WEBVTT 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:03.060 How are you? How was yesterday? It was good. 00:00:03.299 --> 00:00:10.939 I'm tired, but it was good. It's fun. The game 00:00:10.939 --> 00:00:16.420 is silly and fun, but it's fun because there 00:00:16.420 --> 00:00:19.660 were literally hundreds of us at the park walking 00:00:19.660 --> 00:00:23.579 around for literally eight hours just playing 00:00:23.579 --> 00:00:26.600 and talking and just having a good time together, 00:00:26.600 --> 00:00:29.170 which is nice, you know? and you're at bear creek 00:00:29.170 --> 00:00:31.890 park yeah so we went to bear creek and keller 00:00:31.890 --> 00:00:36.630 and just played there for literally was there 00:00:36.630 --> 00:00:41.409 from just before 10 o 'clock until just after 00:00:41.409 --> 00:00:45.829 six o 'clock so a little over eight hours of 00:00:45.829 --> 00:00:49.590 play it was a beautiful day it was a really good 00:00:49.590 --> 00:00:53.689 day for it i need today when i go back i need 00:00:53.689 --> 00:00:56.229 to put on sunscreen i was about to ask if you 00:00:56.229 --> 00:01:03.049 did that My neck is pink. Oh, yeah. So I need 00:01:03.049 --> 00:01:06.790 to do a better job of that. But it was it was 00:01:06.790 --> 00:01:10.030 it was really nice out. It was nice to just get 00:01:10.030 --> 00:01:12.609 some fresh air, especially after this week where 00:01:12.609 --> 00:01:16.829 like, yeah, I was with Book Fair. I was in the 00:01:16.829 --> 00:01:22.829 library all day with like until like I got home 00:01:22.829 --> 00:01:24.930 each night, most nights after seven o 'clock. 00:01:24.989 --> 00:01:28.290 So like Very little like outside sunlight fresh 00:01:28.290 --> 00:01:32.109 air time. And so yeah, it was it was really nice 00:01:32.109 --> 00:01:34.590 And it was fun. We got I got to see a lot of 00:01:34.590 --> 00:01:37.329 people and we just got to have fun playing and 00:01:37.329 --> 00:01:44.370 You know Yeah, it's nice to have like a community 00:01:44.370 --> 00:01:49.930 Like outside of like the work stuff. Yeah that 00:01:49.930 --> 00:01:52.209 you could just get together and just relax and 00:01:52.209 --> 00:01:56.590 have fun and goof off and That's great. I'm glad 00:01:56.590 --> 00:02:01.510 you got to do that. Yeah. And today is day two, 00:02:01.510 --> 00:02:04.810 so I get to go back and do it again. Yeah. Nice. 00:02:07.950 --> 00:02:12.590 Yeah. And like I'm, it's weird because it's also 00:02:12.590 --> 00:02:16.990 like, it's not work, but it's, there are some 00:02:16.990 --> 00:02:20.969 like work -like aspects to it because I - I don't 00:02:20.969 --> 00:02:23.349 know how I always get thrust into these positions, 00:02:23.569 --> 00:02:27.210 but I'm like a community ambassador for the area. 00:02:27.669 --> 00:02:30.129 Like me and one other person, like we like set 00:02:30.129 --> 00:02:32.270 up like the get togethers and stuff like that, 00:02:32.469 --> 00:02:34.969 which doesn't entail a ton, but it does mean 00:02:34.969 --> 00:02:38.030 that like, I'm the person that people ask questions 00:02:38.030 --> 00:02:41.139 to and like. random stuff like that. And so it's 00:02:41.139 --> 00:02:43.379 like doing that kind of stuff, too. And so it's 00:02:43.379 --> 00:02:45.860 weird. Why do I always get put into leadership 00:02:45.860 --> 00:02:48.300 positions? I don't get it. Because you're good 00:02:48.300 --> 00:02:52.460 at it. That's cool. It's that or because I don't 00:02:52.460 --> 00:02:54.159 say no, I can't remember. I don't know which 00:02:54.159 --> 00:02:56.960 of those two like maybe it's a little bit of 00:02:56.960 --> 00:03:01.180 both. Maybe that doesn't have to be one thing. 00:03:06.159 --> 00:03:10.110 But no, it was a yeah, it was. a beautiful day 00:03:10.110 --> 00:03:11.550 yesterday, and I think today's supposed to be 00:03:11.550 --> 00:03:13.569 pretty similar, which will be nice, because, 00:03:13.610 --> 00:03:17.490 you know, it starts out in, like, the 60s, but 00:03:17.490 --> 00:03:20.310 gets up to, like, the 80s, like, low 80s, so 00:03:20.310 --> 00:03:23.689 it's not, like, overwhelmingly hot, but just 00:03:23.689 --> 00:03:33.090 nice out. Yeah. Did you get to do anything fun 00:03:33.090 --> 00:03:37.430 yesterday? Well, I took the girls to Six Flags. 