WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:02.359 Well, I mean, it's been two months since we've 00:00:02.359 --> 00:00:07.320 done this. It has. Yeah. It was a much needed 00:00:07.320 --> 00:00:10.140 break, but it was, I'm glad to be getting back 00:00:10.140 --> 00:00:15.660 into it. I am too. I do actually really enjoy, 00:00:16.059 --> 00:00:18.260 like, I feel like this is when I find a lot of 00:00:18.260 --> 00:00:23.839 good books and I honestly, I build a lot of my 00:00:23.839 --> 00:00:29.649 order list from all this stuff. Yeah. I do enjoy 00:00:29.649 --> 00:00:33.810 it a lot. Exactly. Cause I like the books that 00:00:33.810 --> 00:00:36.189 we talk about and then the books that those authors 00:00:36.189 --> 00:00:38.829 and illustrators work on. I take all of those 00:00:38.829 --> 00:00:41.170 and I'm like, yep, let's add those to the cart. 00:00:42.329 --> 00:00:47.229 Like, did you fill out the paperwork and are 00:00:47.229 --> 00:00:52.570 you going to TLA? Yes. Yeah. I got my confirmation 00:00:52.570 --> 00:00:56.170 email and stuff. Okay. I need to figure out like 00:00:56.170 --> 00:00:59.270 hotel and stuff still um what do we do for so 00:00:59.270 --> 00:01:02.549 are i'm confused on all of that are we paying 00:01:02.549 --> 00:01:10.870 for hotels so it depends um last year or the 00:01:10.870 --> 00:01:12.909 last time i went was that last year i don't even 00:01:12.909 --> 00:01:16.209 remember whatever the last time we went um that 00:01:16.209 --> 00:01:20.670 i needed a hotel so i guess that wasn't last 00:01:20.670 --> 00:01:22.209 year because last year was in dallas right so 00:01:22.209 --> 00:01:24.150 it was the year before when it was in san antonio 00:01:24.150 --> 00:01:28.000 um when I needed a hotel, basically what it was, 00:01:28.000 --> 00:01:32.420 and I hated it, but I covered, like I put down 00:01:32.420 --> 00:01:35.120 my credit card to cover it up front, and then 00:01:35.120 --> 00:01:37.959 the district sent me a, like, gave me a check 00:01:37.959 --> 00:01:41.680 for the price, basically. But I, and the reason 00:01:41.680 --> 00:01:43.780 they gave me the check was because I was using, 00:01:44.480 --> 00:01:47.700 like, my campus funds to pay for it. It depends 00:01:47.700 --> 00:01:50.120 on your campus. Does your campus have any funds 00:01:50.120 --> 00:01:52.040 to pay for it? Do you have any library funds 00:01:52.040 --> 00:01:57.599 set aside to pay for it? Like, Or you can, or 00:01:57.599 --> 00:02:02.620 I don't know, like when we meet, we're meeting 00:02:02.620 --> 00:02:05.840 as a library group that week of Tuesday, right? 00:02:06.000 --> 00:02:07.439 We need to ask some of these questions. Cause 00:02:07.439 --> 00:02:10.080 I don't know if they have any money that'll cover 00:02:10.080 --> 00:02:13.259 any of that either. Like I don't, it's a whole 00:02:13.259 --> 00:02:18.219 thing. And so it's not easy. I have my literati 00:02:18.219 --> 00:02:22.199 book fair the last week of February. Okay, and 00:02:22.199 --> 00:02:24.319 I'm kind of hoping that I make enough money that 00:02:24.319 --> 00:02:27.379 I can be like let's use this money to pay for 00:02:27.379 --> 00:02:32.539 it Because I take the literati stuff as cash 00:02:32.539 --> 00:02:35.580 anyway, so I'm kind of hoping I make enough as 00:02:35.580 --> 00:02:38.860 in cash that I can just be like Put this in the 00:02:38.860 --> 00:02:41.060 fund. This is the money. We're using to pay for 00:02:41.060 --> 00:02:46.259 the hotel Because I don't I don't know it's not 00:02:46.259 --> 00:02:49.870 it's not easy and it's very it feels very weird 00:02:49.870 --> 00:02:51.969 because like I said I had to pay for it myself 00:02:51.969 --> 00:02:55.030 and then they reimbursed me the check for the 00:02:55.030 --> 00:02:59.830 hotel which was weird and I don't know that is 00:02:59.830 --> 00:03:06.610 weird but whatever so um but there we can talk 00:03:06.610 --> 00:03:08.150 more about how that works but I'm glad you're 00:03:08.150 --> 00:03:10.969 going that'll be good um yeah and if we figure 00:03:10.969 --> 00:03:13.650 out principle yeah and then we can figure out 00:03:13.650 --> 00:03:15.469 what hotel and we'll stay at the same hotel so 00:03:15.469 --> 00:03:18.090 that we can like Walk to and from the convention 00:03:18.090 --> 00:03:21.569 center stuff. So did you know there's a Hobbit 00:03:21.569 --> 00:03:26.189 cafe in Houston? I did not, but we need to check 00:03:26.189 --> 00:03:30.430 that out. I know I was talking to somebody about 00:03:30.430 --> 00:03:33.629 it last night and she was like telling me how 00:03:33.629 --> 00:03:36.229 they went and it was really good actually and 00:03:36.229 --> 00:03:38.009 they're not really fans of Lord of the Rings. 00:03:38.069 --> 00:03:41.770 So I'm not sure why they went but they did and 00:03:42.430 --> 00:03:44.870 She was like, but there was, I was like, oh man, 00:03:44.909 --> 00:03:47.289 I hope we can get in. And she was like, there 00:03:47.289 --> 00:03:49.169 wasn't a wait or anything. It'll be fine. And 00:03:49.169 --> 00:03:52.129 I was like, yeah, but I'm going during nerd season. 00:03:52.590 --> 00:03:56.389 Like all the librarians will descend and go to 00:03:56.389 --> 00:04:01.110 the Shire. Yeah. Yes. Hobbit Cafe in Houston. 00:04:02.430 --> 00:04:05.360 Okay. and I was looking at some of their menu 00:04:05.360 --> 00:04:08.240 items and it gets like like I guess they opened 00:04:08.240 --> 00:04:11.879 in the 70s so it's not like it's like real niche 00:04:11.879 --> 00:04:14.860 stuff there was like a morgoth burger and I was 00:04:14.860 --> 00:04:18.000 like nobody knows who morgoth is that's impressive 00:04:18.000 --> 00:04:24.240 that's awesome the lonely mountain fajita nachos 00:04:24.240 --> 00:04:32.709 yeah we could go eat that Tree Beards Guacamole 00:04:32.709 --> 00:04:37.949 Salad. Uh -huh. This is... Let's go! Oh, yes. 00:04:38.189 --> 00:04:44.329 I know! I'm so happy! That's the thing we have 00:04:44.329 --> 00:04:47.949 to do. We have to do this now. We might need 00:04:47.949 --> 00:04:51.509 to make an episode just about the amazing adventure 00:04:51.509 --> 00:04:54.870 of the Hobbit Cafe. I would be okay with that! 00:05:00.519 --> 00:05:03.800 know if they take reservations. I'm just nervous 00:05:03.800 --> 00:05:06.699 since it's all the nerds are gonna be there. 00:05:07.800 --> 00:05:11.839 Yeah, we might need to. Maybe we just go at a 00:05:11.839 --> 00:05:15.339 weird time go like 3pm or something. Yeah, something 00:05:15.339 --> 00:05:19.920 but that sounds awesome. I love this idea. Okay. 00:05:44.680 --> 00:05:49.639 Hello and welcome. I'm Patrick Adams. And I am 00:05:49.639 --> 00:05:54.040 Caroline Legere. And this is Librarians of Littles, 00:05:54.180 --> 00:05:58.040 a podcast where we discuss books, give tips and 00:05:58.040 --> 00:06:02.680 tricks, and just give advice for working with 00:06:02.680 --> 00:06:05.540 the youngest learners in the library setting. 