WEBVTT 00:00:20.810 --> 00:00:25.089 Hello, I'm Patrick Adams. And I'm Caroline Legere. 00:00:25.370 --> 00:00:28.910 And this is Librarians of Littles, a podcast 00:00:28.910 --> 00:00:33.409 where we share books, makerspace ideas, and tips 00:00:33.409 --> 00:00:36.530 and tricks for working with our youngest learners 00:00:36.530 --> 00:00:40.390 in the library setting. This week, we are going 00:00:40.390 --> 00:00:42.890 to be discussing two books that we were able 00:00:42.890 --> 00:00:47.229 to get during our trip to the Texas Library Association 00:00:47.229 --> 00:00:50.689 Conference. And so we're going to share those 00:00:50.689 --> 00:00:53.390 two books, give some ideas for makerspace activities 00:00:53.390 --> 00:00:56.390 and give some tips and tricks this week. Our 00:00:56.390 --> 00:01:02.030 first book is the book called Acoustic Rooster's 00:01:02.030 --> 00:01:07.650 Barnyard Boogie starring Indigo Bloom. It was 00:01:07.650 --> 00:01:12.280 published by Sleeping Bear Press in 2020. The 00:01:12.280 --> 00:01:16.959 author is Kwame Alexander. The illustrator is 00:01:16.959 --> 00:01:20.780 Tim Bowers. And this book is currently not on 00:01:20.780 --> 00:01:25.620 any awards lists, but Kwame Alexander is a prolific 00:01:25.620 --> 00:01:29.739 writer and has earned many awards, including 00:01:29.739 --> 00:01:35.099 the Coretta Scott King Award for the Undefeated 00:01:35.099 --> 00:01:40.319 and Crossover, as well as an American Story and 00:01:40.670 --> 00:01:44.010 Out of Wonder Poem Celebrating Poets and Black 00:01:44.010 --> 00:01:48.069 Star. And then he's also won the Newberry Award 00:01:48.069 --> 00:01:52.230 for both the Undefeated and Crossover as well. 00:01:53.090 --> 00:01:55.730 Alexander was born in Manhattan and grew up in 00:01:55.730 --> 00:01:59.510 Virginia. His father was a scholar and book publisher 00:01:59.510 --> 00:02:02.310 and his mother was an educator. He was always 00:02:02.310 --> 00:02:04.849 surrounded by books. He attended Virginia Tech 00:02:04.849 --> 00:02:09.330 and began pre -medical studies. before taking 00:02:09.330 --> 00:02:13.090 a writing class with award -winning poet Nikki 00:02:13.090 --> 00:02:18.310 Giovanni. In May of 2024, Kwame Alexander received 00:02:18.310 --> 00:02:21.069 an honorary doctorate from American University 00:02:21.069 --> 00:02:25.310 in Washington, D .C. Kwame is also the executive 00:02:25.310 --> 00:02:28.150 producer, showrunner, and writer of the Emmy 00:02:28.150 --> 00:02:30.770 Award -winning Disney Plus series, The Crossover, 00:02:31.090 --> 00:02:33.729 based on his Newbery medal -winning novel of 00:02:33.729 --> 00:02:37.030 the same name. Kwame's production company, Big 00:02:37.030 --> 00:02:39.969 C Entertainment is dedicated to creating innovative, 00:02:40.530 --> 00:02:43.210 highly original children's and family entertainment. 00:02:43.729 --> 00:02:48.409 The recipient of the 2025 NAACP Image Award, 00:02:48.650 --> 00:02:51.909 Kwame is also the founder of AuthorStudy .com 00:02:51.909 --> 00:02:56.509 and he is the Michael Riddell Artistic Director 00:02:56.509 --> 00:03:00.050 for... I do not know how to say that, but it's 00:03:00.050 --> 00:03:06.240 some kind of literary arts! Chautauqua. Chautauqua 00:03:06.240 --> 00:03:13.919 Literary Arts. Yes. I win. Okay. Yes. Some of 00:03:13.919 --> 00:03:16.919 his other books, as we've said, he's a prolific 00:03:16.919 --> 00:03:21.240 writer. He has done many chapter books and picture 00:03:21.240 --> 00:03:23.840 books. Some of his chapter books include the 00:03:23.840 --> 00:03:27.689 Rebound Crossover and Booked series, the Door 00:03:27.689 --> 00:03:31.229 of No Return and He Said, She Said. Some of his 00:03:31.229 --> 00:03:34.289 picture books include Indigo Bloom in Garden 00:03:34.289 --> 00:03:39.610 City, which is illustrated by Just Son. How Sweet 00:03:39.610 --> 00:03:43.310 the Sound, a soundtrack for America, illustrated 00:03:43.310 --> 00:03:47.870 by Charlie Palmer. Acoustic Rooster and His Barnyard 00:03:47.870 --> 00:03:52.669 Band, illustrated by Tim Bowers. Surf's Up, illustrated 00:03:52.669 --> 00:03:58.189 by Daniel Meares. How to Read a Book, illustrated 00:03:58.189 --> 00:04:02.409 by Melissa Sweet and The Undefeated, illustrated 00:04:02.409 --> 00:04:06.490 by Kadir Nelson. And the illustrator of this 00:04:06.490 --> 00:04:09.469 book, Tim Bowers, grew up being influenced by 00:04:09.469 --> 00:04:12.449 comic book superheroes, comedy television, and 00:04:12.449 --> 00:04:15.469 his grandparents' many animals, which led to 00:04:15.469 --> 00:04:18.329 a career with humorous storytelling and animal 00:04:18.329 --> 00:04:21.329 characters. Tim Bowers lives in Ohio. He has 00:04:21.329 --> 00:04:23.449 four grown children and three grandchildren. 00:04:23.639 --> 00:04:52.839 He also plays the guitar and the ukulele. Not 00:04:52.839 --> 00:04:58.579 Your Typical Dragon by Dan Bar -El and Buddy's 00:04:58.579 --> 00:05:03.399 New Buddy by Christina Geist. And the summary 00:05:03.399 --> 00:05:07.620 for our book today, the Acoustic Rooster's Barnyard 00:05:07.620 --> 00:05:11.439 Boogie starring Indigo Bloom. While cleaning 00:05:11.439 --> 00:05:15.560 up, for the Garden City Community Festival, Indigo 00:05:15.560 --> 00:05:18.620 Bloom finds out that hundreds of people are coming 00:05:18.620 --> 00:05:22.259 to hear her sing. She panics and feels terrified. 