00:03:38.359 --> 00:03:41.120 Yes with our friends. Yeah, yes true. So it's 00:03:41.120 --> 00:03:45.800 weekday and oh, yeah, we got Season passes for 00:03:45.800 --> 00:03:50.080 them for Christmas so Yeah, we only went fun. 00:03:50.539 --> 00:03:52.580 Yeah, we just did like three or four hours. It 00:03:52.580 --> 00:03:56.319 was busy, but it was beautiful So that was okay 00:03:56.319 --> 00:03:59.000 And what the season passes it you don't feel 00:03:59.000 --> 00:04:00.719 like you have to stay all day cuz you're like, 00:04:00.800 --> 00:04:05.120 I won't come back. Yeah Yeah, this is just what 00:04:05.120 --> 00:04:08.389 we do. We're just theme park people Guess awesome, 00:04:08.830 --> 00:04:11.210 which is weird because I'm so introverted and 00:04:11.210 --> 00:04:17.610 I don't like humans, but that's okay. I Don't 00:04:17.610 --> 00:04:19.769 know as long as I don't have to interact with 00:04:19.769 --> 00:04:22.269 the humans. I don't mind it as much I can watch 00:04:22.269 --> 00:04:29.910 them. It's fine Yeah Yeah Yeah, it was good. 00:04:29.910 --> 00:04:33.750 It was fun good And Brandon's out running the 00:04:33.750 --> 00:04:41.370 cow town this morning half marathon running is 00:04:41.370 --> 00:04:45.689 not anything that I ever got into. I tried. I 00:04:45.689 --> 00:04:50.290 tried to do the running. It's not my thing. I've 00:04:50.290 --> 00:04:55.589 done a couple of half marathons with him. And 00:04:55.589 --> 00:05:00.009 then I just decided, I still run every day. Like 00:05:00.009 --> 00:05:02.889 before work and stuff, I do like a 5K every day. 00:05:03.050 --> 00:05:07.649 But I don't like doing it in a race. I don't 00:05:07.649 --> 00:05:10.959 know. That is too many people for me. It's too 00:05:10.959 --> 00:05:13.500 crowded. Have you ever done anything like that? 00:05:13.759 --> 00:05:15.879 It's so crowded. I mean, I've done some 5Ks and 00:05:15.879 --> 00:05:17.519 stuff, and it's very much, especially at the 00:05:17.519 --> 00:05:19.759 start where you're just shoulder to shoulder 00:05:19.759 --> 00:05:23.300 trying to run and stuff. It's not. Yeah. I don't 00:05:23.300 --> 00:05:26.379 like the people around me when I'm running. I 00:05:26.379 --> 00:05:28.879 don't know. I like to be alone. I like it in 00:05:28.879 --> 00:05:32.819 the morning because I'm alone and I can listen 00:05:32.819 --> 00:05:36.540 to my audio book and start the day without anyone. 00:05:37.899 --> 00:05:41.560 my favorite i don't like to run in a big group 00:05:41.560 --> 00:05:45.620 i don't know so during the summer i will get 00:05:45.620 --> 00:05:49.779 up and i'll go and like i do like like half run 00:05:49.779 --> 00:05:53.459 half walk 5k like every morning with my like 00:05:53.459 --> 00:05:57.120 audiobook or whatever play in and that especially 00:05:57.120 --> 00:06:00.079 like early in the morning when it's like just 00:06:00.079 --> 00:06:02.920 starting to become dawn and like yeah that's 00:06:02.920 --> 00:06:08.959 the time i love that but yeah Like running just 00:06:08.959 --> 00:06:16.040 to run. Yeah. Really just someone needs to be 00:06:16.040 --> 00:06:22.600 chasing me to make it so that I have to go. Brandon 00:06:22.600 --> 00:06:24.899 needs it though for his to stay in shape. Like 00:06:24.899 --> 00:06:28.019 he needs some kind of inspiration. Yeah. Well, 00:06:28.259 --> 00:06:29.779 that's good that he's found something that works 00:06:29.779 --> 00:06:33.339 for him. So he does this every year. We do the 00:06:33.339 --> 00:06:59.420 cow town every year. That's cool. Hello, I'm 00:06:59.420 --> 00:07:03.500 Patrick Adams. And I'm Caroline Legere. And this 00:07:03.500 --> 00:07:06.240 is Librarians of Littles, a podcast where we 00:07:06.240 --> 00:07:09.620 share books, makerspace activities, and tips 00:07:09.620 --> 00:07:12.120 and tricks for working with our students, our 00:07:12.120 --> 00:07:15.680 youngest students in the library setting. And 00:07:15.680 --> 00:07:22.160 this week we have two books from the 2026 Texas 00:07:22.160 --> 00:07:27.120 2x2 list. The Texas 2x2 list is a list of 20 00:07:27.120 --> 00:07:30.839 books. curated by the Texas Library Association. 00:07:31.360 --> 00:07:35.399 And these books are supposed to be the best books 00:07:35.399 --> 00:07:38.459 of the year for children between the ages of 00:07:38.459 --> 00:07:43.959 two and second grade. And so the first book from 00:07:43.959 --> 00:07:48.980 the 2026 list that we will be looking at is called 00:07:48.980 --> 00:07:53.819 Bear and the Three Goldilocks. It is written 00:07:53.819 --> 00:07:58.089 by Patrick Horn. and illustrated by Dan Iaccarino. 00:07:58.689 --> 00:08:01.589 It is published by Holiday House, which is an 00:08:01.589 --> 00:08:06.589 imprint of Penguin Random House, in 2025. It 00:08:06.589 --> 00:08:11.310 is on two lists, so it's on the Texas 2x2 list 00:08:11.310 --> 00:08:15.250 for 2026. It's also, it was on the Junior Library 00:08:15.250 --> 00:08:21.470 Guild selection list for 2025. And our author, 00:08:21.850 --> 00:08:25.149 Patrick Horn has been a tennis coach, a teacher, 00:08:25.189 --> 00:08:29.790 and most recently an author. He has three children 00:08:29.790 --> 00:08:32.570 that keep him inspired. And when he's writing, 00:08:32.649 --> 00:08:35.750 he works at a desk that his grandmother bought 00:08:35.750 --> 00:08:38.669 for his grandfather in the seventies, which I 00:08:38.669 --> 00:08:40.690 thought was just kind of a cool little thing. 