00:06:06.160 --> 00:06:10.500 Today we have two books to discuss, both of which 00:06:10.500 --> 00:06:15.980 are Caldecott award -winning books. And so today 00:06:15.980 --> 00:06:20.120 we will be starting with talking about Wolf in 00:06:20.120 --> 00:06:23.699 the Snow, written and illustrated by Matthew 00:06:23.699 --> 00:06:28.160 Cordell. It was published by Fuel and Friends, 00:06:28.439 --> 00:06:31.379 an imprint of Macmillan Children's Publishing 00:06:31.379 --> 00:06:37.600 Group, in 2017. So some awards for this book 00:06:37.600 --> 00:06:43.480 include the Caldecott Medal for 2018, the ALSC 00:06:43.480 --> 00:06:48.300 Notable Children's Book Selection for 2018, Boston 00:06:48.300 --> 00:06:54.800 Globe Horn Book Award Honor for 2017, CCBC Choice 00:06:54.800 --> 00:07:00.399 Selection for 2018, the Horn Book Fanfare Selection 00:07:00.399 --> 00:07:04.120 for 2017, Junior Library Guild Elementary Selection 00:07:04.120 --> 00:07:08.660 for 2017, and the SLJ Best Book of the Year Selection 00:07:08.660 --> 00:07:15.290 for 2017. And for the author history, Matthew 00:07:15.290 --> 00:07:18.569 Cordell has illustrated many books for children, 00:07:19.230 --> 00:07:21.470 including picture books, novels, and a world 00:07:21.470 --> 00:07:25.310 of poetry. He has also written and illustrated 00:07:25.310 --> 00:07:27.870 many picture books of his own. Cordell's books 00:07:27.870 --> 00:07:30.370 have been published all around the world in multiple 00:07:30.370 --> 00:07:33.290 languages. Some of his books have been recognized 00:07:33.290 --> 00:07:36.149 as the best of the year selections by the New 00:07:36.149 --> 00:07:39.310 York Times, the Washington Post, and the Boston 00:07:39.310 --> 00:07:43.139 Globe. Matthew lives in a suburb of Chicago with 00:07:43.139 --> 00:07:46.240 his wife, Julie Halpern, and their two children. 00:07:47.600 --> 00:07:50.579 Which is cool because as we discuss some of the 00:07:50.579 --> 00:07:53.540 books that he has worked on, we'll find that 00:07:53.540 --> 00:07:56.019 he has illustrated some of his wife's books, 00:07:56.019 --> 00:07:58.639 which is cool. So first, we'll start with the 00:07:58.639 --> 00:08:01.060 books that he has written and illustrated himself. 00:08:02.079 --> 00:08:05.360 First being, Hello Neighbor, The Kind and Caring 00:08:05.360 --> 00:08:09.360 World of Mr. Rogers. Cornbread and Poppy, the 00:08:09.360 --> 00:08:16.819 series, Evergreen, To See an Owl, Wish, Another 00:08:16.819 --> 00:08:24.060 Brother, King Alice, Trouble Gum, Explorers, 00:08:25.180 --> 00:08:32.940 Bear Island, Hello Hello, 102, and Hope, and 00:08:32.940 --> 00:08:36.120 books that he has illustrated include Leap Back 00:08:36.120 --> 00:08:40.960 Home to Me by Lauren Thompson. If the S in Moose 00:08:40.960 --> 00:08:45.120 Comes Loose by Peter Herrmann. The Knowing Book 00:08:45.120 --> 00:08:51.059 by Rebecca Kai -Dotlik. Leaps and Bounce by Susan 00:08:51.059 --> 00:08:56.519 Hood. First Grade Dropout and Second Grade Holdout 00:08:56.519 --> 00:09:02.000 by Audrey Wernick. Mighty Casey by James Preller. 00:09:03.080 --> 00:09:07.259 Toby and the Snowflakes. by Julie Halpern and 00:09:07.259 --> 00:09:12.139 many more. And for our book summary, this is 00:09:12.139 --> 00:09:15.539 a relatively wordless picture book that tells 00:09:15.539 --> 00:09:18.980 the story of a young child that gets lost in 00:09:18.980 --> 00:09:23.179 a snowstorm while at the same time, a wolf cub 00:09:23.179 --> 00:09:26.159 gets separated from their pack. When the child 00:09:26.159 --> 00:09:28.440 comes across the lonely wolf cub, they bring 00:09:28.440 --> 00:09:31.620 the animal back to its pack. And when the child 00:09:31.620 --> 00:09:34.320 cannot make it back home, the wolves howl to 00:09:34.320 --> 00:09:36.860 bring the child's family to them, saving the 00:09:36.860 --> 00:09:42.139 child. And I just have to say that I love this 00:09:42.139 --> 00:09:45.259 story. It is pretty much wordless. There are 00:09:45.259 --> 00:09:47.820 some sound words, and that's all that's in the 00:09:47.820 --> 00:09:50.279 book. It's just different sounds that are happening. 00:09:50.759 --> 00:09:55.879 But it's a wordless book. The pictures are amazing. 00:09:56.000 --> 00:10:02.730 I love the art style of this book. it's really 00:10:02.730 --> 00:10:05.870 kind of unique because we get to see two different 00:10:05.870 --> 00:10:08.730 stories kind of happening at the same time in 00:10:08.730 --> 00:10:12.649 some parts until the stories kind of merge and 00:10:12.649 --> 00:10:17.230 become a way for both characters to save each 00:10:17.230 --> 00:10:20.629 other and it's really unique and special and 00:10:20.629 --> 00:10:23.509 I really enjoyed it. I loved that I got to read 00:10:23.509 --> 00:10:26.450 this book with my students this past week and 00:10:28.559 --> 00:10:30.860 wordless books in general are always fun for 00:10:30.860 --> 00:10:33.639 me because I love having the students tell me 00:10:33.639 --> 00:10:35.960 what's happening in the story, you know, like 00:10:35.960 --> 00:10:38.279 let them see the picture and be like, what's 00:10:38.279 --> 00:10:39.480 going on? What do you guys think? There's no 00:10:39.480 --> 00:10:42.100 words to tell us. What do you think is happening? 00:10:43.000 --> 00:10:46.700 And the fact that so many of the kids see exactly 00:10:46.700 --> 00:10:50.139 the same thing just shows you that the imagery 00:10:50.139 --> 00:10:55.679 is perfect. It's clearly telling the story through 00:10:55.679 --> 00:10:58.700 the words and You know, there's a couple times 00:10:58.700 --> 00:11:00.919 where the kids are like, uh -oh that wolf might 00:11:00.919 --> 00:11:03.779 do this or that and to find that none of the 00:11:03.779 --> 00:11:08.899 wolf is never really in a menacing situation 00:11:08.899 --> 00:11:12.320 where anything was gonna happen but like Quickly 00:11:12.320 --> 00:11:14.440 the kids are like, oh the wolf didn't do that 00:11:14.440 --> 00:11:16.279 and they move on and they keep going it was just 00:11:16.279 --> 00:11:19.000 so much fun to have be able to have the conversations 00:11:19.000 --> 00:11:21.120 with the students and have them tell me what 00:11:21.120 --> 00:11:22.580 they think is happening and why do they think 00:11:22.580 --> 00:11:26.179 it's happening and it allows for the kids to 00:11:26.179 --> 00:11:31.090 see that the pictures are there and they can 00:11:31.090 --> 00:11:33.230 read those pictures. And that's like the first 00:11:33.230 --> 00:11:35.210 step towards becoming literate and being able 00:11:35.210 --> 00:11:37.850 to identify the words on the page is we can use 00:11:37.850 --> 00:11:39.769 the pictures to help us with that and find the 00:11:39.769 --> 00:11:44.049 story in the images. And it's just a really cool 00:11:44.049 --> 00:11:46.330 experience. And then the fact that the story 00:11:46.330 --> 00:11:49.629 is just such a heartwarming and wonderful story 00:11:49.629 --> 00:11:53.649 that, you know, it's really cute. And I just, 00:11:53.970 --> 00:11:56.669 I loved it a lot. I think it. definitely deserve 00:11:56.669 --> 00:12:00.269 the Caldecott Award for the 2028. It's an amazing 00:12:00.269 --> 00:12:03.129 story with such beautiful imagery. Definitely 00:12:03.129 --> 00:12:07.570 a five out of five bookmarks. Yeah. Yeah, I love 00:12:07.570 --> 00:12:11.450 this book. I usually do this book in the wintertime 00:12:11.450 --> 00:12:14.210 with my class. I've done it every year for a 00:12:14.210 --> 00:12:17.690 few years. I haven't gotten to read it yet. Probably 00:12:17.690 --> 00:12:21.470 will this week actually. A really the things 00:12:21.470 --> 00:12:23.950 you said I really enjoy doing wordless books 00:12:23.950 --> 00:12:27.490 in particular with pre -k because it does help 00:12:27.490 --> 00:12:31.009 a lot of the kids who Even though they're just 00:12:31.009 --> 00:12:35.350 starting out they get they they're just so intimidated 00:12:35.350 --> 00:12:40.129 to even begin looking at books like independently 00:12:40.129 --> 00:12:45.110 at all and like all of them Want to read I really 00:12:45.110 --> 00:12:49.629 feel like most kids really genuinely like 99 00:12:49.629 --> 00:12:53.429 % are like, let's sit down with a book and read 00:12:53.429 --> 00:12:57.450 it like they're good with it. But doing so independently 00:12:57.450 --> 00:13:00.809 can be intimidating for them just because they 00:13:00.809 --> 00:13:03.169 don't know their letters just yet, or they're 00:13:03.169 --> 00:13:04.929 learning them and they don't know how to put 00:13:04.929 --> 00:13:07.149 them together or they're like starting to figure 00:13:07.149 --> 00:13:09.570 it out, but they don't have the confidence yet. 00:13:09.970 --> 00:13:13.370 So reading a book like this where the pictures 00:13:13.370 --> 00:13:16.669 tell the story so beautifully. I just I explained 00:13:16.669 --> 00:13:19.090 to them that they're gonna read it to me. They 00:13:19.090 --> 00:13:22.909 can look at the pictures and it does they even 00:13:22.909 --> 00:13:26.250 so even without any letters on the page they 00:13:26.250 --> 00:13:29.409 still kind of get a little bit nervous at first 00:13:29.409 --> 00:13:32.450 and they're like they're gonna mess up telling 00:13:32.450 --> 00:13:35.710 the story and I just have to reassure them like 00:13:35.710 --> 00:13:39.370 no there's this is we can tell the story too. 00:13:39.409 --> 00:13:41.929 It's okay. There's nothing there's no letters 00:13:41.929 --> 00:13:44.230 to mess up. it's okay if you don't know your 00:13:44.230 --> 00:13:46.309 letters because there's nothing there like just 00:13:46.309 --> 00:13:49.309 to describe what you see how do you know that 00:13:49.309 --> 00:13:52.450 the wolf is gonna go there like you know having 00:13:52.450 --> 00:13:55.789 them explain why they're making those inferences 00:13:55.789 --> 00:13:58.289 because a lot of the time they'll just like tell 00:13:58.289 --> 00:13:59.990 you what they think is going to happen and they 00:13:59.990 --> 00:14:02.490 don't have any reasoning why i'm like okay now 00:14:02.490 --> 00:14:06.190 describe why that's gonna happen and a book like 00:14:06.190 --> 00:14:08.110 this is really great for that and especially 00:14:08.110 --> 00:14:11.330 one with like that's because this one you know 00:14:11.629 --> 00:14:14.610 everybody gets separated from their families. 00:14:14.730 --> 00:14:17.570 And that's really what kids can relate to the 00:14:17.570 --> 00:14:20.129 best. That's like most of what they know is their 00:14:20.129 --> 00:14:23.389 family. And so it's really easy for them to empathize 00:14:23.389 --> 00:14:25.590 with the wolf and with the kid from the story. 00:14:26.149 --> 00:14:29.429 So it's just, it's wonderful. It's a great book. 00:14:29.950 --> 00:14:34.169 I love it a lot. It's great choice. Yeah. And 00:14:34.169 --> 00:14:36.629 it worked out well because we just come back 00:14:36.629 --> 00:14:40.019 from having you know, an ice storm of our own. 00:14:40.299 --> 00:14:42.580 And so the kids kind of get like being out in 00:14:42.580 --> 00:14:45.480 the cold and, you know, definitely not wanting 00:14:45.480 --> 00:14:48.139 to, to not be able to find their way home or 00:14:48.139 --> 00:14:49.820 something like that. And so they were able to 00:14:49.820 --> 00:14:51.720 make those connections and it just worked really 00:14:51.720 --> 00:14:55.379 well. And I think like so many of the kids, like 00:14:55.379 --> 00:14:58.580 the, I don't want to say the art is simplistic, 00:14:58.580 --> 00:15:04.720 but there's very, like a lot of the art is the 00:15:04.720 --> 00:15:08.639 forms, the shapes are not always like, super 00:15:08.639 --> 00:15:12.200 detailed like the girl or the character I don't 00:15:12.200 --> 00:15:13.879 know why I always assume it's a girl but the 00:15:13.879 --> 00:15:18.120 the child in the coat is just kind of like a 00:15:18.120 --> 00:15:20.840 triangular shape you know and like so you can 00:15:20.840 --> 00:15:25.120 show them like look like the art has there's 00:15:25.120 --> 00:15:27.019 some amazing parts to the art but like some of 00:15:27.019 --> 00:15:31.000 it's relatively simplified and the kids can can 00:15:31.000 --> 00:15:33.240 relate to that when they're doing and they make 00:15:33.240 --> 00:15:35.759 art too because we as long as you can tell what 00:15:35.759 --> 00:15:38.929 it is It doesn't have to be perfect. It's like 00:15:38.929 --> 00:15:43.250 very unique and special. So I really love this 00:15:43.250 --> 00:15:46.110 book. I love everything about it. And I'm so 00:15:46.110 --> 00:15:49.029 happy that I got to use it this week. That's 00:15:49.029 --> 00:15:53.409 a good choice. Yeah. As far as for a makerspace 00:15:53.409 --> 00:15:57.889 connection, I, because the imagery is so amazing 00:15:57.889 --> 00:16:00.070 in this book, I would love to be able to give 00:16:00.070 --> 00:16:02.960 the kids some crayons or some colored pencils 00:16:02.960 --> 00:16:05.799 if you're really feeling daring maybe some paint 00:16:05.799 --> 00:16:12.620 and have the kids draw either their like what 00:16:12.620 --> 00:16:15.840 they would do in snow because we don't in here 00:16:15.840 --> 00:16:18.639 in Texas we don't get opportunities to really 00:16:18.639 --> 00:16:23.720 play in the snow even this past the Alaska experience 00:16:23.720 --> 00:16:26.980 that we had it was all ice we did there wasn't 00:16:26.980 --> 00:16:30.480 much snow I mean You know and so like the kids 00:16:30.480 --> 00:16:34.299 don't always get to experience that so to have 00:16:34.299 --> 00:16:37.840 them like Make art where they're showing what 00:16:37.840 --> 00:16:41.460 they would like to do in snow would be really 00:16:41.460 --> 00:16:46.159 cool because everybody could everyone's preferred 00:16:46.159 --> 00:16:50.120 activity in the snow could be different and Yeah 00:16:50.120 --> 00:16:54.000 Even in the book like at one point like in the 00:16:54.000 --> 00:16:55.659 at the beginning and end of the book it starts 00:16:55.659 --> 00:16:58.940 with the families in the home warm by like a 00:16:58.940 --> 00:17:01.299 fire so like if you didn't want to be in the 00:17:01.299 --> 00:17:05.180 snow you could make that part of that could be 00:17:05.180 --> 00:17:08.359 your images staying inside where you're nice 00:17:08.359 --> 00:17:10.859 and warm and