00:05:22.660 --> 00:05:25.740 As she goes to bed that night, uncertain, she 00:05:25.740 --> 00:05:29.079 dreams and finds herself with the barnyard band 00:05:29.079 --> 00:05:34.759 just moments before a tornado hits. After the 00:05:34.759 --> 00:05:37.720 tornado, Indigo convinces the animals to work 00:05:37.720 --> 00:05:43.000 together to clean up and repair the barn and 00:05:43.000 --> 00:05:46.480 farm. But when the barn collapses, all of the 00:05:46.480 --> 00:05:50.139 animals feel completely defeated. Indigo then 00:05:50.139 --> 00:05:52.959 convinces the animals to have a benefit concert 00:05:52.959 --> 00:05:56.540 to rebuild the barn. And during the benefit, 00:05:57.160 --> 00:06:01.019 Miss Derry Parton loses her voice and Indigo 00:06:01.019 --> 00:06:05.279 must substitute in for her. In doing so, she 00:06:05.279 --> 00:06:10.839 builds her courage and performs when she awakens 00:06:10.839 --> 00:06:14.360 at the Garden City Community Festival to great 00:06:14.360 --> 00:06:17.699 success. So this is a really cute story. It's 00:06:17.699 --> 00:06:23.120 part of the Barnyard Boogie series. There's actually 00:06:23.120 --> 00:06:25.360 the two picture books and Kwame Alexander is 00:06:25.360 --> 00:06:27.519 working on some board books that go along with 00:06:27.519 --> 00:06:30.079 the series also. So it's part of a series. There's 00:06:30.079 --> 00:06:33.199 some really cute characters with some awesome 00:06:33.199 --> 00:06:38.160 names like we have like Chickie Minaj and Miss 00:06:38.160 --> 00:06:41.910 Dairy Parton. very clever, cute names. It's a 00:06:41.910 --> 00:06:45.129 fun story with an important message about kind 00:06:45.129 --> 00:06:48.129 of building up your confidence and believing 00:06:48.129 --> 00:06:53.810 in yourself to reach your goals. There's bright, 00:06:53.910 --> 00:06:57.629 vibrant pictures. I would say that this book 00:06:57.629 --> 00:07:00.529 is a really good story. I would say I'd probably 00:07:00.529 --> 00:07:03.769 give it about a 3 .5. I think it was a little 00:07:03.769 --> 00:07:08.360 long. I think we had a couple different times 00:07:08.360 --> 00:07:11.079 where we had new problems that popped up that 00:07:11.079 --> 00:07:13.279 maybe we could have kind of combined a little 00:07:13.279 --> 00:07:17.779 bit and saved some story time. But the characters 00:07:17.779 --> 00:07:20.180 and the message and the story itself is a lot 00:07:20.180 --> 00:07:24.399 of fun. I really enjoyed it overall. So I think 00:07:24.399 --> 00:07:26.379 it's a solid story and I think the kids will 00:07:26.379 --> 00:07:29.600 like it. I think a lot of the kids... are gonna 00:07:29.600 --> 00:07:31.899 miss some of the jokes with the character names 00:07:31.899 --> 00:07:34.680 and stuff like that, but the parents that are 00:07:34.680 --> 00:07:36.720 reading to the kids will definitely love that 00:07:36.720 --> 00:07:39.000 part of it. And if you read it to some older 00:07:39.000 --> 00:07:42.279 kids, they'll pick up on a lot of that too. I 00:07:42.279 --> 00:07:44.220 think it's a good story. I think it's a solid 00:07:44.220 --> 00:07:49.180 story. I think it's fun. Like I said, I think 00:07:49.180 --> 00:07:51.560 it was a little long to keep the attention of 00:07:51.560 --> 00:07:56.129 some of our younger learners, but. I think it 00:07:56.129 --> 00:07:58.250 has a really positive message about believing 00:07:58.250 --> 00:08:00.850 in yourself and overcoming your fears. And so 00:08:00.850 --> 00:08:03.329 I think that's a good thing to expose our students 00:08:03.329 --> 00:08:06.850 to. So I think it's a good story. I agree. This 00:08:06.850 --> 00:08:09.149 one was really cute. This was the first time 00:08:09.149 --> 00:08:11.370 that I'd heard of this particular series and 00:08:11.370 --> 00:08:13.149 reading it, I kind of had all the same feelings 00:08:13.149 --> 00:08:17.350 that you did. I think I would definitely purchase 00:08:17.350 --> 00:08:19.829 it for my libraries though, because specifically 00:08:19.829 --> 00:08:23.430 because it goes along with our music unit, our 00:08:23.430 --> 00:08:27.509 teachers for a good Four to five weeks have a 00:08:27.509 --> 00:08:31.370 music unit of study and finding specific picture 00:08:31.370 --> 00:08:36.669 books that like really focus on music in particular, 00:08:36.830 --> 00:08:39.230 not just like I'm going to sing the wheels on 00:08:39.230 --> 00:08:43.529 the bus in a book form, but like a story with 00:08:43.529 --> 00:08:46.809 a band like this and everything is kind of there. 00:08:47.029 --> 00:08:51.009 Those books definitely exist, but it's very niche 00:08:51.009 --> 00:08:55.100 and it goes perfectly with our curriculum. So 00:08:55.100 --> 00:08:57.379 I definitely would make this purchase for my 00:08:57.379 --> 00:08:59.419 libraries in particular and I would recommend 00:08:59.419 --> 00:09:02.220 it to my teachers but I agree I think generally 00:09:02.220 --> 00:09:04.620 speaking like I don't know if I would purchase 00:09:04.620 --> 00:09:07.179 this like at home for my personal children like 00:09:07.179 --> 00:09:08.700 I don't know if I would love reading it over 00:09:08.700 --> 00:09:10.919 and over and over and over again like I would 00:09:10.919 --> 00:09:14.720 with my personal kids at home but it is fun and 00:09:14.720 --> 00:09:16.960 I do like all the jokes they kind of slipped 00:09:16.960 --> 00:09:19.000 in there for the grown -ups when you're reading 00:09:19.000 --> 00:09:23.000 there's a lot of nods to kind of some very famous 00:09:23.000 --> 00:09:25.679 musical names in there. So that was that was 00:09:25.679 --> 00:09:28.299 kind of nice to have a little have that kind 00:09:28.299 --> 00:09:30.600 of slipped that in there for the grownups and 00:09:30.600 --> 00:09:33.639 some of those older