WEBVTT 00:00:20.510 --> 00:00:24.449 Hello, I'm Patrick Adams. And I'm Caroline Legere. 00:00:24.760 --> 00:00:28.079 And this is Librarians of Littles, a podcast 00:00:28.079 --> 00:00:32.200 where we share books, give makerspace ideas and 00:00:32.200 --> 00:00:35.159 tips and tricks for working with our youngest 00:00:35.159 --> 00:00:38.359 learners in the library setting. This week we 00:00:38.359 --> 00:00:41.700 are going to be sharing some books that cover 00:00:41.700 --> 00:00:46.340 digital citizenship. So digital citizenship month 00:00:46.340 --> 00:00:51.259 is October. And so we decided that coming up 00:00:51.259 --> 00:00:54.939 with some books and some lessons that hit on 00:00:54.939 --> 00:00:58.340 digital citizenship for pre -k would be beneficial 00:00:58.340 --> 00:01:00.539 because it is something that even our pre -k 00:01:00.539 --> 00:01:04.939 students need to be practicing and learning about 00:01:04.939 --> 00:01:07.719 because technology is everywhere and so many 00:01:07.719 --> 00:01:10.400 of these kids end up with technological devices 00:01:10.400 --> 00:01:14.379 in their hands quite frequently. So teaching 00:01:14.379 --> 00:01:19.230 some of those skills is important and So we've 00:01:19.230 --> 00:01:22.170 got some good books that hit on different topics 00:01:22.170 --> 00:01:25.930 that go along with that. The first book that 00:01:25.930 --> 00:01:29.230 we will be discussing today is called Troll Stinks. 00:01:30.030 --> 00:01:35.150 It was published by Anderson Press USA in 2016. 00:01:35.769 --> 00:01:38.930 The author is Gian Willis and the illustrator 00:01:38.930 --> 00:01:45.250 is Tony Ross. There were no awards or lists that 00:01:45.250 --> 00:01:48.260 this book ended up on. but it's still a great 00:01:48.260 --> 00:01:52.959 book. The author, Jan Willis, has worked at an 00:01:52.959 --> 00:01:57.420 ad agency. She spent her early career writing 00:01:57.420 --> 00:02:00.379 commercials and children's books at the same 00:02:00.379 --> 00:02:02.980 time. After getting married and having children, 00:02:03.319 --> 00:02:05.620 she began to focus more on writing children's 00:02:05.620 --> 00:02:08.479 books and began to see success in her spare time. 00:02:08.620 --> 00:02:11.599 She also gardens, and I strongly suggest that 00:02:11.599 --> 00:02:14.879 if anyone is really interested, check out her 00:02:14.879 --> 00:02:18.629 website. her website is very interesting. And 00:02:18.629 --> 00:02:23.449 her about me is kind of chaotic. It's a lot of 00:02:23.449 --> 00:02:27.969 photos of her through life like her as a child, 00:02:28.430 --> 00:02:32.449 her in like college, her doing her jobs, like 00:02:32.449 --> 00:02:34.449 pictures of her kids and stuff. And she has all 00:02:34.449 --> 00:02:37.009 of these like quippy little comments under every 00:02:37.009 --> 00:02:40.620 picture like after giving birth to her first 00:02:40.620 --> 00:02:44.120 child, she has a picture of her son in a Batman 00:02:44.120 --> 00:02:46.000 costume and she's like, I gave birth to Batman 00:02:46.000 --> 00:02:48.439 and like random comments like that throughout. 00:02:48.960 --> 00:02:52.580 So it's very like, it's very worth it because 00:02:52.580 --> 00:02:56.080 I think that gives you a very clear understanding 00:02:56.080 --> 00:02:58.979 of the author herself because of the way it's 00:02:58.979 --> 00:03:01.259 written and the way it's set up. It's very interesting. 00:03:02.479 --> 00:03:04.659 So. That's neat. I'll have to check that out. 00:03:05.099 --> 00:03:08.479 Yeah, it was, it was interesting to see and It 00:03:08.479 --> 00:03:11.539 was a little chaotic, but it was very, very cool. 00:03:12.060 --> 00:03:15.620 So definitely worth it. Yeah. Some other books 00:03:15.620 --> 00:03:19.199 that she has written include Susan Laughs, which 00:03:19.199 --> 00:03:23.599 was also illustrated by Tony Ross, Dr. Zarbel's 00:03:23.599 --> 00:03:27.199 Book of Earthlets, illustrated by Tony Ross, 00:03:27.759 --> 00:03:30.439 The Bear That Had Nothing to Wear, illustrated 00:03:30.439 --> 00:03:34.719 by Brian Fitzgerald, Tadpole's Promise, illustrated 00:03:34.719 --> 00:03:38.460 by Tony Ross, The Monster Bed, illustrated by 00:03:38.460 --> 00:03:44.159 Susan Varley. Hashtag Goldilocks, a hashtag cautionary 00:03:44.159 --> 00:03:47.479 tale, illustrated by Tony Ross. The Boy Who Thought 00:03:47.479 --> 00:03:50.699 He Was a Teddy Bear, illustrated by Susan Varley. 00:03:51.280 --> 00:03:55.500 Who's in the Lou? Illustrated by Tony Ross. Delilah 00:03:55.500 --> 00:03:59.400 Dee at the Library, illustrated by Rosie Reeve. 