toasty kind of thing you know like 00:17:10.859 --> 00:17:13.880 yeah every kid could make their own yeah so every 00:17:13.880 --> 00:17:17.059 kid could make their own choice about what they 00:17:17.059 --> 00:17:21.400 would like to do if they were in a snow setting 00:17:21.400 --> 00:17:26.869 and kind of let them use their art To tell their 00:17:26.869 --> 00:17:31.470 story kind of thing. Yeah That's a great idea. 00:17:31.470 --> 00:17:35.789 I love the Individualization of it and having 00:17:35.789 --> 00:17:37.930 the kids really think about what they would do 00:17:37.930 --> 00:17:45.069 in the snow It's a great time for it, too Yeah, 00:17:45.069 --> 00:17:50.930 and now it's getting warm again, it's weird I'm 00:17:50.930 --> 00:17:54.579 gonna pretend it's still cold for a little longer 00:17:54.579 --> 00:17:59.299 anyway. Yeah. All right. So now we're at the 00:17:59.299 --> 00:18:03.799 point where we give our library of littles tips 00:18:03.799 --> 00:18:06.660 or tricks. And actually this season, since this 00:18:06.660 --> 00:18:09.200 is the first episode of our new season, we're 00:18:09.200 --> 00:18:13.579 also going to include a maker space spotlight. 00:18:13.940 --> 00:18:16.859 And so a maker space spotlight is where we're 00:18:16.859 --> 00:18:24.440 going to spotlight either a digital or physical 00:18:24.440 --> 00:18:28.079 item that might be a good use to have available 00:18:28.079 --> 00:18:32.660 in your makerspace area of your library and maybe 00:18:32.660 --> 00:18:34.619 something that you can use when you're making 00:18:34.619 --> 00:18:37.920 connections with the books that you are reading 00:18:37.920 --> 00:18:40.539 with the students. And so this week we're going 00:18:40.539 --> 00:18:46.619 to focus on MagnaTiles. So the original MagnaTiles 00:18:46.619 --> 00:18:49.759 is actually a company that's been around for 00:18:49.759 --> 00:18:55.049 a Almost 30 years. They first started in 1997. 00:18:56.029 --> 00:19:00.769 Yeah The original creator known as the godfather 00:19:00.769 --> 00:19:04.210 of magnet tiles was Rudy Valenta and he was a 00:19:04.210 --> 00:19:08.130 father of four and he had this idea to have these 00:19:08.130 --> 00:19:11.990 tiles that used magnets to connect so that children 00:19:11.990 --> 00:19:17.670 could build and originally it was often it still 00:19:17.670 --> 00:19:20.769 is but At first it was just the idea of this 00:19:20.769 --> 00:19:25.069 32 -piece set that was purchased for kids to 00:19:25.069 --> 00:19:30.230 use at home, but it quickly by about the early 00:19:30.230 --> 00:19:33.609 2000s, 2001 -ish, they started realizing that 00:19:33.609 --> 00:19:36.170 this would be a really great thing for educators 00:19:36.170 --> 00:19:38.450 to use as well. And that's when they started 00:19:38.450 --> 00:19:40.869 making bigger sets where you could buy like 100 00:19:40.869 --> 00:19:44.130 pieces. And from there they started building 00:19:44.130 --> 00:19:49.819 the specific sets that include the more unique 00:19:49.819 --> 00:19:51.720 shapes because originally it started with just 00:19:51.720 --> 00:19:55.140 like squares and a couple different size triangles. 00:19:55.140 --> 00:19:59.940 And now they've got like princess sets and jungle 00:19:59.940 --> 00:20:02.819 sets and Arctic sets that come with little animals 00:20:02.819 --> 00:20:05.900 and different shapes for building jungle trees 00:20:05.900 --> 00:20:10.819 and pieces to make cars. And they're amazing. 00:20:11.440 --> 00:20:15.039 I will say you get your money's worth out of 00:20:15.039 --> 00:20:19.289 it, but they can be. kind of expensive like a 00:20:19.289 --> 00:20:21.450 normal like depending on how many pieces are 00:20:21.450 --> 00:20:23.789 in a set it can it could get up there pretty 00:20:23.789 --> 00:20:27.009 quick but like the average hundred piece set 00:20:27.009 --> 00:20:31.710 generally runs for about a hundred dollars a 00:20:31.710 --> 00:20:33.970 hundred and ten dollars something like that for 00:20:33.970 --> 00:20:38.410 the classic hundred piece set which could break 00:20:38.410 --> 00:20:41.049 some people's budgets you can also get like the 00:20:41.049 --> 00:20:44.109 normal 32 piece set for around fifty dollars 00:20:44.109 --> 00:20:47.900 and then like the specified sets that they have 00:20:47.900 --> 00:20:52.059 the specialized ones like the Safari or the the 00:20:52.059 --> 00:20:54.799 construction builders or the princess ones depending 00:20:54.799 --> 00:20:56.819 on how many pieces are in the sets it kind of 00:20:56.819 --> 00:21:01.480 ranges from anywhere from about $40 up to 70 00:21:01.480 --> 00:21:05.460 or 80 bucks the sets are really great I love 00:21:05.460 --> 00:21:08.950 using the magnet tiles the magnet tiles in My 00:21:08.950 --> 00:21:11.670 maker space to have the kids build with the kids 00:21:11.670 --> 00:21:16.009 really enjoy using them to build, to make different 00:21:16.009 --> 00:21:19.029 shapes, to make different things. Depending on 00:21:19.029 --> 00:21:21.250 what you have available, it definitely changes 00:21:21.250 --> 00:21:23.690 the challenges that you can give to the students. 00:21:24.650 --> 00:21:29.589 I have a couple pieces that are basically rectangles 00:21:29.589 --> 00:21:32.250 with some wheels so they can build like. movable 00:21:32.250 --> 00:21:34.769 car pieces or trains and that kind of thing. 00:21:34.789 --> 00:21:37.789 So for certain challenges, I'll use those other 00:21:37.789 --> 00:21:39.569 challenges. I'll take those out so that they're 00:21:39.569 --> 00:21:42.150 not in use that kind of thing. The sets are really 00:21:42.150 --> 00:21:45.089 cool. I really enjoy using them and the kids 00:21:45.089 --> 00:21:49.829 really enjoy using them. They're pretty, pretty 00:21:49.829 --> 00:21:52.089 diverse in the different things that you can 00:21:52.089 --> 00:21:55.269 have the students build. And so it's a lot of 00:21:55.269 --> 00:21:59.150 fun to see how the students can be creative and 00:21:59.440 --> 00:22:02.299 not just build, they can build two dimensionally 00:22:02.299 --> 00:22:04.819 or three dimensionally, depending on the challenge 00:22:04.819 --> 00:22:07.480 and depending on the student. And I'm always 00:22:07.480 --> 00:22:10.559 surprised by the way kids' brains work when you 00:22:10.559 --> 00:22:12.180 give them a challenge, because they always come 00:22:12.180 --> 00:22:15.640 up with ways to do the things that I didn't expect, 00:22:15.640 --> 00:22:19.519 which is always fun for me just to see how creative 00:22:19.519 --> 00:22:22.680 they can be with the limited. I mean, when you 00:22:22.680 --> 00:22:24.099 consider there's like three different shapes 00:22:24.099 --> 00:22:28.309 of triangles and then Small squares and big squares 00:22:28.309 --> 00:22:30.170 is basically what it comes down to in the in 00:22:30.170 --> 00:22:36.009 the generic set. The number of unique combinations 00:22:36.009 --> 00:22:39.769 that they can make to come up with different 00:22:39.769 --> 00:22:42.730 designs and different ideas is really really 00:22:42.730 --> 00:22:46.910 cool. And this is one of my most popular like 00:22:46.910 --> 00:22:48.890 when we have like a free build day and I put 00:22:48.890 --> 00:22:50.769 these out this is one of the most popular areas 00:22:50.769 --> 00:22:52.529 to go to because the kids love to be able to 00:22:52.529 --> 00:22:56.200 build towers and to build cars and to build castles 00:22:56.200 --> 00:23:00.180 and all the different things. So I really love 00:23:00.180 --> 00:23:04.299 these. I will say that if you are a librarian 00:23:04.299 --> 00:23:08.099 that does scholastic book fairs and if you save 00:23:08.099 --> 00:23:10.299 any of your scholastic dollars, scholastic has 00:23:10.299 --> 00:23:14.440 an off brand of magnet tiles. They're all right. 