older kids. But yeah, it 00:09:33.639 --> 00:09:37.080 was a fun, fun book. I liked it. And I also need 00:09:37.080 --> 00:09:39.940 to point out. So in at the beginning of the book, 00:09:40.480 --> 00:09:43.240 as they're cleaning the neighborhood and that 00:09:43.240 --> 00:09:46.120 kind of thing, there's a gentleman and they refer 00:09:46.120 --> 00:09:49.909 to him as Mr. Woody in the book. And if you I 00:09:49.909 --> 00:09:54.509 don't know if you noticed, but Mr. Woody, Tim 00:09:54.509 --> 00:09:59.710 Bowers used Kwame Alexander as the model for 00:09:59.710 --> 00:10:01.669 that character, which is kind of cute. So a little 00:10:01.669 --> 00:10:06.450 nod to him in that. That's great. Yeah, I thought 00:10:06.450 --> 00:10:08.769 that was kind of cute. And this, like I said, 00:10:09.009 --> 00:10:12.129 I enjoyed it. Kwame Alexander in general is... 00:10:12.169 --> 00:10:15.870 such an amazing author. And I was fortunate enough, 00:10:16.009 --> 00:10:19.289 I got to meet him and he is such a down -to -earth 00:10:19.289 --> 00:10:22.669 kind of guy. So he likes to joke around and have 00:10:22.669 --> 00:10:25.509 a good time. And when I was waiting in line, 00:10:25.529 --> 00:10:27.889 he was asking everybody to come up with names 00:10:27.889 --> 00:10:30.210 that he could use in another one of these books 00:10:30.210 --> 00:10:32.990 with characters. He was like, I have a goat character. 00:10:33.070 --> 00:10:36.309 I need to come up with a name for it, for the 00:10:36.309 --> 00:10:38.070 goat character. And so he was like asking everybody 00:10:38.070 --> 00:10:40.379 what they had for ideas. Oh, that's cool. If 00:10:40.379 --> 00:10:42.399 in one of the books that he comes up with in 00:10:42.399 --> 00:10:46.820 the future, if there's an Isaac Graze, G -R -A 00:10:46.820 --> 00:10:50.059 -Z -E, like instead of Isaac Hayes, I'm taking 00:10:50.059 --> 00:10:52.320 credit for that. That was my suggestion to him. 00:10:52.320 --> 00:10:54.639 He really liked it. So we'll see. I don't know. 00:10:54.779 --> 00:10:57.299 I can't wait. Nothing will happen from that, 00:10:57.299 --> 00:10:58.840 but it'll be a nice story for me to be like, 00:10:59.039 --> 00:11:03.799 I have high expectations for you. Because that 00:11:03.799 --> 00:11:07.759 was my suggestion. I was like, I got this. Well 00:11:07.759 --> 00:11:12.210 done. So we'll have to see. But it is a good 00:11:12.210 --> 00:11:14.690 book. It's cute. And I agree with you. Like the 00:11:14.690 --> 00:11:20.690 music, music is finding books that use music, 00:11:22.250 --> 00:11:25.029 not just for the rhyme scheme and stuff like 00:11:25.029 --> 00:11:28.090 that, but that actually has musical characters 00:11:28.090 --> 00:11:30.850 in it and incorporates that. There's not a lot 00:11:30.850 --> 00:11:32.690 of books like that. And so this is an excellent 00:11:32.690 --> 00:11:35.549 book for that kind of a unit for sure. I agree 00:11:35.549 --> 00:11:40.210 with you there. As far as a makerspace activity 00:11:40.210 --> 00:11:43.269 for this, I was going to go kind of simplistic, 00:11:43.809 --> 00:11:47.389 but fun. Things that you would need for it. Boxes, 00:11:47.950 --> 00:11:50.450 like tissue boxes or something like that, that 00:11:50.450 --> 00:11:53.909 size. You could also use some paper plates, some 00:11:53.909 --> 00:11:57.830 dried rice or beans, some rubber bands and some 00:11:57.830 --> 00:11:59.710 markers, crayons, colored pencils, that kind 00:11:59.710 --> 00:12:02.769 of thing. And so the activity is building some 00:12:02.769 --> 00:12:05.370 instruments. In one of our previous episodes, 00:12:05.370 --> 00:12:08.809 you talked about how to build shaker kind of 00:12:08.809 --> 00:12:10.750 tambourine ish kind of thing where you take a 00:12:10.750 --> 00:12:13.710 paper plate put a couple pieces of rice or bean 00:12:13.710 --> 00:12:16.970 in it fold it over staple it together and then 00:12:16.970 --> 00:12:19.289 let the kids decorate so that's one possibility 00:12:19.289 --> 00:12:21.769 the other possibility is taking like I said some 00:12:21.769 --> 00:12:25.289 like tissue boxes and stretching out some rubber 00:12:25.289 --> 00:12:27.570 bands over it so that the kids can kind of make 00:12:27.570 --> 00:12:31.289 their own little guitar ukulele kind of instruments 00:12:31.289 --> 00:12:34.950 that they can decorate and then pluck those rubber 00:12:34.950 --> 00:12:38.129 bands to make some sounds that way. And so I 00:12:38.129 --> 00:12:40.970 think a lot of kids would be interested in that 00:12:40.970 --> 00:12:42.509 because anything that they can make that they 00:12:42.509 --> 00:12:44.990 can make sounds with and stuff will be lots of 00:12:44.990 --> 00:12:47.750 fun. But I think that they'd like a lot of kids 00:12:47.750 --> 00:12:49.789 would like to build their own little guitar or 00:12:49.789 --> 00:12:52.850 ukulele that they could play with and then like 00:12:52.850 --> 00:12:55.269 if that's something if you don't want to introduce 00:12:55.269 --> 00:12:56.909 the rubber bands or something like that then 00:12:56.909 --> 00:12:59.509 you can do the shakers the tambourine kind of 00:12:59.509 --> 00:13:01.990 thing and the kids would love that too but i 00:13:01.990 --> 00:13:04.669 think that would be a fun way to incorporate 00:13:04.669 --> 00:13:09.490 music after reading this story about music so 00:13:09.490 --> 00:13:12.470 it would it would be a really fun yeah i agree 00:13:12.470 --> 00:13:15.750 something different a lot of fun and you could 00:13:16.000 --> 00:13:19.399 Do some kind of a science lesson with it, I suppose, 