00:03:59.800 --> 00:04:03.990 Bottoms Up, illustrated by Adam Stoehr. Slug 00:04:03.990 --> 00:04:08.389 Needs a Hug, illustrated by Tony Ross, Chicken 00:04:08.389 --> 00:04:13.370 Clicking, illustrated by Tony Ross, Misery Moo, 00:04:13.789 --> 00:04:16.810 illustrated by Tony Ross, and many, many more. 00:04:18.110 --> 00:04:21.209 The author, Tony Ross, is a British author and 00:04:21.209 --> 00:04:24.750 illustrator. He has illustrated over 2 ,000 books. 00:04:25.189 --> 00:04:28.470 He was the British choice for the Hans Christian 00:04:28.470 --> 00:04:31.790 Andersen Award in 2004. He has won awards in 00:04:31.790 --> 00:04:35.509 Holland, Japan, Germany, the United States, France, 00:04:35.910 --> 00:04:39.970 and the UK. That's impressive. Over 2 ,000 books. 00:04:40.370 --> 00:04:42.449 Wow. It's crazy. Like when I was looking at all 00:04:42.449 --> 00:04:45.990 the books, it was a lot. Like you wouldn't think 00:04:45.990 --> 00:04:48.990 that's possible to do that many. Books that Tony 00:04:48.990 --> 00:04:52.110 Ross has written and illustrated are I don't 00:04:52.110 --> 00:04:54.569 want to wash my hand. I don't want to go to the 00:04:54.569 --> 00:04:57.610 hospital. I want my potty. I want to do it myself. 00:04:57.889 --> 00:05:00.689 I want two birthdays. I want a bunny. I want 00:05:00.689 --> 00:05:03.800 a friend. I want my dinner. I want my dad. I 00:05:03.800 --> 00:05:06.560 want my tooth. I want my dummy. I want my mom. 00:05:07.040 --> 00:05:10.420 I want snow. I want a party. I didn't do it. 00:05:10.660 --> 00:05:15.480 I want a boyfriend. I feel sick. And I want a 00:05:15.480 --> 00:05:19.180 bedtime story. Some books that he's illustrated 00:05:19.180 --> 00:05:23.459 are the Horrid Henry series written by Francesca 00:05:23.459 --> 00:05:27.519 Simon. Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch by Trinka 00:05:27.519 --> 00:05:32.550 Hanks Noble. And the Amber Brown series written 00:05:32.550 --> 00:05:36.290 by Paula Danzinger and of course many many more 00:05:36.290 --> 00:05:41.329 as he has illustrated over 2 ,000 books. Yes. 00:05:42.410 --> 00:05:47.310 And so for this book the story is of it's when 00:05:47.310 --> 00:05:50.689 a mischievous billy goat finds a phone in the 00:05:50.689 --> 00:05:53.970 fields. He decides to keep it for himself. He 00:05:53.970 --> 00:05:56.850 and his friend begin making prank phone calls. 00:05:57.500 --> 00:06:02.139 when they discover that inside the phone is Troll's 00:06:02.139 --> 00:06:05.480 phone number, the two billy goats, think back 00:06:05.480 --> 00:06:10.740 about the other time that there were three billy 00:06:10.740 --> 00:06:13.699 goats and a troll, and so they decide to start 00:06:13.699 --> 00:06:18.319 sending very mean messages and plan to show that 00:06:18.319 --> 00:06:22.220 troll that they won't take any of the perceived 00:06:22.220 --> 00:06:25.060 bullying of billy goats. When the billy goats 00:06:25.060 --> 00:06:27.939 arrive at the troll's cave, Inside they find 00:06:27.939 --> 00:06:30.800 a small crying troll who doesn't understand why 00:06:30.800 --> 00:06:34.160 they have been receiving such nasty messages 00:06:34.160 --> 00:06:36.699 The billy goats realize that they've hurt the 00:06:36.699 --> 00:06:38.680 poor trolls feelings and they feel bad about 00:06:38.680 --> 00:06:45.540 it and so This is in a fun and entertaining story 00:06:45.540 --> 00:06:49.019 in my opinion It's a it's told in rhyme, which 00:06:49.019 --> 00:06:53.399 is always a fun thing to do. I will say that 00:06:54.480 --> 00:06:57.279 being that the author and illustrator are both 00:06:57.279 --> 00:07:02.000 British, the rhyme scheme can get challenging 00:07:02.000 --> 00:07:05.639 when you're trying to read it because there's 00:07:05.639 --> 00:07:11.720 one scene, there's one couplet where it's scarf 00:07:11.720 --> 00:07:17.939 and laugh are supposed to rhyme. But that's rough. 00:07:18.560 --> 00:07:21.639 It's it's it's the British pronunciations that 00:07:21.639 --> 00:07:24.439 yeah. So that's like that was the one thing there. 00:07:24.439 --> 00:07:28.319 But it is a rhyming story. It's cute. I like 00:07:28.319 --> 00:07:31.620 that it takes kind of place after the original 00:07:31.620 --> 00:07:34.220 three Billy Goats Gruff story and makes reference 00:07:34.220 --> 00:07:37.000 to it, but then kind of twists takes that and 00:07:37.000 --> 00:07:42.040 kind of twists it around a little bit. It. The 00:07:42.040 --> 00:07:44.620 the two Billy Goats that are playing with the 00:07:44.620 --> 00:07:49.550 phone. are acting goofy like kids do. So it's 00:07:49.550 --> 00:07:52.730 very relatable. It's funny. The kids will find 00:07:52.730 --> 00:07:57.970 it entertaining and engaging. That sense of humor 00:07:57.970 --> 00:08:01.689 is really there. The pictures are fun and whimsical. 