00:23:14.500 --> 00:23:21.819 They're smaller and they only have squares and 00:23:21.819 --> 00:23:25.869 equilateral triangles, which is not bad they 00:23:25.869 --> 00:23:28.710 work with the magnet tiles but again they're 00:23:28.710 --> 00:23:31.410 smaller than the normal magnet tiles which makes 00:23:31.410 --> 00:23:34.970 it so sometimes if they're intermixing the small 00:23:34.970 --> 00:23:36.829 squares from the magnet tiles with the squares 00:23:36.829 --> 00:23:41.190 from the scholastic brand they don't like line 00:23:41.190 --> 00:23:47.730 up as evenly and so if my suggestion is always 00:23:47.730 --> 00:23:51.940 to spend the extra money to get the the actual 00:23:51.940 --> 00:23:57.480 Magna tiles from the original brand because they 00:23:57.480 --> 00:24:01.359 Seem to work just a little bit better overall 00:24:01.359 --> 00:24:04.400 But definitely something that I enjoy using with 00:24:04.400 --> 00:24:10.119 my students for sure. I agree with all the things 00:24:10.119 --> 00:24:15.480 Yeah, and I think the scholastic one I don't 00:24:15.480 --> 00:24:17.700 think they have a middle Do they? I think it's 00:24:17.700 --> 00:24:20.579 just like the outline of a magnet. Yes. Yeah. 00:24:20.819 --> 00:24:24.339 That's also, I don't know. I think they connect 00:24:24.339 --> 00:24:28.059 differently than maybe their magnets just aren't 00:24:28.059 --> 00:24:30.680 as strong. I'm not sure. Something about the 00:24:30.680 --> 00:24:34.000 way those are made there. You're right. They're 00:24:34.000 --> 00:24:37.700 just not quite as good. I have always had magnet 00:24:37.700 --> 00:24:41.059 tiles. I've had them for my children forever. 00:24:41.800 --> 00:24:44.980 And they've outgrown them, which is sad. And 00:24:44.980 --> 00:24:49.000 I had them at my last campus and I don't have 00:24:49.000 --> 00:24:52.299 any at my current campus, like none, which was 00:24:52.299 --> 00:24:55.980 really talking to me and made me very sad. But 00:24:55.980 --> 00:25:02.279 that I think is actually my number one want is 00:25:02.279 --> 00:25:04.579 magnet tiles for my gonna need to use some of 00:25:04.579 --> 00:25:06.359 that. You're gonna need to use some of that budget 00:25:06.359 --> 00:25:09.990 to buy some. We have like the tiniest maker space 00:25:09.990 --> 00:25:13.829 in the land and I've been working on building 00:25:13.829 --> 00:25:17.730 it up. We're getting there. I don't know. It 00:25:17.730 --> 00:25:20.730 was super duper tiny when I got there and it's 00:25:20.730 --> 00:25:25.529 still pretty small. I haven't requested magnet 00:25:25.529 --> 00:25:28.630 tiles in particular yet because they are so expensive. 00:25:28.829 --> 00:25:32.630 Yeah. But I think that is actually my, I was 00:25:32.630 --> 00:25:37.130 actually thinking about that last week. I really 00:25:37.130 --> 00:25:40.329 need magnetiles in particular. I did look into 00:25:40.329 --> 00:25:42.329 doing the scholastic ones, but for all the reasons 00:25:42.329 --> 00:25:45.269 you already stated, I didn't pull the trigger 00:25:45.269 --> 00:25:48.369 and get those. I've been looking at all the scholastic 00:25:48.369 --> 00:25:51.589 things first because I do have scholastic money 00:25:51.589 --> 00:25:57.170 to spend. And once I finish that, then I'll start 00:25:57.170 --> 00:25:59.809 asking for purchases probably actually later 00:25:59.809 --> 00:26:05.319 this week. But Yeah, I need some magnetiles in 00:26:05.319 --> 00:26:07.680 a big way. And I do love my one of my favorite 00:26:07.680 --> 00:26:11.180 things about them is kids a lot of the time will 00:26:11.180 --> 00:26:15.400 like build 3d like houses and such for like if 00:26:15.400 --> 00:26:18.400 you throw in different toys with them, they'll 00:26:18.400 --> 00:26:21.440 like create little habitats or something for 00:26:21.440 --> 00:26:24.799 whatever kind of toy you've got going on, which 00:26:24.799 --> 00:26:28.900 is great. Like you can do so much with that. 00:26:29.039 --> 00:26:34.170 Yeah, a lot. So what I'll say is I did, cause 00:26:34.170 --> 00:26:37.650 I was, I had so much, uh, so many scholastic 00:26:37.650 --> 00:26:38.990 dollars. I was like, all right, I'll bite the 00:26:38.990 --> 00:26:41.809 bullet. I'll try some of these magna tile, the 00:26:41.809 --> 00:26:48.069 off brand magna tiles and they're not bad. They, 00:26:48.089 --> 00:26:50.529 they don't work as well. And like I said, the 00:26:50.529 --> 00:26:52.730 squares are a little bit smaller and they do 00:26:52.730 --> 00:26:56.210 have a hole in the center. And so like, I was 00:26:56.210 --> 00:26:58.970 like, yeah, we'll see. And so they do work with 00:26:58.970 --> 00:27:03.329 the. original magna tiles. But what I found was 00:27:03.329 --> 00:27:05.289 that my students, because I just dumped them 00:27:05.289 --> 00:27:07.289 in the bucket with the rest of them I had. And 00:27:07.289 --> 00:27:09.269 I've got like two, I get two bucks. So I just 00:27:09.269 --> 00:27:11.609 kind of dumped them in. And what my my students 00:27:11.609 --> 00:27:16.910 did was they separated the the non official magna 00:27:16.910 --> 00:27:20.789 tiles from the official. And so and what they 00:27:20.789 --> 00:27:22.710 did, and it's fine, because what they do is they, 00:27:23.210 --> 00:27:25.930 if they're going to build with the real magna 00:27:25.930 --> 00:27:28.309 tiles, then they use those and they can build 00:27:28.309 --> 00:27:30.210 if they are going to build with the other ones 00:27:30.210 --> 00:27:33.049 they use just those because like I said the size 00:27:33.049 --> 00:27:35.930 difference of like the squares will throw off 00:27:35.930 --> 00:27:38.849 a build because it's a solid like quarter inch 00:27:38.849 --> 00:27:40.369 difference so like if you're trying to build 00:27:40.369 --> 00:27:43.190 a wall to a house and you've got the normal magnet 00:27:43.190 --> 00:27:44.990 tiles and then you go to the other ones like 00:27:44.990 --> 00:27:48.509 you're gonna have a gap it's not gonna work to 00:27:48.509 --> 00:27:50.490 like to build a strong structure and stuff and 00:27:50.490 --> 00:27:53.049 so they've kind of just separated them and it 00:27:53.049 --> 00:27:58.319 it just limits what they can build because where 00:27:58.319 --> 00:28:02.640 magnetiles has like three different triangle 00:28:02.640 --> 00:28:07.759 pieces and they have the really big flat squares 00:28:07.759 --> 