WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.139 How was your week? It was... I don't know how 00:00:04.139 --> 00:00:09.439 a three -day week ends up feeling so long, but 00:00:09.439 --> 00:00:14.119 it did. I think, honestly, I do know how. Thursday 00:00:14.119 --> 00:00:20.500 and Friday, we had tel -pos testing on our campus, 00:00:20.719 --> 00:00:25.260 and so we did like a testing schedule, which 00:00:25.260 --> 00:00:27.399 means we saw the kids for less time, so we only 00:00:27.399 --> 00:00:31.140 saw them for 30 minutes each. And in the morning, 00:00:31.300 --> 00:00:35.920 we basically spend about the first hour and a 00:00:35.920 --> 00:00:38.859 half helping kids sign into their computers. 00:00:38.920 --> 00:00:42.200 Because the second graders that do the TELPAS 00:00:42.200 --> 00:00:44.740 testing have to do it on laptops, and they don't 00:00:44.740 --> 00:00:48.700 have laptops in their classroom. And then half 00:00:48.700 --> 00:00:52.100 of them don't know their own birthday and that 00:00:52.100 --> 00:00:53.640 kind of stuff when you're trying to get them 00:00:53.640 --> 00:00:56.920 to sign in using first initial, last initial 00:00:56.920 --> 00:01:02.109 birthday kind of stuff. So we had to like help. 00:01:02.429 --> 00:01:08.569 I think we had 28 second graders. So like me 00:01:08.569 --> 00:01:11.489 and my whole team were upstairs helping get that 00:01:11.489 --> 00:01:13.609 done. Cause the classroom teachers are still 00:01:13.609 --> 00:01:16.310 teaching their classroom kids and we just pull 00:01:16.310 --> 00:01:19.790 those couple English learning students. And so 00:01:19.790 --> 00:01:23.129 like we did that. And then it's after that, it's 00:01:23.129 --> 00:01:26.319 making sure that Now that they're logged in are 00:01:26.319 --> 00:01:28.719 the headphones working are the microphones working? 00:01:28.780 --> 00:01:31.359 If not, can we get them working? Do we need to 00:01:31.359 --> 00:01:33.280 restart the computer and start all over again 00:01:33.280 --> 00:01:35.780 like so that the computer recognizes that the 00:01:35.780 --> 00:01:37.459 Microphone that the headphones have been plugged 00:01:37.459 --> 00:01:41.879 in and that like all of that kind of so it just 00:01:41.879 --> 00:01:44.599 makes for a long day when you like so basically 00:01:44.599 --> 00:01:47.980 both days I didn't get a planning period because 00:01:47.980 --> 00:01:53.129 The way it's supposed to work is that we help 00:01:53.129 --> 00:01:56.269 from 7 .30 until like 8 .15 and then we have 00:01:56.269 --> 00:01:58.870 from 8 .15 to 9 o 'clock for our planning before 00:01:58.870 --> 00:02:02.010 we start seeing kids. What really happens is 00:02:02.010 --> 00:02:06.870 from 7 .30 until about 8 .50 we're helping kids 00:02:06.870 --> 00:02:09.789 and then we go downstairs and start seeing kids 00:02:09.789 --> 00:02:14.930 immediately. Oh my gosh. And on Thursday I saw 00:02:14.930 --> 00:02:17.009 a pre -k class which meant I didn't get my lunch 00:02:17.009 --> 00:02:21.030 break either. So that was fun. Oh my gosh. And 00:02:21.030 --> 00:02:26.000 Wednesday my book fair showed up. So Friday yesterday, 00:02:26.259 --> 00:02:30.120 I spent the day, any spare second that I had 00:02:30.120 --> 00:02:34.639 setting up the book fair for next week. So it 00:02:34.639 --> 00:02:37.080 was only a three day week, but it felt really, 00:02:37.139 --> 00:02:41.719 really long. That's horrible. Yeah. How was your 00:02:41.719 --> 00:02:45.780 week? Oh my gosh. Not like that. My week was 00:02:45.780 --> 00:02:52.439 okay. Yeah, it was okay. Um, I Got it so that 00:02:52.439 --> 00:02:56.520 the book fair my book fair can be delivered early 00:02:56.520 --> 00:03:00.879 so I can set it up before I have to leave to 00:03:00.879 --> 00:03:04.099 do all the things with my mom right and That 00:03:04.099 --> 00:03:06.800 also means that I can have it open for open house. 00:03:07.340 --> 00:03:11.120 Oh So I think actually I really want I wanted 00:03:11.120 --> 00:03:13.580 to do it anyway for obvious reasons, right? But 00:03:13.580 --> 00:03:16.280 I actually think that having an open for open 00:03:16.280 --> 00:03:19.460 house. I'm hoping will alleviate the traffic 00:03:19.719 --> 00:03:24.219 the following days when i'm out yeah yeah because 00:03:24.219 --> 00:03:25.879 you'll get if especially that's what i found 00:03:25.879 --> 00:03:31.740 because last fall in the fall i did it so that 00:03:31.740 --> 00:03:34.000 i opened up like that friday night before the 00:03:34.000 --> 00:03:37.520 week of because we had trunk or treat and i did 00:03:37.520 --> 00:03:41.939 a ton of the sales that night and so it was easier 00:03:41.939 --> 00:03:44.560 and more relaxed the rest of that following week 00:03:44.560 --> 00:03:47.349 because so many parents took the time to buy 00:03:47.349 --> 00:03:49.169 then. So I think you're right. I think that'll 00:03:49.169 --> 00:03:52.729 help you a lot. That's what I'm hoping. I'm hoping 00:03:52.729 --> 00:03:55.710 it'll be, and then it'll just be, and it would, 00:03:55.849 --> 00:03:59.409 I mean, it's good for sales, but I don't know. 00:03:59.949 --> 00:04:03.810 I feel bad that April has to run to book fair 00:04:03.810 --> 00:04:07.770 simultaneously. But it sounds like she's, she's 00:04:07.770 --> 00:04:10.330 working to get some help though. And you know 00:04:10.330 --> 00:04:13.229 what? She is. You need to be there for your mom 00:04:13.229 --> 00:04:16.430 too. So that's important. And I think they, That's 00:04:16.430 --> 00:04:20.129 one thing about our district is that they understand 00:04:20.129 --> 00:04:22.250 that family is an important thing and they want 00:04:22.250 --> 00:04:24.670 you to be there for that kind of stuff. So they 00:04:24.670 --> 00:04:27.589 really do. Like it's kind of incredible. I don't, 00:04:27.829 --> 00:04:30.769 I mean, it's kind of like that, but not to this 00:04:30.769 --> 00:04:34.930 degree. Like it felt more like it, there were 00:04:34.930 --> 00:04:39.870 certain individuals that value family. That's 00:04:39.870 --> 00:04:42.810 just values family, like the whole district. 00:04:43.769 --> 00:04:47.230 It's great. It's like top down. I agree. And 00:04:47.230 --> 00:04:49.509 I think, and honestly, like I say this all the 00:04:49.509 --> 00:04:52.689 time, I think that our district thinks of itself 00:04:52.689 --> 00:04:56.209 still being like a small town district and it's 00:04:56.209 --> 00:05:00.189 not anymore. But I think that's one of the benefits 00:05:00.189 --> 00:05:02.269 of them thinking they're a small town district 00:05:02.269 --> 00:05:04.310 is that they do care about people and making 00:05:04.310 --> 00:05:06.490 sure that their families are taken care of. So 00:05:06.490 --> 00:05:09.629 I think that that becomes a benefit for us in 00:05:09.629 --> 00:05:12.990 the end. Yeah. I hope we don't lose that. I do 00:05:12.990 --> 00:05:15.649 hope they. figure out their bigger district. 