monster to human. It was, like you 00:11:18.659 --> 00:11:21.419 said, it was just so subtle that the kids really 00:11:21.419 --> 00:11:24.279 had to like pay attention to even notice it and 00:11:24.279 --> 00:11:25.779 like it was the kind of thing that you have to 00:11:25.779 --> 00:11:27.539 like look back through those are my favorite 00:11:27.539 --> 00:11:31.320 I think some of my favorite ones to read where 00:11:31.320 --> 00:11:34.000 it's there's a change so subtle or something 00:11:34.000 --> 00:11:36.100 happening so subtly that you have to like look 00:11:36.100 --> 00:11:37.799 back through to like really make sure that you 00:11:37.799 --> 00:11:41.419 pick up on it yeah um it kind of helps kids with 00:11:41.419 --> 00:11:44.100 like rereading and things like that like really 00:11:44.100 --> 00:11:46.379 paying attention to books but it was like funny 00:11:46.379 --> 00:11:49.440 enough to like really grab their attention and 00:11:49.440 --> 00:11:53.909 um really, but it also made the kids think a 00:11:53.909 --> 00:11:56.889 little bit about what it means to be a monster 00:11:56.889 --> 00:11:59.730 and why they might have to have follow some rules 00:11:59.730 --> 00:12:04.070 sometimes and kind of helps the kids build that 00:12:04.070 --> 00:12:07.950 empathy a little bit. Yeah. Good choice. Loved 00:12:07.950 --> 00:12:10.590 it. It was fun. I liked it a lot. Yeah. Yeah. 00:12:11.009 --> 00:12:14.330 So make your space activity to incorporate with 00:12:14.330 --> 00:12:17.950 this book. I thought let's turn into the skid. 00:12:18.370 --> 00:12:21.029 In the book Bobby twice at the beginning and 00:12:21.029 --> 00:12:23.070 at the end of the book he decides he's gonna 00:12:23.070 --> 00:12:28.049 throw a paper airplane in class so with this 00:12:28.049 --> 00:12:30.769 book I would definitely give the kids an opportunity 00:12:30.769 --> 00:12:35.750 to make paper airplanes. This would be more crafty 00:12:35.750 --> 00:12:39.649 than most activities that I like to do but give 00:12:39.649 --> 00:12:41.899 them like In front of the class everybody gets 00:12:41.899 --> 00:12:43.700 a piece of paper and in front of the class you 00:12:43.700 --> 00:12:46.500 kind of teach them how to fold because being 00:12:46.500 --> 00:12:48.940 younger kids, four and five, that's going to 00:12:48.940 --> 00:12:51.639 be a whole new process in itself. But taking 00:12:51.639 --> 00:12:53.519 the time to teach them how to fold the paper 00:12:53.519 --> 00:12:56.740 in half and make that crease and then opening 00:12:56.740 --> 00:12:59.360 it back up and bending corners to the crease 00:12:59.360 --> 00:13:01.080 and that kind of thing, making a very simplistic 00:13:01.080 --> 00:13:03.529 airplane. taking the time to do that. If you 00:13:03.529 --> 00:13:05.649 want to give them a few minutes to color with 00:13:05.649 --> 00:13:08.730 some crayons or markers to decorate it so it's 00:13:08.730 --> 00:13:10.590 their own or put their name on it, however you'd 00:13:10.590 --> 00:13:13.889 like to do that. And then I would take all the 00:13:13.889 --> 00:13:16.129 kids out to the front of the building or the 00:13:16.129 --> 00:13:18.009 back of the building wherever you have some free 00:13:18.009 --> 00:13:21.480 space. and give them that chance to fly those 00:13:21.480 --> 00:13:24.179 paper airplanes and see how they do. If you wanted, 00:13:24.720 --> 00:13:26.679 you could do it where you have like a starting 00:13:26.679 --> 00:13:29.320 line and you could measure how far their planes 00:13:29.320 --> 00:13:31.419 go. You could add some math into the lesson, 00:13:31.620 --> 00:13:34.980 incorporate that and just kind of see, let them 00:13:34.980 --> 00:13:37.539 have fun. Let them try it out. Talk to them about 00:13:37.539 --> 00:13:39.659 why this could be a really big disruption if 00:13:39.659 --> 00:13:41.440 you did it in the middle of a classroom, right? 00:13:41.639 --> 00:13:45.440 But being outside doing it. where there's open 00:13:45.440 --> 00:13:47.240 space and you're not going to be distracting 00:13:47.240 --> 00:13:50.159 other people would totally be acceptable and 00:13:50.159 --> 00:13:52.179 just give them a little bit of time to be have 00:13:52.179 --> 00:13:55.679 some fun and enjoy themselves be kids, you know. 00:13:56.799 --> 00:13:58.600 Like I said, you can add in that math aspect 00:13:58.600 --> 00:14:01.080 or the science aspect of how far does it go? 00:14:01.120 --> 00:14:03.679 What can we change about it to make it go farther? 