00:08:02.230 --> 00:08:04.189 And I think the story has a really important 00:08:04.189 --> 00:08:06.149 message that, you know, we don't always know 00:08:06.149 --> 00:08:09.389 who we're speaking to online. And so we need 00:08:09.389 --> 00:08:12.569 to be considerate and think about that before 00:08:12.569 --> 00:08:16.009 we say anything because, you know, what we say 00:08:16.009 --> 00:08:20.110 can have consequences. And so we have a, when 00:08:20.110 --> 00:08:22.829 I teach this book, I make sure that we have a 00:08:22.829 --> 00:08:25.430 whole discussion about, you know, you guys end 00:08:25.430 --> 00:08:29.850 up on iPads or on phones or on video game devices 00:08:29.850 --> 00:08:31.629 where you can communicate with others. We have 00:08:31.629 --> 00:08:37.129 to be considerate of what we say because like 00:08:37.129 --> 00:08:39.830 anything that we say, once it's out there, it's 00:08:39.830 --> 00:08:42.350 really hard to take it back. And those, the impact 00:08:42.350 --> 00:08:45.440 of the words that we have. Can be pretty strong. 00:08:45.740 --> 00:08:48.179 And so it's a I think it's a really great story 00:08:48.179 --> 00:08:52.379 to explain that When I do this book with my pre 00:08:52.379 --> 00:08:55.980 -k students the week before I do read the original 00:08:55.980 --> 00:09:00.059 Billy Goats gruff story so they have that that 00:09:00.059 --> 00:09:03.500 like pre -knowledge beforehand because it does 00:09:03.500 --> 00:09:06.360 make reference to the Billy Goats and the trolls 00:09:06.360 --> 00:09:08.200 and that kind of thing and so that's something 00:09:08.200 --> 00:09:10.639 that a lot of our kids I found a lot of our kids 00:09:10.639 --> 00:09:14.070 don't know those those nursery rhymes and folk 00:09:14.070 --> 00:09:18.389 tales as much. And so pre -teaching that before 00:09:18.389 --> 00:09:21.309 using this book can be helpful in that aspect, 00:09:21.370 --> 00:09:23.990 but I really enjoy the story. I think it's a 00:09:23.990 --> 00:09:27.190 great one. And I think it has a really important 00:09:27.190 --> 00:09:31.529 message to it that is something that even our 00:09:31.529 --> 00:09:34.070 pre -K kids can grasp and understand that, you 00:09:34.070 --> 00:09:35.970 know, you wouldn't like someone to say these 00:09:35.970 --> 00:09:39.360 mean things to you in person. So. we shouldn't 00:09:39.360 --> 00:09:41.940 be saying them online either that we, you know, 00:09:42.019 --> 00:09:45.000 those keyboard warrior kind of that mentality 00:09:45.000 --> 00:09:49.059 is not productive or helpful. And so keeping 00:09:49.059 --> 00:09:51.940 that in mind is really good. And I think that 00:09:51.940 --> 00:09:54.799 the kids, the way this is presented in the story, 00:09:54.980 --> 00:09:57.100 I think the kids totally understand it and grasp 00:09:57.100 --> 00:09:58.679 it. And it's, I think it's a really good book 00:09:58.679 --> 00:10:01.519 to use for this concept. So I would definitely 00:10:01.519 --> 00:10:05.299 give this a five out of five. I agree. I really 00:10:05.299 --> 00:10:09.279 like this story too. It's a great way to kind 00:10:09.279 --> 00:10:12.679 of reinforce just using kind words all the time, 00:10:12.759 --> 00:10:14.360 whether you can see the person's face or not. 00:10:14.679 --> 00:10:18.460 Just always be kind and considerate human and 00:10:18.460 --> 00:10:21.879 just be mindful of others' feelings and kind 00:10:21.879 --> 00:10:26.980 of build that empathy piece. It's a good book. 00:10:27.019 --> 00:10:28.940 I really enjoyed it. I like it a lot and the 00:10:28.940 --> 00:10:32.899 kids enjoy it too. Yeah. You're right. It's really 00:10:32.899 --> 00:10:35.500 engaging. It really helps to have that pre -knowledge, 00:10:35.519 --> 00:10:38.139 like you said, of, you know, reading the Three 00:10:38.139 --> 00:10:40.399 Billy Goats Craft beforehand, because a lot of 00:10:40.399 --> 00:10:43.419 our kids really don't know classic tales, like, 00:10:43.480 --> 00:10:46.399 at all anymore. I don't know. I feel like I just 00:10:46.399 --> 00:10:49.039 remember hearing them, like, at home and such 00:10:49.039 --> 00:10:52.740 when I was a kid. I don't think that, like... 00:10:52.740 --> 00:10:54.940 I think that's exactly it. I think that when 00:10:54.940 --> 00:11:02.149 you and I were younger, the