00:05:15.850 --> 00:05:20.089 Yeah. But that's the one thing I think that they 00:05:20.089 --> 00:05:24.910 need to keep. I hope so. Yeah. So hopefully that 00:05:24.910 --> 00:05:27.250 sticks around because that's, that is really 00:05:27.250 --> 00:05:31.949 nice that we get that. Cause I know like, um, 00:05:32.110 --> 00:05:35.029 one of our front office ladies at my campus, 00:05:35.170 --> 00:05:40.029 her mom passed away this past week. And so like 00:05:40.029 --> 00:05:51.860 other. So like that kind of thing where like 00:05:51.860 --> 00:05:53.800 people are like, Hey, we got your back. We'll 00:05:53.800 --> 00:05:55.980 take care of you so that you can do the thing 00:05:55.980 --> 00:05:59.779 you need to. That's something that the district 00:05:59.779 --> 00:06:03.279 does a really good job with. That's great. Yeah. 00:06:25.129 --> 00:06:28.689 Hello, I'm Patrick Adams. And I'm Caroline Legere. 00:06:29.490 --> 00:06:32.290 And this is Librarians of Littles, a podcast 00:06:32.290 --> 00:06:35.910 where we share books, give makerspace ideas, 00:06:35.930 --> 00:06:39.649 and give tips and tricks for working with our 00:06:39.649 --> 00:06:43.149 youngest learners in the library setting. This 00:06:43.149 --> 00:06:46.850 week, we are going to be sharing two books that 00:06:46.850 --> 00:06:52.149 are Geisel Award winners. And the first of those 00:06:52.149 --> 00:06:58.649 books is titled, You Are not small. It is written 00:06:58.649 --> 00:07:02.529 by Anna Kang. It is illustrated by Christopher 00:07:02.529 --> 00:07:07.649 Wayant and it's published by Two Lions, an imprint 00:07:07.649 --> 00:07:13.750 of Amazon Publishing. It was published in 2014 00:07:13.750 --> 00:07:21.470 and won the Theodore Seuss Geisel Award in 2015. 00:07:21.930 --> 00:07:27.009 And it was an A .L. CS Notable Children's Book 00:07:27.009 --> 00:07:34.329 for 2015, and a CCBC Selection for 2015. The 00:07:34.329 --> 00:07:40.170 author, Anna Kang, was born in the Bronx and 00:07:40.170 --> 00:07:43.509 grew up on Long Island. She attended Tufts University 00:07:43.509 --> 00:07:46.629 studying International Relations and Asian Studies. 00:07:47.430 --> 00:07:50.930 She then moved to Los Angeles and received her 00:07:50.930 --> 00:07:54.990 MFA from USC School of Cinematic Arts. After 00:07:54.990 --> 00:07:57.329 graduating, she participated in the Sundance 00:07:57.329 --> 00:08:00.550 Institute Screenwriters Lab, and her personal, 00:08:00.850 --> 00:08:03.709 professional, and creative experiences led her 00:08:03.709 --> 00:08:06.170 to write her first picture book, You Are Not 00:08:06.170 --> 00:08:10.949 Small, with her husband, Christopher Lant. Some 00:08:10.949 --> 00:08:14.569 of her other books include more from the series, 00:08:14.569 --> 00:08:19.470 so it's I Am Not Scared, That's Not Mine, It 00:08:19.470 --> 00:08:24.899 Is Not Perfect, We Are Not Friends, This is not 00:08:24.899 --> 00:08:30.860 enough. As well as Can I Tell You a Secret, Eraser, 00:08:32.000 --> 00:08:37.299 Marker, Hudson and Tallulah Take Sides, So He 00:08:37.299 --> 00:08:42.279 and Loey, and all of these are illustrated by 00:08:42.279 --> 00:08:47.379 her husband, Christopher Wayant. And that illustrator 00:08:47.379 --> 00:08:50.940 Christopher Want is a native of New Jersey and 00:08:50.940 --> 00:08:53.679 he is the product of 12 years of Catholic school. 00:08:54.379 --> 00:08:56.820 He graduated from Gettysburg College with a BA 00:08:56.820 --> 00:08:59.659 in political science and economics, planning 00:08:59.659 --> 00:09:02.620 on a career as a lawyer, but he gave it all up 00:09:02.620 --> 00:09:05.980 for a pen and a brush. Want is a cartoonist for 00:09:05.980 --> 00:09:09.360 the New Yorker and the Boston Globe. His cartoons 00:09:09.360 --> 00:09:12.460 are in permanent collection at the Morgan Library 00:09:12.460 --> 00:09:15.440 and Museum in New York City. and at the Smithsonian 00:09:15.440 --> 00:09:19.299 Museum. The Nieman Foundation for Journalism 00:09:19.299 --> 00:09:22.500 at Harvard selected Wayant to be a Nieman Fellow, 00:09:22.860 --> 00:09:25.779 the second cartoonist to receive that honor in 00:09:25.779 --> 00:09:29.740 the foundation's 85 year history. Some of his 00:09:29.740 --> 00:09:35.100 other books are My Pillow Keeps Moving by um 00:09:35.100 --> 00:09:37.399 which well some of the other books that he has 00:09:37.399 --> 00:09:40.200 illustrated are other than the ones by Anna Kang. 00:09:40.620 --> 00:09:44.289 My Pillow Keeps Moving by Laura Gale and Silly 00:09:44.289 --> 00:09:50.049 boobies, a love story by Amy Dyckman. And I had 00:09:50.049 --> 00:09:56.110 to look. It's about birds. I looked at the cover 00:09:56.110 --> 00:09:59.789 and I was very confused, but I didn't get any 00:09:59.789 --> 00:10:03.870 farther than that. It's birds. I'm going to need 00:10:03.870 --> 00:10:07.690 to read. I knew Amy Dyckman. I was like, there's 00:10:07.690 --> 00:10:10.149 going to be a catch. And that's what I know. 00:10:10.450 --> 00:10:12.190 I was thinking the same thing. I was like, okay, 00:10:12.230 --> 00:10:16.809 now I trust you, Amy. I do. I have faith in you. 00:10:17.029 --> 00:10:19.490 I don't know. I don't know what's happening here. 00:10:22.110 --> 00:10:24.409 All right, so the summary for this book. This 00:10:24.409 --> 00:10:28.269 book is the story portrays the argument between 00:10:28.269 --> 00:10:31.049 two bears and their perceptions of each other. 00:10:31.470 --> 00:10:34.009 One bear appears to be much smaller than the 00:10:34.009 --> 00:10:36.529 other, and so the larger bear calls that bear 00:10:36.529 --> 00:10:40.110 small, while the smaller bear calls the larger 00:10:40.110 --> 00:10:43.039 bear big. They continue to argue that they are 00:10:43.039 --> 00:10:46.000 not that and that the other is as they have stated 00:10:46.000 --> 00:10:50.120 and they get reinforcements of other bears of 00:10:50.120 --> 00:10:53.299 similar sizes to continue their argument until 00:10:53.299 --> 00:10:57.500 in the end an even smaller bear and an even larger 00:10:57.500 --> 00:11:01.059 bear show up and both of the original bears can 00:11:01.059 --> 00:11:05.100 agree that they are both big and small in comparison 00:11:05.100 --> 00:11:09.429 to the others. And so I think this is a fun story. 00:11:09.710 --> 00:11:14.149 I think it's a good way to introduce students 00:11:14.149 --> 00:11:18.389 to perspective and perceptions that we have of 00:11:18.389 --> 00:11:21.230 each other and of other things. And it's good 00:11:21.230 --> 00:11:24.379 for comparing. Things like especially in pre 00:11:24.379 --> 00:11:26.340 -k you're comparing things. Well, this one's 00:11:26.340 --> 00:11:28.399 smaller. This one's bigger This is the biggest 00:11:28.399 --> 00:11:31.200 like that kind of thing and so introducing some 00:11:31.200 --> 00:11:33.279 of those words and introducing some of those 00:11:33.279 --> 00:11:37.639 concepts is a great thing for our pre -k students 00:11:37.639 --> 00:11:40.220 I think the pictures in this book are really 00:11:40.220 --> 00:11:45.100 fun and I enjoyed Seeing all the different bears 00:11:45.100 --> 00:11:47.240 and the different sizes. It was pretty clever. 