00:14:03.860 --> 00:14:06.360 All that kind of stuff. If we start from a higher 00:14:06.360 --> 00:14:09.019 position, we'll go farther. If we throw it up 00:14:09.019 --> 00:14:12.419 or straight ahead which way does it go that kind 00:14:12.419 --> 00:14:15.259 of stuff you could do a whole lot of different 00:14:15.259 --> 00:14:17.840 like physics kind of lessons for pre -k with 00:14:17.840 --> 00:14:20.480 it but i just like the idea of giving them that 00:14:20.480 --> 00:14:24.399 chance to go outside and try it out and see what 00:14:24.399 --> 00:14:26.159 happens because i bet a lot of these kids and 00:14:26.159 --> 00:14:28.100 especially when they're four and five year olds 00:14:28.100 --> 00:14:30.559 probably haven't ever built a paper airplane 00:14:30.559 --> 00:14:33.600 before to try it so just give them that experience 00:14:33.600 --> 00:14:35.679 let them let them go out there and have a little 00:14:35.679 --> 00:14:38.440 fun yeah I think you're right. I think that sounds 00:14:38.440 --> 00:14:42.600 like a whole lot of fun. Yeah, that's I love 00:14:42.600 --> 00:14:44.559 the creativity of it of getting to design their 00:14:44.559 --> 00:14:48.500 own paper airplane and and they do need to be 00:14:48.500 --> 00:14:50.860 able to, you know, that's a great, you know, 00:14:51.000 --> 00:14:54.440 physics lesson and all that good choice. Yeah, 00:14:54.500 --> 00:14:58.120 a lot of fun. Yeah, I think I think that a lot 00:14:58.120 --> 00:15:00.279 of kids would enjoy that and you could even if 00:15:00.279 --> 00:15:03.919 you wanted to do this with older kids like kinder 00:15:03.919 --> 00:15:07.259 first second grade, you could do it and the number 00:15:07.259 --> 00:15:10.279 of YouTube videos with some really intense like 00:15:10.279 --> 00:15:13.919 designs. You could give the kids like more complex 00:15:13.919 --> 00:15:16.820 planes that they could try and design to try 00:15:16.820 --> 00:15:19.980 out and see which which version goes farther 00:15:19.980 --> 00:15:22.559 and that kind of stuff. So you could even change 00:15:22.559 --> 00:15:25.320 it up so that like older kids are doing the same 00:15:25.320 --> 00:15:29.379 similar thing, but on a different level. So absolutely 00:15:29.379 --> 00:15:32.000 vary it a little bit and be a lot of fun. Yeah, 00:15:32.220 --> 00:15:35.159 it's fun for all ages. Yeah. I mean, even grownups 00:15:35.159 --> 00:15:37.539 like that sometimes. Yeah, of course. Like, you 00:15:37.539 --> 00:15:39.799 know, if I get a chance to throw a paper airplane, 00:15:39.980 --> 00:15:46.700 sure, why not? Alright, so for our library of 00:15:46.700 --> 00:15:48.799 littles management tip this week, we've talked 00:15:48.799 --> 00:15:52.240 back and forth on and off about our makerspace 00:15:52.240 --> 00:15:55.419 laboratories that you have at the early learning 00:15:55.419 --> 00:15:59.590 centers at your campuses. So We've talked about 00:15:59.590 --> 00:16:02.049 kind of how they're split up. We've got the six 00:16:02.049 --> 00:16:04.350 zones the construction and engineering simple 00:16:04.350 --> 00:16:08.690 machines tinker table coding robotics the creation 00:16:08.690 --> 00:16:12.149 station and the organic mechanics, but We haven't 00:16:12.149 --> 00:16:15.690 really talked about like When we first got it 00:16:15.690 --> 00:16:17.429 design like when we were coming up with everything 00:16:17.429 --> 00:16:19.629 for it when we're trying to set it all up how 00:16:19.629 --> 00:16:22.970 we funded it because Like a lot of people I'm 00:16:22.970 --> 00:16:27.019 sure would love to have a makerspace lab it comes 00:16:27.019 --> 00:16:31.360 down to money. Because be fair, like makerspace 00:16:31.360 --> 00:16:37.279 supplies, it's expensive. The companies that 00:16:37.279 --> 00:16:40.519 make these things, first off, if you're buying 00:16:40.519 --> 00:16:43.320 quality stuff, they need to be able to last, 00:16:43.340 --> 00:16:44.940 which means that it's going to cost a little 00:16:44.940 --> 00:16:47.360 bit more money. And there's a lot of times where 00:16:47.360 --> 00:16:50.019 the companies that make makerspace supplies know 00:16:50.019 --> 00:16:53.480 that it's for educational purposes, which tends 00:16:53.480 --> 00:16:56.659 to. rise the price a little bit also. So it ends 00:16:56.659 --> 00:16:59.440 up costing a lot of money to supply everything. 00:16:59.720 --> 00:17:01.259 And so I figured we should talk a little bit 00:17:01.259 --> 00:17:03.679 about some of the things that we had to do to 00:17:03.679 --> 00:17:07.119 get some of that money in place. The first thing 00:17:07.119 --> 00:17:10.019 that we did was at the time the district was 00:17:10.019 --> 00:17:15.779 very willing to help educators with funding unique 00:17:15.779 --> 00:17:20.420 initiatives within the district. And so grant 00:17:20.420 --> 00:17:24.650 writing for the district to say, Hey, Like this 00:17:24.650 --> 00:17:26.950 is what we're looking to do. This is why and 00:17:26.950 --> 00:17:32.210 giving clear -cut reasons with connected to like 00:17:32.210 --> 00:17:34.329 Pre -k doesn't have teaks but the standards that 00:17:34.329 --> 00:17:36.430 we need to teach and the things that the students 00:17:36.430 --> 00:17:38.769 should be expected to be able to do by connecting 00:17:38.769 --> 00:17:41.490 it directly to the educational outcomes that 00:17:41.490 --> 00:17:45.849 will be provided by it explaining the need for 00:17:45.849 --> 00:17:48.509 on the campus for why it would be so beneficial 00:17:48.509 --> 00:17:52.009 as far as not just to give the students the opportunities 00:17:52.009 --> 00:17:56.859 but to help give the teachers more options of 00:17:56.859 --> 00:17:58.720 how they can introduce concepts and that kind 00:17:58.720 --> 00:18:01.140 of stuff. Just going through and filling out 00:18:01.140 --> 