TV... and the technology 00:11:02.149 --> 00:11:04.730 weren't something that we were just kind of sat 00:11:04.730 --> 00:11:10.269 in front of and left alone. And so like, if we 00:11:10.269 --> 00:11:12.190 were in front of the TV, it was with somebody 00:11:12.190 --> 00:11:14.870 usually. And then a lot of times it was just 00:11:14.870 --> 00:11:18.190 us in front with our families and sharing those 00:11:18.190 --> 00:11:20.269 kinds of stories and reading books with those 00:11:20.269 --> 00:11:23.610 stories and that kind of thing. And I don't think 00:11:23.610 --> 00:11:27.789 that happens as frequently anymore. It doesn't. 00:11:28.190 --> 00:11:30.830 It's a sad day. So yeah, that's just another 00:11:30.830 --> 00:11:33.450 reason to share some of those classic stories 00:11:33.450 --> 00:11:37.169 in the library as well. Yeah, absolutely. And 00:11:37.169 --> 00:11:41.070 so yeah, it's something that they can benefit 00:11:41.070 --> 00:11:45.129 from because those classic stories also have 00:11:45.129 --> 00:11:47.350 some important lessons that need to be taught. 00:11:48.049 --> 00:11:54.309 They do. Yeah. So as far as the makerspace activity 00:11:54.309 --> 00:11:59.870 for this goes, I honestly most of the time when 00:11:59.870 --> 00:12:02.970 I read this book, I don't end up having a ton 00:12:02.970 --> 00:12:06.269 of time left over to do a makerspace activity 00:12:06.269 --> 00:12:10.649 because we take the time to talk about like the 00:12:10.649 --> 00:12:14.370 name calling and how the troll feels and that 00:12:14.370 --> 00:12:15.710 kind of thing. And so we spend a lot of time 00:12:15.710 --> 00:12:19.350 focusing on that. If we had time for a makerspace 00:12:19.350 --> 00:12:22.809 activity, at the end of the book, the Billy goats 00:12:22.809 --> 00:12:26.539 feel really bad and it talks about how they put 00:12:26.539 --> 00:12:29.879 the phone away and then they play games to become 00:12:29.879 --> 00:12:32.580 friends with the troll. And so if we were gonna 00:12:32.580 --> 00:12:35.320 do something for a makerspace activity, I think 00:12:35.320 --> 00:12:39.419 it would be fun to have the kids kind of brainstorming 00:12:39.419 --> 00:12:43.840 a way to make a friend. Like what can they do 00:12:43.840 --> 00:12:46.639 to reach out to somebody that they don't spend 00:12:46.639 --> 00:12:50.279 time with normally to make like some kind of 00:12:50.279 --> 00:12:53.730 game. to become friends with them to play a game 00:12:53.730 --> 00:12:57.830 that they could learn to to be friendly with 00:12:57.830 --> 00:13:01.190 someone that maybe that they're not interacting 00:13:01.190 --> 00:13:04.090 with regularly. Because even in a classroom, 00:13:04.129 --> 00:13:06.350 there's always there's always ends up being those 00:13:06.350 --> 00:13:09.149 like clicks of kids that are well, we always 00:13:09.149 --> 00:13:11.149 play together and those kids always play together. 00:13:11.789 --> 00:13:15.429 So kind of if you could, like mix up those groups 00:13:15.429 --> 00:13:17.830 a little bit and then have them come up with 00:13:17.830 --> 00:13:20.870 a game that they could make to play together. 00:13:21.070 --> 00:13:23.809 That would be kind of interesting and fun. Yeah. 00:13:25.289 --> 00:13:27.809 Yeah, I like that. That's a really great way 00:13:27.809 --> 00:13:32.409 to get kids to socialize more and kind of reinforce 00:13:32.409 --> 00:13:36.149 that. Making new friends and being kind to each 00:13:36.149 --> 00:13:45.350 other and that teamwork. Peace. For sure. This 00:13:45.350 --> 00:13:48.590 week for our library of littles management tip 00:13:48.590 --> 00:13:51.870 we're going to be talking about behaviors and 00:13:51.870 --> 00:13:56.269 communication with teachers in the library because 00:13:56.269 --> 00:13:59.330 a lot of the time sometimes we're fortunate enough 00:13:59.330 --> 00:14:02.370 to have our classroom teachers come into the 00:14:02.370 --> 00:14:06.830 library with us and ideally we get to have those 00:14:06.830 --> 00:14:11.169 teachers with us and they can kind of assist 00:14:11.169 --> 00:14:14.100 with co -teaching and we can kind of they can 00:14:14.100 --> 00:14:16.940 kind of help us facilitate a lesson because they 00:14:16.940 --> 00:14:19.539 know their kids obviously much better than we 00:14:19.539 --> 00:14:23.120 do and they kind of know their individual needs 00:14:23.120 --> 00:14:25.419 and everything and they're the primary contact 00:14:25.419 --> 00:14:28.940 for you know home communication and everything 00:14:28.940 --> 00:14:34.750 but oftentimes we are