00:11:47.659 --> 00:11:50.080 I Really enjoyed this book. I think it's a it's 00:11:50.080 --> 00:11:52.779 a lot of fun. I think it will definitely get 00:11:52.779 --> 00:11:56.120 the kids laughing. And I think that it'll keep 00:11:56.120 --> 00:12:00.000 them engaged for sure. So I'm gonna say this 00:12:00.000 --> 00:12:02.139 is like a five out of five bookmarks. I think 00:12:02.139 --> 00:12:05.419 it was a fun story that I think a lot of the 00:12:05.419 --> 00:12:08.500 kids enjoy. I really like this book a lot. It's 00:12:08.500 --> 00:12:12.360 really excellent. I think it's like, it is kind 00:12:12.360 --> 00:12:16.259 of simplistic, hence winning the Geisel. But 00:12:16.909 --> 00:12:19.990 it still kind of is great I think for starting 00:12:19.990 --> 00:12:23.389 to introduce some like higher level thinking 00:12:23.389 --> 00:12:26.769 and like critical thinking concepts because you 00:12:26.769 --> 00:12:29.309 do when you're initially reading it and you see 00:12:29.309 --> 00:12:31.830 you know there's just the two size bears and 00:12:31.830 --> 00:12:34.330 it's just one that's smaller and one that's bigger 00:12:34.330 --> 00:12:37.289 and then like it's pretty obvious at first like 00:12:37.289 --> 00:12:40.389 this is small and this is big but then when it 00:12:40.389 --> 00:12:44.870 starts you know You keep going and you have an 00:12:44.870 --> 00:12:47.870 even bigger bear and an even smaller bear and 00:12:47.870 --> 00:12:51.450 like the size disparity gets even bigger Like 00:12:51.450 --> 00:12:54.230 it kind of gets the kids thinking that like size 00:12:54.230 --> 00:12:58.429 is kind of relative and it's not as simple as 00:12:58.429 --> 00:13:02.570 it might Seem at first. So actually I think even 00:13:02.570 --> 00:13:05.830 though it is somewhat simplistic. It's not not 00:13:05.830 --> 00:13:09.350 really it is kind of great for you know, actually 00:13:09.350 --> 00:13:13.720 thinking about Concepts like that. So I absolutely 00:13:13.720 --> 00:13:16.840 love it. It's a really great book and it's pretty 00:13:16.840 --> 00:13:19.679 easy to see why it won the Geisel with the It 00:13:19.679 --> 00:13:22.820 does have just a few words in there making it 00:13:22.820 --> 00:13:27.539 very easy for independent readers and Readers 00:13:27.539 --> 00:13:29.059 who are starting to pay them independent anyway, 00:13:29.740 --> 00:13:32.500 but it's also Because of the different sizes 00:13:32.500 --> 00:13:35.299 in there. It makes it a little bit easier to 00:13:35.299 --> 00:13:38.019 understand the concept. It's easier with the 00:13:38.830 --> 00:13:43.210 To have those context clues with all of the pictures 00:13:43.210 --> 00:13:45.230 in there. It's great. It's a wonderful book. 00:13:45.269 --> 00:13:48.330 I agree five out of five. I love this one a whole 00:13:48.330 --> 00:13:52.230 lot It's a great choice. Yeah, and I love to 00:13:52.230 --> 00:13:55.950 introduce this book because then My students 00:13:55.950 --> 00:13:58.529 love to find the other books in this series and 00:13:58.529 --> 00:14:00.110 read those as well because it has some of the 00:14:00.110 --> 00:14:02.330 same characters and that kind of stuff and so 00:14:02.330 --> 00:14:05.950 It becomes something that they can go and access 00:14:05.950 --> 00:14:10.509 more of the books that are similar But they can 00:14:10.509 --> 00:14:12.830 follow through on that on their own. And so I 00:14:12.830 --> 00:14:15.389 love any time that I can share a book that gets 00:14:15.389 --> 00:14:17.149 the kids to go look for other books that are 00:14:17.149 --> 00:14:20.649 like it. And so this series in general is just 00:14:20.649 --> 00:14:25.769 really great for that kind of stuff. Yeah. All 00:14:25.769 --> 00:14:29.129 right. So as far as like a makerspace connection, 00:14:29.509 --> 00:14:33.269 I would love to work with my students and give 00:14:33.269 --> 00:14:36.970 them the IO blocks that we've talked about. in 00:14:36.970 --> 00:14:38.950 previous episodes I'd love to use those eye blocks 00:14:38.950 --> 00:14:42.350 and have the kids build their own big and small 00:14:42.350 --> 00:14:45.149 bears because I would love to see how creative 00:14:45.149 --> 00:14:49.389 they could be with how they could put those pieces 00:14:49.389 --> 00:14:52.690 together to make a smaller size and how they 00:14:52.690 --> 00:14:54.570 would have to do something different to make 00:14:54.570 --> 00:14:59.799 a bigger size bear and see like the different 00:14:59.799 --> 00:15:01.440 ways that they could do that. You could even, 00:15:01.720 --> 00:15:03.379 like you could make it a challenge where they're 00:15:03.379 --> 00:15:05.259 like, can you make the biggest and the smallest 00:15:05.259 --> 00:15:07.600 bear kind of thing. But I think just having the 00:15:07.600 --> 00:15:10.360 kids work on their own and having them build 00:15:10.360 --> 00:15:12.419 a small and a big bear and come up with different 00:15:12.419 --> 00:15:16.039 ways to make those because the way the IO blocks 00:15:16.039 --> 00:15:20.620 interconnect, you'd have to. come up with two 00:15:20.620 --> 00:15:23.120 different ways to make the bears based on those 00:15:23.120 --> 00:15:25.519 sizes. And so I think that would really challenge 00:15:25.519 --> 00:15:27.440 the kids and it would be something that would 00:15:27.440 --> 00:15:32.440 be kind of cool to see how they come up with 00:15:32.440 --> 00:15:34.240 solutions to some of the problems that they would 00:15:34.240 --> 00:15:35.820 come across with that. So that would be pretty 00:15:35.820 --> 00:15:38.679 fun. That's a great idea. I don't think I would 00:15:38.679 --> 00:15:41.539 have thought of having them build bears out of 00:15:41.539 --> 00:15:45.519 IL blocks. I think that would be really fun. 00:15:45.789 --> 00:15:47.629 And then like once, like you said, once they 00:15:47.629 --> 00:15:49.929 finished building, you could even like compare 00:15:49.929 --> 00:15:52.990 several different kids and see which one is the 00:15:52.990 --> 00:15:54.990 biggest and which one is the smallest. That's 00:15:54.990 --> 00:15:57.730 great. I love that. I think that would be a lot 00:15:57.730 --> 00:16:06.220 of fun for the kids too. All right. So at this 00:16:06.220 --> 00:16:09.700 point, we will do another makerspace spotlight. 