00:18:02.940 that application and we were fortunate enough 00:18:02.940 --> 00:18:06.400 to get a pretty sizable donation from our district 00:18:06.400 --> 00:18:10.059 and from the friends of the district funding 00:18:10.059 --> 00:18:14.740 that they gave. We also filled out some outside 00:18:14.740 --> 00:18:18.480 grants and Kroger Marketplace was actually an 00:18:18.480 --> 00:18:22.730 excellent donor for the makerspace labs, they 00:18:22.730 --> 00:18:25.970 gave us quite a large amount of money to be able 00:18:25.970 --> 00:18:29.349 to purchase supplies and get some things going 00:18:29.349 --> 00:18:31.970 that way. I think that we didn't at the time, 00:18:32.049 --> 00:18:36.410 but I think that doing like a donors choose or 00:18:36.410 --> 00:18:38.750 like crowdfunding of some kind, if you're in 00:18:38.750 --> 00:18:42.269 a smaller area, like there are lots of people 00:18:42.269 --> 00:18:44.990 that are willing to donate to those things. As 00:18:44.990 --> 00:18:47.890 I said, since teacher appreciation week's coming 00:18:47.890 --> 00:18:51.750 up, my campus counselor sent out an email to 00:18:51.750 --> 00:18:54.109 our campus this week saying hey if you're interested 00:18:54.109 --> 00:18:56.670 in doing any kind of Donors Choose it's time 00:18:56.670 --> 00:19:01.250 to do it because a lot of companies will like 00:19:01.250 --> 00:19:06.450 match or like help out teacher and education 00:19:06.450 --> 00:19:09.130 related Donors Choose is this coming week they're 00:19:09.130 --> 00:19:11.349 during teacher appreciation week so that's always 00:19:11.349 --> 00:19:14.589 a great time to be trying out some of those grants 00:19:14.589 --> 00:19:17.200 and things like that. doing a couple of those 00:19:17.200 --> 00:19:20.420 things to get the funding and then deciding what 00:19:20.420 --> 00:19:22.819 to actually have in your makerspace to begin 00:19:22.819 --> 00:19:27.660 the year and to begin the process is let's be 00:19:27.660 --> 00:19:30.559 real it's it can be overwhelming for sure it 00:19:30.559 --> 00:19:36.279 is it was yeah it took us quite a while to really 00:19:36.279 --> 00:19:39.059 be able to kind of organize our thoughts for 00:19:39.059 --> 00:19:45.299 it i think that having those zones that we were 00:19:45.299 --> 00:19:50.319 going to use for the for the setup for our makerspace 00:19:50.319 --> 00:19:54.000 definitely helped us when we were trying to make 00:19:54.000 --> 00:19:56.299 purchases because we could decide like, hey, 00:19:56.619 --> 00:19:59.220 this particular zone, if we're doing construction 00:19:59.220 --> 00:20:01.839 and engineering zone, like what kind of things 00:20:01.839 --> 00:20:03.640 should we have in there? So that's when we were 00:20:03.640 --> 00:20:05.160 started looking, we're like, well, Lincoln logs 00:20:05.160 --> 00:20:07.579 would be a good thing for that. And this would 00:20:07.579 --> 00:20:10.099 be good. And so Having some ideas of how you 00:20:10.099 --> 00:20:11.900 want to set up the makerspace so that you can 00:20:11.900 --> 00:20:15.660 start thinking about supplies is definitely helpful. 00:20:16.559 --> 00:20:22.160 Yes. I personally feel like purchasing things 00:20:22.160 --> 00:20:26.759 that will last should be like your first step, 00:20:26.960 --> 00:20:29.740 like buy things that are going to be not consumable, 00:20:29.880 --> 00:20:32.200 like the consumable things. I feel like those 00:20:32.200 --> 00:20:35.000 are the things that I would wait till the end 00:20:35.000 --> 00:20:38.960 to do because lots of times those consumable 00:20:38.960 --> 00:20:41.900 things are things you can get donations from 00:20:41.900 --> 00:20:44.819 from either teachers or from the community that 00:20:44.819 --> 00:20:47.339 kind of stuff like lots of people are happy to 00:20:47.339 --> 00:20:50.920 donate paint and construction paper and that 00:20:50.920 --> 00:20:52.940 kind of stuff so instead I would spend the money 00:20:52.940 --> 00:20:57.579 on other things like Lincoln logs or robots or 00:20:57.579 --> 00:21:00.000 you know that kind of stuff for our tinkered 00:21:00.000 --> 00:21:06.180 table zone we put out a request for old devices 00:21:06.180 --> 00:21:09.779 like old DVRs and radios and things like that 00:21:09.779 --> 00:21:12.720 so that we could have the kids pull stuff apart. 00:21:12.720 --> 00:21:16.720 But what we realized is, for like that particular 00:21:16.720 --> 00:21:18.440 table, some of the things that we came across 00:21:18.440 --> 00:21:21.940 were if we're going to have the kids deconstruct 00:21:21.940 --> 00:21:24.660 things, we need the right tools for them to do 00:21:24.660 --> 00:21:29.619 it. But we need kid friendly tools. And we also 00:21:29.619 --> 00:21:32.440 need safety tools like goggles and things like 00:21:32.440 --> 00:21:35.259 that So like there's a lot of things that start 00:21:35.259 --> 00:21:38.339 popping up as you start building Your list that 00:21:38.339 --> 00:21:39.960 you're like, oh, but if we're gonna do this, 00:21:40.000 --> 00:21:42.440 then we probably need this too. And so kind of 00:21:42.440 --> 00:21:45.799 just what we ended up doing was we made a spreadsheet 00:21:45.799 --> 00:21:48.859 for each of the zones and started putting items 00:21:48.859 --> 00:21:52.140 in it and as we thought of more things we kept 00:21:52.140 --> 00:21:56.500 adding to that list and then Looking for the 00:21:56.500 --> 00:21:59.859 best deals to make sure that you're not overpaying 00:21:59.859 --> 00:22:04.240 for those things was also a challenge. But we 00:22:04.240 --> 00:22:06.660 took our time, like we were fortunate. We decided 00:22:06.660 --> 00:22:11.420 we were doing this in like, well, we started 00:22:11.420 --> 00:22:14.099 this process in like January by about March is 00:22:14.099 --> 00:22:16.400 when we decided we were going full tilt into 00:22:16.400 --> 00:22:19.200 it. And that's when we started making our lists 00:22:19.200 --> 00:22:23.769 of supplies. And we knew That we wouldn't be 00:22:23.769 --> 00:22:26.309 actually purchasing anything until about July 00:22:26.309 --> 00:22:30.990 anyway, so that gave us plenty of time to Curate 00:22:30.990 --> 00:22:33.930 our lists and see what we could afford based 00:22:33.930 --> 00:22:36.069 on because at that point we had already started 00:22:36.069 --> 00:22:39.069 the fun getting the funding so we knew kind of 00:22:39.069 --> 00:22:42.089 a Dollar amount that we had to spend and so we 00:22:42.089 --> 00:22:44.190 could start kind of breaking it up into the sections 00:22:44.190 --> 00:22:46.170 and spending the money That way it took a lot 00:22:46.170 --> 00:22:49.750 of time. It was a long process and we had yeah 00:22:49.750 --> 00:22:52.440 there is Well, we had a team of people helping 00:22:52.440 --> 00:22:53.859 with it. We had a team of, yeah, there were like 00:22:53.859 --> 00:22:56.339 eight of us that were working on it. And it was 00:22:56.339 --> 00:22:59.640 all of us. And we all spent hours working on 00:22:59.640 --> 00:23:01.920 it and going to different websites and checking 00:23:01.920 --> 00:23:05.380 prices. And, and like, the other thing is, is 00:23:05.380 --> 00:23:07.099 there's a lot of stuff that you might just not 00:23:07.099 --> 00:23:09.140 know is out there until you start searching. 00:23:09.519 --> 00:23:11.039 And so like we went to different websites and 00:23:11.039 --> 00:23:14.500 just did searches for makerspace materials and 00:23:14.500 --> 00:23:16.519 looking for all the different things. And they're 00:23:17.279 --> 00:23:19.619 The problem with that, it's a great idea to be 00:23:19.619 --> 00:23:20.880 able to see what's out there. The problem with 00:23:20.880 --> 00:23:23.839 that is that you gotta make sure that you read 00:23:23.839 --> 00:23:25.940 a lot of reviews of some of the materials, because 00:23:25.940 --> 00:23:28.200 some of the stuff looks super cool, and then 00:23:28.200 --> 00:23:29.839 you get it, and you're like, I don't know what 00:23:29.839 --> 00:23:32.779 I'm gonna be able to actually use this for. That's 00:23:32.779 --> 00:23:35.960 true. You get kind of blinded by how flashy something 00:23:35.960 --> 00:23:40.160 is, and it might just not be the best. And especially 00:23:40.160 --> 00:23:42.259 with pre -K, it might be too complex for the 00:23:42.259 --> 00:23:45.579 kids to use. And we also read a lot of stuff 00:23:45.579 --> 00:23:49.319 about durability because, again, pre -K, you 00:23:49.319 --> 00:23:51.359 want it to last and you don't want to drop it 00:23:51.359 --> 00:23:53.599 once and have it break apart and that kind of 00:23:53.599 --> 00:23:57.160 stuff. That's a lot of that is checking those 00:23:57.160 --> 00:23:59.700 reviews, reading what people who have actually 00:23:59.700 --> 00:24:02.400 used the materials have said about it, all that 00:24:02.400 --> 00:24:06.589 kind of stuff. It's definitely a process. It's 00:24:06.589 --> 00:24:08.670 worth doing though, especially if you can get 00:24:08.670 --> 00:24:11.750 the funding for it through some grants or, um, 00:24:11.769 --> 00:24:15.390 through some crowdfunding of some kind. There's 00:24:15.390 --> 00:24:20.690 so many cool things and the, uh, the kids in 00:24:20.690 --> 00:24:22.109 the end, the kids are the ones that get to use 00:24:22.109 --> 00:24:24.950 it. And they just love, love the opportunity 00:24:24.950 --> 00:24:27.450 to go to the makerspace because they get to explore, 00:24:27.890 --> 00:24:30.170 try all those new things. It's so fun for them. 00:24:30.269 --> 00:24:35.470 It's worth it. There's a lot of. Time involved 00:24:35.470 --> 00:24:38.009 in it, but we're gonna make it a little easier. 