WEBVTT 00:00:20.990 --> 00:00:25.010 Hello, I'm Patrick Adams. And I am Caroline Legere. 00:00:25.839 --> 00:00:29.239 And this is Librarians of Littles, a podcast 00:00:29.239 --> 00:00:32.119 where we share books, makerspace activities, 00:00:32.500 --> 00:00:35.859 and tips and tricks for working with our youngest 00:00:35.859 --> 00:00:39.259 learners in the library setting. This week, we 00:00:39.259 --> 00:00:43.240 have two books with a patriotic theme. By the 00:00:43.240 --> 00:00:45.840 time this comes out, it'll be right before the 00:00:45.840 --> 00:00:48.880 4th of July. And so we thought that we would 00:00:48.880 --> 00:00:52.240 select some patriotic books that might be fun 00:00:52.240 --> 00:00:56.149 to use in the library setting with younger students 00:00:56.149 --> 00:01:01.509 just to fit the theme for Fourth of July and 00:01:01.509 --> 00:01:05.769 being patriotic for our country. And so we're 00:01:05.769 --> 00:01:09.709 going to discuss two books that fit that criteria. 00:01:10.569 --> 00:01:15.030 The first of which is the book called F is for 00:01:15.030 --> 00:01:19.069 Flag. It is published by Penguin Random House 00:01:19.069 --> 00:01:24.150 in 2002. The author is Wendy Cheyette -Lewison. 00:01:24.409 --> 00:01:29.569 and the illustrator is Barbara Duke. This book 00:01:29.569 --> 00:01:33.969 did not win any awards or is on any lists, and 00:01:33.969 --> 00:01:36.709 this book is kind of a little bit more off the 00:01:36.709 --> 00:01:41.450 beaten path. It's not as well known, and honestly, 00:01:42.150 --> 00:01:45.670 the information that we gathered about the author 00:01:45.670 --> 00:01:49.609 and illustrator is minimal at best. The author, 00:01:50.209 --> 00:01:52.629 Wendy Cheyette -Lewison, there she doesn't have 00:01:52.629 --> 00:01:55.730 her own website and the limited information that 00:01:55.730 --> 00:01:58.010 we found about her included some of the books 00:01:58.010 --> 00:02:00.629 that she wrote and the fact that she lives in 00:02:00.629 --> 00:02:04.709 New York. So there's very little information 00:02:04.709 --> 00:02:09.310 about her but she has done quite a few books. 00:02:10.349 --> 00:02:14.409 Some of those books include Buzz Said the Bee 00:02:14.409 --> 00:02:18.930 illustrated by Hans Wilhelm. Clifford's Loose 00:02:18.930 --> 00:02:22.090 Tooth. She did that with Norman Bridwell. That's 00:02:22.090 --> 00:02:26.250 part of the Clifford series. L is for Liberty, 00:02:26.650 --> 00:02:31.210 illustrated by Laura Freeman Hines. P is for 00:02:31.210 --> 00:02:36.750 President, illustrated by Valerio Fabretti. Don't 00:02:36.750 --> 00:02:41.389 Wake the Baby, illustrated by Jerry Smaath. 2 00:02:41.389 --> 00:02:46.020 is for Twins, illustrated by Hiro Nakata. I wear 00:02:46.020 --> 00:02:50.400 my tutu everywhere, illustrated by Mary Morgan, 00:02:50.939 --> 00:02:55.419 and many more. Our illustrator, Barbara Duke, 00:02:56.080 --> 00:02:59.120 was born in Australia and had an interest in 00:02:59.120 --> 00:03:02.020 art from an early age. She taught herself how 00:03:02.020 --> 00:03:04.460 to be an artist with the help of an occasional 00:03:04.460 --> 00:03:08.240 workshop. After working in pen and pencils, she 00:03:08.240 --> 00:03:11.819 moved on to paintings, and now she has paintings 00:03:11.819 --> 00:03:16.530 in art shows and galleries and... for sale online. 00:03:17.150 --> 00:03:21.050 And we actually didn't find any other books that 00:03:21.050 --> 00:03:26.370 we could gather that she illustrated. So according 00:03:26.370 --> 00:03:29.889 to the internets and everything that I could 00:03:29.889 --> 00:03:32.069 find this might have been her only book that 00:03:32.069 --> 00:03:37.229 she illustrated. So this particular book is a 00:03:37.229 --> 00:03:40.060 non -fiction book. about the American flag, where 00:03:40.060 --> 00:03:42.500 it can be seen, its meanings, the meanings of 00:03:42.500 --> 00:03:46.740 the parts, and the thoughts on its original creation. 00:03:47.259 --> 00:03:51.180 This is actually, it's a pretty good book. It's 00:03:51.180 --> 00:03:54.280 pretty simple. But I thought it was pretty cute. 00:03:54.879 --> 00:03:57.780 It gives a lot of good information about the 00:03:57.780 --> 00:04:01.300 flag, where we see it, how to be respectful of 00:04:01.300 --> 00:04:04.439 it. It includes the Pledge of Allegiance. It 00:04:04.439 --> 00:04:08.560 includes the reasons behind the stripes and the 00:04:08.560 --> 00:04:12.379 stars. The fact that it has changed over years 00:04:12.379 --> 00:04:14.719 based on the number of states that we've had. 00:04:15.460 --> 00:04:18.459 It even mentions the fact the story of Betsy 00:04:18.459 --> 00:04:22.439 Ross Creating the first one and it does include 00:04:22.439 --> 00:04:27.579 it listed as a story not the actual Factual information 00:04:27.579 --> 00:04:31.300 about the fact that that's probably not how the 00:04:31.300 --> 00:04:35.100 original flag was created And so it's a it's 00:04:35.100 --> 00:04:37.800 a cute story. I liked it I think it's very informational 00:04:37.800 --> 00:04:40.579 and it's it's written at a level where it would 00:04:40.579 --> 00:04:44.839 be a good book for pre -k and early elementary 00:04:44.839 --> 00:04:48.560 students to get some of this information, to 00:04:48.560 --> 00:04:52.660 introduce some of those concepts about the flag, 00:04:52.699 --> 00:04:57.399 how we treat it, what it represents, the Pledge 00:04:57.399 --> 00:05:00.000 of Allegiance is listed in there as well, and 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:01.980 so kind of introducing the students to some of 00:05:01.980 --> 00:05:05.779 these things. Pre -K students that are already 00:05:05.779 --> 00:05:07.720 in school, they're already familiar with some 00:05:07.720 --> 00:05:10.139 of the parts, like the Pledge of Allegiance and 00:05:10.139 --> 00:05:11.439 that kind of thing. They probably do it every 00:05:11.439 --> 00:05:15.060 morning as part of their either morning meeting 00:05:15.060 --> 00:05:17.579 or announcements or whatever their campus does. 00:05:18.240 --> 00:05:20.040 So going over that and kind of explaining what 00:05:20.040 --> 00:05:23.000 some of that means, talking about the flag itself, 00:05:23.600 --> 00:05:27.899 giving up just some context to the flag. Why? 00:05:28.990 --> 00:05:32.769 We treat it with the respect that it gets and 00:05:32.769 --> 00:05:35.769 the meaning behind it I thought it was a good 00:05:35.769 --> 00:05:39.509 story that really works well To introduce these 00:05:39.509 --> 00:05:41.910 starting concepts to younger students This would 00:05:41.910 --> 00:05:43.589 not be the kind of book that you'd want to be 00:05:43.589 --> 00:05:45.649 trying to read to like fourth or fifth grade 00:05:45.649 --> 00:05:48.350 students But for pre -k kindergarten, I think 00:05:48.350 --> 00:05:52.490 it's a good solid story that would be able to 00:05:52.490 --> 00:05:55.930 give the kids Some knowledge and the pictures 00:05:55.930 --> 00:05:59.189 I think were pretty great as far as helping to 00:05:59.189 --> 00:06:02.290 relay the context of the story They're bright 00:06:02.290 --> 00:06:04.889 and vivid. So the kids will be able to see all 00:06:04.889 --> 00:06:07.790 of those parts to the flag and the different 00:06:07.790 --> 00:06:11.430 Places where flags are flown and seen that kind 00:06:11.430 --> 00:06:14.490 of thing. So I think overall it's a pretty solid 00:06:14.490 --> 00:06:18.050 book I would give it I don't know probably Three 00:06:18.050 --> 00:06:21.149 and a half or four out of five bookmarks. It's 00:06:21.149 --> 00:06:25.250 a it's a solid story lots of information, and 00:06:25.250 --> 00:06:27.410 I think it would be a good book for the week 00:06:27.410 --> 00:06:30.850 of 4th July. They do also mention Flag Day, so 00:06:30.850 --> 00:06:33.850 you could use it for Flag Day, too, in June if 00:06:33.850 --> 00:06:38.769 that's something that comes up. Yeah, I hadn't 00:06:38.769 --> 00:06:43.209 read this book before. I had to look it up on 00:06:43.209 --> 00:06:45.470 YouTube. There's a YouTube online read -aloud 00:06:45.470 --> 00:06:48.009 for it, which actually had kind of a lot of views. 00:06:48.410 --> 00:06:50.470 I was kind of surprised at how popular it was 00:06:50.470 --> 00:06:53.170 on YouTube. but that's okay. I agree that I would 00:06:53.170 --> 00:06:54.990 give it about a three and a half out of five. 00:06:55.129 --> 00:06:57.490 I think I thought it was a pretty decent non 00:06:57.490 --> 00:07:00.089 -fiction book. I liked that it was kind of a 00:07:00.089 --> 00:07:02.689 lot of the non -fiction books that you read that 00:07:02.689 --> 00:07:06.490 are for younger kids are exceptionally dry and 00:07:06.490 --> 00:07:11.730 I this one wasn't quite as dry as a typical non 00:07:11.730 --> 00:07:13.490 -fiction one. I didn't think it was a little 00:07:13.490 --> 00:07:17.670 bit The tone felt a little bit more conversational, 00:07:17.670 --> 00:07:20.689 which made it slightly more relatable than the 00:07:20.689 --> 00:07:24.170 average non -fiction book for pre -K and kinder. 00:07:24.569 --> 00:07:26.730 So yeah, I thought that they did a pretty good 00:07:26.730 --> 00:07:29.810 job kind of explaining all the different parts 00:07:29.810 --> 00:07:32.490 of the flag. I think because it went to such 00:07:32.490 --> 00:07:35.009 detail with all the things, it looked like you 00:07:35.009 --> 00:07:38.610 could easily like just focus in on a couple of 00:07:38.610 --> 00:07:41.970 pages if there was a couple of particular concepts 00:07:41.970 --> 00:07:44.519 that you were working on. It was, it would be, 00:07:44.579 --> 00:07:47.740 you'd be able to just single out parts of it 00:07:47.740 --> 00:07:51.240 to work on those concepts in particular. And 00:07:51.240 --> 00:07:54.879 there are a couple of pre -K guidelines in, in 00:07:54.879 --> 00:07:57.920 Texas, the, the state of Texas has their own 00:07:57.920 --> 00:08:01.259 guidelines for pre -K that they're required to 00:08:01.259 --> 00:08:03.939 teach. They're different than the, in other states 00:08:03.939 --> 00:08:06.300 that there's common core and in Texas we do teaks, 00:08:06.540 --> 00:08:10.120 but. Pre -K is special and has guidelines and 00:08:10.120 --> 00:08:12.500 there are two guidelines specifically that relate 00:08:12.500 --> 00:08:16.839 to the flag and like teachers are required to 00:08:16.839 --> 00:08:20.160 teach about the flag and the Pledge of Allegiance 00:08:20.160 --> 00:08:24.860 and the for both the state of Texas and for the 00:08:24.860 --> 00:08:27.540 United States of America. And this did introduce 00:08:27.540 --> 00:08:29.540 both of those concepts as well. So it's an exceptionally 00:08:29.540 --> 00:08:33.259 good book for Texas schools too. So yeah, it 00:08:33.259 --> 00:08:36.870 was a good book. It was. And yeah, like you said, 00:08:37.149 --> 00:08:39.450 nonfiction books kind of are hit or miss. And 00:08:39.450 --> 00:08:42.769 this one I felt was a better of the nonfiction 00:08:42.769 --> 00:08:45.710 books that for younger students that I've seen. 00:08:46.529 --> 00:08:51.370 So I agree. So a makerspace activity that you 00:08:51.370 --> 00:08:54.070 can incorporate with this book. I came up with 00:08:54.070 --> 00:08:56.990 one that would be pretty fun to do using some 00:08:56.990 --> 00:09:01.370 construction paper, some glue and possibly scissors, 00:09:01.570 --> 00:09:04.350 depending on the time of year that you do this 00:09:04.350 --> 00:09:07.809 and how much practice the students have had. 00:09:08.330 --> 00:09:10.870 If not scissors, you could definitely have them 00:09:10.870 --> 00:09:13.929 tear paper and it would still work completely. 00:09:15.480 --> 00:09:19.779 So the activity would be to give the students 00:09:19.779 --> 00:09:24.080 some construction paper and have them use that 00:09:24.080 --> 00:09:26.679 construction paper to make their own flag. You 00:09:26.679 --> 00:09:28.659 could do one of two things with this. You could 00:09:28.659 --> 00:09:31.500 have them design their own flag for themselves 00:09:31.500 --> 00:09:35.740 and they could come up with different parts of 00:09:35.740 --> 00:09:38.460 the flag and give meanings to those parts. Or 00:09:38.460 --> 00:09:41.340 what I would probably end up doing is giving 00:09:41.340 --> 00:09:46.940 the students like just a sheet of paper and then 00:09:46.940 --> 00:09:51.159 giving them red and blue and white paper for 00:09:51.159 --> 00:09:55.120 them to construct their own American flag and 00:09:55.120 --> 00:09:59.240 kind of give them some leeway on how they design 00:09:59.240 --> 00:10:02.240 their American flag but to include the red white 00:10:02.240 --> 00:10:05.500 and blue to include having those stripes they 00:10:05.500 --> 00:10:08.600 can tear the strips of paper or cut strips of 00:10:08.600 --> 00:10:12.279 paper to make stripes and create their stars 00:10:12.279 --> 00:10:15.679 and their blue their banner of blue to put the 00:10:15.679 --> 00:10:17.200 stars on, that kind of thing, and have them create 00:10:17.200 --> 00:10:19.799 their own American flag. So after reading about 00:10:19.799 --> 00:10:22.940 this book, they could then walk out of the library 