00:28:12.279 and then the really small squares like you can 00:28:12.279 --> 00:28:15.079 get a little more creative you're limited with 00:28:15.079 --> 00:28:17.640 the scholastic ones because you've got the smaller 00:28:17.640 --> 00:28:20.539 squares and the equilateral triangles and that's 00:28:20.539 --> 00:28:25.609 it so depending on the goal this classic ones 00:28:25.609 --> 00:28:28.170 aren't terrible they just aren't as versatile 00:28:28.170 --> 00:28:35.109 and they just they don't work with the the original 00:28:35.109 --> 00:28:38.990 magnetiles as well as i had i was i had high 00:28:38.990 --> 00:28:41.670 hopes i was a little disappointed the magnetiles 00:28:41.670 --> 00:28:43.549 are the way to go and i've learned my lesson 00:28:43.549 --> 00:28:46.630 and will only be purchasing the original magnetiles 00:28:46.630 --> 00:28:51.740 i was trying i don't know i you know but now 00:28:51.740 --> 00:28:54.579 i've learned the lesson so that you don't make 00:28:54.579 --> 00:29:02.900 the same mistake so good call all right well 00:29:02.900 --> 00:29:04.920 for our next book that we're going to talk about 00:29:04.920 --> 00:29:10.000 today it's hot dog it was published by alfred 00:29:10.000 --> 00:29:14.660 a knob in 2022 and the author and illustrator 00:29:14.660 --> 00:29:18.579 is doug salati this book did win quite a few 00:29:18.579 --> 00:29:21.880 awards. It's got the Caldecott Medal from 2023, 00:29:22.720 --> 00:29:26.420 it's an ALSC Notable Children's Book for 2023, 00:29:27.099 --> 00:29:31.160 Ezra Jack Keats Read Aloud Award for 2023, Horn 00:29:31.160 --> 00:29:34.940 Book Fanfare 2022, Publishers Weekly Best Books 00:29:34.940 --> 00:29:40.099 2022, Junior Library Guild Selection 2022, California 00:29:40.099 --> 00:29:45.140 CDE Recommended List 2023, Ohio Buckeye Children's 00:29:45.140 --> 00:29:50.599 Book Award 2023, and Pennsylvania Best of 2022. 00:29:53.019 --> 00:29:56.779 And so Doug Salati is the creator of Hot Dog. 00:29:57.299 --> 00:30:00.660 The first picture book he illustrated was In 00:30:00.660 --> 00:30:05.490 a Small Kingdom by Tommy DiPolla. Doug graduated 00:30:05.490 --> 00:30:11.210 from the MFA illustration as visual essay program 00:30:11.210 --> 00:30:16.410 at the School of Visual Arts in 2014. He was 00:30:16.410 --> 00:30:21.170 a 2015 Sendak fellow and he currently lives and 00:30:21.170 --> 00:30:26.559 works in New York City. And this is the only 00:30:26.559 --> 00:30:29.240 book that he has both written and illustrated, 00:30:29.319 --> 00:30:32.500 but there are a few books that he has illustrated 00:30:32.500 --> 00:30:35.880 for, and they are Lawrence in the Fall, which 00:30:35.880 --> 00:30:39.460 is written by Matthew Farina, In a Small Kingdom 00:30:39.460 --> 00:30:43.559 by Tommy DiPaola, The Remarkable Rescue at Milkweed 00:30:43.559 --> 00:30:47.759 Meadow by Elaine Dimopoulos, The Perilous Performance 00:30:47.759 --> 00:30:51.519 at Milkweed Meadow by Elaine Dimopoulos, and 00:30:51.519 --> 00:30:54.259 Words with Wings and Magic Things by Matthew 00:30:54.259 --> 00:30:58.700 Burgess. And the summary of this book, we went 00:30:58.700 --> 00:31:03.000 from winter to summer real fast here. And for 00:31:03.000 --> 00:31:05.420 the summary of this one, we've got a dog and 00:31:05.420 --> 00:31:07.980 his owner that begin the day by running errands 00:31:07.980 --> 00:31:11.880 all across New York City. The summer heat, however, 00:31:12.099 --> 00:31:14.460 soon makes the city unbearable, so the owner 00:31:14.460 --> 00:31:16.859 whisks the dog away to a nearby island where 00:31:16.859 --> 00:31:19.259 they spend the rest of the day having the perfect 00:31:19.259 --> 00:31:21.480 summer day, splashing in the waves and relaxing 00:31:21.480 --> 00:31:24.059 on the beach, and that evening they complete 00:31:24.059 --> 00:31:27.220 their errands in the now cool city and they spend 00:31:27.220 --> 00:31:30.019 a peaceful night dreaming of the beach. This 00:31:30.019 --> 00:31:35.119 book, I think, is amazing for pre -k. It does... 00:31:35.119 --> 00:31:38.170 it's not... It does have a few wordless pages, 00:31:38.190 --> 00:31:41.730 but not too many. The text that is there is written 00:31:41.730 --> 00:31:45.529 kind of like in free verse. It's got a few sporadic 00:31:45.529 --> 00:31:48.630 like rhyming words here and there, some sporadic 00:31:48.630 --> 00:31:52.809 alliteration. So it's got not quite a predictable 00:31:52.809 --> 00:31:55.829 cadence, but a really soothing kind of rhythm. 00:31:56.410 --> 00:31:59.430 It's got really great imagery in those words 00:31:59.430 --> 00:32:03.670 and um it has some really good vocabulary words 00:32:03.670 --> 00:32:05.990 there too you've got words like shimmering in 00:32:05.990 --> 00:32:09.609 there that like because there's so little text 00:32:09.609 --> 00:32:12.509 it's really easy to just you know define those 00:32:12.509 --> 00:32:15.589 really quick and keep moving with your story 00:32:15.589 --> 00:32:18.109 and it doesn't really slow down slow it down 00:32:18.109 --> 00:32:21.650 too much the illustrations are really lovely 00:32:21.650 --> 00:32:24.250 there's definitely a reason it won the caldecott 00:32:24.250 --> 00:32:27.670 it starts off with lots of those warmer colors 00:32:27.670 --> 00:32:31.230 it's got all all the reds and yellows and oranges 00:32:31.230 --> 00:32:33.269 at the beginning of the book and then as they 00:32:33.269 --> 00:32:37.609 escape to the ocean they've got the nice cools 00:32:37.609 --> 00:32:41.769 and greens and blues and tans and it's just you 00:32:41.769 --> 00:32:44.569 kind of feel when you're looking at those pictures 00:32:44.569 --> 00:32:47.809 I kind of felt oppressed a little bit like looking 00:32:47.809 --> 00:32:51.809 at the pictures at the beginning in the city 00:32:51.809 --> 00:32:54.650 with those brighter colors like I kind of felt 00:32:54.650 --> 00:32:57.990 some tension like the panels on those pages or 00:32:57.990 --> 00:33:01.210 they're all vertical and it makes you feel a 00:33:01.210 --> 00:33:04.549 little claustrophobic almost the way it's drawn 00:33:04.549 --> 00:33:07.970 which is perfect that's kind of the way I mean 00:33:07.970 --> 00:33:10.910 he intended it to go was he intends you to feel 00:33:10.910 --> 00:33:13.170 kind of oppressed by that heat and you really 00:33:13.170 --> 00:33:16.730 do and then once they escape to this to the ocean 00:33:16.730 --> 00:33:19.480 they've got the panel switch so they're more 00:33:19.480 --> 00:33:22.200 vertical and they've got like full page spreads 00:33:22.200 --> 00:33:25.500 and so it just has a much more relaxed feel it 00:33:25.500 --> 00:33:29.380 was just really those illustrations really make 00:33:29.380 --> 00:33:34.740 you feel like you're initially you know overheated 00:33:34.740 --> 00:33:38.680 and stuffy and claustrophobic and then once they 00:33:38.680 --> 00:33:42.220 get to go away you just feel much more relaxed 00:33:42.220 --> 00:33:47.940 and just relieved to have escaped that first 00:33:47.940 --> 00:33:50.759 part of the book. It's just, it's really beautiful 00:33:50.759 --> 00:33:53.160 the way it's done. It makes you feel all the 00:33:53.160 --> 00:33:55.720 things really, really well. It's just a really 00:33:55.720 --> 00:33:58.940 good story about, you know, summertime in general. 