00:16:09.700 --> 00:16:12.940 And this is one of my favorite things. And I'm 00:16:12.940 --> 00:16:15.120 super disappointed. I do not have one of these 00:16:15.120 --> 00:16:18.860 in my current library. Really? I don't, but I'm 00:16:18.860 --> 00:16:21.379 going to be looking because these are so cool. 00:16:22.240 --> 00:16:26.440 The Coda Pillar. Coda Pillar is a preschool age 00:16:26.440 --> 00:16:29.580 STEM toy from Fisher Price. It was designed to 00:16:29.580 --> 00:16:32.820 teach fundamentals of coding, sequencing and 00:16:32.820 --> 00:16:36.220 critical thinking. through hands -on play. And 00:16:36.220 --> 00:16:39.500 there are two different versions of the Coda 00:16:39.500 --> 00:16:41.899 Pillar. And I'm going to say that while both 00:16:41.899 --> 00:16:45.799 of them are great, I like the classic version 00:16:45.799 --> 00:16:49.480 better. There are two. So the classic version 00:16:49.480 --> 00:16:53.919 uses USB connectors. And so you have individual 00:16:53.919 --> 00:16:57.799 segments that plug into the main Coda Pillar 00:16:57.799 --> 00:17:03.889 body. And each of those connector pieces Have 00:17:03.889 --> 00:17:07.650 a movement or a sound or a lighting structure 00:17:07.650 --> 00:17:10.750 that goes with that specific segment So if you 00:17:10.750 --> 00:17:13.569 plug one in it might like it shows on top that 00:17:13.569 --> 00:17:16.569 it's a right turn or a left turn or a go straight 00:17:16.569 --> 00:17:19.309 or It lights up or it makes out whatever and 00:17:19.309 --> 00:17:21.890 so you plug in the individual connector pieces 00:17:21.890 --> 00:17:26.789 together to make a long caterpillar and then 00:17:26.789 --> 00:17:30.059 when you tell it to start it lights up each individual 00:17:30.059 --> 00:17:32.420 segment showing you what it's doing as it does 00:17:32.420 --> 00:17:35.859 it so that you can see the sequence. It follows 00:17:35.859 --> 00:17:40.240 all of the coding that you've put into the Coda 00:17:40.240 --> 00:17:44.220 Pillar and it works. The other version is the 00:17:44.220 --> 00:17:48.460 Coda Pillar Twist. It's a newer one. I haven't 00:17:48.460 --> 00:17:52.180 seen that one. The reason I don't like it as 00:17:52.180 --> 00:17:56.680 much is because it is a set length and so you 00:17:56.680 --> 00:18:00.859 don't plug in and unplug pieces. It's a set length 00:18:00.859 --> 00:18:03.259 Coda Pillar. So all of those segments that you 00:18:03.259 --> 00:18:06.559 would normally plug in are all connected already. 00:18:06.900 --> 00:18:12.880 And instead of each segment being its own individual 00:18:12.880 --> 00:18:18.200 coding maneuver, there's a dial that you twist 00:18:18.200 --> 00:18:21.880 to select what that segment of the Coda Pillar 00:18:21.880 --> 00:18:24.960 does. So you can turn the dial to make it do 00:18:24.960 --> 00:18:27.640 a right turn, or you can turn it to make it do 00:18:27.640 --> 00:18:29.660 a left turn or you can turn it so that it does 00:18:29.660 --> 00:18:33.079 a straight or other so like all of the pieces 00:18:33.079 --> 00:18:35.519 are already pre -connected and you just turn 00:18:35.519 --> 00:18:38.559 the dial on each segment to change what that 00:18:38.559 --> 00:18:44.000 piece does so it's not bad i like the physical 00:18:44.000 --> 00:18:47.940 putting the code together and clicking it all 00:18:47.940 --> 00:18:50.569 in to make it do what you want Cause I think 00:18:50.569 --> 00:18:53.670 that's more of the hands on the dial. Like, yeah. 00:18:53.869 --> 00:18:56.509 So there's on the back of the segment, it has 00:18:56.509 --> 00:18:59.430 like the arrows and there's the dial has like 00:18:59.430 --> 00:19:02.589 an arrow that you just turn it to point to what 00:19:02.589 --> 00:19:06.130 you want it to do. So you can visually see what 00:19:06.130 --> 00:19:09.650 it's going to do, but I like that. Like for the 00:19:09.650 --> 00:19:13.230 classic version, the segment that's a right turn. 00:19:14.940 --> 00:19:18.660 on top of it, it is a light up arrow that turns 00:19:18.660 --> 00:19:22.059 to the right. And that piece is always gonna 00:19:22.059 --> 00:19:25.920 do that piece of code. And then the left turn 00:19:25.920 --> 00:19:28.299 is always gonna be a left turn and the straight 00:19:28.299 --> 00:19:33.059 is always gonna be a straight. And with the classic, 00:19:33.140 --> 00:19:36.519 you could buy additional segments. So you could 00:19:36.519 --> 00:19:40.000 make your Coda Pillar 20, 30 pieces long if you 00:19:40.000 --> 00:19:44.500 really wanted to. The twist. It is a set amount 00:19:44.500 --> 00:19:49.039 and I think it's like six or eight segments and 00:19:49.039 --> 00:19:51.359 it's set and that's as big as the code you can 00:19:51.359 --> 00:19:55.619 make is. It's not bad. It's just, I like that 00:19:55.619 --> 00:19:59.059 the kids have to physically pick and connect 00:19:59.059 --> 00:20:03.319 the segments together with the classic. As far 00:20:03.319 --> 00:20:07.220 as the way this works, it works best on hard 00:20:07.220 --> 00:20:10.799 flat surfaces in a school setting. the kind of 00:20:10.799 --> 00:20:13.039 carpet that most schools have, it works fine 00:20:13.039 --> 00:20:15.619 on those because it's that hard carpet that just 00:20:15.619 --> 00:20:17.079 the squares of carpet better. The cheapest you 00:20:17.079 --> 00:20:19.720 can find. Yeah. Yeah. We got it. So if you're 00:20:19.720 --> 00:20:22.279 trying to do this at home on your Berber rug, 00:20:22.440 --> 00:20:25.980 it's not going to work great. But if you're at 00:20:25.980 --> 00:20:29.500 a school, most of the carpets, it should work 00:20:29.500 --> 00:20:32.619 fine. It will work very well on tile as well 00:20:32.619 --> 00:20:37.779 or laminate. And so it works great there. Like 00:20:37.779 --> 00:20:42.980 I said, It's the device itself. If you use the 00:20:42.980 --> 00:20:46.200 twist, it's a set length. If you use the classic, 00:20:46.400 --> 00:20:49.180 you can make it shorter or larger based on how 00:20:49.180 --> 00:20:51.000 many segments you put in. So it takes up a little 00:20:51.000 --> 00:20:54.779 bit of space, but it also moves a pretty good 00:20:54.779 --> 00:20:57.579 distance. You want a big open space for this 00:20:57.579 --> 00:21:02.099 to work so that it, but to be fair, like if it 00:21:02.099 --> 00:21:03.980 bumps into something, it will stop and be like, 00:21:04.140 --> 00:21:06.960 wait, I can't do the rest of the code. So that's 00:21:06.960 --> 00:21:09.000 a cool feature to it. It's not going to keep 00:21:09.000 --> 00:21:11.779 trying and like burnout its gears or anything 00:21:11.779 --> 00:21:15.119 like that. When it bumps into something, it stops. 00:21:15.240 --> 00:21:18.259 It doesn't keep going, which is nice. So it's 00:21:18.259 --> 00:21:20.079 pretty cool as far as that goes, but it does 00:21:20.079 --> 00:21:23.579 take up a lot of space. There is, if you use 00:21:23.579 --> 00:21:27.559 it, it is kind of loud. There's not a volume 00:21:27.559 --> 00:21:30.980 control on the classic version. I think there 00:21:30.980 --> 00:21:34.579 is a volume control on the twist version. So 00:21:34.579 --> 00:21:37.819 that's, they did learn from that for that part. 00:21:38.200 --> 00:21:40.160 For the classic version, there are expansion 00:21:40.160 --> 00:21:42.240 packs. So you can add additional pieces where 00:21:42.240 --> 00:21:46.960 they have like a 180 or like silly sounds or 00:21:46.960 --> 00:21:49.759 other light up features. And so you can buy additional 00:21:49.759 --> 00:21:51.380 packs. You can buy additional packs that are 00:21:51.380 --> 00:21:53.839 just like the turns and straights and stuff like 00:21:53.839 --> 00:21:57.119 that. So you can have quite a few pieces. And 00:21:57.119 --> 00:21:59.400 at the last, at the pre -k campus, when I was 00:21:59.400 --> 00:22:02.869 there, I left with you. There is a good number 00:22:02.869 --> 00:22:05.869 of pieces that we bought a couple extra expansion 00:22:05.869 --> 00:22:08.930 packs. So we had them all. And it was one of 00:22:08.930 --> 00:22:10.730 the favorites of the kids to be able to play 00:22:10.730 --> 00:22:13.990 with that. Agreed. Thank you for that. We had 00:22:13.990 --> 00:22:17.349 a great time. Yeah. And so I don't have one of 00:22:17.349 --> 00:22:19.329 these at my current campus. This is one of those 00:22:19.329 --> 00:22:21.849 like wishlist kind of things. Cause I, if I get 00:22:21.849 --> 00:22:23.849 one, I do want the classic. So I got to look 00:22:23.849 --> 00:22:26.190 and see if I can find one for a reasonable price 00:22:26.190 --> 00:22:29.960 and try and get it. Because I think that This 00:22:29.960 --> 00:22:35.019 is a great piece for kinder and pre -k to introduce 00:22:35.019 --> 00:22:40.359 coding and introduce sequencing and problem solving. 