00:08:41.529 --> 00:08:45.029 He's using his grandfather's desk. He lives in 00:08:45.029 --> 00:08:48.649 Texas with his wife and children, and he's at 00:08:48.649 --> 00:08:52.340 a charter school teaching Basically, he teaches 00:08:52.340 --> 00:08:55.440 fitness and the charter school is trilingual, 00:08:55.539 --> 00:08:57.779 which I thought was kind of cool, too. Oh, that 00:08:57.779 --> 00:09:03.980 is cool. Yeah. This is his very first book. Good 00:09:03.980 --> 00:09:09.169 for him. Yeah. And the illustrator, Dan Iaccarino, 00:09:09.710 --> 00:09:13.110 his history is, in addition to his own stories, 00:09:13.330 --> 00:09:17.269 Dan's bold, stylized illustrations add wit and 00:09:17.269 --> 00:09:20.289 energy to the work of such distinguished authors 00:09:20.289 --> 00:09:24.110 as Margaret Wise -Brown, Jack Proletsky, and 00:09:24.110 --> 00:09:27.250 Kevin Henkes. He's also the creator and producer 00:09:27.250 --> 00:09:29.590 of several animated series based on his books, 00:09:30.009 --> 00:09:34.309 Doug Unplugs on Apple TV, Oswald on Nickelodeon, 00:09:34.639 --> 00:09:39.899 Will Is Wildlife on NBC and... is that Cubo? 00:09:40.179 --> 00:09:42.580 Cubo. Yeah. I don't know. I don't watch TV. I 00:09:42.580 --> 00:09:46.139 don't know networks. Hmm. As well as the character 00:09:46.139 --> 00:09:50.159 designer behind the backyardigans from Nickelodeon. 00:09:50.419 --> 00:09:52.740 I love the backyardigans. I didn't know that. 00:09:52.840 --> 00:09:59.059 Yeah. Okay. Sorry. Animation Magazine hails him 00:09:59.059 --> 00:10:02.169 as an American Original. Dance internationally 00:10:02.169 --> 00:10:05.370 recognized art style has earned him a large following 00:10:05.370 --> 00:10:09.950 in Japan exhibits in New York Los Angeles, Tokyo 00:10:09.950 --> 00:10:16.769 and Do you say that? And a visit to the White 00:10:16.769 --> 00:10:20.799 House He is also a contributing children's book 00:10:20.799 --> 00:10:23.159 reviewer for the New York Times. Dan's books 00:10:23.159 --> 00:10:26.019 have been translated into many languages, and 00:10:26.019 --> 00:10:28.559 in addition to animated series, his work has 00:10:28.559 --> 00:10:32.240 inspired toys, ebooks, children's musicals, and 00:10:32.240 --> 00:10:35.980 video adaptations. I knew about him, but I didn't 00:10:35.980 --> 00:10:38.460 know all of that about him. Isn't that cool? 00:10:38.639 --> 00:10:42.840 Yeah, I had no idea. But his art style is very, 00:10:43.299 --> 00:10:46.330 very, like, I don't know, like... You can tell 00:10:46.330 --> 00:10:48.610 it's his work every time. Yeah, it's unique. 00:10:48.750 --> 00:10:51.590 It's very cool. And so when I was reading about 00:10:51.590 --> 00:10:54.809 him, I was like, this guy, I didn't like, I didn't 00:10:54.809 --> 00:10:57.129 even realize that he had his own, like his books 00:10:57.129 --> 00:10:59.950 had become TV shows, because now that my kids 00:10:59.950 --> 00:11:03.070 older, we don't really watch as much of the that 00:11:03.070 --> 00:11:05.990 kind of stuff. But yeah, like, yeah, the backyard 00:11:05.990 --> 00:11:08.129 again, I'm familiar with and the fact that he 00:11:08.129 --> 00:11:10.309 was a character designer for that. And like, 00:11:10.450 --> 00:11:14.210 that's just some really cool. Cool credits to 00:11:14.210 --> 00:11:20.909 him. So yeah So he is also He's done many many 00:11:20.909 --> 00:11:24.330 books like a ton of books some of the books that 00:11:24.330 --> 00:11:28.830 he has written and illustrated include the fantastic 00:11:28.830 --> 00:11:32.350 undersea life of Jacques Cousteau all the way 00:11:32.350 --> 00:11:35.470 to America the story of a big Italian family 00:11:35.470 --> 00:11:39.370 and a little shovel five little pumpkins I am 00:11:39.370 --> 00:11:44.309 a story Doug unplugged Morris Mole, Giant Tess, 00:11:44.629 --> 00:11:49.690 The Birthday Fish, and Unlovable, plus a ton 00:11:49.690 --> 00:11:52.570 of other books. But he's also done the illustrations 00:11:52.570 --> 00:11:56.450 for many other authors and their books, including 00:11:56.450 --> 00:12:02.190 Trashy Town by Andrea Zimmerman and David Clemesha. 