00:13:19.500 --> 00:13:21.840 with you're doing rubber bands like that with 00:13:21.840 --> 00:13:23.960 vibrations and waves and things like that. So 00:13:23.960 --> 00:13:28.159 yeah, good call. Love it. And if you get different 00:13:28.159 --> 00:13:30.179 size rubber bands, like different thicknesses, 00:13:30.299 --> 00:13:32.279 they'll make different sounds so that they have 00:13:32.279 --> 00:13:34.419 different sounds that they can play with different 00:13:34.419 --> 00:13:36.460 rubber bands. So it'd be a lot of fun. That's 00:13:36.460 --> 00:13:38.480 a good idea. That a lot of the kids would really 00:13:38.480 --> 00:13:41.539 like that a lot. And yeah, it's a whole science 00:13:41.539 --> 00:13:45.850 lesson. Agreed. Kind of is. Excellent. All right, 00:13:45.850 --> 00:13:50.870 so this week for our library of littles management 00:13:50.870 --> 00:13:53.830 tip or trick I Thought we should talk a little 00:13:53.830 --> 00:13:56.309 bit about sub binders. There's always those times 00:13:56.309 --> 00:14:00.309 when you're gonna be out of the library in in 00:14:00.309 --> 00:14:03.610 a lot of cases for at least for us when you're 00:14:03.610 --> 00:14:05.769 out of the library that doesn't mean the library 00:14:05.769 --> 00:14:08.649 just closes down. We gotta have a sub in there 00:14:08.649 --> 00:14:11.250 that's helping make sure that kids have access 00:14:11.250 --> 00:14:13.409 to those books and are seeing them for lessons. 00:14:13.809 --> 00:14:17.289 And so having a sub binder is really important. 00:14:17.710 --> 00:14:19.809 And so like I figured we could discuss a little 00:14:19.809 --> 00:14:23.769 bit what you put in your sub binder and like 00:14:23.769 --> 00:14:26.149 any kind of like emergency sub plans that you 00:14:26.149 --> 00:14:28.950 might have. I'll tell you from the start, for 00:14:28.950 --> 00:14:31.500 me, Some of the things that I find that are really 00:14:31.500 --> 00:14:34.820 helpful and important to put in this into my 00:14:34.820 --> 00:14:39.580 sub binder is. At the front I put a general daily 00:14:39.580 --> 00:14:43.279 schedule of what times I see classes and then 00:14:43.279 --> 00:14:45.960 I'll have like on what day of the week I see 00:14:45.960 --> 00:14:47.860 which class so they can know what classes are 00:14:47.860 --> 00:14:52.100 actually coming to see them. I also include a 00:14:52.100 --> 00:14:55.360 map of the campus just so they know where where 00:14:55.360 --> 00:14:59.330 everything is, because if it's a brand new. the 00:14:59.330 --> 00:15:01.750 sub that hasn't been on the campus before. I 00:15:01.750 --> 00:15:05.230 like having that map with restrooms highlighted 00:15:05.230 --> 00:15:06.730 and stuff like that so they know where they can 00:15:06.730 --> 00:15:09.970 go if they need to take care of that kind of 00:15:09.970 --> 00:15:15.990 stuff. And I also highlight my team, where the 00:15:15.990 --> 00:15:18.909 PE teacher, where the gym is, where the art classroom 00:15:18.909 --> 00:15:21.169 is, that kind of thing, so that they know where 00:15:21.169 --> 00:15:23.929 to go to ask for any help if they're struggling 00:15:23.929 --> 00:15:26.250 with something. They can get some help there. 00:15:26.830 --> 00:15:30.980 I also include, my binder, I have different sections. 00:15:31.000 --> 00:15:34.379 So in one of the sections, it's all of the emergency 00:15:34.379 --> 00:15:37.100 procedure stuff. So where do you go if there's 00:15:37.100 --> 00:15:40.340 a fire drill? Where do you go if we have a lockdown 00:15:40.340 --> 00:15:43.039 drill? Where do you go if there's a severe weather 00:15:43.039 --> 00:15:45.139 thing? Like all of those kinds of things. So 00:15:45.139 --> 00:15:48.419 I have like some information about all of that. 00:15:48.500 --> 00:15:53.259 And then I have a tab that's just daily routines 00:15:53.259 --> 00:15:57.029 and procedures, which talks about how we Welcome 00:15:57.029 --> 00:15:59.389 the students into the library where the students 00:15:59.389 --> 00:16:02.409 sit how like the process for doing book checkout. 00:16:02.409 --> 00:16:08.490 If it's a book checkout week how to. Like what 00:16:08.490 --> 00:16:10.950 our story time song is and what the words are 00:16:10.950 --> 00:16:13.730 to it and what it the tune it goes to all that 00:16:13.730 --> 00:16:16.669 kind of stuff. I include all of that. And then 00:16:16.669 --> 00:16:20.710 at the very end is where I have my emergency 00:16:20.710 --> 00:16:23.110 sub plans and currently my emergency sub plans 00:16:23.110 --> 00:16:29.669 have a pre K. kinder lesson, a first and second 00:16:29.669 --> 00:16:33.549 grade lesson, and then a third to fifth grade 00:16:33.549 --> 00:16:37.250 lesson. So I have like three separate emergency 00:16:37.250 --> 00:16:40.389 lessons just in case if I end up not being able 00:16:40.389 --> 00:16:42.669 to make like a sub plan with a specific lesson 00:16:42.669 --> 00:16:45.649 for that day. I have those backup lessons ready 00:16:45.649 --> 00:16:50.269 to go. Do you have a sub binder? Do you keep 00:16:50.269 --> 00:16:54.110 anything that I didn't I do yours? Yeah. So I 00:16:54.429 --> 00:16:58.210 have been real spoiled in my whole career. And 00:16:58.210 --> 00:17:00.350 this is the first year I've had to do like real 00:17:00.350 --> 00:17:04.430 subplans. And now I do it all the time every 00:17:04.430 --> 00:17:09.170 day. Because up until now, I've always been very 00:17:09.170 --> 00:17:12.269 blessed to have a para. When I was in the classroom, 00:17:12.869 --> 00:17:16.880 I was always... I taught... Early childhood