00:22:40.960 --> 00:22:42.799 Because like I said, if it bumps into something, 00:22:42.819 --> 00:22:45.539 it stops. So, okay, that didn't work. We don't 00:22:45.539 --> 00:22:47.440 have the space for that. We need to make a turn 00:22:47.440 --> 00:22:49.099 sooner, that kind of thing. And being able to 00:22:49.099 --> 00:22:51.859 have those kinds of conversations so that the 00:22:51.859 --> 00:22:55.539 kids can figure out like how to fix problems. 00:22:55.819 --> 00:22:59.740 But like, I love that each segment lights up 00:22:59.740 --> 00:23:03.259 as it goes because they can see what's happening 00:23:03.259 --> 00:23:06.599 right then and why it's happening. And so they 00:23:06.599 --> 00:23:08.920 can make those connections of this piece made 00:23:08.920 --> 00:23:11.339 this happen because then that's why it's lit 00:23:11.339 --> 00:23:13.819 up at the moment kind of thing. And so it starts 00:23:13.819 --> 00:23:16.240 to help them really understand that they're the 00:23:16.240 --> 00:23:18.779 reason why the robot is doing what it's doing 00:23:18.779 --> 00:23:21.160 because they put that piece in and told it to 00:23:21.160 --> 00:23:24.119 do that. And so that kind of connection is a 00:23:24.119 --> 00:23:27.809 really Good foundational start to get these kids 00:23:27.809 --> 00:23:30.269 to understand coding and when they get older 00:23:30.269 --> 00:23:33.150 They'll understand that each piece of code each 00:23:33.150 --> 00:23:38.710 line of code. That's input has Like it has an 00:23:38.710 --> 00:23:41.269 outcome and if something's not working right 00:23:41.269 --> 00:23:43.569 then they need to go back and figure out what 00:23:43.569 --> 00:23:47.190 part of that code Gave them the issue. I also 00:23:47.190 --> 00:23:52.289 love that There's no need for screens. You don't 00:23:52.289 --> 00:23:55.059 need a tablet. You don't need That's my favorite 00:23:55.059 --> 00:24:00.740 part. Another device to make this work. And so 00:24:00.740 --> 00:24:04.299 that's really, really nice because so many of 00:24:04.299 --> 00:24:07.140 these kids are on devices and on tablets and 00:24:07.140 --> 00:24:11.140 on screens for so long that having a way for 00:24:11.140 --> 00:24:13.819 them to have fun without having to be in front 00:24:13.819 --> 00:24:16.579 of a screen is really important. They need it. 00:24:16.579 --> 00:24:20.819 They need it a lot. And so I would highly suggest 00:24:20.819 --> 00:24:24.039 checking out either version of the Coda Pillar 00:24:24.039 --> 00:24:27.480 from Fisher Price. I think that our pre -K students 00:24:27.480 --> 00:24:29.279 really enjoy it and have a lot of fun with it. 00:24:29.299 --> 00:24:32.759 So it's worth looking into. It's a little pricey. 00:24:33.059 --> 00:24:36.779 When I bought it originally, it wasn't too bad, 00:24:36.799 --> 00:24:45.019 but as they've kind of gone away from producing 00:24:45.019 --> 00:24:48.619 each one, they... have gotten a little bit more 00:24:48.619 --> 00:24:55.859 expensive but not too bad i think let's see like 00:24:55.859 --> 00:25:00.640 the coda pillar itself now it's like i'm finding 00:25:00.640 --> 00:25:04.460 one and the twist one is sitting at like 54 bucks 00:25:04.460 --> 00:25:08.160 which isn't terrible that's not that bad yeah 00:25:08.160 --> 00:25:12.039 is a twist one cheaper than the classic the thing 00:25:12.039 --> 00:25:15.579 is is i it's harder to find the classic i think 00:25:15.609 --> 00:25:19.490 That's lame Yeah, so like a lot of the classic 00:25:19.490 --> 00:25:25.930 ones now are like pre -owned because the Because 00:25:25.930 --> 00:25:27.970 they I think they moved away from making the 00:25:27.970 --> 00:25:31.730 classics to doing the twist ones And so that's 00:25:31.730 --> 00:25:34.250 why it's gonna be a little more challenging to 00:25:34.250 --> 00:25:43.109 find although This one is the classic from Walmart 00:25:43.109 --> 00:25:48.900 and it's 28 .99. Oh. So you can still get it 00:25:48.900 --> 00:25:51.299 for a relatively reasonable price. Oh, they're 00:25:51.299 --> 00:25:53.240 out of stock, but that's how much they sell it 00:25:53.240 --> 00:25:56.660 for if they have it in stock. 28 .99. 30 bucks 00:25:56.660 --> 00:26:00.119 is not bad for the classic. And I think that 00:26:00.119 --> 00:26:02.380 the twist one is probably if depending on where 00:26:02.380 --> 00:26:05.240 you look for it, it's probably similar pricing. 00:26:05.660 --> 00:26:09.630 Yeah. I will say like the If you can find like 00:26:09.630 --> 00:26:11.549 the expansion packs and stuff like that or another 00:26:11.549 --> 00:26:15.190 15 or 20 bucks a piece to get like three or four 00:26:15.190 --> 00:26:18.769 additional segments Yeah, that's not bad, which 00:26:18.769 --> 00:26:23.549 isn't terrible at all so yeah, it's a really 00:26:23.549 --> 00:26:27.630 cool product that oh, I think a Lot of our kids 00:26:27.630 --> 00:26:31.269 get a lot of enjoyment out of so yeah, definitely 00:26:31.269 --> 00:26:35.990 worth it. I Need yeah, I don't have any coding 00:26:35.990 --> 00:26:40.460 anything In my library right now absolutely nothing 00:26:40.460 --> 00:26:44.500 my maker space is the tiniest little cutest little 00:26:44.500 --> 00:26:47.420 I don't know I'm kind of surprised they even 00:26:47.420 --> 00:26:50.500 call it a maker space but that's okay. And I 00:26:50.500 --> 00:26:52.740 was told that they had like a dedicated maker 00:26:52.740 --> 00:26:54.799 space room at one point so I don't know what 00:26:54.799 --> 00:26:57.240 happened to that or what they put in that but 00:26:57.240 --> 00:27:03.539 that's okay. This would probably be a good first 00:27:03.539 --> 00:27:06.680 introduction when I get around to. Putting some 00:27:06.680 --> 00:27:09.839 coding stuff in there. I think I need more basic 00:27:09.839 --> 00:27:13.839 stuff first before I go to coding Yeah, but yeah, 00:27:13.980 --> 00:27:16.920 these were fun like yeah, you left these for 00:27:16.920 --> 00:27:19.519 me at the early learning center that we were 00:27:19.519 --> 00:27:22.980 both at and Yeah, the kids loved them. They're 00:27:22.980 --> 00:27:27.279 great. They're pretty efficient easy to use pretty 00:27:27.279 --> 00:27:31.220 intuitive and the kids really were engaged with 00:27:31.220 --> 00:27:33.599 it