you know we do end up in 00:14:34.750 --> 00:14:36.970 the specials rotation, and we do end up having 00:14:36.970 --> 00:14:40.309 to have situations where we're teaching on our 00:14:40.309 --> 00:14:41.850 own. And that's totally fine, because we are 00:14:41.850 --> 00:14:44.350 teachers as well, and that's totally part of 00:14:44.350 --> 00:14:47.289 the job, perfectly acceptable. But when that 00:14:47.289 --> 00:14:51.409 happens, if we have any significant behaviors 00:14:51.409 --> 00:14:54.090 in the library, it can be difficult to communicate 00:14:54.090 --> 00:14:57.250 that with the classroom teacher, and therefore 00:14:57.250 --> 00:15:00.409 with the, you know. Parents at home as well because 00:15:00.409 --> 00:15:02.529 just because of time constraints because usually 00:15:02.529 --> 00:15:04.750 when kids are coming and going from the library 00:15:04.750 --> 00:15:08.649 It's like lightning fast where the teacher like 00:15:08.649 --> 00:15:11.809 it's maybe ten seconds of like hey, they were 00:15:11.809 --> 00:15:16.029 good great moving on and That's all we really 00:15:16.029 --> 00:15:19.639 get So to kind of help with communicating with 00:15:19.639 --> 00:15:21.379 the teachers, like if you have any significant 00:15:21.379 --> 00:15:24.960 behaviors in the library, we, on our campus, 00:15:25.639 --> 00:15:28.399 we have a little form. It's a little half sheet 00:15:28.399 --> 00:15:33.639 of paper that just says, you know, I had a rough 00:15:33.639 --> 00:15:36.220 day in the library. I had to work on these things 00:15:36.220 --> 00:15:39.960 for the student and, you know, just list the 00:15:39.960 --> 00:15:43.620 student name, any specific incidences that happened. 00:15:43.610 --> 00:15:46.590 in the library so that the teacher, when the 00:15:46.590 --> 00:15:49.830 teachers come to pick up the kids, you can hand 00:15:49.830 --> 00:15:52.830 it off to the teacher right away and it doesn't 00:15:52.830 --> 00:15:54.769 take hardly any time at all and the teachers 00:15:54.769 --> 00:15:57.610 can see all the information that they need. It's 00:15:57.610 --> 00:16:00.870 documented, it's written down so that everybody, 00:16:01.190 --> 00:16:04.110 you know, we're all on the same page and we know 00:16:04.110 --> 00:16:09.190 what happened and then the teacher can, from 00:16:09.190 --> 00:16:12.629 there, you know communicate with parents if that's 00:16:12.629 --> 00:16:16.009 what needs to happen or you know likewise get 00:16:16.009 --> 00:16:18.809 back with us about like you know maybe we had 00:16:18.809 --> 00:16:21.029 this incident happen in the library but we don't 00:16:21.029 --> 00:16:25.269 know that they've been making an additional combination 00:16:25.269 --> 00:16:28.049 for the student or what have you and maybe it 00:16:28.049 --> 00:16:29.850 was something that we needed to fix on our end 00:16:29.850 --> 00:16:32.730 or something like that but you know we won't 00:16:32.730 --> 00:16:36.009 know unless we communicate right but that communication 00:16:36.009 --> 00:16:38.919 piece like I said can just be really tricky with 00:16:38.919 --> 00:16:41.360 how little time we have with our colleagues. 00:16:42.240 --> 00:16:44.440 So that's just a little thing to kind of you 00:16:44.440 --> 00:16:46.940 know help out. It's just to have that little 00:16:46.940 --> 00:16:50.840 form right there. We keep ours in the library 00:16:50.840 --> 00:16:54.059 like right next to the door. It's in a little 00:16:54.059 --> 00:16:56.799 folder right by the door so it's easy to grab 00:16:56.799 --> 00:17:00.000 and you can just fill it out you know whenever 00:17:00.000 --> 00:17:03.659 you've got the little time you have while the 00:17:03.659 --> 00:17:05.799 students are in the library and just hand it 00:17:05.799 --> 00:17:08.579 off right there so that we can get all on the 00:17:08.579 --> 00:17:13.980 same page rather quickly. I love that. My campus, 00:17:14.259 --> 00:17:17.079 it's very similar. We have five minutes in between 00:17:17.079 --> 00:17:21.480 classes, but by the time I get the kids lined 00:17:21.480 --> 00:17:24.259 up and starting to get out the door, the teachers 00:17:24.259 --> 00:17:26.220 trying to take them where they need, yeah, so 00:17:26.220 --> 00:17:29.160 trying to communicate with the teachers is challenging, 00:17:29.480 --> 00:17:32.359 absolutely. On my campus, we have something similar. 