special 00:17:16.880 --> 00:17:18.839 education. So I always had a para with me So 00:17:18.839 --> 00:17:21.299 if I was gone when I was in the classroom, I 00:17:21.299 --> 00:17:23.640 was just like you do it You teach you know how 00:17:23.640 --> 00:17:26.279 and I always had fabulous pairs that were very 00:17:26.279 --> 00:17:29.920 willing to take on that role and then Same thing 00:17:29.920 --> 00:17:33.240 when I became a librarian. I was just very fortunate 00:17:33.240 --> 00:17:36.980 and that we had just one co -cur pair to share 00:17:36.980 --> 00:17:39.339 between all the co -curs and I would just give 00:17:39.339 --> 00:17:44.079 my Book I would just text my para to do it That 00:17:44.079 --> 00:17:46.960 particular day so i really i'm spoiled i'm not 00:17:46.960 --> 00:17:49.359 gonna lie and i didn't need one till this year 00:17:49.359 --> 00:17:54.279 but this year i'm at two campuses and. I get 00:17:54.279 --> 00:17:56.500 the privilege of running both simultaneously 00:17:56.500 --> 00:18:00.160 but only being at one at a time obviously so 00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:05.920 i can't split myself in half so now. That's true 00:18:05.920 --> 00:18:11.130 i'm getting there. So this year I got real good 00:18:11.130 --> 00:18:15.589 at sub plans. So I do have a binder now similar 00:18:15.589 --> 00:18:18.089 to what you described that kind of starts with 00:18:18.089 --> 00:18:22.910 like a list of like the daily routine and the 00:18:22.910 --> 00:18:26.869 the classes and when they're coming and going 00:18:26.869 --> 00:18:30.269 and all the things like that is what it starts 00:18:30.269 --> 00:18:34.029 with. It does have like the story time song and 00:18:34.029 --> 00:18:36.690 the words to it and that, you know, it's the 00:18:36.690 --> 00:18:39.940 tune of London Bridge and all the things. And 00:18:39.940 --> 00:18:44.740 then it has, since I'm gone all the time anyway, 00:18:45.299 --> 00:18:49.539 it just has my regular plans in it, which I suppose 00:18:49.539 --> 00:18:51.460 if I was going to make sub plans now it would 00:18:51.460 --> 00:18:54.640 just be the same as what I'm describing, but 00:18:54.640 --> 00:18:57.579 it says what book we're meant to read and it 00:18:57.579 --> 00:19:02.839 has a link, an online read aloud link to whatever 00:19:02.839 --> 00:19:06.420 book we're meant to read as well. And both of 00:19:06.420 --> 00:19:08.400 those things are available in the library in 00:19:08.400 --> 00:19:11.759 the same place all the time, since I am gone 00:19:11.759 --> 00:19:17.460 so much. I also have most of my subplans I'm 00:19:17.460 --> 00:19:24.900 now doing on Google slides. And I really didn't 00:19:24.900 --> 00:19:28.240 figure out how great it was to do my lesson plans 00:19:28.240 --> 00:19:34.670 that way until January of this year. But now 00:19:34.670 --> 00:19:37.230 the way I have them all written that I really 00:19:37.230 --> 00:19:40.890 like, and it only takes me about half an hour, 00:19:41.130 --> 00:19:43.349 no, maybe one hour to put everything together 00:19:43.349 --> 00:19:46.329 the way I like it. That's like real concise and 00:19:46.329 --> 00:19:50.769 easy to read and easy to follow for my constant 00:19:50.769 --> 00:19:55.849 line of subs. It has in my Google Slides document, 00:19:56.269 --> 00:20:00.549 it has for the actual plans itself, it lists. 00:20:01.929 --> 00:20:04.950 The names of my co -cur team and it explains 00:20:04.950 --> 00:20:08.230 that the co -cur aid is present and able to help 00:20:08.230 --> 00:20:12.150 But may or may not be running things But probably 00:20:12.150 --> 00:20:13.829 knows the best since they're the ones that are 00:20:13.829 --> 00:20:17.430 in the classroom all the time And then it says, 00:20:17.430 --> 00:20:20.349 you know, this is it says you're going to read 00:20:20.349 --> 00:20:22.990 a story and then at the very So that I don't 00:20:22.990 --> 00:20:24.930 have to change that from week to week It just 00:20:24.930 --> 00:20:27.809 says you're gonna read a story and then you're 00:20:27.809 --> 00:20:30.980 gonna let the kids play with these makerspace 00:20:30.980 --> 00:20:32.839 centers, and it describes the centers. And then 00:20:32.839 --> 00:20:35.579 at the bottom it says, Monday, Tuesday, this 00:20:35.579 --> 00:20:39.819 story. Wednesday, Thursday, this story. Friday, 00:20:40.220 --> 00:20:43.000 this story. And then on the following slides, 00:20:44.180 --> 00:20:48.099 it has, see next slide for Monday, Tuesday's 00:20:48.099 --> 00:20:51.539 read -aloud, and then the following slide is 00:20:51.539 --> 00:20:57.920 the online read -aloud goes directly to the read 00:20:57.920 --> 00:21:02.269 -aloud, I learned in January that in Google Slides 00:21:02.269 --> 00:21:06.869 you can embed the direct link to whatever read 00:21:06.869 --> 00:21:09.470 aloud you want and you can tell it the exact 00:21:09.470 --> 00:21:12.130 time you want it to start playing and the exact 00:21:12.130 --> 00:21:15.230 time that you want it to stop playing so that 00:21:15.230 --> 00:21:18.670 you can skip all of the thank you for coming 00:21:18.670 --> 00:21:21.470 to my channel and please consider subscribing 00:21:21.470 --> 00:21:24.690 and all the mess like that that all the content 00:21:24.690 --> 00:21:26.589 creators are going to do and you can just skip 00:21:26.589 --> 00:21:31.539 straight to the story. And you can also make 00:21:31.539 --> 00:21:34.839 your link most of the time. You can make it so 00:21:34.839 --> 00:21:38.119 that it doesn't have the commercials that would 00:21:38.119 --> 00:21:43.240 