00:10:22.940 --> 00:10:25.559 with an American flag that they've made out of 00:10:25.559 --> 00:10:27.820 construction paper themselves. Just a fun way 00:10:27.820 --> 00:10:29.980 to have the students kind of show what they've 00:10:29.980 --> 00:10:32.220 learned about the American flag and see if they 00:10:32.220 --> 00:10:34.340 can identify the different parts of it by creating 00:10:34.340 --> 00:10:36.379 their own, yeah. Yeah, that's a really good hands 00:10:36.379 --> 00:10:37.980 -on way to learn a little bit more about the 00:10:37.980 --> 00:10:44.009 flag. Yeah, good one. Okay, so this week for 00:10:44.009 --> 00:10:47.529 our library of littles management tip or trick 00:10:47.529 --> 00:10:52.049 At my campus. I only see two classes of pre -k, 00:10:52.129 --> 00:10:56.250 but I actually use this tip for pre -k through 00:10:56.250 --> 00:11:01.110 second grade the students in pre -k through second 00:11:01.110 --> 00:11:04.980 grade on my campus they library cards. I don't 00:11:04.980 --> 00:11:07.220 after second grade my students don't have library 00:11:07.220 --> 00:11:09.639 cards anymore because they've learned their ID 00:11:09.639 --> 00:11:11.899 numbers and so they can type in their own ID 00:11:11.899 --> 00:11:15.200 number and scan their books and take care of 00:11:15.200 --> 00:11:17.220 their stuff that way. But for the younger students 00:11:17.220 --> 00:11:20.360 they don't know. I'm not expecting them to learn 00:11:20.360 --> 00:11:22.559 their ID number yet and be able to type that 00:11:22.559 --> 00:11:24.899 into the computer. So we create library cards 00:11:24.899 --> 00:11:28.480 for them. The first step is I just use some index 00:11:28.480 --> 00:11:32.559 cards and I will print the class. list of barcodes. 00:11:32.879 --> 00:11:35.519 The barcode will have their ID number and their 00:11:35.519 --> 00:11:40.159 name on it. I put them on labels, put those labels 00:11:40.159 --> 00:11:44.440 onto an index card, and then under the barcode, 00:11:44.759 --> 00:11:49.659 under the label, I will usually write in like 00:11:49.659 --> 00:11:52.899 a black sharpie the student's names nice and 00:11:52.899 --> 00:11:56.159 big by what they go by, not necessarily the name. 00:11:56.490 --> 00:11:58.669 like their legal name that's on the barcode. 00:11:58.830 --> 00:12:01.909 So like if a student's name is Michael, but they 00:12:01.909 --> 00:12:04.870 go by Mikey, that's what I write. I write Mikey 00:12:04.870 --> 00:12:07.990 underneath the barcode so that the kids can find 00:12:07.990 --> 00:12:10.149 the name that they're working on identifying 00:12:10.149 --> 00:12:13.769 anyway in text and they can find their cards 00:12:13.769 --> 00:12:16.309 pretty quickly that way. So that's the first 00:12:16.309 --> 00:12:20.029 thing. I create the library cards for each class 00:12:20.029 --> 00:12:23.269 and then being able to organize them and have 00:12:23.269 --> 00:12:26.320 them ready to go for each class. can be challenging 00:12:26.320 --> 00:12:29.700 at times. I've done it a couple different ways 00:12:29.700 --> 00:12:34.139 in the past. I've had like a basket where each 00:12:34.139 --> 00:12:35.740 class has their own like Ziploc baggie and you 00:12:35.740 --> 00:12:38.080 can put the cards into that Ziploc baggie and 00:12:38.080 --> 00:12:39.440 you have it in a basket and you can just pull 00:12:39.440 --> 00:12:43.779 that baggie out and pull out the cards. Or what 00:12:43.779 --> 00:12:45.460 I found that's a little bit easier is actually 00:12:45.460 --> 00:12:50.460 using one of those... I want to say it's like 00:12:50.460 --> 00:12:55.100 a pocket chart that has like rows of pockets 00:12:55.100 --> 00:12:56.720 where you can just kind of slide the cards right 00:12:56.720 --> 00:12:59.759 into a pocket and you can label those pockets 00:12:59.759 --> 00:13:02.220 by grade level and by teacher's name so you can 00:13:02.220 --> 00:13:04.820 just go over and find the grade level and the 00:13:04.820 --> 00:13:08.679 teacher's name pull that stack of cards and I 00:13:08.679 --> 00:13:13.120 tend to I try to have the cards out on my circulation 00:13:13.120 --> 00:13:15.899 desk spread out so that the students can see 00:13:15.899 --> 00:13:20.679 all of them before my Students come into the 00:13:20.679 --> 00:13:24.120 library because once they come in to the library 00:13:24.120 --> 00:13:26.100 and we get them the carpet I want to be able 00:13:26.100 --> 00:13:28.899 to do my lesson and as soon as my lessons over 00:13:28.899 --> 00:13:31.299 I want them to be able to get up and check out 00:13:31.299 --> 00:13:34.519 books and if We have some kids that pick books 00:13:34.519 --> 00:13:37.039 really quickly and if I'm still trying to put 00:13:37.039 --> 00:13:39.440 out all the cards and stuff It slows down the 00:13:39.440 --> 00:13:42.629 process. So if I have the cards out Before the 00:13:42.629 --> 00:13:45.389 kids get there as soon as I release them They 00:13:45.389 --> 00:13:47.450 can go find a book and go straight over to the 00:13:47.450 --> 00:13:50.389 computer and start finding their cards And then 00:13:50.389 --> 00:13:53.289 I'll be there or the teacher if with pre -k the 00:13:53.289 --> 00:13:56.889 teacher will be around in the library So the 00:13:56.889 --> 00:13:59.649 teachers know how to scan the cards and the books 00:13:59.649 --> 00:14:02.230 if it's not the teacher Then it's me that's over 00:14:02.230 --> 00:14:04.529 there at the computer to help out But the kids 00:14:04.529 --> 00:14:08.169 find their card and hand the card and the book 00:14:08.169 --> 00:14:11.409 over so that they can be scanned I keep the card 00:14:11.580 --> 00:14:15.740 They keep the book. And then once everybody's 00:14:15.740 --> 00:14:17.399 checked out their books, any cards that are still 00:14:17.399 --> 00:14:19.620 left on the counter, I can look and be like, 00:14:19.700 --> 00:14:22.639 is this kid absent? Did they just not pick a 00:14:22.639 --> 00:14:24.440 book? Like we can figure out what's going on 00:14:24.440 --> 00:14:26.379 with that. And then once I have all the cards 00:14:26.379 --> 00:14:27.980 again, I just collect them, put them right back 00:14:27.980 --> 00:14:30.759 in that pocket and wait until the next time they 00:14:30.759 --> 00:14:32.679 come to the library. It's a nice way to keep 00:14:32.679 --> 00:14:36.220 it organized. It's a nice way to know. Like I 00:14:36.220 --> 00:14:39.059 can also, one thing that I do is like, when we 00:14:39.059 --> 00:14:42.340 get new students it's really easy for me to put 00:14:42.340 --> 00:14:47.159 a post -it note on the outside of the pocket 