00:33:59.279 --> 00:34:02.200 I loved it. Five out of five bookmarks for me. 00:34:03.240 --> 00:34:06.380 Absolutely. I had not read this book until you 00:34:06.380 --> 00:34:10.380 suggested it, and I really enjoyed it. Everything 00:34:10.380 --> 00:34:14.980 that you said, the colors, definitely kind of 00:34:15.809 --> 00:34:18.449 The you could tell that they were intentionally 00:34:18.449 --> 00:34:23.349 chosen for each page of the book to kind of additionally 00:34:23.349 --> 00:34:27.829 add to the feel of the story and I can't wait 00:34:27.829 --> 00:34:29.690 to share this with my students because I think 00:34:29.690 --> 00:34:34.269 they're really going to enjoy that I also personally 00:34:34.269 --> 00:34:37.389 as a dog owner just tried to imagine trying to 00:34:37.389 --> 00:34:41.110 get my dog to To be able to manage through all 00:34:41.110 --> 00:34:42.829 those people and everything like that. I was 00:34:42.889 --> 00:34:45.889 feeling almost panic attacky at some point in 00:34:45.889 --> 00:34:47.889 the book, because it was very claustrophobic 00:34:47.889 --> 00:34:50.070 and very much like, oh my goodness, like all 00:34:50.070 --> 00:34:51.889 of these things that are happening and then to 00:34:51.889 --> 00:34:56.570 finally then get away and to, to be in more of 00:34:56.570 --> 00:34:58.849 a relaxed setting. It was like, oh good, like, 00:34:59.010 --> 00:35:03.329 like that, that being able to take that deep 00:35:03.329 --> 00:35:05.349 breath and be able to slow down and relax. It 00:35:05.349 --> 00:35:09.780 was, it was a really great book with Such powerful 00:35:09.780 --> 00:35:12.000 imagery. I really enjoyed it a lot and I look 00:35:12.000 --> 00:35:16.739 forward to sharing it with my students I'm looking 00:35:16.739 --> 00:35:19.000 forward to reading it later this year. I think 00:35:19.000 --> 00:35:20.699 that's how we all feel at the end of the school 00:35:20.699 --> 00:35:24.980 year, too. Yeah, we're like all frantic It's 00:35:24.980 --> 00:35:28.500 a good analogy for that. Yes, and then summer 00:35:28.500 --> 00:35:32.800 comes and we get to relax for the makerspace 00:35:32.800 --> 00:35:36.829 activity for this one I have two things written 00:35:36.829 --> 00:35:39.809 down. Okay, so I think when I was on my pre -k 00:35:39.809 --> 00:35:43.630 campus, and all I did was pre -k all the live 00:35:43.630 --> 00:35:48.110 long day, I 100 % would have done a sensory bin 00:35:48.110 --> 00:35:53.369 paired with this, with either like a water table 00:35:53.369 --> 00:35:56.389 with a very small amount of water, very small, 00:35:56.909 --> 00:36:01.489 and just a few little water toys that kids can 00:36:01.489 --> 00:36:05.920 kind of explore, or... small amount of sand and 00:36:05.920 --> 00:36:09.179 a little sand table again with some seashells 00:36:09.179 --> 00:36:12.000 or like some ocean animals thrown in like some 00:36:12.000 --> 00:36:14.199 little plastic tiny ones that you get from like 00:36:14.199 --> 00:36:16.059 the dollar store or whatever thrown in there 00:36:16.059 --> 00:36:19.159 so that kids can pretend like they're at the 00:36:19.159 --> 00:36:23.360 beach and kind of explore beachy things and I 00:36:23.360 --> 00:36:26.400 think if I was doing this doing all pre -k all 00:36:26.400 --> 00:36:29.059 day I would still 100 % do that and I still may 00:36:29.059 --> 00:36:34.099 do something like that but right now having pre 00:36:34.099 --> 00:36:36.460 -k kids and kindergarten kids on my campus and 00:36:36.460 --> 00:36:40.079 not having much time to set up for that in between 00:36:40.079 --> 00:36:42.760 classes. I think I would be more likely realistically 00:36:42.760 --> 00:36:46.840 to just have kids draw a picture of their ideal 00:36:46.840 --> 00:36:50.059 beach day, kind of discuss a few things that 00:36:50.059 --> 00:36:53.800 they could do at the beach. We are kind of landlocked 00:36:53.800 --> 00:36:57.920 in North Texas so some of our kids may not get 00:36:57.920 --> 00:37:01.719 to go to the beach ever or infrequently if at 00:37:01.719 --> 00:37:04.369 all. So I think we would have like a whole class 00:37:04.369 --> 00:37:08.789 discussion about like what we see the dog and 00:37:08.789 --> 00:37:10.889 his owner doing at the beach what they could 00:37:10.889 --> 00:37:14.590 do at the beach and then have the kids think 00:37:14.590 --> 00:37:17.469 of like things that they would do at the beach 00:37:17.469 --> 00:37:20.989 if they could go and then and that would just 00:37:20.989 --> 00:37:23.309 be like a quicker kind of setup and it's great 00:37:23.309 --> 00:37:25.570 for fine motor to really you're practicing drawing 00:37:25.570 --> 00:37:27.289 and all the things and ideally you would do it 00:37:27.289 --> 00:37:29.829 at the end of the school year because it's right 00:37:29.829 --> 00:37:32.690 before summer when they might do something like 00:37:32.690 --> 00:37:34.230 that. So they would probably have the motor skills 00:37:34.230 --> 00:37:38.269 to do that independently right then as well. 00:37:39.130 --> 00:37:41.329 I love both those ideas. I know like sensory 00:37:41.329 --> 00:37:45.329 bins are always great. It's just the setup for 00:37:45.329 --> 00:37:48.309 the pre -k classes to do those. And I mean, like 00:37:48.309 --> 00:37:50.429 if you, depending on how your schedule worked, 00:37:50.670 --> 00:37:52.369 if it, if you had like pre -k and then kinder, 00:37:52.389 --> 00:37:53.909 you could probably keep it out for both of those, 00:37:54.090 --> 00:37:56.769 but you know. Yeah, it just depends on the schedule. 00:37:57.110 --> 00:37:59.329 Yeah. And it, it's definitely like making sure 00:37:59.329 --> 00:38:01.550 that you can. clean up afterwards and all that 00:38:01.550 --> 00:38:04.349 kind of stuff. But I, I love when we have the 00:38:04.349 --> 00:38:06.130 opportunities to be able to do the sensory bins 00:38:06.130 --> 00:38:09.289 because they're, they're so cool to give those 00:38:09.289 --> 00:38:11.730 kids those experiences for sure. But like you 00:38:11.730 --> 00:38:15.110 said, drawing a picture works and builds other 00:38:15.110 --> 00:38:18.550 skills and especially like those, those fine 00:38:18.550 --> 00:38:20.530 motor skills for their hands and all that good 00:38:20.530 --> 00:38:22.849 stuff, which, so I love both those ideas. Really 00:38:22.849 --> 00:38:29.800 good. Yeah. That's great stuff. All right. Well, 00:38:30.059 --> 00:38:32.760 thank you all for joining us today on this episode 00:38:32.760 --> 00:38:36.579 of Librarians of Littles, and be sure to subscribe 00:38:36.579 --> 00:38:38.920 and connect with us on social media. 