normally play by going to the link that has no 00:21:43.240 --> 00:21:48.059 cookie embedded in it. So it kind of simplified 00:21:48.059 --> 00:21:52.500 everything for my constant stream of subs. They 00:21:52.500 --> 00:21:56.220 both campuses really like Google slides it was 00:21:56.220 --> 00:21:58.880 just a little bit easier for them to read through 00:21:58.880 --> 00:22:03.339 it all there's a simpler method and I Don't really 00:22:03.339 --> 00:22:06.319 like that. I'm constantly leaving an online read 00:22:06.319 --> 00:22:11.000 aloud. It's not my favorite and if I Know I'm 00:22:11.000 --> 00:22:13.940 gonna have a really good sub who's really engaging 00:22:13.940 --> 00:22:17.160 a really engaging reader and is going to Kind 00:22:17.160 --> 00:22:20.200 of capture the children's attention. I will say 00:22:20.200 --> 00:22:23.140 please just read they need to see you reading, 00:22:23.519 --> 00:22:28.359 but I so often have people subbing for me that 00:22:28.359 --> 00:22:32.099 maybe have never seen the book before and maybe 00:22:32.099 --> 00:22:36.019 they're a little drier reading than most people 00:22:36.019 --> 00:22:39.920 and or they might speak English as a second language 00:22:39.920 --> 00:22:41.579 and there's nothing wrong with that, but it's 00:22:41.579 --> 00:22:44.599 still difficult to read an English book when 00:22:44.599 --> 00:22:47.160 that's not your native language. And they might 00:22:47.160 --> 00:22:49.359 not know how to pronounce things correctly, which 00:22:49.359 --> 00:22:54.599 again is fine. But we are also teaching our three, 00:22:54.599 --> 00:22:57.000 four and five year olds how to speak properly. 00:22:57.000 --> 00:22:59.460 And it's kind of important for them to hear proper 00:22:59.460 --> 00:23:02.880 pronunciation just for their language development 00:23:02.880 --> 00:23:07.019 in general. So yeah, that's now the way that 00:23:07.019 --> 00:23:10.480 I'm doing my sub plans. So now the school year 00:23:10.480 --> 00:23:12.619 is finally over. I finally got a hang of it. 00:23:12.660 --> 00:23:17.660 Hooray. Yeah. I've heard of other people using 00:23:17.660 --> 00:23:19.779 like Google slides or slide deck or something 00:23:19.779 --> 00:23:22.339 like that for their for just their regular plans 00:23:22.339 --> 00:23:26.720 even and I think that I need to look at that 00:23:26.720 --> 00:23:28.339 this summer because I think that sounds like 00:23:28.339 --> 00:23:32.160 a really great way to do subplans and just regular 00:23:32.160 --> 00:23:35.559 plans to have like visual cues on the screen 00:23:35.559 --> 00:23:37.859 as you're going through your regular lesson too. 00:23:38.299 --> 00:23:39.480 So I think I'm gonna look into that. And with 00:23:39.480 --> 00:23:42.259 it since I'm gone Yeah, and since I'm gone so 00:23:42.259 --> 00:23:45.839 often, there is just a single iPad that lives 00:23:45.839 --> 00:23:49.039 in the library all the time. So I don't leave 00:23:49.039 --> 00:23:52.079 my things or anything like that for them. It's 00:23:52.079 --> 00:23:54.440 just whatever's designated in the library. I 00:23:54.440 --> 00:23:57.839 just have it pulled up and my team does have 00:23:57.839 --> 00:24:02.660 access to that. It's all in a shared folder for 00:24:02.660 --> 00:24:04.460 all of my team to access so that any of them 00:24:04.460 --> 00:24:07.319 can come into the library and just click that 00:24:07.319 --> 00:24:09.849 button and kind of get everything set up. No 00:24:09.849 --> 00:24:12.349 matter who's on campus that day. I love that. 00:24:12.349 --> 00:24:16.289 That's really cool. Yeah. Yeah. And so yeah, 00:24:16.390 --> 00:24:20.190 having a sub sub binder, because I always try 00:24:20.190 --> 00:24:23.950 to make my sub plans in advance, but you know, 00:24:24.130 --> 00:24:25.910 there are some times where like an emergency 00:24:25.910 --> 00:24:28.470 comes up or like you wake up in the middle in 00:24:28.470 --> 00:24:30.970 the morning and you're like, I feel like death. 00:24:31.069 --> 00:24:34.549 And so having like plans that are just like ready 00:24:34.549 --> 00:24:38.319 to go. Yeah. Like that emergency situation is 00:24:38.319 --> 00:24:40.920 always a good thing. My campus also, I forgot, 00:24:41.460 --> 00:24:43.000 but just recently, like within the last week 00:24:43.000 --> 00:24:46.680 and a half or so, my campus came up with, you 00:24:46.680 --> 00:24:48.319 know how you always have to like send kid, if 00:24:48.319 --> 00:24:49.759 you have to send a kid to like the nurse, you 00:24:49.759 --> 00:24:51.299 have to fill out like the nurse pass and everything 00:24:51.299 --> 00:24:53.880 like that. And so you have to have like papers 00:24:53.880 --> 00:24:57.319 all over the place. My nurse made a QR code. 00:24:57.420 --> 00:25:00.039 So I actually just put that into the front of 00:25:00.039 --> 00:25:02.460 my sub binder also. And so all they have to do 00:25:02.460 --> 00:25:04.480 is kind of scan the QR code with their phone 00:25:04.480 --> 00:25:06.039 and they can fill out all of it without having 00:25:06.039 --> 00:25:09.839 to send, find a paper and send it that way. You 00:25:09.839 --> 00:25:12.359 just send the kid and she fills out, you can 00:25:12.359 --> 00:25:14.740 fill out the QR code and send the kid without 00:25:14.740 --> 00:25:16.619 anything. You don't have to be searching for 00:25:16.619 --> 00:25:19.019 what did I do with that last paper I had. Oh, 00:25:19.140 --> 00:25:22.720 that's nice. But that helps her a lot, too. Yeah, 00:25:23.140 --> 00:25:25.420 because then she has a digital record that she 00:25:25.420 --> 00:25:28.019 can go back to and make sure she does all her 00:25:28.019 --> 00:25:30.940 note -taking on for each kid she sees, but doesn't 00:25:30.940 --> 00:25:32.779 have to be like, where did I put that paper? 