00:24:38.589 --> 00:24:41.970 I am going in our show notes I have two links 00:24:41.970 --> 00:24:46.130 to some of the spreadsheets that we made with 00:24:46.130 --> 00:24:51.630 the items that we purchased to start our Our 00:24:51.630 --> 00:24:53.950 makerspace labs and so we're gonna include those 00:24:53.950 --> 00:24:56.230 in the show notes for anybody that would like 00:24:56.230 --> 00:24:58.650 to be able to see Some of the ideas get some 00:24:58.650 --> 00:25:01.410 ideas of what? we spent. To be fair, some of 00:25:01.410 --> 00:25:03.049 the pricing is definitely going to be a little 00:25:03.049 --> 00:25:06.829 different because this was done about nine years 00:25:06.829 --> 00:25:10.509 ago, eight years ago. So lots of inflation has 00:25:10.509 --> 00:25:12.349 happened since then. So pricing is definitely 00:25:12.349 --> 00:25:14.049 going to be a little bit different, but it'll 00:25:14.049 --> 00:25:16.410 at least give you some ideas of some possible 00:25:16.410 --> 00:25:19.369 purchases to make so that you're not starting 00:25:19.369 --> 00:25:22.470 from ground zero. You can take this and adjust 00:25:22.470 --> 00:25:25.089 it to fit your budget and give you some ideas 00:25:25.089 --> 00:25:28.700 of some potential purchases to save up for in 00:25:28.700 --> 00:25:30.920 the future and so we're going to include that 00:25:30.920 --> 00:25:34.500 in our show notes today to give everybody a little 00:25:34.500 --> 00:25:38.359 extra to help them out yeah which we all need 00:25:38.359 --> 00:25:42.259 a little bit of help right absolutely especially 00:25:42.259 --> 00:25:45.519 with an undertaking that massive it is yeah it's 00:25:45.519 --> 00:25:48.599 so big but the end results are so worth it it's 00:25:48.599 --> 00:25:51.779 very worth it All right. Yes. That's for a lot 00:25:51.779 --> 00:25:53.420 of our kids. That's like their favorite thing 00:25:53.420 --> 00:25:56.079 in the world is doing the makerspace things. 00:25:56.720 --> 00:25:59.940 Yeah. Yeah. Cause they, that's their favorite. 00:26:00.160 --> 00:26:03.119 It's my favorite too, really. Yeah. Doing something 00:26:03.119 --> 00:26:06.180 a little unique. That's, you know, we'll have 00:26:06.180 --> 00:26:09.000 long -term benefits for them. Yeah. Anytime I 00:26:09.000 --> 00:26:11.380 can give the kids an experience, you know, something 00:26:11.380 --> 00:26:13.759 that they can take, they can walk away and they've 00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:16.319 got that memory of being able to put their hands 00:26:16.319 --> 00:26:19.339 on something and do it. Especially our pre -k 00:26:19.339 --> 00:26:23.720 kids that don't, so many of them, well, they 00:26:23.720 --> 00:26:25.819 are, pretty much all of them are at risk. That's 00:26:25.819 --> 00:26:28.559 why they're in pre -k. Otherwise they wouldn't 00:26:28.559 --> 00:26:32.359 qualify for pre -k in Texas anyway. And there's 00:26:32.359 --> 00:26:35.660 so many of our kids that don't get unique experiences. 00:26:35.839 --> 00:26:38.940 So having something like that for them really, 00:26:38.960 --> 00:26:43.480 I think is very impactful, more so than the average, 00:26:44.180 --> 00:26:49.990 for the average child. Yeah. All right. For our 00:26:49.990 --> 00:26:52.809 next book for Teacher Appreciation Week, we're 00:26:52.809 --> 00:26:54.970 going to read Thank You Teacher or talk about 00:26:54.970 --> 00:26:57.769 Thank You Teacher. It's written by Kate Barry 00:26:57.769 --> 00:27:01.309 and illustrated by Sarah Varon. It was published 00:27:01.309 --> 00:27:04.150 by Balzer and Bray, an imprint of Harper Collins 00:27:04.150 --> 00:27:10.009 in 2023. And this one is not on any awards or 00:27:10.009 --> 00:27:13.910 lists. I just picked it because I really liked 00:27:13.910 --> 00:27:17.500 how appropriate it was for Teacher Appreciation 00:27:17.500 --> 00:27:22.259 Week. Kate Barry holds an MFA from Vermont College 00:27:22.259 --> 00:27:25.480 of Fine Arts with an emphasis in humor. I didn't 00:27:25.480 --> 00:27:28.599 know there was an emphasis in humor until doing 00:27:28.599 --> 00:27:32.819 this research, so that's fun. I know. She's been 00:27:32.819 --> 00:27:35.460 a featured presenter at multiple conferences 00:27:35.460 --> 00:27:38.319 and events such as the Texas Book Festival and 00:27:38.319 --> 00:27:41.559 the Writing Barn. She is the former humor columnist 00:27:41.559 --> 00:27:44.240 for Austin Family Magazine and she currently 00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:47.480 lives in Austin, Texas. Some of her other books 00:27:47.480 --> 00:27:50.960 include Chicken Break, Penguin and Tiny Shrimp 00:27:50.960 --> 00:27:55.099 Don't Do Bedtime, Coby Eats Pizza, and Scorch 00:27:55.099 --> 00:28:00.480 Hedgehog of Doom. Awesome. The illustrator, Sarah 00:28:00.480 --> 00:28:03.980 Varen, grew up in the suburbs of Illinois. She 00:28:03.980 --> 00:28:07.420 earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Art 00:28:07.420 --> 00:28:11.759 Institute of Chicago and her MFA from the School 00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:15.019 of Visual Arts in New York, where she is currently 00:28:15.019 --> 00:28:18.880 on the faculty. Some of the other books that 00:28:18.880 --> 00:28:22.920 she wrote and illustrated include Detective Sweet 00:28:22.920 --> 00:28:29.420 Pea, Book 1, My Pencil and Me, hold hands, new 00:28:29.420 --> 00:28:35.680 shoes, sweater weather, bake sale, chicken and 00:28:35.680 --> 00:28:41.319 cat, chicken and cat clean up, robot dreams, 00:28:42.460 --> 00:28:46.160 and the present. And she has also illustrated 00:28:46.160 --> 00:28:51.240 President Squid by Aaron Reynolds and Odd Duck 00:28:51.240 --> 00:28:59.769 by Cecil Kestum. That sounds great, yes. Gonna 00:28:59.769 --> 00:29:05.230 go with it. So in this book, it's the last day 00:29:05.230 --> 00:29:07.849 of school and