00:12:02.750 --> 00:12:05.889 That's what I would say. Clemesha, yeah. Goodnight 00:12:05.889 --> 00:12:08.970 Songs by Margaret Wise Brown, Melissa Sweet, 00:12:09.289 --> 00:12:12.919 and Sophia Blackall. Circle Dogs by Kevin Henkes, 00:12:13.899 --> 00:12:16.580 One, Two, Grandpa Loves You by Shelley Becker, 00:12:17.220 --> 00:12:20.980 Firefighter Flow by Andrea Zimmerman, Boy Plus 00:12:20.980 --> 00:12:25.679 Bot by Amy Dyckman, and a lot of other books 00:12:25.679 --> 00:12:30.639 as well. So his list of books is very long that 00:12:30.639 --> 00:12:34.700 he's participated in, which is awesome. And I 00:12:34.700 --> 00:12:37.559 really do love his art style. It's just so cool. 00:12:37.899 --> 00:12:40.519 Like they're like the black lines that he uses 00:12:40.519 --> 00:12:44.639 and everything just always great. Yeah. I like 00:12:44.639 --> 00:12:48.440 how many, um, like it's very geometric and I 00:12:48.440 --> 00:12:49.919 think that makes it a little bit more accessible 00:12:49.919 --> 00:12:52.340 for kids. Like if they want to imitate it, it's 00:12:52.340 --> 00:12:57.440 great. I love it. Yes. And so Again, our book 00:12:57.440 --> 00:13:00.299 is Bear and the Three Goldilocks. And the summary 00:13:00.299 --> 00:13:02.460 for that book is that basically this is a twist 00:13:02.460 --> 00:13:04.480 on the classic Goldilocks and the Three Bears 00:13:04.480 --> 00:13:07.700 story. This story has the Goldilocks family, 00:13:08.480 --> 00:13:11.919 mother, father, and daughter, going camping. 00:13:12.480 --> 00:13:16.279 And as they're going camping, they set up their 00:13:16.279 --> 00:13:19.529 tents. They prep their instruments so that they 00:13:19.529 --> 00:13:22.470 can sing campfire songs together. They begin 00:13:22.470 --> 00:13:25.450 making s'mores. And then the family decides that 00:13:25.450 --> 00:13:28.330 they're going to go on a hike. So they quickly 00:13:28.330 --> 00:13:31.169 leave their campsite and very quickly after they 00:13:31.169 --> 00:13:34.070 leave, a little bear comes into the campsite 00:13:34.070 --> 00:13:39.659 and begins to Try out everything just like Goldilocks 00:13:39.659 --> 00:13:42.639 in the original story So he tries the s'mores 00:13:42.639 --> 00:13:45.399 and one is too gooey and one is too chocolatey, 00:13:45.399 --> 00:13:48.580 but the third one is just right he tries the 00:13:48.580 --> 00:13:52.700 instruments, but the guitar is too stringy the 00:13:52.700 --> 00:13:56.960 banjo is too plucky and the tambourine is just 00:13:56.960 --> 00:14:02.500 right and so on until when the Goldilocks family 00:14:02.500 --> 00:14:05.860 returns they find their campsite in shambles 00:14:05.860 --> 00:14:12.590 with the baby bear inside the Goldilocks daughter's 00:14:12.590 --> 00:14:17.429 tent sleeping and when the mama and papa bear 00:14:17.429 --> 00:14:19.350 who have been looking for their baby bear show 00:14:19.350 --> 00:14:24.610 up at the campsite it's funny they invite the 00:14:24.610 --> 00:14:28.409 Goldilocks family back to their home for porridge 00:14:28.409 --> 00:14:30.970 but the Goldilocks family doesn't speak bear 00:14:30.970 --> 00:14:33.429 and so all they hear is growling and so they 00:14:33.429 --> 00:14:37.539 jump in their car and quickly leave. It's a cute 00:14:37.539 --> 00:14:40.899 story. It's a lot of fun. I think the kids will 00:14:40.899 --> 00:14:46.259 really enjoy the kind of silliness of it. And 00:14:46.259 --> 00:14:48.860 there's definitely that familiarity from the 00:14:48.860 --> 00:14:51.340 Goldilocks and the Three Bears story. And so 00:14:51.340 --> 00:14:54.559 the kids will already have that background knowledge. 00:14:54.559 --> 00:14:58.360 And I think that the silly little twist on it 00:14:58.360 --> 00:15:00.620 will definitely be something that's enjoyable 00:15:00.620 --> 00:15:04.740 for these kids. It was a lot of fun to read and 00:15:05.129 --> 00:15:06.929 I look forward to reading it with my students. 00:15:07.029 --> 00:15:08.710 I haven't read it with them yet, but this is 00:15:08.710 --> 00:15:11.370 one I'm going to add to my list to read, especially 00:15:11.370 --> 00:15:13.929 when we're talking about like fairy tales and 00:15:13.929 --> 00:15:15.850 fractured fairy tales and that kind of stuff, 00:15:16.049 --> 00:15:20.350 because it's a really cute story. The pictures 00:15:20.350 --> 00:15:23.970 are awesome. And so it'll be very engaging for 00:15:23.970 --> 00:15:26.210 the students. I definitely say that this is a 00:15:26.210 --> 00:15:29.149 five out of five book. I really, really like 00:15:29.149 --> 00:15:34.429 it. For sure. I agree. I mean, Dean Iaccarino. 