00:17:32.519 --> 00:17:34.779 We have their half sheets, but we have their 00:17:34.779 --> 00:17:38.230 triplicate pages. And we use them for the whole 00:17:38.230 --> 00:17:42.470 specials rotation. So at the top it just lists 00:17:42.470 --> 00:17:46.329 like gym, library, fine arts, computer lab kind 00:17:46.329 --> 00:17:48.329 of thing. And so we can circle which one we are 00:17:48.329 --> 00:17:50.869 and then list like what was happening kind of 00:17:50.869 --> 00:17:55.250 thing. And it's nice because I can keep one of 00:17:55.250 --> 00:17:58.279 the. Pages the teacher can keep one and that 00:17:58.279 --> 00:18:00.839 one of them can be sent home to the families 00:18:00.839 --> 00:18:03.960 also Just so that everybody's on the same page 00:18:03.960 --> 00:18:06.200 and it doesn't have to be necessarily a negative 00:18:06.200 --> 00:18:07.940 behavior you can you can you can fill them out 00:18:07.940 --> 00:18:09.880 for positive behaviors and things like that too, 00:18:09.940 --> 00:18:13.240 which is nice to be able to To communicate how 00:18:13.240 --> 00:18:15.460 the kids are doing in in the different specials 00:18:15.460 --> 00:18:19.500 rotations. And so yeah Yeah, because we need 00:18:19.500 --> 00:18:27.910 that communication piece Yes Agreed. The other 00:18:27.910 --> 00:18:30.049 book that we're going to talk about today is 00:18:30.049 --> 00:18:32.869 called The Couch Potato. It was published by 00:18:32.869 --> 00:18:35.289 Harper and imprinted Harper Collins Publishers 00:18:35.289 --> 00:18:39.369 in 2020. The author is Jory John and the illustrator 00:18:39.369 --> 00:18:43.690 is Pete Oswald. And this book is part of the 00:18:43.690 --> 00:18:45.710 food group series that includes like the bad 00:18:45.710 --> 00:18:49.150 seed and the good egg and all that jazz. This 00:18:49.150 --> 00:18:52.430 particular book has won a couple of awards. It's 00:18:52.430 --> 00:18:56.240 gotten the Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award 00:18:56.240 --> 00:19:00.420 in 2022, the Colorado Children's Book Award in 00:19:00.420 --> 00:19:06.720 2023, Iowa Goldfinch Award 2023, and Tennessee 00:19:06.720 --> 00:19:13.480 Volunteer State Book Award in 2021. And for the 00:19:13.480 --> 00:19:17.259 author history. Jory John is an award -winning 00:19:17.259 --> 00:19:19.980 author. His books have repeatedly landed on the 00:19:19.980 --> 00:19:23.259 New York Times best -selling list, and he has 00:19:23.259 --> 00:19:27.180 won the E .B. White Read Aloud Honor twice. In 00:19:27.180 --> 00:19:29.940 addition to writing children's books, he's written 00:19:29.940 --> 00:19:33.200 for publications such as the New York Times, 00:19:33.519 --> 00:19:36.759 The Guardian, the San Francisco Chronicle, Chronicle, 00:19:37.240 --> 00:19:41.720 The Believer, BuzzFeed, and many more. And he 00:19:41.720 --> 00:19:45.539 has written quite a few books. He's done all 00:19:45.539 --> 00:19:48.599 nine of the food group series, one of which is 00:19:48.599 --> 00:19:53.759 The Couch Potato. He wrote Giraffe Problems, 00:19:53.819 --> 00:19:56.700 Cat Problems, and Penguin Problems, which were 00:19:56.700 --> 00:20:02.059 all illustrated by Lane Smith. And he also did 00:20:02.059 --> 00:20:04.440 the Terrible Two book series, which was written 00:20:04.440 --> 00:20:07.079 with Mac Barnett. And of course, he has many, 00:20:07.140 --> 00:20:09.779 many more books. He's really done quite a bit 00:20:09.779 --> 00:20:15.920 over his career. Yes, and the illustrator Pete 00:20:15.920 --> 00:20:19.519 Oswald is an illustrator and an animator and 00:20:19.519 --> 00:20:23.079 animation production designer Some of his films 00:20:23.079 --> 00:20:25.559 he's worked on include the Angry Birds movie 00:20:25.559 --> 00:20:30.720 film franchise Madagascar to escape Africa cloudy 00:20:30.720 --> 00:20:33.519 with a chance of meatballs one and two Hotel 00:20:33.519 --> 00:20:39.430 Transylvania and paranormal and some of his other 00:20:39.430 --> 00:20:41.910 books include he'd done all nine of the food 00:20:41.910 --> 00:20:45.650 group series and he wrote in illustrated hike. 00:20:46.849 --> 00:20:49.369 This book is the fourth installment of the food 00:20:49.369 --> 00:20:53.750 group series. And in this book, a potato initially 00:20:53.750 --> 00:20:57.289 lays about he's too lazy to do pretty much anything. 