00:25:33.380 --> 00:25:37.700 Yeah. Yeah. Kind of cool. Cool. Yeah. All right. 00:25:38.140 --> 00:25:40.539 Well, for our next book that we're going to talk 00:25:40.539 --> 00:25:43.819 about today, we're going to talk about Mustache 00:25:43.819 --> 00:25:47.220 Baby Meets His Match. It was published by Clarion 00:25:47.220 --> 00:25:50.480 Books Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2015. The 00:25:50.480 --> 00:25:52.940 author is Bridget Hios and the illustrator is 00:25:52.940 --> 00:25:57.220 Joy Ong. And this book is not on any awards or 00:25:57.220 --> 00:26:02.400 lists, but it sure is a fun one! Bridget Heos 00:26:02.400 --> 00:26:05.259 always knew she wanted to be a writer. Her family 00:26:05.259 --> 00:26:07.920 supported her ambitions as a writer by allowing 00:26:07.920 --> 00:26:10.740 her to put on big plays in the backyard. As a 00:26:10.740 --> 00:26:13.839 child, her grandmother fueled her desire to write 00:26:13.839 --> 00:26:16.640 by becoming her first editor. She mailed back 00:26:16.640 --> 00:26:20.250 her letters corrected in red pen. After completing 00:26:20.250 --> 00:26:23.069 school, Bridget became a teacher and social worker, 00:26:23.250 --> 00:26:25.730 but soon she transitioned into freelance writing. 00:26:26.349 --> 00:26:28.329 When she had her first child, she began to wonder 00:26:28.329 --> 00:26:30.829 who wrote all the non -fiction books that her 00:26:30.829 --> 00:26:33.029 son loved to read. After doing some research 00:26:33.029 --> 00:26:36.230 herself, she began writing non -fiction books 00:26:36.230 --> 00:26:39.880 for children herself. Some of her other books 00:26:39.880 --> 00:26:44.259 include the Mustache Baby series, Santa Jaws, 00:26:44.599 --> 00:26:49.119 Triceratopsit, Stegathosaurus, Who Wants to Be 00:26:49.119 --> 00:26:53.740 a Princess, and over 100 nonfiction children's 00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:55.779 books. When I was looking through all the things 00:26:55.779 --> 00:26:58.279 she's written, I have quite a few in my library 00:26:58.279 --> 00:27:01.059 that I had no idea it was just kind of nonfiction 00:27:01.059 --> 00:27:02.720 books, so you just don't know. I don't know. 00:27:03.359 --> 00:27:05.519 I never really learned who writes those nonfiction 00:27:05.519 --> 00:27:08.740 books either. So that was interesting. I knew 00:27:08.740 --> 00:27:11.640 she had written a bunch of the fiction, the picture 00:27:11.640 --> 00:27:14.640 books and stuff, and I've loved those. But yeah, 00:27:15.339 --> 00:27:17.000 now I'm going to have to go back and look to 00:27:17.000 --> 00:27:19.299 find out which non -fiction. Apparently non -fiction 00:27:19.299 --> 00:27:21.980 is her jam. I didn't know. Yeah, that's awesome. 00:27:24.880 --> 00:27:28.579 All right, so the illustrator for this book is 00:27:28.579 --> 00:27:32.720 Joy Ong. She grew up in Alberta, Canada. She 00:27:32.720 --> 00:27:36.039 graduated from the Alberta College of Art and 00:27:36.039 --> 00:27:40.579 Design with a Bachelor of Design in 2007. She 00:27:40.579 --> 00:27:44.259 started her career as a children's book illustrator 00:27:44.259 --> 00:27:50.000 for Yudon Comics. Some of her other books include 00:27:50.000 --> 00:27:53.750 the Mustache Baby series, Wings of Fire book 00:27:53.750 --> 00:27:58.710 one, two, and three, and 101 reasons why I'm 00:27:58.710 --> 00:28:05.009 not taking a bath. Alright, so this book is the 00:28:05.009 --> 00:28:10.390 sequel to the 2013 book Mustache Baby. And in 00:28:10.390 --> 00:28:14.170 it, Baby Billy meets a boy with facial hair to 00:28:14.170 --> 00:28:17.650 rival his own. At first, Baby Javier beats Billy 00:28:17.650 --> 00:28:19.930 out in everything that they do, from magic tricks 00:28:19.930 --> 00:28:22.309 to rasslin' a bear to running for president. 00:28:23.069 --> 00:28:25.589 And eventually, Baby Billy gets fed up with losing 00:28:25.589 --> 00:28:30.529 all the time. So, Baby Billy's mustache morphs 00:28:30.529 --> 00:28:34.369 into a bad guy mustache, while baby Javier's 00:28:34.369 --> 00:28:37.730 beard grows into a pointy bad guy beard, and 00:28:37.730 --> 00:28:40.230 they wrestle each other until baby Billy's mother 00:28:40.230 --> 00:28:42.950 breaks up the fight. She explains to baby Billy 00:28:42.950 --> 00:28:45.869 that instead of fighting, they could both race 00:28:45.869 --> 00:28:50.069 to apologize. Inspired by her pep talk, they 00:28:50.069 --> 00:28:55.109 do just that, and they become best friends. I 00:28:55.109 --> 00:28:57.130 really liked this book. It was a lot of fun. 00:28:57.470 --> 00:29:01.509 It was really sweet. I love that it was like, 00:29:01.710 --> 00:29:05.250 it started out with baby Billy trying to be friends 00:29:05.250 --> 00:29:09.009 with Javier, but then with all the conflict with, 00:29:09.009 --> 00:29:11.470 you know, Billy losing all the time, essentially, 00:29:11.869 --> 00:29:15.710 you know, they become rivals, but then end up 00:29:15.710 --> 00:29:18.049 figuring out how to become best friends in the 00:29:18.049 --> 00:29:22.109 end. I just, there were a lot of, you know, kind 00:29:22.109 --> 00:29:25.650 of jokes kind of embedded in there for grownups 00:29:25.650 --> 00:29:27.910 to look at too. So that was a lot of fun. Like 00:29:27.910 --> 00:29:30.660 they had them, you know, both run for president 00:29:30.660 --> 00:29:35.000 and