00:15:34.649 --> 00:15:36.730 illustrated it, which means it's very bright, 00:15:36.909 --> 00:15:41.950 very vivid, but not overwhelming, somewhat simplistic 00:15:41.950 --> 00:15:45.970 and accessible pictures. But the text is still 00:15:45.970 --> 00:15:51.409 very visible. And I do like that element of familiarity 00:15:51.409 --> 00:15:55.029 it has with it being a Goldilocks book, because 00:15:55.029 --> 00:15:59.870 it very much is a Goldilocks book. But it was 00:15:59.870 --> 00:16:03.429 fantastic. I loved it. My favorite was definitely 00:16:03.429 --> 00:16:08.190 when the bears tried very nicely to explain the 00:16:08.190 --> 00:16:11.370 misunderstanding and I am so sorry and then but 00:16:11.370 --> 00:16:13.929 they only heard roar roar roar so they ran away. 00:16:14.110 --> 00:16:17.309 That was the best for me. I loved it. I agree. 00:16:17.429 --> 00:16:20.429 This one's a five out of five for sure. Yeah 00:16:20.429 --> 00:16:22.970 and like that just that little bit of humor in 00:16:22.970 --> 00:16:25.889 it you know like the kids are gonna think all 00:16:25.889 --> 00:16:27.970 of it's funny but even for the adults like that 00:16:27.970 --> 00:16:30.129 little bit of humor of like they don't speak 00:16:30.129 --> 00:16:34.429 bear so you know like yeah but it's a lot of 00:16:34.429 --> 00:16:42.730 fun yeah super cute and so for a makerspace activity 00:16:42.730 --> 00:16:44.750 i kind of struggled because i at first i was 00:16:44.750 --> 00:16:47.669 thinking like what could the kids build or make 00:16:47.669 --> 00:16:51.309 or something and so what i came up with is i 00:16:51.309 --> 00:16:55.350 think it would be fun to kind of like assign 00:16:55.350 --> 00:17:01.080 the kids to have them make different props from 00:17:01.080 --> 00:17:07.220 this story and then have them like retell the 00:17:07.220 --> 00:17:10.039 story. So like have one kid that's that their 00:17:10.039 --> 00:17:12.680 job is they hand them everybody have plenty of 00:17:12.680 --> 00:17:15.500 like card stock or paper and some colored pencils 00:17:15.500 --> 00:17:18.480 and crayons and markers and have them each make 00:17:18.480 --> 00:17:22.309 a part. So like one kid makes the s'mores that 00:17:22.309 --> 00:17:24.750 were too gooey and one kid makes the s'more that's 00:17:24.750 --> 00:17:26.789 too chocolatey and one kid makes the s'more that's 00:17:26.789 --> 00:17:29.230 just right and somebody else makes the guitar 00:17:29.230 --> 00:17:31.869 and somebody else makes the banjo and somebody 00:17:31.869 --> 00:17:33.670 else makes the tambourine and just go through 00:17:33.670 --> 00:17:36.289 and have them like make all the different things 00:17:36.289 --> 00:17:40.529 and then have each of those kids retell that 00:17:40.529 --> 00:17:42.569 part of the story and so you could have the entire 00:17:42.569 --> 00:17:45.109 class like be able to retell the story after 00:17:45.109 --> 00:17:48.069 they created their little props to to remind 00:17:48.069 --> 00:17:52.279 them of what part they're doing. which I think 00:17:52.279 --> 00:17:54.960 covers a bunch of different skills that pre -K 00:17:54.960 --> 00:17:57.200 should be working on for sure. There's going 00:17:57.200 --> 00:17:59.779 to be that creativity part so they're actually 00:17:59.779 --> 00:18:03.420 getting to do some artwork to create, but then 00:18:03.420 --> 00:18:06.740 to the retelling of the story and getting them 00:18:06.740 --> 00:18:08.700 in the right order so that they can retell it 00:18:08.700 --> 00:18:12.099 and all that kind of stuff. I think it would 00:18:12.099 --> 00:18:13.740 take a little bit of work, but I think that would 00:18:13.740 --> 00:18:16.200 be what I would end up doing with this story 00:18:16.200 --> 00:18:19.940 just because I think with the familiarity of 00:18:19.940 --> 00:18:22.759 the story. I think that would help them making 00:18:22.759 --> 00:18:25.200 sure that they're in the right order and able 00:18:25.200 --> 00:18:29.259 to retell the story a little bit easier than 00:18:29.259 --> 00:18:31.480 some other stories for sure. And so I think this 00:18:31.480 --> 00:18:34.619 would just be kind of a fun activity to have 00:18:34.619 --> 00:18:36.980 them do that might take more than one library 00:18:36.980 --> 00:18:40.880 session. Like you might, it might be that after 00:18:40.880 --> 00:18:42.579 you read the story, they make the props and then 00:18:42.579 --> 00:18:44.640 the next week they come back and retell it. But 00:18:44.640 --> 00:18:46.980 I think, with that familiarity, I think it would 00:18:46.980 --> 00:18:50.720 be possible for them to do that still. I think 00:18:50.720 --> 00:18:52.420 that you're right. And I think that would be 00:18:52.420 --> 00:18:54.539 great. And I think it's kind of funny that you 00:18:54.539 --> 00:18:56.799 said that because that was exactly what I was 00:18:56.799 --> 00:18:59.099 thinking that I would do with this book, if I 00:18:59.099 --> 00:19:01.660 was going