00:14:47.159 --> 00:14:51.799 for that class with who needs a new barcode so 00:14:51.799 --> 00:14:55.740 that like every Friday before I leave I go through 00:14:55.740 --> 00:14:58.679 and grab all those post -it notes and print out 00:14:58.679 --> 00:15:02.220 the new barcodes that I need and put them back 00:15:02.220 --> 00:15:05.679 into the bright pockets and then start the next 00:15:05.679 --> 00:15:08.820 week. with everybody's barcodes with their every 00:15:08.820 --> 00:15:11.480 library card so if like the first week somebody's 00:15:11.480 --> 00:15:14.019 new clearly i won't have their barcode but i'll 00:15:14.019 --> 00:15:15.860 make a note to myself and put a post -it note 00:15:15.860 --> 00:15:19.320 on that pocket so that i know on friday before 00:15:19.320 --> 00:15:21.620 i leave i need to print those barcodes and i 00:15:21.620 --> 00:15:24.299 have the new barcodes for the next week so that 00:15:24.299 --> 00:15:26.279 those kids have their library cards that second 00:15:26.279 --> 00:15:28.639 time they get into the library which is a nice 00:15:28.639 --> 00:15:31.080 way just to keep up with it i just have a set 00:15:31.080 --> 00:15:33.580 time before i leave on friday where i print any 00:15:33.580 --> 00:15:35.580 new barcodes for any new library cards that i 00:15:35.580 --> 00:15:39.259 need And then go on with my weekend. No big deal. 00:15:39.460 --> 00:15:40.720 And the next week I already know that they'll 00:15:40.720 --> 00:15:43.620 have their library card. So just kind of a nice 00:15:43.620 --> 00:15:47.620 way to keep organized and be able to remind myself 00:15:47.620 --> 00:15:49.879 of different things that I need to do. I found 00:15:49.879 --> 00:15:52.919 that when I did it in like a Ziploc bag in a 00:15:52.919 --> 00:15:56.759 basket, those notes about who needed new library 00:15:56.759 --> 00:15:59.039 card and stuff like that kind of get lost and 00:15:59.039 --> 00:16:03.259 end up in the ether. And I'll forget and. Then 00:16:03.259 --> 00:16:04.919 the next week they come in and I still didn't 00:16:04.919 --> 00:16:06.460 make them their new library card that kind of 00:16:06.460 --> 00:16:08.379 thing So I just find that the pocket chart kind 00:16:08.379 --> 00:16:10.840 of thing helps makes it a little bit easier and 00:16:10.840 --> 00:16:14.200 you can find like Kind of like the narrow ones 00:16:14.200 --> 00:16:18.120 that don't take up a ton of space somewhere To 00:16:18.120 --> 00:16:21.820 keep them where it's not a huge deal. It's not 00:16:21.820 --> 00:16:25.679 taking up a ton of space On a wall somewhere 00:16:25.679 --> 00:16:27.860 that you might need to have something else. I 00:16:27.860 --> 00:16:31.720 have a couple small little like one and a half 00:16:31.720 --> 00:16:35.960 foot wide sections of wall behind my circulation 00:16:35.960 --> 00:16:38.200 desk and I just kind of have it hung there so 00:16:38.200 --> 00:16:41.720 that I can get get them as I need them. So yeah. 00:16:42.639 --> 00:16:45.080 I like that idea. Nice way to stay organized. 00:16:45.500 --> 00:16:49.460 Yeah. You know. I have not made library cards 00:16:49.460 --> 00:16:52.279 yet. I'm looking forward to doing that next year. 00:16:52.519 --> 00:16:56.240 I have always just used the class lists that 00:16:57.019 --> 00:17:00.139 are provided within our cataloging system and 00:17:00.139 --> 00:17:03.059 yeah, just call kids up one at a time because 00:17:03.059 --> 00:17:06.660 I've only had four and five year olds, so I Don't 00:17:06.660 --> 00:17:09.599 know. I tried to I think my first year, but it 00:17:09.599 --> 00:17:13.519 didn't work out But it was okay. It was just 00:17:13.519 --> 00:17:15.779 our our population was a little too transient 00:17:15.779 --> 00:17:19.900 Yeah, and we had to get that yeah, and so yeah, 00:17:19.900 --> 00:17:24.640 I will say one thing that I do like for the entire 00:17:24.880 --> 00:17:29.519 campus is I do also have a binder on my circulation 00:17:29.519 --> 00:17:33.400 desk where I print out just on paper the class 00:17:33.400 --> 00:17:35.819 list of barcodes and I have that broken down 00:17:35.819 --> 00:17:38.960 by grade level and by teachers so like even so 00:17:38.960 --> 00:17:42.160 my kids that are third fourth and fifth grade 00:17:42.160 --> 00:17:44.279 and don't have a library card if they still haven't 00:17:44.279 --> 00:17:47.440 learned their barcode they can go there to find 00:17:47.440 --> 00:17:50.819 their bar their ID number to type in but I also 00:17:50.819 --> 00:17:54.599 have it just that way because if If I have a 00:17:54.599 --> 00:17:57.640 sub, sometimes it's easier just to be like, there's 00:17:57.640 --> 00:18:00.640 the page. And so they can use that binder instead 00:18:00.640 --> 00:18:03.759 of trying to find like library cards, which pocket 00:18:03.759 --> 00:18:05.180 and that kind of thing. That's a great idea. 00:18:05.660 --> 00:18:08.119 So I do have all of that printed out that way. 00:18:08.859 --> 00:18:11.980 And I will say though, like when we get back 00:18:11.980 --> 00:18:16.960 to school at the end of July into August, as 00:18:16.960 --> 00:18:19.180 soon as the class lists are made, the first thing 00:18:19.180 --> 00:18:22.559 I do is I go through and I keep, so like at the 00:18:22.559 --> 00:18:25.619 end of this last year, I kept all of my library 00:18:25.619 --> 00:18:29.180 cards for my kinder students and my first grade 00:18:29.180 --> 00:18:34.539 students. And so I have right now, I just have 00:18:34.539 --> 00:18:37.660 a giant stack of first grade student library 00:18:37.660 --> 00:18:40.180 cards and a giant stack of kindergarten student 00:18:40.180 --> 00:18:45.240 library cards. And so I will, once class lists 00:18:45.240 --> 00:18:48.970 are made, I'll go through and find all of the 00:18:48.970 --> 00:18:52.069 library cards that I've already made from this 00:18:52.069 --> 00:18:55.490 past year and I'll organize them into classes. 00:18:57.230 --> 00:19:00.490 Anybody that's not on a class list that I had 00:19:00.490 --> 00:19:03.589 a library card for, I put those to the side because 00:19:03.589 --> 00:19:08.470 inevitably that first week and a half of school, 00:19:08.750 --> 00:19:12.180 some of those kids... Just didn't register and 00:19:12.180 --> 00:19:14.519 will end up in a class so I can go and grab cards 00:19:14.519 --> 00:19:17.599 from that stack still before I don't just immediately 00:19:17.599 --> 00:19:20.420 destroy them I keep them around for a couple 00:19:20.420 --> 00:19:24.160 weeks and Then any new student that I do not 00:19:24.160 --> 00:19:25.980 have a barcode They just moved into the school 00:19:25.980 --> 00:19:29.119 area or whatever. I make them new cards and put 00:19:29.119 --> 00:19:31.700 those into the class So I have like a good starting 00:19:31.700 --> 00:19:35.220 base of library cards for my second grade my 00:19:35.220 --> 00:19:38.039 what will be second grade and first grade students 00:19:38.759 --> 00:19:42.279 then I can go through, and any pre -K students 00:19:42.279 --> 00:19:45.799 that I had cards for, that stack is much smaller, 00:19:45.819 --> 00:19:48.220 because I only have two classes of those anyway. 