and they could understand pretty quickly where 00:27:33.599 --> 00:27:37.079 they went wrong in their coding. So it was, they're 00:27:37.079 --> 00:27:40.799 great. I love them. They're durable. Durable 00:27:40.799 --> 00:27:44.240 is good. Yeah. Cause these are made for pre -K 00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:46.440 kids to be able to bang them around a little 00:27:46.440 --> 00:27:50.559 bit and still. Yeah. And the less screens we 00:27:50.559 --> 00:27:54.460 can have them on. is the better. They're just 00:27:54.460 --> 00:27:56.900 inundated with it now. I'm hesitant to do like 00:27:56.900 --> 00:28:01.339 anything with screens at all. I just, they do 00:28:01.339 --> 00:28:05.099 it all the time. And there's other parts of their 00:28:05.099 --> 00:28:07.299 brain need to be developed before they start 00:28:07.299 --> 00:28:13.240 getting on screens. So these are great. And so 00:28:13.240 --> 00:28:14.920 over the next couple of weeks, I think I'm gonna 00:28:14.920 --> 00:28:18.809 like for these segments, I'm gonna do a couple 00:28:18.809 --> 00:28:22.690 other makerspace coding things that are without 00:28:22.690 --> 00:28:25.509 screens because I think like when we think of 00:28:25.509 --> 00:28:27.210 coding a lot of times we think of sitting in 00:28:27.210 --> 00:28:29.009 front of a screen and doing it but there are 00:28:29.009 --> 00:28:31.190 so many ways that we can introduce coding to 00:28:31.190 --> 00:28:33.730 our younger students where we don't need screens 00:28:33.730 --> 00:28:35.670 so over the next couple weeks as we do these 00:28:35.670 --> 00:28:39.589 episodes I'm gonna have a couple other coding 00:28:39.589 --> 00:28:43.329 activities and devices that do not require a 00:28:43.329 --> 00:28:46.269 screen because I think That's the best way to 00:28:46.269 --> 00:28:49.470 start with so many of these kids. It is. Yeah, 00:28:50.029 --> 00:28:55.529 agreed. All right. Well, the other book that 00:28:55.529 --> 00:28:59.390 we are going to talk about today is We Are Growing. 00:28:59.809 --> 00:29:02.609 It is another Geisel winner. It was published 00:29:02.609 --> 00:29:06.250 by Hyperion Books for Children in 2016, and the 00:29:06.250 --> 00:29:10.289 author and illustrator is Lori Keller. This one 00:29:10.289 --> 00:29:14.019 is... technically a little bit Mo Willems as 00:29:14.019 --> 00:29:15.799 well though not very much only like three or 00:29:15.799 --> 00:29:18.400 four pages out of like the 50 or so pages of 00:29:18.400 --> 00:29:21.720 the book it's an elephant and piggy like reading 00:29:21.720 --> 00:29:24.420 story so it does have a couple of pages with 00:29:24.420 --> 00:29:27.740 elephant piggy but for the most part it's Laurie 00:29:27.740 --> 00:29:30.640 Keller and like she gets all the credit on all 00:29:30.640 --> 00:29:32.880 the things so we're just going with Laurie Keller 00:29:32.880 --> 00:29:39.130 for now this book won the was a ALSC notable 00:29:39.130 --> 00:29:42.950 children's book of 2017 won the Geisel in 2017 00:29:42.950 --> 00:29:47.390 and the state lists that it's on are the Illinois 00:29:47.390 --> 00:29:51.410 Monarch Award for 2019 Iowa Goldfinch Award for 00:29:51.410 --> 00:29:56.109 2018 Kentucky Bluegrass Award 2018 Michigan Great 00:29:56.109 --> 00:30:01.750 Lakes Book Award 2017 and New Jersey Garden State 00:30:01.750 --> 00:30:08.490 Children's Book Award 2019 And Lori Keller grew 00:30:08.490 --> 00:30:12.089 up in Muskegon, Michigan. After graduating from 00:30:12.089 --> 00:30:13.890 high school, she initially went to college to 00:30:13.890 --> 00:30:17.430 become a teacher. However, a friend reignited 00:30:17.430 --> 00:30:20.430 her interest in art and she eventually graduated 00:30:20.430 --> 00:30:24.329 from Kendall Art College of Art and Design with 00:30:24.329 --> 00:30:27.650 a degree in illustration. She began her career 00:30:27.650 --> 00:30:29.809 by illustrating greeting cards from Hallmark. 00:30:30.650 --> 00:30:33.970 Then she did more of that and decided that if 00:30:33.970 --> 00:30:36.190 she could design an entire greeting card from 00:30:36.190 --> 00:30:38.990 start to finish Then she could also design children's 00:30:38.990 --> 00:30:41.789 books as well So that's kind of what she did 00:30:41.789 --> 00:30:44.349 for the rest of her career. She currently lives 00:30:44.349 --> 00:30:49.089 in a cottage on the shores of Lake Michigan Sounds 00:30:49.089 --> 00:30:55.150 nice Yeah, it does sound nice Yeah, it was kind 00:30:55.150 --> 00:30:57.910 of hard to find it not too hard. I guess to find 00:30:57.910 --> 00:31:01.769 information on her like her website is like copyright 00:31:01.769 --> 00:31:05.769 2022 and pretty much just says more information 00:31:05.769 --> 00:31:09.150 coming soon. I don't know. I was looking and 00:31:09.150 --> 00:31:12.269 she's like 65 ish. So I'm thinking she's like 00:31:12.269 --> 00:31:14.890 retired and living her best life in that cottage. 00:31:15.490 --> 00:31:23.410 So go her happy. Yeah. Right. So some of the 00:31:23.410 --> 00:31:26.589 other books that she wrote and illustrated include 00:31:26.589 --> 00:31:31.150 potato pants. Do Unto Otters, a book about manners, 00:31:32.049 --> 00:31:36.029 The Scrambled States of America, Arnie the Donut, 00:31:36.769 --> 00:31:39.549 The Scrambled States of America Talent Show, 00:31:40.549 --> 00:31:44.670 Open Wide Tooth and Side, Bertie's Smile Book, 00:31:45.269 --> 00:31:49.769 and Grandpa's Gazillion's Number Yard. Yeah. 00:31:49.980 --> 00:31:53.460 And in our book summary, there's blades of grass 00:31:53.460 --> 00:31:56.440 out enjoying a typical day when something very 00:31:56.440 --> 00:31:58.619 exciting happens and they all start to grow. 00:31:59.400 --> 00:32:02.500 As each of them, as they grow, each of them notices 00:32:02.500 --> 00:32:05.579 something unique about themselves, except for 00:32:05.579 --> 00:32:09.099 one blade of grass in particular. They all try 00:32:09.099 --> 00:32:12.400 and think of what might make that last blade 00:32:12.400 --> 00:32:16.180 of grass unique until the lawn mower comes along 00:32:16.180 --> 00:32:19.299 and mows everybody down. At first they're pretty 00:32:19.299 --> 00:32:21.099 upset by that, but once they realize they'll 00:32:21.099 --> 00:32:23.980 grow again, they figure out that that final blade 00:32:23.980 --> 00:32:27.519 of grass does have a unique quality after all. 00:32:27.799 --> 00:32:31.519 The lawnmower brought it out in him. I like this 00:32:31.519 --> 00:32:36.440 book a lot. It's really funny and I I like like 00:32:36.440 --> 00:32:38.440 the intro at the beginning with elephant and 00:32:38.440 --> 00:32:40.559 piggy is like, hey, let's watch some grass grow 00:32:40.559 --> 00:32:44.170 and it like And that's what you do in the book 00:32:44.170 --> 00:32:46.490 and it sounds super boring, but it's not it's 00:32:46.490 --> 00:32:51.150 amazing and kids like laugh out loud whenever 00:32:51.150 --> 00:32:54.650 I read this one to them. I like this book because 00:32:54.650 --> 00:32:57.630 it you could do it from like a social emotional 00:32:57.630 --> 00:33:01.269 standpoint and talk about how everybody's unique. 