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I do have 00:39:25.670 --> 00:39:29.190 to say I do have a win though, which made me 00:39:29.190 --> 00:39:31.869 feel good as I left today, or yesterday from 00:39:31.869 --> 00:39:36.849 work. My campus nurse, her daughter is dyslexic 00:39:36.849 --> 00:39:44.130 and generally doesn't read. But she's one of 00:39:44.130 --> 00:39:46.230 my, she's also one of my bookaroos, like that 00:39:46.230 --> 00:39:48.329 helps me get books on shelves and stuff like 00:39:48.329 --> 00:39:53.469 that. And. With the testing this week, I was 00:39:53.469 --> 00:39:55.829 telling everybody like, you need to make sure 00:39:55.829 --> 00:39:57.150 you have a library book. Cause when you're done 00:39:57.150 --> 00:39:59.550 testing, like that's basically the only thing 00:39:59.550 --> 00:40:03.210 you're allowed to do is, is read a book or like, 00:40:03.349 --> 00:40:05.389 and so the kids were like, well, I can nap. Okay, 00:40:05.389 --> 00:40:09.489 fine. But like, I don't know about you, but I 00:40:09.489 --> 00:40:12.349 find it very hard to fall asleep in public. So 00:40:12.349 --> 00:40:14.510 a book is going to be the way I'm going to go. 00:40:14.670 --> 00:40:17.929 But so I was really trying to be like book book. 00:40:18.119 --> 00:40:21.059 And this in her, this daughter, the nurse's daughter 00:40:21.059 --> 00:40:24.119 just isn't, she doesn't mind books. She just, 00:40:24.119 --> 00:40:26.460 she struggles to read. She's dyslexic and it's 00:40:26.460 --> 00:40:28.539 not the easiest thing for her. And she hasn't 00:40:28.539 --> 00:40:32.599 found the right book that is just gonna grab 00:40:32.599 --> 00:40:34.619 her attention and make her want to keep going 00:40:34.619 --> 00:40:39.099 and stuff. And so I was like, no, I've like, 00:40:39.300 --> 00:40:41.500 after school sent her over to me, we're gonna, 00:40:41.579 --> 00:40:43.800 we're gonna find something for her to have to 00:40:43.800 --> 00:40:47.969 read. The nurse was like, all right. And so she 00:40:47.969 --> 00:40:49.829 did. And she sent her over and I was like, all 00:40:49.829 --> 00:40:51.969 right, I'm going to pull some books. I'm going 00:40:51.969 --> 00:40:53.550 to show you some things. We're going to make, 00:40:53.710 --> 00:40:54.769 we're going to find something that you're going 00:40:54.769 --> 00:40:57.389 to be into. And she's like, all right. And so 00:40:57.389 --> 00:41:00.349 like, I first, I showed her like, um, Judd Winick's 00:41:00.349 --> 00:41:03.409 Hilo graphic novel. Cause I was like, this is 00:41:03.409 --> 00:41:06.949 a fun kind of just goofy story. And she was, 00:41:07.090 --> 00:41:09.929 eh, I don't know. And then I showed her like, 00:41:10.010 --> 00:41:18.929 um, what was it? It was the. Lotus Island chapter 00:41:18.929 --> 00:41:23.289 books, the fantasy books. I don't think, I think 00:41:23.289 --> 00:41:25.309 that book, one of the books was, the book one 00:41:25.309 --> 00:41:29.289 was on our book battle list last year. And, but 00:41:29.289 --> 00:41:30.929 I was like, we've got a bunch of these books 00:41:30.929 --> 00:41:33.309 and it's kind of cool. And it's like kids and 00:41:33.309 --> 00:41:35.809 animals and she's into animals and stuff. So 00:41:35.809 --> 00:41:37.610 I was like, maybe this one. And she's like, eh, 00:41:37.610 --> 00:41:39.510 not so much. Cause it is a chapter book. And 00:41:39.510 --> 00:41:43.389 so it's a little bit more daunting. I tried a 00:41:43.389 --> 00:41:44.929 couple other things and then finally I was like, 00:41:44.929 --> 00:41:47.719 okay. let's try this one and I pulled out book 00:41:47.719 --> 00:41:52.199 one of the amulet graphic novel and I showed 00:41:52.199 --> 00:41:53.780 her like the first three pages and the first 00:41:53.780 --> 00:41:55.599 three pages are like car crash and everything 00:41:55.599 --> 00:41:58.099 like that and like the parents are like the whole 00:41:58.099 --> 00:42:02.159 thing so she was like wait what happens to what 00:42:02.159 --> 00:42:05.519 happens after the car crash and I was like that 00:42:05.519 --> 00:42:10.139 that's the point you get it she's like she's 00:42:10.139 --> 00:42:13.900 like you know and I was like well that's kind 00:42:13.900 --> 00:42:16.159 of the thing and she's like And what about this 00:42:16.159 --> 00:42:17.840 whole necklace that's on the front cover? And 00:42:17.840 --> 00:42:20.539 I was like, yeah, exactly. Like, what about it? 00:42:21.980 --> 00:42:24.019 That's why I'm showing you the book kind of thing. 00:42:24.719 --> 00:42:26.420 She was like, I don't know, and tried to weave. 00:42:26.480 --> 00:42:28.579 And I was like, fine. I've shown you like seven 00:42:28.579 --> 00:42:31.059 different things and you're just not like, I'm 00:42:31.059 --> 00:42:34.199 really trying here. Like pulling out my A list 00:42:34.199 --> 00:42:38.360 of books, like trying to get you into it. And 00:42:38.360 --> 00:42:41.059 she's very, very reluctant, which I get, I understand. 00:42:41.139 --> 00:42:43.719 But she was like, I don't know. I was like, all 00:42:43.719 --> 00:42:45.769 right, take a... Think about it for a little 00:42:45.769 --> 00:42:48.309 bit. We'll see." And so she went back and talked 00:42:48.309 --> 00:42:50.389 to her mom and then her mom was like, no, you 00:42:50.389 --> 00:42:52.630 get back in there, you pick a book kind of thing. 00:42:53.590 --> 00:42:56.010 And she was like, all right, I think I want, 00:42:56.230 --> 00:42:57.769 I think I want to check out this amulet book. 00:42:57.849 --> 00:42:59.190 I was like, all right, here you go. We checked 00:42:59.190 --> 00:43:01.710 it out. She left the very next morning. She was 00:43:01.710 --> 00:43:04.030 like, can I get book number two? I was like, 00:43:04.130 --> 00:43:06.630 what? She's like, I finished, I finished the 00:43:06.630 --> 00:43:08.369 thing. Can I, can I get book number two? I was 00:43:08.369 --> 00:43:09.650 like, yeah, it's right there on the shelf. Let's 00:43:09.650 --> 00:43:11.050 check in the other one. Get that one for you. 00:43:11.150 --> 00:43:15.090 Go for it. So yesterday as I was leaving, she 00:43:15.090 --> 00:43:18.389 was talking with her, one of her teachers in 00:43:18.389 --> 00:43:20.610 the front office. And she just looked at her 00:43:20.610 --> 00:43:23.670 teacher and was like, I'm a reader now. And pulled 00:43:23.670 --> 00:43:25.989 out, she had book four already, like ready to 00:43:25.989 --> 00:43:29.610 go. And my AP happened to be in there. And I 00:43:29.610 --> 00:43:31.889 was like, that is my evaluation for the year 00:43:31.889 --> 00:43:46.840 right there. Boom. That's the best. I love that. 00:43:47.760 --> 00:43:51.199 I was very very happy with myself for being able 00:43:51.199 --> 00:43:53.980 to to finally find something that was going to 00:43:53.980 --> 00:43:57.980 get her attention. So hopefully when she's done 00:43:57.980 --> 00:44:01.360 with that series we can bridge over to another 00:44:01.360 --> 00:44:04.559 one to keep her going. So I'm gonna have to start 00:44:04.559 --> 00:44:06.099 thinking I'm gonna have to start thinking about 00:44:06.099 --> 00:44:08.900 other ones that I think she'll she'll get into. 00:44:10.340 --> 00:44:12.599 that have a good hook at the beginning and go 00:44:12.599 --> 00:44:18.920 from there, you know. She's a reader now. Made 00:44:18.920 --> 00:44:20.900 me feel good, yeah. Yeah.