to make a lesson afterward. Uh huh. 00:19:02.099 --> 00:19:05.000 Yeah, I've I don't know if it's just because 00:19:05.000 --> 00:19:07.640 it's goalie locks that I was thinking that and 00:19:07.640 --> 00:19:10.099 you were thinking that as well. Because I don't 00:19:10.099 --> 00:19:12.490 think you and I usually like think that much 00:19:12.490 --> 00:19:17.730 alike with lessons but yeah maybe it's because 00:19:17.730 --> 00:19:20.509 of that because that like you just were saying 00:19:20.509 --> 00:19:25.630 this time right well it's just such a well -known 00:19:25.630 --> 00:19:29.109 story but just slightly different enough to make 00:19:29.109 --> 00:19:32.789 it novel but familiar enough that they could 00:19:32.789 --> 00:19:37.029 possibly retell it with you know in a silly kind 00:19:37.029 --> 00:19:39.569 of a way that's cute i like it i think they would 00:19:39.569 --> 00:19:43.890 like it too and I do too really great on a lot 00:19:43.890 --> 00:19:49.009 of levels yeah I think they would have a lot 00:19:49.009 --> 00:19:54.450 of fun with it so yeah they would all right so 00:19:54.450 --> 00:19:59.670 with that we get to our library of littles makerspace 00:19:59.670 --> 00:20:02.849 spotlight and we've been going over some different 00:20:02.849 --> 00:20:08.579 tech based activities that teach students coding 00:20:08.579 --> 00:20:11.299 over the last couple episodes. And this week 00:20:11.299 --> 00:20:14.579 we're going to spotlight another device. This 00:20:14.579 --> 00:20:18.960 one is the learning resources code and go robot 00:20:18.960 --> 00:20:22.779 mouse. And so this is one that a lot of people 00:20:22.779 --> 00:20:26.980 have seen before. And it's a screen free STEM 00:20:26.980 --> 00:20:29.940 toy designed to teach children basically from 00:20:29.940 --> 00:20:33.000 ages four and up the basics of coding through 00:20:33.000 --> 00:20:37.059 hands on play. Children use color -coded buttons 00:20:37.059 --> 00:20:41.119 on the mouse's back to program a sequence of 00:20:41.119 --> 00:20:46.759 up to 40 steps to guide the robot through a maze 00:20:46.759 --> 00:20:50.319 so that they can find the plastic cheese wedge 00:20:50.319 --> 00:20:54.240 that has a magnet in it so it'll pop to the robot 00:20:54.240 --> 00:20:59.119 mouse's nose. This is a great product. It's very 00:20:59.119 --> 00:21:04.339 similar to the... the bbots in the way it functions 00:21:04.339 --> 00:21:09.359 anyway. The robot itself on the back, it has 00:21:09.359 --> 00:21:12.660 colored arrows. So there's a forward arrow, a 00:21:12.660 --> 00:21:14.839 backwards arrow, a left turn and a right turn 00:21:14.839 --> 00:21:19.259 arrow, and then the go button. And so when the 00:21:19.259 --> 00:21:21.660 robot is ready, you can, and I think there's 00:21:21.660 --> 00:21:23.859 a clear button on it too. So that clears out 00:21:23.859 --> 00:21:27.240 whatever code you have. And so the students can 00:21:27.240 --> 00:21:29.500 push those buttons and tell it to go, and the 00:21:29.500 --> 00:21:33.779 robot will move according to the order that the 00:21:33.779 --> 00:21:39.700 buttons were pushed. This set, so I found a couple 00:21:39.700 --> 00:21:42.039 different sets. The robot itself, basically, 00:21:42.180 --> 00:21:45.519 if you just got the robot, it was looking, most 00:21:45.519 --> 00:21:47.460 of the places I was looking, it seemed to be 00:21:47.460 --> 00:21:52.740 about $39, but most of them, you wanna get the 00:21:52.740 --> 00:21:57.640 set itself that comes with the square tiles that 00:21:57.640 --> 00:22:01.119 interlock. They come with the purple little walls 00:22:01.119 --> 00:22:04.480 to make a maze. They even come with some arches 00:22:04.480 --> 00:22:10.680 and the mouse cheese. They also come with double 00:22:10.680 --> 00:22:15.500 -sided cards that have the arrows for movement. 00:22:17.259 --> 00:22:21.079 And that whole set tends to cost between $75 00:22:21.079 --> 00:22:25.039 and $80 if you buy the set, which is much more 00:22:25.079 --> 00:22:27.660 in the price range of a lot of libraries than 00:22:27.660 --> 00:22:30.119 the Cubeto that we talked about yesterday in 00:22:30.119 --> 00:22:34.920 the 300 to 400 price range. So much more cost 00:22:34.920 --> 00:22:42.460 effective. I will say that these robots are pretty 00:22:42.460 --> 00:22:45.079 durable. The biggest issue I've ever had with 00:22:45.079 --> 00:22:48.279 the robots is that when you're working with Pre 00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:50.960 -K, a lot of the kids, when they put in the code, 00:22:51.119 --> 00:22:53.319 and have the robot move if it doesn't go the 00:22:53.319 --> 00:22:54.980 way they want. A lot of times they