00:33:01.579 --> 00:33:04.500 Everybody's the best at something everybody has 00:33:04.500 --> 00:33:07.140 strengths and weaknesses. You're gonna be good 00:33:07.140 --> 00:33:09.180 at some things You're not good at other things 00:33:09.180 --> 00:33:12.200 and that's okay Everybody's a little bit different 00:33:12.200 --> 00:33:16.259 and you could just do that perspective or you 00:33:16.259 --> 00:33:20.400 could do it with like a plants or gardening unit 00:33:20.400 --> 00:33:23.319 anything with where things are growing because 00:33:23.319 --> 00:33:26.740 that's what the book about is growing so you 00:33:26.740 --> 00:33:29.289 could either so Either way works either social 00:33:29.289 --> 00:33:32.869 emotional or like a science perspective But yeah, 00:33:32.869 --> 00:33:36.029 it's so funny. It's so great. I think with some 00:33:36.029 --> 00:33:39.069 of other uh, lori killer's other books They're 00:33:39.069 --> 00:33:43.450 not always my favorite because her illustrations 00:33:43.450 --> 00:33:46.930 i'm fine with the text in her books, but her 00:33:46.930 --> 00:33:49.269 Illustrations for me personally are a little 00:33:49.269 --> 00:33:52.910 overwhelming most of the time Like they get I 00:33:52.910 --> 00:33:54.910 don't know where my eye is supposed to go and 00:33:54.910 --> 00:33:57.640 I think if it was just a piece of art great that's 00:33:57.640 --> 00:34:01.119 fine. But when I'm trying to like read I get 00:34:01.119 --> 00:34:05.579 distracted and I don't know, it's just not my 00:34:05.579 --> 00:34:07.980 favorite. Not really anything wrong with it, 00:34:07.980 --> 00:34:10.780 just personal preference. And I think it's a 00:34:10.780 --> 00:34:13.179 little bit harder to read those books to kids 00:34:13.179 --> 00:34:15.079 when you're trying to like point out text because 00:34:15.079 --> 00:34:17.380 everything else is so distracting. But this one 00:34:17.380 --> 00:34:22.000 is a little less distracting. There's like shades 00:34:22.000 --> 00:34:25.079 of green. It's not too overwhelming. for me which 00:34:25.079 --> 00:34:27.480 means it's not going to be too overwhelming for 00:34:27.480 --> 00:34:30.539 the kids and it's easier to focus on the text 00:34:30.539 --> 00:34:33.900 on the page when the pictures are like that. 00:34:34.239 --> 00:34:36.440 So this is definitely my favorite of her books. 00:34:36.860 --> 00:34:39.320 I just love it. I think it's a great book. I 00:34:39.320 --> 00:34:41.739 really like to read it every year and kids love 00:34:41.739 --> 00:34:45.260 it too. They really like those elephant and piggy 00:34:45.260 --> 00:34:48.239 like reading books where everybody loves elephant 00:34:48.239 --> 00:34:50.960 and piggy. So them getting to introduce a book 00:34:50.960 --> 00:34:55.679 to them and this is just amazing. and then yeah 00:34:55.679 --> 00:34:58.760 it's just it's a good book i love it it's a five 00:34:58.760 --> 00:35:00.739 out of five for me i really do read it every 00:35:00.739 --> 00:35:05.179 year yeah usually in the spring agreed uh this 00:35:05.179 --> 00:35:08.300 is definitely a lot of fun i enjoy reading this 00:35:08.300 --> 00:35:11.780 with the kids and they definitely love it each 00:35:11.780 --> 00:35:13.920 blade of grass having their own kind of unique 00:35:13.920 --> 00:35:18.219 personality and being you know kind of silly 00:35:18.219 --> 00:35:21.139 and different makes it very entertaining the 00:35:21.139 --> 00:35:27.699 kids love it and They like the lawnmower is in 00:35:27.699 --> 00:35:29.980 the background for a couple pages before it actually 00:35:29.980 --> 00:35:31.559 gets turned on and that kind of thing and so 00:35:31.559 --> 00:35:33.960 like the kids are slowly like noticing that in 00:35:33.960 --> 00:35:37.980 the background I got oh and Like so like there's 00:35:37.980 --> 00:35:39.920 a little bit of tension that builds up as that 00:35:39.920 --> 00:35:41.960 is happening in the background while other things 00:35:41.960 --> 00:35:43.559 are happening in the story and it's a lot of 00:35:43.559 --> 00:35:45.440 fun to see the kids like realizing what's about 00:35:45.440 --> 00:35:48.500 to happen and It's just a fun story and I agree 00:35:48.500 --> 00:35:52.110 the kids love it. It's a lot of fun to read I 00:35:52.110 --> 00:35:55.269 do tend to read it around springtime just because 00:35:55.269 --> 00:35:58.690 it works for that really well. But it definitely 00:35:58.690 --> 00:36:00.909 has that social emotional aspect of pointing 00:36:00.909 --> 00:36:03.989 out that we can all be different and still get 00:36:03.989 --> 00:36:07.750 along and be supportive of each other and that 00:36:07.750 --> 00:36:10.170 kind of thing, which is a really important message 00:36:10.170 --> 00:36:13.869 for the kids. So definitely love this one. Definitely 00:36:13.869 --> 00:36:16.940 five out of five bookmarks. Yeah, this one's 00:36:16.940 --> 00:36:19.880 great. I think the We Are Not Small probably 00:36:19.880 --> 00:36:22.400 got the Geisel Morpher. It's still a great book 00:36:22.400 --> 00:36:25.519 and everything, but like that simple text I think 00:36:25.519 --> 00:36:29.159 is what won it. This one's text is a little less 00:36:29.159 --> 00:36:34.199 simple. I think it's more of the unique aspect 00:36:34.199 --> 00:36:38.280 of everybody has their own strengths and weaknesses 00:36:38.280 --> 00:36:41.420 and you're having fun watching the grass grow. 00:36:41.440 --> 00:36:45.079 Who does that? I don't know. We do. I enjoy watching 00:36:45.079 --> 00:36:47.260 the grass grow in this book. Yes. It's a great 00:36:47.260 --> 00:36:51.980 one. I think for a makerspace activity, it depends 00:36:51.980 --> 00:36:56.019 on what kind of what your purpose is for reading 00:36:56.019 --> 00:37:00.719 it. If you are reading it for like a social emotional 00:37:00.719 --> 00:37:04.480 aspect could have the kids do like talk about 00:37:04.480 --> 00:37:08.019 themselves a little bit and you know what makes 00:37:08.019 --> 00:37:10.760 everybody special and then do like self portraits 00:37:10.760 --> 00:37:13.769 and try and emphasize whatever their strengths 00:37:13.769 --> 00:37:18.949 are whatever if you're going for um the more 00:37:18.949 --> 00:37:20.969 of the science aspect and just talking about 00:37:20.969 --> 00:37:23.869 things growing in general because that's what 00:37:23.869 --> 00:37:26.710 the plants are doing in the book then i think 00:37:26.710 --> 00:37:31.050 we you could do just like have kids build plants 00:37:31.050 --> 00:37:34.309 out of i put down legos but you could use io 00:37:34.309 --> 00:37:37.090 blocks as well i mean really anything just give 00:37:37.090 --> 00:37:40.550 them you know simple photos of plants and see 00:37:40.550 --> 00:37:44.369 if they could recreate whatever plants you're 00:37:44.369 --> 00:37:47.489 showing them. Yeah. I like that idea. You got 00:37:47.489 --> 00:37:51.710 choices. Yeah. Yeah. I love both of those ideas. 