naturally it was presidents that like you 00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:36.960 have like Abe Lincoln in there that grownups 00:29:36.960 --> 00:29:39.980 are going to recognize but not so much the kids 00:29:39.980 --> 00:29:43.839 so there were a lot of fun jokes in there for 00:29:43.839 --> 00:29:47.019 parents and teachers and whoever's actually reading 00:29:47.019 --> 00:29:51.380 the story to the child to kind of look at themselves 00:29:51.380 --> 00:29:55.039 and so that was a lot of fun but it was sweet 00:29:55.039 --> 00:29:58.480 i love that they ended up figuring out how to 00:29:58.480 --> 00:30:03.079 get along. It was a really nice social emotional 00:30:03.079 --> 00:30:07.880 story. Yeah, this I love this series. They're 00:30:07.880 --> 00:30:11.119 so fun. And they're really engaging to the kids 00:30:11.119 --> 00:30:13.640 because the kids think it's hysterical that that 00:30:13.640 --> 00:30:16.160 the baby has a mustache or the baby has a beard 00:30:16.160 --> 00:30:19.319 and so it keeps their attention because it's 00:30:19.319 --> 00:30:23.339 funny and silly and they get into such crazy 00:30:23.339 --> 00:30:25.839 situations. So this whole series is excellent 00:30:25.839 --> 00:30:28.680 and Um, I, yeah, I think she does a great job 00:30:28.680 --> 00:30:31.599 of balancing like the adult, like the little 00:30:31.599 --> 00:30:34.759 things for the adults while making just a really 00:30:34.759 --> 00:30:37.339 great story for the kids to enjoy with like a 00:30:37.339 --> 00:30:39.940 big heart to it too. Yeah. Or like they're becoming 00:30:39.940 --> 00:30:43.380 best friends or they're learning, um, from their 00:30:43.380 --> 00:30:45.079 parents and that kind of thing. So it's a, they're, 00:30:45.140 --> 00:30:47.000 it's a really great series. I strongly suggest 00:30:47.000 --> 00:30:49.180 them. I think they're excellent. And like I said, 00:30:49.259 --> 00:30:52.680 my students love them. They're so much fun. They 00:30:52.680 --> 00:30:55.309 were really cute. Yeah. I liked it. I think I'd 00:30:55.309 --> 00:30:57.250 give it a four out of five. It was a lot of fun. 00:30:58.190 --> 00:31:01.450 I think for a makerspace activity, I would do 00:31:01.450 --> 00:31:03.910 any kind of race. There was a lot of competition 00:31:03.910 --> 00:31:08.869 in there with Baby Billy and Baby Javier. So 00:31:08.869 --> 00:31:12.069 I think I would look at whatever unit of study 00:31:12.069 --> 00:31:14.869 maybe you're doing in science and do maybe like 00:31:14.869 --> 00:31:18.190 a ramp lesson or some kind of like a builder 00:31:18.190 --> 00:31:20.849 like racing some kind of cars or something is 00:31:20.849 --> 00:31:24.269 what I was kind of envisioning. We have a unit 00:31:24.269 --> 00:31:27.529 of a wheels unit of study. One of ours that we 00:31:27.529 --> 00:31:29.130 already talked about is music, but another one 00:31:29.130 --> 00:31:31.569 is just wheels in general. And I could see doing 00:31:31.569 --> 00:31:34.190 this with pre -k and like having the kids either 00:31:34.190 --> 00:31:36.130 build their own car, well maybe not build their 00:31:36.130 --> 00:31:37.549 own cars, that'd be a little complicated for 00:31:37.549 --> 00:31:40.529 pre -k, but finding a way to race their cars 00:31:40.529 --> 00:31:42.910 down ramps or something and see who can get theirs 00:31:42.910 --> 00:31:45.450 to go the farthest and have a little friendly 00:31:45.450 --> 00:31:48.309 competition in there of some kind and just see 00:31:48.309 --> 00:31:51.529 kind of see what you're doing in like physics 00:31:51.529 --> 00:31:55.559 related. and kind of do a cross -curricular connection 00:31:55.559 --> 00:31:58.700 there. I mean, if you gave them some Legos, they 00:31:58.700 --> 00:32:00.839 could probably build a car. They could build 00:32:00.839 --> 00:32:03.420 a car with Legos, actually. And now that I said 00:32:03.420 --> 00:32:05.220 materials, that would be yeah, they could do 00:32:05.220 --> 00:32:07.019 it. It just depends on what materials you're 00:32:07.019 --> 00:32:09.339 using for sure. Good point. Now that I think 00:32:09.339 --> 00:32:11.440 about it, I have some magnetic car builders that 00:32:11.440 --> 00:32:13.779 would go really well. Lakeshore has some really 00:32:13.779 --> 00:32:15.680 cool ones. Naturally, you would have to spend 00:32:15.680 --> 00:32:19.240 some money for those. But yeah, I forgot I have 00:32:19.240 --> 00:32:23.079 those. Good call. Yeah, so I think you're right. 00:32:23.460 --> 00:32:25.400 Having them build it and then race them, I think 00:32:25.400 --> 00:32:26.900 that would be a really cool thing. And I think 00:32:26.900 --> 00:32:29.259 a lot of kids would really enjoy being able, 00:32:29.579 --> 00:32:31.279 even if they didn't win, just being able to watch 00:32:31.279 --> 00:32:33.480 all the other cars racing and have it, that'd 00:32:33.480 --> 00:32:35.140 be a lot of fun. I think they'd enjoy that a 00:32:35.140 --> 00:32:37.359 lot. Yeah, I think it would be a lot of fun. 00:32:37.640 --> 00:32:41.000 And a great way to incorporate the book with 00:32:41.000 --> 00:32:48.420 the unit on wheels. Yeah. I love that. All right. 00:32:48.859 --> 00:32:51.769 Well. Thank you all for joining us today on this 00:32:51.769 --> 00:32:54.589 episode of Librarians of Littles. We hope you 00:32:54.589 --> 00:32:57.029 all found some fresh ideas for inspiring our 00:32:57.029 --> 00:32:59.509 young readers. Please be sure to subscribe and 00:32:59.509 --> 00:33:01.809 connect with us on social media. 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