00:19:49.059 --> 00:19:51.500 But I'll split them for the kindergarten, and 00:19:51.500 --> 00:19:53.700 then kindergarten's where a lot of kids, I have 00:19:53.700 --> 00:19:55.400 to make brand new library cards anyway, so I'll 00:19:55.400 --> 00:19:58.359 spend a day making library cards for those students. 00:19:58.460 --> 00:20:02.859 I won't put the name, like I won't write their 00:20:02.859 --> 00:20:07.009 name in Sharpie until I've seen them. for any 00:20:07.009 --> 00:20:09.009 new student, I don't write their name in Sharpie 00:20:09.009 --> 00:20:11.470 on the card until after I've seen them and spoken 00:20:11.470 --> 00:20:13.369 with them, because I like to know what they go 00:20:13.369 --> 00:20:17.509 by and what they want to be called as far as 00:20:17.509 --> 00:20:19.910 nicknames and stuff like that. So I leave that 00:20:19.910 --> 00:20:22.630 until I've actually seen them and spoken with 00:20:22.630 --> 00:20:26.190 them. And then I'll put that on the card as well. 00:20:26.410 --> 00:20:32.690 But yeah, it's nice because I'll have 90 % of 00:20:32.690 --> 00:20:35.960 the second grade library cards ready to go. on 00:20:35.960 --> 00:20:39.720 the first day of school love it because i kept 00:20:39.720 --> 00:20:41.759 them all the first grade ones and so i don't 00:20:41.759 --> 00:20:43.940 remake them i just move them up yeah it makes 00:20:43.940 --> 00:20:46.839 sense for a grade you know and so it's a nice 00:20:46.839 --> 00:20:50.960 way to to limit how many new library cards i 00:20:50.960 --> 00:20:53.460 have to make first off yeah because like note 00:20:53.460 --> 00:20:56.119 cards not expensive but also i don't want to 00:20:56.119 --> 00:20:58.720 be going through it's not expensive but when 00:20:58.720 --> 00:21:03.009 you have like 600 kids Yeah, yeah. Yeah. So yeah, 00:21:03.069 --> 00:21:06.029 I don't want to go through 300 note cards every 00:21:06.029 --> 00:21:09.509 year just to make cards, especially when honestly, 00:21:10.170 --> 00:21:12.430 the amount of time the kids handle the library 00:21:12.430 --> 00:21:14.990 cards is pretty minimal. Because like I said, 00:21:15.029 --> 00:21:17.670 I have I keep track of them, I keep them on the 00:21:17.670 --> 00:21:19.589 counter, they all they have to do is find their 00:21:19.589 --> 00:21:22.029 card on the counter, scan it, and then there's 00:21:22.029 --> 00:21:23.950 a spot where they place the card once it's been 00:21:23.950 --> 00:21:27.039 scanned. to collect them to have a stack so that 00:21:27.039 --> 00:21:29.099 I can just grab them all again anyway so like 00:21:29.099 --> 00:21:31.200 they're not in bad condition I'm gonna use them 00:21:31.200 --> 00:21:35.000 for a couple years and keep track of them that 00:21:35.000 --> 00:21:38.180 way save myself some ink and some labels and 00:21:38.180 --> 00:21:41.180 note cards and just keep reusing them but yeah 00:21:41.180 --> 00:21:44.799 that's how I keep track of my library cards and 00:21:44.799 --> 00:21:50.059 it really is nice that the kids can use the cards 00:21:50.059 --> 00:21:53.400 and know how they work. Like I said, once my 00:21:53.400 --> 00:21:55.940 kids get to third grade, I'm like, okay, you 00:21:55.940 --> 00:21:58.539 need your ID number for lunch. You need your 00:21:58.539 --> 00:22:02.640 ID number to get into any of the online programs 00:22:02.640 --> 00:22:06.680 that we use. You should start testing. They need 00:22:06.680 --> 00:22:09.099 to have their ID number to log into their computer. 00:22:09.920 --> 00:22:12.500 Asking in third grade for students to start memorizing 00:22:12.500 --> 00:22:15.519 a five -digit number seems reasonable to me. 00:22:15.660 --> 00:22:17.819 And so, yeah. That's when I'm like, okay, you're 00:22:17.819 --> 00:22:20.180 done with library cards. Start learning this 00:22:20.180 --> 00:22:23.720 number. Most of the kids, honestly, if they've 00:22:23.720 --> 00:22:26.940 been on the campus for any amount of time, they've 00:22:26.940 --> 00:22:28.420 learned that number because like I said, they 00:22:28.420 --> 00:22:31.200 use it for taking care of lunch and getting into 00:22:31.200 --> 00:22:33.940 their devices and that kind of stuff. So it's 00:22:33.940 --> 00:22:36.480 really not that bad and it works out pretty well. 00:22:37.119 --> 00:22:42.119 Cool. Yeah. Well, thank you. Yeah. I will be 00:22:42.119 --> 00:22:46.559 doing that next year. It's gonna be great. All 00:22:46.559 --> 00:22:49.960 right, well, the next book that we're gonna talk 00:22:49.960 --> 00:22:54.740 about today is Duck for President. It is published 00:22:54.740 --> 00:22:57.400 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers in 00:22:57.400 --> 00:23:02.420 2004. The author is Doreen Cronin and the illustrator 00:23:02.420 --> 00:23:05.819 is Betsy Lewin. And this book is part of that 00:23:05.819 --> 00:23:10.579 classic Click Clack Moo series. This book won 00:23:10.579 --> 00:23:14.200 the New York Times Best Illustrated Book Award, 00:23:14.980 --> 00:23:20.039 and it was a CCBC Choice Book, and it won the 00:23:20.039 --> 00:23:25.220 New York Young Apples Book Award for 2013, which 00:23:25.220 --> 00:23:27.099 I thought was interesting because that was like 00:23:27.099 --> 00:23:30.700 10 years after it was published. But I'm not 00:23:30.700 --> 00:23:32.799 going to ask too many questions about that. That's 00:23:32.799 --> 00:23:39.509 okay. Yeah. So Doreen Cronin is a critically 00:23:39.509 --> 00:23:42.109 acclaimed children's book author. She was born 00:23:42.109 --> 00:23:44.750 in Queens, New York and she grew up in Long Island 00:23:44.750 --> 00:23:46.789 and she currently lives in Brooklyn with her 00:23:46.789 --> 00:23:51.049 family. She's written a whole lot of children's 00:23:51.049 --> 00:23:56.230 books. She has over 20 books listed. on her website 00:23:56.230 --> 00:23:58.430 but I'm pretty sure she's written more than that. 00:23:58.789 --> 00:24:00.609 Some of her more popular books that she's written 00:24:00.609 --> 00:24:04.049 include the Click Clack Moo series, there's the 