00:20:57.369 --> 00:21:00.650 He just kind of lays there and has like all these 00:21:00.650 --> 00:21:04.690 like just watches all kinds of screens and does 00:21:04.690 --> 00:21:07.730 absolutely nothing, never leaves his house and 00:21:07.730 --> 00:21:10.670 has everything automated for him. But one day 00:21:10.670 --> 00:21:13.869 a power outage forces him out of the great outdoors 00:21:13.869 --> 00:21:17.150 and he realizes how beautiful the outside world 00:21:17.150 --> 00:21:20.289 is and how important it is to balance screen 00:21:20.289 --> 00:21:24.109 time with time in the real world. And he starts 00:21:24.109 --> 00:21:29.460 talking to his friends again and just kind of 00:21:29.460 --> 00:21:33.559 comes to the realization that he needs to temper 00:21:33.559 --> 00:21:37.119 his time in front of screens with time outside. 00:21:37.519 --> 00:21:42.400 And I really like doing this book. I enjoy doing 00:21:42.400 --> 00:21:46.740 this book around November usually. I do it with 00:21:46.740 --> 00:21:51.160 around Thanksgiving -ish times because I kind 00:21:51.160 --> 00:21:53.259 of temper it with around Thanksgiving. I usually 00:21:53.259 --> 00:21:56.339 do something with just making healthy choices 00:21:56.339 --> 00:21:59.380 in general. And that's kind of how I do this 00:21:59.380 --> 00:22:02.779 book as well, just like everything in moderation, 00:22:03.160 --> 00:22:06.680 right? Like it's okay to sit and watch TV. It's 00:22:06.680 --> 00:22:08.579 okay to play on your tablet. It's okay to do 00:22:08.579 --> 00:22:10.400 screens. There's nothing wrong with that. That 00:22:10.400 --> 00:22:13.740 is part of the world we live in. And it's gonna 00:22:13.740 --> 00:22:16.920 be there no matter what. You can't escape it. 00:22:17.000 --> 00:22:19.160 It's part of our society now. That's just the 00:22:19.160 --> 00:22:22.559 way life is. But it's also important. to go outside 00:22:22.559 --> 00:22:25.599 and get exercise. And it's like imperative that 00:22:25.599 --> 00:22:29.799 we make friends and socialize. And it's just 00:22:29.799 --> 00:22:34.119 everything in balance. So I do this one with, 00:22:34.119 --> 00:22:37.140 you know, making healthy food choices in general 00:22:37.140 --> 00:22:42.000 and like just, just being healthy overall. And 00:22:42.000 --> 00:22:44.880 with this one with pre -K, I tend to emphasize 00:22:44.880 --> 00:22:49.130 that The importance of exercise in general and 00:22:49.130 --> 00:22:52.650 just being outside being active putting down 00:22:52.650 --> 00:22:56.670 the screens. It's okay to do it sometimes That's 00:22:56.670 --> 00:22:59.369 a huge thing that I say with them because I know 00:22:59.369 --> 00:23:02.069 a lot of the time our kids will go home and they'll 00:23:02.069 --> 00:23:06.349 be like My teacher said I can never watch TV 00:23:06.349 --> 00:23:12.809 again, and that's not accurate So I just really 00:23:12.809 --> 00:23:18.000 emphasize that balance with our pre -k kids just 00:23:18.000 --> 00:23:20.259 make sure that they know it's okay to do this 00:23:20.259 --> 00:23:25.059 sometimes but you know not 100 % all the time 00:23:25.059 --> 00:23:27.619 and definitely you know especially when we're 00:23:27.619 --> 00:23:30.140 trying to sleep and you know at night there's 00:23:30.140 --> 00:23:33.279 so many of our kids that just get stuck in front 00:23:33.279 --> 00:23:37.240 of screens all day long and I don't know how 00:23:37.240 --> 00:23:39.660 many kids will tell me like I was up all night 00:23:39.660 --> 00:23:43.799 watching Netflix okay turn it off kid time for 00:23:43.799 --> 00:23:47.809 balance Time to rest, time to get exercise, all 00:23:47.809 --> 00:23:51.890 the things. Do things that don't involve screens 00:23:51.890 --> 00:23:55.589 as well. They sure do know how to be on the screens, 00:23:55.650 --> 00:23:58.470 but sometimes it's good to turn off the screens 00:23:58.470 --> 00:24:02.609 as well. Just emphasize that. Moderation is the 00:24:02.609 --> 00:24:05.210 moral of the story there. So since this book 00:24:05.210 --> 00:24:08.430 kind of emphasizes moderation in general, I think 00:24:08.430 --> 00:24:11.529 really any kind of makerspace activity would 00:24:11.529 --> 00:24:14.509 work well with it, like literally anything, just 00:24:14.509 --> 00:24:17.609 as long as you don't have screens involved with 00:24:17.609 --> 00:24:21.329 your makerspace time for the day. Just emphasizing 00:24:21.329 --> 00:24:26.710 that active play and using teamwork of some kind 00:24:26.710 --> 00:24:30.529 with kids so that they can interact with each 00:24:30.529 --> 00:24:34.339 other in general. I think it would be great if 00:24:34.339 --> 00:24:37.640 you could, if it's possible to take kids outside 00:24:37.640 --> 00:24:41.440 during that time, that would be lovely. But obviously 00:24:41.440 --> 00:24:44.220 that's problematic. A lot of time in the library, 00:24:44.420 --> 00:24:47.039 that can be difficult to do with how limited 00:24:47.039 --> 00:24:49.200 our time constraints are. I'm not sure how practical 00:24:49.200 --> 00:24:53.180 that would be for hardly anyone, but just any 00:24:53.180 --> 00:24:57.839 kind of interaction in general, really, for any 00:24:57.839 --> 00:24:59.700 makerspace time would be good, which is almost 00:24:59.700 --> 00:25:02.400 everything we do as long as it's screen free. 00:25:02.490 --> 00:25:07.230 So, yeah. I love that idea. That's really great. 