there's a classroom full of students 00:29:07.849 --> 00:29:10.410 who are pretty much reminiscing about the past 00:29:10.410 --> 00:29:12.789 school year together and they're telling their 00:29:12.789 --> 00:29:14.990 teacher thank you for all of the special things 00:29:14.990 --> 00:29:17.369 that they've done together throughout the school 00:29:17.369 --> 00:29:21.970 year. And this book isn't really It's not like 00:29:21.970 --> 00:29:23.849 super groundbreaking or anything. It's pretty 00:29:23.849 --> 00:29:25.849 much exactly what it sounds like where the kids 00:29:25.849 --> 00:29:28.569 are just saying like it's very aptly named just, 00:29:28.569 --> 00:29:30.670 you know, thank you teacher. It's just them saying 00:29:30.670 --> 00:29:33.450 thank you for all the things. Thank you for pushing 00:29:33.450 --> 00:29:35.869 me to, you know, do that thing that was really 00:29:35.869 --> 00:29:39.450 hard. Thank you for teaching me to, you know, 00:29:39.450 --> 00:29:42.390 for everything. And it has like a lot of individual 00:29:42.390 --> 00:29:44.950 things that they're thanking the teacher for. 00:29:45.730 --> 00:29:48.269 Each page only has like a sentence or two on 00:29:48.269 --> 00:29:51.289 it. And it's just like, you know, thank you for 00:29:51.289 --> 00:29:53.170 encouraging me when I didn't think I could do 00:29:53.170 --> 00:29:56.009 it something simple like that and it has like 00:29:56.009 --> 00:29:59.549 a big bold illustration there of you know the 00:29:59.549 --> 00:30:02.990 class doing whatever is being described on the 00:30:02.990 --> 00:30:07.630 page and I really liked it because it was very 00:30:07.630 --> 00:30:11.670 I think a lot of our kids like they like their 00:30:11.670 --> 00:30:14.279 teachers and everything they you know Ideally 00:30:14.279 --> 00:30:16.359 our students love our teachers and our teachers 00:30:16.359 --> 00:30:18.579 love our students and all the things but our 00:30:18.579 --> 00:30:21.859 kids don't really think of our Teachers, I don't 00:30:21.859 --> 00:30:25.059 think as real humans They like think of the teachers 00:30:25.059 --> 00:30:28.619 as just like living at school and they're there 00:30:28.619 --> 00:30:30.599 kind of like in our first book that we talked 00:30:30.599 --> 00:30:33.359 about They're just there to like get on to them 00:30:33.359 --> 00:30:37.240 and that's the it the end I liked this because 00:30:37.240 --> 00:30:41.140 it really like broke down for the kids like Look 00:30:41.140 --> 00:30:43.740 at what your teacher is actually doing for you. 00:30:43.799 --> 00:30:45.779 I think are both of these books that we picked 00:30:45.779 --> 00:30:49.940 this week kind of do a really good job of illustrating, 00:30:49.940 --> 00:30:53.599 you know, teachers are humans. Surprise, surprise. 00:30:54.859 --> 00:30:58.420 And the teachers really do work hard. This one 00:30:58.420 --> 00:31:01.000 especially like shows that like breaks down. 00:31:01.039 --> 00:31:03.180 Kids are so egocentric that I think they don't 00:31:03.180 --> 00:31:07.460 notice how much work goes into teaching them 00:31:07.460 --> 00:31:11.299 and how much the teachers do. for the kids on 00:31:11.299 --> 00:31:13.720 a daily basis. I know, obviously, we as teachers 00:31:13.720 --> 00:31:15.940 notice that because we're doing all the work. 00:31:16.440 --> 00:31:20.619 But the kids are developmentally, they're meant 00:31:20.619 --> 00:31:24.279 to be egocentric, you know, at this age in, you 00:31:24.279 --> 00:31:27.039 know, up until like, second grade or so that's 00:31:27.039 --> 00:31:29.380 like, technically, when early childhood lasts 00:31:29.380 --> 00:31:32.920 developmentally. And there's just such a strong 00:31:32.920 --> 00:31:34.900 focus on the self that they don't notice the 00:31:34.900 --> 00:31:38.059 people around them and all the things that they 00:31:38.059 --> 00:31:40.400 maybe are being done for them all the time and 00:31:40.400 --> 00:31:43.299 this like I just really liked how well it pointed 00:31:43.299 --> 00:31:47.079 out like no your teacher is doing all of these 00:31:47.079 --> 00:31:50.660 things for you and you do need to say thank you 00:31:50.660 --> 00:31:52.980 and like it is hard to say goodbye at the end 00:31:52.980 --> 00:31:56.000 of the school year and part of that is because 00:31:56.000 --> 00:31:59.980 your teacher has been working with you and doing 00:31:59.980 --> 00:32:03.519 all of these amazing things for you to make you 00:32:03.519 --> 00:32:07.059 a successful little human. So yeah I thought 00:32:07.059 --> 00:32:10.299 it did a really great job kind of exploring that 00:32:10.299 --> 00:32:13.559 and showing the kids how hard teachers do work 00:32:13.559 --> 00:32:17.420 on a daily basis and at the end it was kind of 00:32:17.420 --> 00:32:19.579 since it's the last day of school it's like it 00:32:19.579 --> 00:32:21.839 was it you know the kids in the illustrations 00:32:21.839 --> 00:32:24.019 the kids and the teacher got kind of got teary 00:32:24.019 --> 00:32:25.900 -eyed like oh no we have to say goodbye but then 00:32:25.900 --> 00:32:28.660 at the very end it was like oh no it's okay summer's 00:32:28.660 --> 