00:24:04.049 --> 00:24:06.869 Diary of the Worm series and the Chicken Squad 00:24:06.869 --> 00:24:12.450 series. I love those books by the way. I know. 00:24:12.690 --> 00:24:15.029 Like all of her books are so great. They really 00:24:15.029 --> 00:24:18.450 are. When I was a classroom teacher and I taught 00:24:18.450 --> 00:24:21.630 like third and fourth grade we would read the 00:24:21.630 --> 00:24:26.380 Diary of a Worm series books. And like, especially 00:24:26.380 --> 00:24:28.319 in like third and fourth grade, the students 00:24:28.319 --> 00:24:31.539 in Texas are expected to do like research projects 00:24:31.539 --> 00:24:35.859 and stuff. And so we would read that series of 00:24:35.859 --> 00:24:38.000 books and then each student would pick their, 00:24:38.119 --> 00:24:39.900 I would have the students pick their own animal, 00:24:40.220 --> 00:24:43.019 do research on it. And then they would make their 00:24:43.019 --> 00:24:47.380 own diary of whatever. Oh, that's so cute. And 00:24:47.380 --> 00:24:50.660 so it was a fun way for it to do it. Especially 00:24:50.660 --> 00:24:52.200 in fourth grade because in fourth grade at the 00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:54.460 time I was teaching in the classroom They had 00:24:54.460 --> 00:24:56.660 to be able to to do a lot of they had to do a 00:24:56.660 --> 00:24:59.500 lot of writing because a state test required 00:24:59.500 --> 00:25:02.839 a lot of like writing yeah, so to allow them 00:25:02.839 --> 00:25:05.799 to do some creative writing but also show the 00:25:05.799 --> 00:25:07.759 information that they learned from their research 00:25:07.759 --> 00:25:10.799 was really cool and so like I love during all 00:25:10.799 --> 00:25:13.619 of during Cronin spoke she she's amazing when 00:25:13.619 --> 00:25:16.380 it comes to to writing and just it's so much 00:25:16.380 --> 00:25:19.690 fun there because they're always so So engaging 00:25:19.690 --> 00:25:23.130 for the students. So they are they're super engaging 00:25:23.130 --> 00:25:27.309 and then she always writes books that like It's 00:25:27.309 --> 00:25:29.789 pretty easy to find activities like that that 00:25:29.789 --> 00:25:33.990 are like extension activities that are really 00:25:33.990 --> 00:25:37.750 Encourage kids to be extra creative and especially 00:25:37.750 --> 00:25:42.829 extra good writers. Yeah, really good stuff All 00:25:42.829 --> 00:25:45.589 right, and for our illustrator Betsy Lewin, I 00:25:45.589 --> 00:25:48.230 did not know that Betsy Lewin is currently 88 00:25:48.230 --> 00:25:51.069 years old. That was a new fun fact for me. Really? 00:25:51.069 --> 00:25:54.630 Wow. I know. And she's still doing school visits 00:25:54.630 --> 00:26:00.329 and such. Yeah, they're still. Yes. I know on 00:26:00.329 --> 00:26:03.130 her website for both Doreen Cronin and Betsy 00:26:03.130 --> 00:26:06.029 Lewin, like they do. They both do school visits 00:26:06.029 --> 00:26:10.789 still. And but I did not know Betsy Lewin was 00:26:10.789 --> 00:26:13.170 as old as she is and still like she's still. 00:26:13.640 --> 00:26:18.160 Working hard, but. She always wanted to be an 00:26:18.160 --> 00:26:20.140 artist for as long as she could remember. Her 00:26:20.140 --> 00:26:22.220 mother was a kindergarten teacher and instilled 00:26:22.220 --> 00:26:24.460 a lifelong passion for children's books in her 00:26:24.460 --> 00:26:27.299 by reading to her every day. She graduated from 00:26:27.299 --> 00:26:29.400 Pratt Institute where she studied illustration. 00:26:29.640 --> 00:26:32.380 After graduating she began designing greeting 00:26:32.380 --> 00:26:35.660 cards and then she later began to write and illustrate 00:26:35.660 --> 00:26:38.960 stories for children's magazines until one day 00:26:38.960 --> 00:26:41.259 one of the stories was extended and became a 00:26:41.259 --> 00:26:43.740 book. From there she moved on to creating all 00:26:43.740 --> 00:26:45.819 kinds of children's books and she's one that 00:26:45.640 --> 00:26:48.579 Caldecott honor for click clack moo cows that 00:26:48.579 --> 00:26:53.480 type and was awarded the an honor for the very 00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:58.039 first ever Geisel Award for illustrating cowgirl 00:26:58.039 --> 00:27:01.920 Kate and Coco which was written by Erica Silverman 00:27:01.920 --> 00:27:07.420 I know I didn't know how cool she like I knew 00:27:07.420 --> 00:27:10.420 she was great and like I knew her name and everything 00:27:10.420 --> 00:27:13.279 but I was like researching her I was like well 00:27:13.549 --> 00:27:16.769 That's an impressive lady there. Absolutely. 00:27:16.970 --> 00:27:20.930 Yeah. She has illustrated over 40 children's 00:27:20.930 --> 00:27:24.069 books. Some of the more notable ones are the 00:27:24.069 --> 00:27:27.509 Click Clack Moo series that are written by Doreen 00:27:27.509 --> 00:27:31.529 Cronin. She's also written and illustrated quite 00:27:31.529 --> 00:27:34.849 a few of them all on her own, including You Can 00:27:34.849 --> 00:27:38.930 Do It, Thumpy Feet, Good Night Night, and Animal 00:27:38.930 --> 00:27:43.230 Snackers. She also works with her husband Ted 00:27:43.230 --> 00:27:48.069 Lewin, he's an illustrator as well, and they 00:27:48.069 --> 00:27:50.109 have collaborated together to write a number 00:27:50.109 --> 00:27:53.849 of non -fiction books including Elephant Quest, 00:27:54.349 --> 00:27:57.809 Gorilla Walk, Puffling Patrol, and How to Babysit 00:27:57.809 --> 00:28:01.500 a Leopard. That's really cool that they can they 00:28:01.500 --> 00:28:03.500 work together to make some of those books. That's 00:28:03.500 --> 00:28:05.420 awesome It's really cute and on their website 00:28:05.420 --> 00:28:07.500 They've got like pictures of the two of them 00:28:07.500 --> 00:28:09.839 together going to all these exotic locations 00:28:09.839 --> 00:28:12.539 so they can research all these animals It's kind 00:28:12.539 --> 00:28:14.920 of adorable and they're all like they're both 00:28:14.920 --> 00:28:17.440 like almost 90 now and still just doing all the 00:28:17.440 --> 00:28:25.359 things It's pretty inspiring. Yeah Yeah All right, 00:28:25.480 --> 00:28:29.630 so Duck for President is a pretty popular book. 00:28:30.349 --> 00:28:31.750 I'm going to go ahead and go through the summary 00:28:31.750 --> 00:28:33.950 anyway, though, but it is kind of classic. I 00:28:33.950 --> 00:28:37.529 think this is probably the go -to that most schools 00:28:37.529 --> 00:28:41.170 use when they're introducing voting, but for 00:28:41.170 --> 00:28:43.750 the summary for this one. Farmer Brown