00:25:07.230 --> 00:25:09.829 And these books, I love the whole series of the 00:25:09.829 --> 00:25:12.549 food group books. They're all wonderful. And 00:25:12.549 --> 00:25:15.990 so like, yeah, just moderation and making good, 00:25:16.009 --> 00:25:19.750 healthy choices. It's very important for a lot 00:25:19.750 --> 00:25:23.289 of these kids. It is, and it's not something 00:25:23.289 --> 00:25:26.869 that they are taught a whole lot at home. There's 00:25:26.869 --> 00:25:30.809 way too much of just like sit and watch TV and 00:25:30.809 --> 00:25:35.539 let the device to the babysitting for this upcoming 00:25:35.539 --> 00:25:38.059 generation. It's a little, a little sad and a 00:25:38.059 --> 00:25:41.680 little scary. Yeah. I think it's, it's interesting. 00:25:41.819 --> 00:25:45.140 The number of kids, like it's one of two extremes 00:25:45.140 --> 00:25:47.779 is what I tend to see. It's either the kids that 00:25:47.779 --> 00:25:49.700 are sitting in front of screens all day long, 00:25:49.700 --> 00:25:52.359 or the kids that have every moment of their day 00:25:52.359 --> 00:25:55.819 planned out with different activities. And like 00:25:55.819 --> 00:25:58.700 we need to remember that sometimes unstructured 00:25:58.940 --> 00:26:02.779 like outside time or unstructured play can be 00:26:02.779 --> 00:26:06.640 just as beneficial as the structured thing, sometimes 00:26:06.640 --> 00:26:10.559 more so. And it's definitely better than just 00:26:10.559 --> 00:26:13.039 putting the kid in front of a screen. So like, 00:26:13.099 --> 00:26:17.180 you know, we need to find, we need to find that 00:26:17.180 --> 00:26:20.079 happy medium of all of it. It's, it's about balance 00:26:20.079 --> 00:26:27.910 for sure. Yay, moderation. Yes. 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So I had 00:27:20.039 --> 00:27:22.400 a really hard time deciding which book I was 00:27:22.400 --> 00:27:25.619 gonna put do with this one because there's also 00:27:25.619 --> 00:27:30.059 Have you ever read the fabulous friend machine? 00:27:31.619 --> 00:27:34.740 By Nick yeah, yeah, I really like using that 00:27:34.740 --> 00:27:37.799 book too and just being like this is not we don't 00:27:37.799 --> 00:27:40.400 share information online and that kind of thing 00:27:40.400 --> 00:27:43.240 too because that's like so I usually do that 00:27:43.240 --> 00:27:45.779 like the week after I do the other one because 00:27:46.830 --> 00:27:50.309 It's important to know not to just share all 00:27:50.309 --> 00:27:54.930 the information online, you know Important stuff. 00:27:54.970 --> 00:27:58.210 So that's a really good one, too Yeah, and I 00:27:58.210 --> 00:28:00.269 love that there are more and more books that 00:28:00.269 --> 00:28:03.009 are focused on this for younger kids because 00:28:03.009 --> 00:28:06.170 it's they it's not like these kids don't have 00:28:06.170 --> 00:28:10.529 access to it so yeah I know it's kind of so many 00:28:10.529 --> 00:28:12.490 of these kids tell me about how they sit and 00:28:12.490 --> 00:28:14.609 play fortnight and stuff like that and I'm like 00:28:14.609 --> 00:28:20.089 you're for like and those or play roblox and 00:28:20.089 --> 00:28:22.029 those are the kind of games where like they can 00:28:22.029 --> 00:28:25.750 They have chat functions. They can talk to people 00:28:25.750 --> 00:28:29.809 and stuff, you know They do I know this week 00:28:29.809 --> 00:28:32.890 in the library kids were playing as Legos and 00:28:32.890 --> 00:28:38.250 they ended up using like the big Lego I don't 00:28:38.250 --> 00:28:40.490 know, what do you call those? The little, the 00:28:40.490 --> 00:28:42.890 giant blocks or whatever that's like your base? 00:28:43.309 --> 00:28:46.250 It's a base. And they just like flipped them 00:28:46.250 --> 00:28:48.930 up. Yeah, they flipped them up and they were 00:28:48.930 --> 00:28:52.650 like, it's my tablet. And they just like played 00:28:52.650 --> 00:28:55.210 on their tablets the whole time. And I was like, 00:28:55.650 --> 00:28:58.329 okay, we can tell that you guys need some other 00:28:58.329 --> 00:29:00.910 activities at home. Yeah, yeah.