00:32:31.789 here we get to relax now a little bit. And then 00:32:31.789 --> 00:32:34.309 we'll do it all over again, you know, in the 00:32:34.309 --> 00:32:36.829 fall and we'll build a new classroom community 00:32:36.829 --> 00:32:40.930 and build those relationships again. But I thought, 00:32:41.430 --> 00:32:44.230 I thought it was just a different, it was, it 00:32:44.230 --> 00:32:47.609 just did such a good job showing the kids all 00:32:47.609 --> 00:32:52.569 the little things that teachers do. So it wasn't, 00:32:53.009 --> 00:32:57.390 I think, hmm, I think it, I mean, it wasn't terribly 00:32:57.390 --> 00:33:00.170 like funny or anything. I was like, I think I 00:33:00.170 --> 00:33:01.910 was expecting a little bit of humor in there 00:33:01.910 --> 00:33:05.289 being that it was written by an author who specializes 00:33:05.289 --> 00:33:07.750 in humor, but that's okay. I think I would probably 00:33:07.750 --> 00:33:10.430 give it a four out of five because it did such 00:33:10.430 --> 00:33:13.970 a good job showing the kids all the things that 00:33:13.970 --> 00:33:17.990 teachers do. Yeah. I think it was, yeah, I agree 00:33:17.990 --> 00:33:20.789 with you. It was a super sweet story. I liked 00:33:20.789 --> 00:33:22.569 that there was kind of like the rhyme scheme 00:33:22.569 --> 00:33:26.920 to it as the kids are listing all the different 00:33:26.920 --> 00:33:28.400 things that the teacher actually ended up doing 00:33:28.400 --> 00:33:30.700 for them throughout the year. So it was, yeah, 00:33:30.740 --> 00:33:32.940 it was just super, it was a very sweet story, 00:33:33.240 --> 00:33:37.200 very cute, very bright, colorful pictures that 00:33:37.200 --> 00:33:38.920 I think that in itself will probably keep the 00:33:38.920 --> 00:33:41.140 kids engaged for the story. Like you said, there's 00:33:41.140 --> 00:33:43.960 only one or two sentences on a page. So that 00:33:43.960 --> 00:33:46.839 bright picture helps to keep their attention 00:33:46.839 --> 00:33:49.660 and keep them engaged. Yeah, it's just a sweet 00:33:49.660 --> 00:33:52.319 story. And it does really just remind you of 00:33:52.319 --> 00:33:55.079 all of the things that a teacher does to impact 00:33:55.519 --> 00:33:59.380 the, their students. It is that at the end of 00:33:59.380 --> 00:34:01.480 the year, it's that emotional time of the year 00:34:01.480 --> 00:34:05.380 where, you know, it's time to say goodbye, but 00:34:05.380 --> 00:34:08.400 we're onto a new adventure. We get to spend summer 00:34:08.400 --> 00:34:11.280 and then come back in the fall for a new school 00:34:11.280 --> 00:34:13.679 year with a new teacher and make those relationships 00:34:13.679 --> 00:34:16.019 again. And so yeah, it's a, I agree with you. 00:34:16.039 --> 00:34:19.639 It's a super sweet story and very cute. I think 00:34:19.639 --> 00:34:22.440 that it's a great one for near the end of the 00:34:22.440 --> 00:34:24.340 year during teacher appreciation week, that kind 00:34:24.340 --> 00:34:27.650 of thing for sure. Yeah, I thought for this one, 00:34:27.650 --> 00:34:29.809 it would be a lot of fun to write a thank you 00:34:29.809 --> 00:34:33.469 note for a teacher. A lot of our kids maybe may 00:34:33.469 --> 00:34:35.949 not be writing just yet if you're doing it in 00:34:35.949 --> 00:34:38.710 pre -k, but they could still draw a picture or 00:34:38.710 --> 00:34:41.650 make a card of some kind and they could dictate 00:34:41.650 --> 00:34:44.619 the message they want to share with their teacher 00:34:44.619 --> 00:34:46.980 on there and you could encourage the kids to 00:34:46.980 --> 00:34:49.679 like think of something specific don't do like 00:34:49.679 --> 00:34:53.059 yes say thank you but what is something special 00:34:53.059 --> 00:34:55.139 that your teacher does that you really enjoy 00:34:55.139 --> 00:34:57.380 what's your favorite thing that your teacher 00:34:57.380 --> 00:35:01.079 does or what's your favorite time of day when 00:35:01.079 --> 00:35:03.420 you're with your teacher and like kind of make 00:35:03.420 --> 00:35:05.519 them think about it a little bit use their brains 00:35:05.519 --> 00:35:08.260 a little bit a lot of fun I think that would 00:35:08.260 --> 00:35:10.480 be fun just to hear some of the ideas that some 00:35:10.480 --> 00:35:13.019 of those kids come up with for that too. I think 00:35:13.019 --> 00:35:16.320 there'd be some really interesting answers to 00:35:16.320 --> 00:35:17.880 that question. I think that'd be a lot of fun 00:35:17.880 --> 00:35:21.900 to see. Yeah, for sure. And that it would be 00:35:21.900 --> 00:35:25.039 such a sweet thing for the teacher to receive 00:35:25.039 --> 00:35:28.519 a thank you note from all the kids with their 00:35:28.519 --> 00:35:31.699 favorite thing that is their favorite thing about 00:35:31.699 --> 00:35:33.079 their teacher kind of thing. I think that would 00:35:33.079 --> 00:35:35.389 be a lot of fun. That would be sweet. Think it 00:35:35.389 --> 00:35:36.989 would too. I think the teachers would really 00:35:36.989 --> 00:35:39.550 appreciate it a lot as we appreciate all of our 00:35:39.550 --> 00:35:43.849 teachers, too Yeah, it'd be a kind of a fun surprise 00:35:43.849 --> 00:35:47.349 Yes, I think that's really cute now. I kind of 00:35:47.349 --> 00:35:48.829 want to change my lesson plans for this week. 00:35:50.230 --> 00:35:54.630 Yeah That would I think that's a really cute 00:35:54.630 --> 00:35:58.230 idea I'm I like that a lot. That's a good idea. 00:35:58.909 --> 00:36:02.969 Yeah Alright, well, thank you all for joining 00:36:02.969 --> 00:36:05.550 us today on this episode of Librarians of Littles. 