works 00:28:43.750 --> 00:28:46.230 hard on the farm every day and every day he gets 00:28:46.230 --> 00:28:49.670 up. He ends up filthy from all the hard work 00:28:49.670 --> 00:28:51.509 that it takes to keep the farm running in good 00:28:51.509 --> 00:28:55.509 condition. To help out Farmer Brown enlists all 00:28:55.509 --> 00:28:58.960 of the farm animals unsatisfied with his daily 00:28:58.960 --> 00:29:01.759 barnyard chores, Duck decides to hold an election 00:29:01.759 --> 00:29:05.420 against Farmer Brown for a kinder, gentler farm, 00:29:05.720 --> 00:29:09.140 when he wins that election and learns how much. 00:29:09.369 --> 00:29:11.930 Work it really takes for him to run a farm on 00:29:11.930 --> 00:29:15.470 his own, Duck decides to further change things 00:29:15.470 --> 00:29:18.569 by running for governor. It turns out that running 00:29:18.569 --> 00:29:22.769 a state is also too much work for him, so of 00:29:22.769 --> 00:29:25.289 course he thinks he can continue to change things 00:29:25.289 --> 00:29:28.609 by running for president. And after winning the 00:29:28.609 --> 00:29:30.930 presidential election, Duck learns once again 00:29:30.930 --> 00:29:34.190 that running the country is, in fact, even more 00:29:34.190 --> 00:29:37.630 work. Still dissatisfied with his lot in life, 00:29:37.920 --> 00:29:40.680 duck searches for jobs in the local paper only 00:29:40.680 --> 00:29:44.480 to find a job back as an opening for a duck back 00:29:44.480 --> 00:29:47.559 at the farm with Farmer Brown. I think this book 00:29:47.559 --> 00:29:51.000 is a classic for a reason it's when you go through 00:29:51.000 --> 00:29:53.559 and when everybody's voting for all the things 00:29:53.559 --> 00:29:55.799 like it's a really good one like it shows like 00:29:55.799 --> 00:30:00.079 the number of people voting for from Farmer Brown 00:30:00.079 --> 00:30:04.160 versus the number of people or animals I guess 00:30:04.160 --> 00:30:07.809 voting for duck so you can do it's pretty easy 00:30:07.809 --> 00:30:10.730 to see like to compare the numbers you can do 00:30:10.730 --> 00:30:14.930 like a number sense kind of lesson with it and 00:30:14.930 --> 00:30:17.950 it has talks about recounts and everything because 00:30:17.950 --> 00:30:20.450 naturally the loser of the race always wants 00:30:20.450 --> 00:30:23.369 to recount so you can talk about the recount 00:30:23.369 --> 00:30:27.230 with it and it does like i like that it goes 00:30:27.230 --> 00:30:29.930 through and has like the different levels of 00:30:29.930 --> 00:30:32.930 government so you can talk about why there's 00:30:32.930 --> 00:30:38.220 so many elections and how there's different elections 00:30:38.220 --> 00:30:41.119 for different things and what all the different 00:30:41.119 --> 00:30:44.220 people do in government. It's just an all around 00:30:44.220 --> 00:30:46.700 kind of amazing book, like that you can really 00:30:46.700 --> 00:30:50.180 take it to a lot of different levels. So I mean, 00:30:50.220 --> 00:30:52.460 this one I think is a classic for a reason. I 00:30:52.460 --> 00:30:54.359 think it's a five out of five. It's still pretty 00:30:54.359 --> 00:30:57.559 funny and it's engaging and like the rest of 00:30:57.559 --> 00:31:00.440 Doreen Cronin's work really kind of makes it 00:31:00.440 --> 00:31:06.119 more relatable for kids and pretty easily. provides 00:31:06.119 --> 00:31:10.619 extension activities for everybody. So great 00:31:10.619 --> 00:31:14.059 book, I thought. Yeah. Agreed. Agreed. Yeah. 00:31:14.059 --> 00:31:19.319 I know that every election year, this is a like 00:31:19.319 --> 00:31:22.759 go to book for so many teachers to discuss what 00:31:22.759 --> 00:31:24.839 the election is and how it works and all that. 00:31:24.839 --> 00:31:27.339 So this is always, always a classic. Absolutely. 00:31:27.339 --> 00:31:31.660 I love this book. It's wonderful. Yeah. Yeah, 00:31:31.660 --> 00:31:34.200 it is a classic and it's probably on everybody's 00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:37.339 list already, but It's just it's a classic for 00:31:37.339 --> 00:31:39.940 a reason we need we need good books and this 00:31:39.940 --> 00:31:42.700 is one of them and this is especially with talking 00:31:42.700 --> 00:31:44.519 about elections and anything with government 00:31:44.519 --> 00:31:48.799 really for our younger kids. It's such a hard 00:31:48.799 --> 00:31:52.200 concept to understand because it's so abstract 00:31:52.200 --> 00:31:56.579 and it's so kids are so far removed from that 00:31:56.579 --> 00:31:58.559 and they feel like none of it, of course it does 00:31:58.559 --> 00:32:01.960 affect all of us in our daily lives, but it can 00:32:01.960 --> 00:32:04.460 be hard to see that on the day to day. So especially 00:32:04.460 --> 00:32:07.579 for our younger learners where it's, if it doesn't, 00:32:07.680 --> 00:32:11.059 if they can't really see it happening to them 00:32:11.059 --> 00:32:14.500 right then, like it doesn't usually exist for 00:32:14.500 --> 00:32:18.640 them. So solidifying some of these concepts like 00:32:18.640 --> 00:32:22.359 an election is really difficult, but this book 00:32:22.359 --> 00:32:27.740 does that. So, sorry. I know I was just this 00:32:27.740 --> 00:32:29.900 book is also one of those books where like we 00:32:29.900 --> 00:32:35.259 live in a very like contentious time for politics 00:32:35.259 --> 00:32:41.480 and this book just does such a great job of explaining 00:32:41.480 --> 00:32:44.720 how an election works without getting into like 00:32:44.890 --> 00:32:49.130 parties and like, yeah, getting into like it 00:32:49.130 --> 00:32:52.170 into like a an area where like a parent like 00:32:52.170 --> 00:32:54.109 this is the book like you can read this book, 00:32:54.289 --> 00:32:56.910 and not worry that some parents going to be upset 00:32:56.910 --> 00:33:00.589 that you read a book about this with this like 00:33:00.589 --> 00:33:04.269 it's not leaning or the other it is just just 00:33:04.269 --> 00:33:08.029 like focused on here's how elections work. And 00:33:08.029 --> 00:33:12.430 it's just like, which is really nice. Like, because 00:33:12.430 --> 00:33:16.240 librarians we Our job is relatively political 00:33:16.240 --> 00:33:19.019 as it is, but. Yeah, it should be, but it is 00:33:19.019 --> 00:33:22.819 sad. But when we're giving, when we're doing 00:33:22.819 --> 00:33:26.140 things with our students, like whether, no matter 00:33:26.140 --> 00:33:31.759 which way you lean, your, your predilections 00:33:31.759 --> 00:33:35.299 for whichever way you, you lean shouldn't be 00:33:35.299 --> 00:33:38.670 something that. drives your lessons and it shouldn't 00:33:38.670 --> 00:33:40.450 be something that you're trying to sway students 00:33:40.450 --> 00:33:42.450 one way or the other. And so this is just a great 00:33:42.450 --> 00:33:45.950 book that it's clean cut. It just explains here's 00:33:45.950 --> 00:33:48.170 how elections work, whatever party you're a part 00:33:48.170 --> 00:33:51.549 of. This is the rules that we follow to have 00:33:51.549 --> 00:33:54.269 an election work. And so it's just a nice book 00:33:54.269 --> 00:33:57.710 that like, there's no worry about like someone 00:33:57.710 --> 00:33:59.569 being upset about like, this is just one of those 00:33:59.569 --> 00:34:02.170 books that like, there's nothing to complain 00:34:02.170 --> 00:34:05.009 about with it. It's just perfect to introduce 00:34:05.009 --> 00:34:07.549 the concept and not have to be like stressed 00:34:07.549 --> 00:34:10.949 out. So it's nice because a lot of books, even 00:34:10.949 --> 00:34:13.889 when they're not intentionally doing so, kind 00:34:13.889 --> 00:34:15.809 of end up leaning one way or the other. And so 00:34:15.809 --> 00:34:17.590 someone's going to get upset, but this one is 00:34:17.590 --> 00:34:19.829 just like straightforward. And so it's just nice 00:34:19.829 --> 00:34:24.590 to have that. Yeah, that's a good point. It's 00:34:24.590 --> 00:34:28.889 true. So for the makerspace activity for this 00:34:28.889 --> 00:34:31.349 one. I thought it would be fun to have kids vote 00:34:31.349 --> 00:34:33.929 for their own for whichever makerspace activity 00:34:33.929 --> 00:34:35.949 they wanted. I think if I was going to do this 00:34:35.949 --> 00:34:37.650 and actually I have done this in the classroom 00:34:37.650 --> 00:34:43.610 where I'll pick like three or four centers on 00:34:43.610 --> 00:34:46.489 my own and say these are the ones that we're 00:34:46.489 --> 00:34:48.530 going to play with no matter what. But you guys 00:34:48.530 --> 00:34:53.130 can pick this extra bonus center and I let the 00:34:53.130 --> 00:34:56.570 kids vote on whichever one they like the most. 00:34:57.010 --> 00:35:01.159 So with Pre -K though, and probably with kindergarten 00:35:01.159 --> 00:35:05.360 as well, maybe even first grade. Actually I think 00:35:05.360 --> 00:35:07.860 all kids do this no matter their age level. Like 00:35:07.860 --> 00:35:11.599 if you just ask them to like raise their hand... 00:35:11.440 --> 00:35:14.260 or something like that to vote for something 00:35:14.260 --> 00:35:17.360 like, you're going to have kids that don't listen 00:35:17.360 --> 00:35:19.880 and just raise their hand for all the things. 00:35:20.079 --> 00:35:22.199 And you're going to end up with kids that are 00:35:22.199 --> 00:35:26.159 double voting. So when I do voting, um, which 00:35:26.159 --> 00:35:33.820 is illegal, true story. So when I do voting for 00:35:33.820 --> 00:35:39.340 kids for pre -k anyway, um, I will physically 00:35:39.340 --> 00:35:40.900 move. Like I'll have, like, if I was going to 00:35:40.900 --> 00:35:46.250 have them vote on like Legos or Coda Pillars. 00:35:46.489 --> 00:35:49.630 I would have like Legos on one side of the room 00:35:49.630 --> 00:35:52.869 and then the Coda Pillars on the other side of 00:35:52.869 --> 00:35:57.269 the room and have everybody stand up and physically 00:35:57.269 --> 00:36:01.469 move to whichever one they want to play with 00:36:01.469 --> 00:36:05.489 so that they can't vote twice. And I do this 00:36:05.489 --> 00:36:10.780 too with like when I do book fair. I'll let the 00:36:10.780 --> 00:36:14.239 kids pick a book from the book fair that they 00:36:14.239 --> 00:36:16.880 want to read and I'll have two books and I'll 00:36:16.880 --> 00:36:18.480 put one on one side of the room and the other 00:36:18.480 --> 00:36:20.460 at the other side of the room and everybody has 00:36:20.460 --> 00:36:22.360 to get up and physically move to wherever they 00:36:22.360 --> 00:36:26.360 want and then they just sit down wherever at 00:36:26.360 --> 00:36:28.539 whatever activity they want but they're not allowed 00:36:28.539 --> 00:36:31.980 to move yet and then we count the number of kids 00:36:31.980 --> 00:36:35.980 at each section and then we talk about which 00:36:35.980 --> 00:36:39.650 one has more kids and then we come back together 00:36:39.650 --> 00:36:42.329 and talk about which one has more. That's the 00:36:42.329 --> 00:36:45.389 winner because more kids wanted that. So it's 00:36:45.389 --> 00:36:50.190 a more tangible way where the kids can physically 00:36:50.190 --> 00:36:54.789 see there's more kids that want this activity. 00:36:56.110 --> 00:36:59.570 then they super duper can't vote twice because 00:36:59.570 --> 00:37:03.130 he can't be in two places at once and I do have 00:37:03.130 --> 00:37:05.289 fewer kids that are like confused as to like 00:37:05.289 --> 00:37:09.489 it I think it because they can see there's more 00:37:09.489 --> 00:37:13.010 kids over there it feels more fair to them too 00:37:13.010 --> 00:37:15.809 like they can really understand a little bit 00:37:15.809 --> 00:37:18.889 better not completely but a little bit but well 00:37:18.889 --> 00:37:21.230 I think they can understand it actually it's 00:37:21.230 --> 00:37:24.489 just a few kids are gonna still be sad about 00:37:24.699 --> 00:37:28.679 Losing because that's just life, but it just 00:37:28.679 --> 00:37:30.639 makes it a little bit easier to understand that 00:37:30.639 --> 00:37:33.860 and there's less complaining about You know, 00:37:34.059 --> 00:37:38.699 I lost oh, no So yeah, I think that would be 00:37:38.699 --> 00:37:41.840 my makerspace activity for this. Mm -hmm. I love 00:37:41.840 --> 00:37:45.059 that. That's awesome And yeah, I think getting 00:37:45.059 --> 00:37:47.480 them up and physically moving is a great way 00:37:47.480 --> 00:37:50.360 to do that because then like you said they can't 00:37:50.360 --> 00:37:55.079 vote more than once because That they sure do. 00:37:56.380 --> 00:37:58.920 I don't I don't know how much of it is like, 00:37:59.360 --> 00:38:02.000 well, actually, some of them probably do try 00:38:02.000 --> 00:38:03.840 and vote more than once. But then there's quite 00:38:03.840 --> 00:38:06.139 a few kids who just straight up don't listen 00:38:06.139 --> 00:38:09.860 and aren't paying attention. Just don't have 00:38:09.860 --> 00:38:12.619 any clue. Yeah, they just hear raise your hand 00:38:12.619 --> 00:38:19.460 and they're like on it. So that helps for that, 00:38:20.400 --> 00:38:25.820 too. Yeah. Yeah. 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