want to grab 00:22:54.980 --> 00:22:58.559 it and either pull it backwards or push it forwards 00:22:58.559 --> 00:23:02.059 to where they want it to be. Yeah. And at first, 00:23:02.059 --> 00:23:04.880 that's a natural thing for them to do. And so 00:23:04.880 --> 00:23:07.119 I had to spend a lot of time with my students 00:23:07.119 --> 00:23:09.579 teaching them, like, you can't do that because 00:23:09.579 --> 00:23:13.119 by pushing and pulling on the robot, the wheels, 00:23:14.900 --> 00:23:18.220 the gears will grind and actually not catch and 00:23:18.220 --> 00:23:21.750 then it won't move anymore. After a while if 00:23:21.750 --> 00:23:27.170 that's happening, so that's Like as far as durability 00:23:27.170 --> 00:23:31.250 the mouse itself. I never had one break or crack 00:23:31.250 --> 00:23:35.910 But the wheels stopped working because the gears 00:23:35.910 --> 00:23:43.509 were shredded from some misuse so If you know 00:23:43.509 --> 00:23:46.470 that in advance and work to teach the children 00:23:46.470 --> 00:23:50.500 the proper use of the device This is this is 00:23:50.500 --> 00:23:53.680 a very fine product that works really well. I 00:23:53.680 --> 00:24:00.119 will say that What I found using all of the pieces 00:24:00.119 --> 00:24:02.220 when you use the green tiles that connect in 00:24:02.220 --> 00:24:04.000 the purple walls and that kind of thing what 00:24:04.000 --> 00:24:07.920 I found Was that a lot of my pre -k students? 00:24:09.160 --> 00:24:12.619 Struggled to design a maze. So if you were gonna 00:24:12.619 --> 00:24:16.140 use that to do have them work on this Pre -build 00:24:16.140 --> 00:24:20.220 the maze yourself and then have them try and 00:24:20.220 --> 00:24:24.099 get the mouse to go through the maze. It's a 00:24:24.099 --> 00:24:29.180 lot of pre -planning for a pre -K student to 00:24:29.180 --> 00:24:32.079 try and build a maze for the mouse to then go 00:24:32.079 --> 00:24:35.799 through. And I found that that was a struggle 00:24:35.799 --> 00:24:37.779 for a lot of my students. So if you're gonna 00:24:37.779 --> 00:24:41.099 do this with and have the mouse actually try 00:24:41.099 --> 00:24:45.660 to go through a maze to get to the cheese. pre 00:24:45.660 --> 00:24:48.119 -build that maze before the students come in 00:24:48.119 --> 00:24:51.759 so that that doesn't become a headache. The other 00:24:51.759 --> 00:24:54.500 option is, is this mouse will roll just on like 00:24:54.500 --> 00:24:58.000 a table. So you could just teach them to start 00:24:58.000 --> 00:25:00.880 practicing using the mouse without any of the 00:25:00.880 --> 00:25:03.839 other pieces and just let them get used to how 00:25:03.839 --> 00:25:06.440 the mouse moves and that kind of thing. The nice 00:25:06.440 --> 00:25:08.799 thing about the green tiles is that the green 00:25:08.799 --> 00:25:13.769 tiles are the same size as the coding for the 00:25:13.769 --> 00:25:16.890 robot to move. So when you tell it to move left, 00:25:16.990 --> 00:25:20.049 it's gonna move one tile to the left. If you 00:25:20.049 --> 00:25:22.430 tell it to move forward, it moves one tile forward. 00:25:22.809 --> 00:25:25.490 And so that visual helps. So even if you just 00:25:25.490 --> 00:25:29.890 made a flat platform of just the green and told 00:25:29.890 --> 00:25:32.390 them, here's where we're starting and here's 00:25:32.390 --> 00:25:34.190 where we're going, and there were no walls, no 00:25:34.190 --> 00:25:36.809 arches, nothing else, that might be a way to 00:25:36.809 --> 00:25:42.089 do it too. It's a good product. It's a lot of 00:25:42.089 --> 00:25:48.769 fun. The biggest flaw that I have with this device 00:25:48.769 --> 00:25:52.849 is that you can push a bunch of buttons, but 00:25:52.849 --> 00:25:58.089 you don't know where in the code you are. And 00:25:58.089 --> 00:26:00.190 like, there's no indication of what the next 00:26:00.190 --> 00:26:04.109 part of the code will be that it does. So like 00:26:04.109 --> 00:26:08.160 in other robots, like on the Coda Pillar, you 00:26:08.160 --> 00:26:10.940 could see it lit up when it was at a certain 00:26:10.940 --> 00:26:15.220 segment of the code. In Cubeto, it lights up 00:26:15.220 --> 00:26:18.059 with each tile that's placed so you know where 00:26:18.059 --> 00:26:21.359 you are in the code. With this robot, when you 00:26:21.359 --> 00:26:25.079 put it in, you put it in and then it just goes. 00:26:25.119 --> 00:26:28.200 It doesn't show you where in the code you are 00:26:28.200 --> 00:26:32.059 or what's happening next. And so that's a little 00:26:32.059 --> 00:26:35.960 bit more challenging for the kids. to understand 00:26:35.960 --> 00:26:37.779 why it's not doing what they wanted because