00:37:51.750 --> 00:37:54.190 Those would both be really great. And I think 00:37:54.190 --> 00:37:57.550 you could even offer both choices and have some 00:37:57.550 --> 00:37:59.489 of the kids do one and some of the kids do other 00:37:59.489 --> 00:38:02.789 based on their inclinations as to what they prefer 00:38:02.789 --> 00:38:06.250 to do. And that is true. You just go deeper into 00:38:06.250 --> 00:38:12.570 the book. Yeah. Very cool. Love that. Well, thank 00:38:12.570 --> 00:38:14.949 you all for joining us today on this episode 00:38:14.949 --> 00:38:17.349 of Librarians of Littles, and we hope you found 00:38:17.349 --> 00:38:20.130 some fresh ideas for inspiring our young readers. 00:38:20.670 --> 00:38:22.750 Please be sure to subscribe and connect with 00:38:22.750 --> 00:38:26.150 us on social media. Happy reading. 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And you can send us your emails 00:38:58.929 --> 00:39:04.550 at librarianoflittlespodatgmail .com. you're 00:39:04.550 --> 00:39:07.110 doing getting book fair set up for you the week 00:39:07.110 --> 00:39:09.590 after that is the week before spring break and 00:39:09.590 --> 00:39:12.889 like that Thursday is a cluster of stuff going 00:39:12.889 --> 00:39:17.869 on on my campus because it's the last day before 00:39:17.869 --> 00:39:20.469 the kids get spring break and so that Thursday 00:39:20.469 --> 00:39:23.809 we have the fun run fundraiser in the gym all 00:39:23.809 --> 00:39:27.889 day and we're ending the day with the fifth grade 00:39:27.889 --> 00:39:34.119 and the talk so that's a whole other cluster 00:39:34.119 --> 00:39:37.179 of a thing. I don't know when we do that. I have 00:39:37.179 --> 00:39:39.739 not heard. Your campus is doing it that day too. 00:39:40.039 --> 00:39:42.940 It's a district thing. The entire district they 00:39:42.940 --> 00:39:45.139 do it with fifth grade the day before they leave 00:39:45.139 --> 00:39:47.739 for spring break and most campuses do it literally 00:39:47.739 --> 00:39:49.719 like 20 minutes before the kids walk out the 00:39:49.719 --> 00:39:52.099 door so they can't go and start talking to people. 00:39:52.739 --> 00:39:56.480 That's a district -wide business. Yeah the nurses 00:39:56.480 --> 00:39:58.820 are all told this is the day you're doing it 00:39:58.820 --> 00:40:02.059 and they do it because it just it's an easy way 00:40:02.059 --> 00:40:04.300 to be like all right here's all this information 00:40:04.300 --> 00:40:06.579 bye you've got a week before you come back to 00:40:06.579 --> 00:40:11.820 our campus yeah which to be fair is pretty brilliant 00:40:11.820 --> 00:40:15.760 um i mean the thing is used to be it used to 00:40:15.760 --> 00:40:19.940 be that that day was a half day and so literally 00:40:19.940 --> 00:40:24.099 it was like do this half day bye um this year 00:40:24.099 --> 00:40:26.699 it's a full day and so like and we're doing my 00:40:26.699 --> 00:40:28.480 campus is doing the fun run that day so that 00:40:28.480 --> 00:40:32.570 means that I basically told my PE teacher, I 00:40:32.570 --> 00:40:35.010 was like, listen, I will be in the gym all day 00:40:35.010 --> 00:40:38.429 with you until the last group, that first grade 00:40:38.429 --> 00:40:40.829 group, while they're in there. I got to go in 00:40:40.829 --> 00:40:43.110 the library with my principal so we can show 00:40:43.110 --> 00:40:46.630 this video. And the nurse is going to take one, 00:40:46.730 --> 00:40:49.670 like, I think she's going to take the, um, either 00:40:49.670 --> 00:40:51.550 the counselor or the makerspace teacher into 00:40:51.550 --> 00:40:53.369 the makerspace room with the girls and they're 00:40:53.369 --> 00:40:57.530 going to have their video going. And then, then 00:40:57.530 --> 00:41:04.710 we dismiss. So. Yeah. Okay. Well, maybe I'm glad 00:41:04.710 --> 00:41:11.909 I won't be there that day. Yeah. Um, yeah. That's 00:41:11.909 --> 00:41:17.730 because it's like, I'm not mature enough for 00:41:17.730 --> 00:41:21.809 that situation. And so my principal every year, 00:41:21.909 --> 00:41:24.269 I swear he must hate it just because I'm in there 00:41:24.269 --> 00:41:26.469 with him because I'm sitting in the back giggling 00:41:26.469 --> 00:41:33.250 to myself the entire time. I don't think they've 00:41:33.250 --> 00:41:36.389 told our campus that that's happening that day. 00:41:36.750 --> 00:41:39.949 Nobody has said anything to my nurse was told 00:41:39.949 --> 00:41:43.389 me that every elementary campus does it that 00:41:43.389 --> 00:41:45.650 day and that it's a district directive to be 00:41:45.650 --> 00:41:49.170 done that day because they want it done. And 00:41:49.170 --> 00:41:51.869 it's a good time to be like, here it is. And 00:41:51.869 --> 00:41:54.670 now you have a week to go talk to family and 00:41:54.670 --> 00:41:57.409 not other students about this. No, I think that's 00:41:57.409 --> 00:42:00.909 great. Yeah. Agreed so I don't I mean as far 00:42:00.909 --> 00:42:03.090 as I've been told it's the entire district does 00:42:03.090 --> 00:42:06.130 it that day I'm sure we are doing it that day. 00:42:06.170 --> 00:42:08.789 There's just a lot of stuff. I feel like at my 00:42:08.789 --> 00:42:12.789 campus where they're like Like I told you when 00:42:12.789 --> 00:42:14.889 Santa came into the library right and they didn't 00:42:14.889 --> 00:42:17.530 tell me until like ten minutes before Yeah, like 00:42:17.530 --> 00:42:20.429 that where it's like this is happening. Nobody 00:42:20.429 --> 00:42:26.369 knows It's cool. I have no doubt it's happening 00:42:26.860 --> 00:42:32.559 On my campus, they just yeah So Jacob would else 00:42:32.559 --> 00:42:35.360 also end up in the bear with us. So Jacob Smith 00:42:35.360 --> 00:42:39.380 and so He probably is gonna be stuck in that 00:42:39.380 --> 00:42:45.380 again this year. Yeah There's two other male 00:42:45.380 --> 00:42:52.019 teachers on our campus, yeah, but yeah He's the 00:42:52.019 --> 00:42:55.639 only male fifth grade teacher though, it's only 00:42:55.639 --> 00:42:58.400 fifth grade, right Yeah. Yeah. It's just the 00:42:58.400 --> 00:43:01.159 fifth graders and it's the only the ones that 00:43:01.159 --> 00:43:05.460 their parents sign them to say they can. Okay. 00:43:06.019 --> 00:43:08.880 Yeah. Like it's an opt in kind of thing where 00:43:08.880 --> 00:43:11.079 they have to fill out the paper and turn it in 00:43:11.079 --> 00:43:14.420 to be able to participate in that video and conversation. 00:43:15.420 --> 00:43:20.159 Okay. Yeah. See, look at all the fun stuff you're 00:43:20.159 --> 00:43:22.440 learning coming to an elementary campus from 00:43:22.440 --> 00:43:25.360 the pre -k campus. I know. All these new things 00:43:25.360 --> 00:43:32.099 you have to deal with. I know. Oh my gosh. Pre 00:43:32.099 --> 00:43:35.320 -K had its own kind of crazy, but. Yeah. Ugh. 00:43:37.760 --> 00:43:40.039 The stuff at elementary. I don't know. This is 00:43:40.039 --> 00:43:42.199 part of why I avoided going to elementary for 00:43:42.199 --> 00:43:45.159 so long though. Yeah. Sucks a lot. I don't need 00:43:45.159 --> 00:43:47.659 testing. I don't need puberty. I don't need any 00:43:47.659 --> 00:43:48.039 of that.