00:36:06.230 --> 00:36:08.389 We hope you found some fresh ideas for inspiring 00:36:08.389 --> 00:36:10.710 our young readers, and please be sure to subscribe 00:36:10.710 --> 00:36:13.190 and connect with us on social media. Happy reading! 00:36:14.030 --> 00:36:16.869 Thank you for listening to this episode of Librarians 00:36:16.869 --> 00:36:19.730 of Littles. We hope that you've enjoyed it. Check 00:36:19.730 --> 00:36:24.130 back each Wednesday for a new episode. Librarians 00:36:24.130 --> 00:36:26.889 of Littles is a podcast produced and hosted by 00:36:26.889 --> 00:36:30.550 Patrick Adams and Caroline Legier. Editor, Patrick 00:36:30.550 --> 00:36:34.329 Adams. Our theme song is performed by J .D. Adams. 00:36:34.789 --> 00:36:37.429 You can follow us on Instagram at Librarians 00:36:37.429 --> 00:36:42.550 of Littles. You can follow us on bluesky at littleslibrarian 00:36:42.550 --> 00:36:47.170 .bsky .social. And you can send us your emails 00:36:47.170 --> 00:36:53.039 at librarianoflittlespod .gmail .com. Okay, so 00:36:53.039 --> 00:36:54.880 real quick because it made me think of it like 00:36:54.880 --> 00:36:56.679 you were saying how like it's kind of emotional 00:36:56.679 --> 00:36:58.119 at the end of the year and stuff So like I said 00:36:58.119 --> 00:37:03.199 last night My son had his band banquet and so 00:37:03.199 --> 00:37:05.679 he's in middle school. He's in seventh grade 00:37:05.679 --> 00:37:08.239 so he's gonna be like the big dog on campus next 00:37:08.239 --> 00:37:11.099 year being the eighth grader and Like all of 00:37:11.099 --> 00:37:15.059 the eighth graders that were there after the 00:37:15.059 --> 00:37:16.539 ceremony and everything cuz they give out awards 00:37:16.539 --> 00:37:20.019 and stuff like that at the end of it like It 00:37:20.019 --> 00:37:23.420 was Don't know why it was as surprising as it 00:37:23.420 --> 00:37:27.340 was but the number of eighth graders that were 00:37:27.340 --> 00:37:33.500 emotional and like full -on like tears hmm because 00:37:33.500 --> 00:37:37.860 They're leaving these band directors that they've 00:37:37.860 --> 00:37:40.940 had since Sixth grade so they had them for sixth 00:37:40.940 --> 00:37:42.519 grade seventh grade and eighth grade and they're 00:37:42.519 --> 00:37:44.179 leaving these band directors to go to middle 00:37:44.179 --> 00:37:47.480 school and Like it just shows you how much of 00:37:47.480 --> 00:37:51.260 an impact those educators have on these kids 00:37:51.260 --> 00:37:54.500 because these kids were like full growth, like 00:37:54.500 --> 00:37:57.260 eighth grade boys. Like, so we're talking like 00:37:57.260 --> 00:38:01.420 14 year old boys that are like these big gruff, 00:38:01.659 --> 00:38:05.239 I got to be manly man kind of boy, like sobbing 00:38:05.239 --> 00:38:07.920 because they were having like, this is basically 00:38:07.920 --> 00:38:11.559 the beginning of the end of their middle school 00:38:11.559 --> 00:38:13.900 year, their middle school years. And they're 00:38:13.900 --> 00:38:16.119 having to say goodbye to these people that have 00:38:16.119 --> 00:38:19.550 had such an impact. on their their education 00:38:19.550 --> 00:38:24.050 it was it was so sweet just to see them like 00:38:24.050 --> 00:38:28.510 drop that facade of like uh gonna be the cool 00:38:28.510 --> 00:38:30.750 middle school kid to like actually just show 00:38:30.750 --> 00:38:33.590 some emotion and like realize that these people 00:38:33.590 --> 00:38:35.989 have played such a a big part in their their 00:38:35.989 --> 00:38:38.630 education it was just it was really sweet to 00:38:38.630 --> 00:38:42.690 see it so like that's sweet and sad yeah it was 00:38:42.690 --> 00:38:51.699 it was yeah so um Those good teachers, they always 00:38:51.699 --> 00:38:56.079 leave some marks behind. They do. I don't think 00:38:56.079 --> 00:38:59.559 we get that as much in pre -K because we don't... 00:38:59.559 --> 00:39:02.300 I don't think they know. The kids don't realize 00:39:02.300 --> 00:39:06.300 it. Not really. Some of them do. I will say that 00:39:06.300 --> 00:39:09.619 a lot of the kids don't, but every year... Some 00:39:09.619 --> 00:39:13.030 of them get it. Those parents... They are the 00:39:13.030 --> 00:39:15.429 ones that are in tears. Like the parents are 00:39:15.429 --> 00:39:18.449 the ones that are like, thank you so much. Thank 00:39:18.449 --> 00:39:21.429 you. Like, I've seen so much growth. Thank you 00:39:21.429 --> 00:39:23.750 for everything you've done for the kid. Like, 00:39:23.989 --> 00:39:27.190 so the kids might not notice it as much, but 00:39:27.190 --> 00:39:30.269 so many of the parents do at least. And so that's, 00:39:30.269 --> 00:39:33.489 you know, that's something.