they 00:26:37.779 --> 00:26:44.059 can't see where they messed up unless you use 00:26:44.059 --> 00:26:47.500 those cards and write in put them down in front 00:26:47.500 --> 00:26:51.519 of the kid as they push the buttons and then 00:26:51.519 --> 00:26:55.220 as the mouse moves you kind of go through it 00:26:55.220 --> 00:26:58.240 that way with them but on the mouse itself it 00:26:58.240 --> 00:27:00.259 doesn't tell you where it is in the code or what 00:27:00.259 --> 00:27:04.380 it's doing next or anything like that so that's 00:27:05.539 --> 00:27:08.900 one slight disadvantage. But like I said, if 00:27:08.900 --> 00:27:10.940 you use the cards, like the little double -sided 00:27:10.940 --> 00:27:15.880 cards and put those as to how they're putting 00:27:15.880 --> 00:27:18.359 in the code, that might be a way to resolve that 00:27:18.359 --> 00:27:22.339 issue. But these are a lot of fun. The kids really 00:27:22.339 --> 00:27:25.500 do enjoy being able to see if the mouse can get 00:27:25.500 --> 00:27:28.420 to the cheese and that kind of thing. And it 00:27:28.420 --> 00:27:34.309 is a good way to get started with the Coding 00:27:34.309 --> 00:27:36.289 and this is one of those things where you could 00:27:36.289 --> 00:27:38.910 use these cards to have like we mentioned last 00:27:38.910 --> 00:27:41.470 time You could use some of those cards to have 00:27:41.470 --> 00:27:44.650 the kids like Because I've they've made they 00:27:44.650 --> 00:27:46.450 make the cards the cards are relatively small 00:27:46.450 --> 00:27:49.150 little squares But they also make a set that 00:27:49.150 --> 00:27:52.029 are bigger and that you could use those to do 00:27:52.029 --> 00:27:54.549 like a code the teacher Kind of thing like we 00:27:54.549 --> 00:27:59.190 talked about where the kids put down Things and 00:27:59.190 --> 00:28:01.349 that's how the teachers supposed to move and 00:28:01.349 --> 00:28:03.390 do those things And so you could do something 00:28:03.390 --> 00:28:05.269 like that with it before you ever get to the 00:28:05.269 --> 00:28:07.369 robot But the robot itself is pretty fun. The 00:28:07.369 --> 00:28:10.430 kids really do enjoy it It's a good product. 00:28:10.549 --> 00:28:14.490 That's cool. I've had access to them, but I didn't 00:28:14.490 --> 00:28:17.210 Use them a lot last year because I was on two 00:28:17.210 --> 00:28:20.029 campuses and I was a little overwhelmed and I 00:28:20.029 --> 00:28:24.710 did use other Like I did use Coda Pillar And 00:28:24.710 --> 00:28:31.500 I think the bots because two campuses but yeah 00:28:31.500 --> 00:28:34.960 this one sounds like a lot of fun and looks really 00:28:34.960 --> 00:28:38.279 cool it looks like a great product it it is it's 00:28:38.279 --> 00:28:40.259 a lot of fun and like i said it's very similar 00:28:40.259 --> 00:28:44.059 to the b -box um that people are very familiar 00:28:44.059 --> 00:28:50.619 with also um and like the hand to mind which 00:28:50.619 --> 00:28:53.039 is one of the companies that does some of this 00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:55.920 stuff they've got different activities and like 00:28:55.849 --> 00:28:59.190 printable materials that you can get for the 00:28:59.190 --> 00:29:01.970 students and there's a bunch of teacher pay teacher 00:29:01.970 --> 00:29:06.309 sites that have activities for it and there's 00:29:06.309 --> 00:29:09.809 like expansion packs where you can start like 00:29:09.809 --> 00:29:12.430 for older kids where you can take these and then 00:29:12.430 --> 00:29:14.849 do start practicing addition and subtraction 00:29:14.849 --> 00:29:17.150 skills and sequencing and all sorts of other 00:29:17.150 --> 00:29:20.670 things so like it's a really cool device because 00:29:20.670 --> 00:29:23.759 well starting with like three and four year olds 00:29:23.759 --> 00:29:26.359 to just learn some basic coding, it can be used 00:29:26.359 --> 00:29:29.099 for multiple things as kids get older too. So 00:29:29.099 --> 00:29:30.940 it's not something that they're gonna age out 00:29:30.940 --> 00:29:35.480 of super fast. No, it's cool. I like it. So yeah. 00:29:35.799 --> 00:29:41.980 Cool. It holds its value for a while. Nice. Yeah. 00:29:42.200 --> 00:29:45.619 Maybe I'll try some soon. We'll see. All right. 00:29:47.960 --> 00:29:50.420 The next book that we're gonna talk about today 00:29:50.420 --> 00:29:54.869 is from the 2x2 list is called Big Enough. It 00:29:54.869 --> 00:29:56.849 was published by Little Brown and Company in 00:29:56.849 --> 00:30:01.650 2025. And the author and illustrator is Regina 00:30:01.650 --> 00:30:07.309 Link. And this book is an ALSC Notable Children's 00:30:07.309 --> 00:30:12.430 Book for 2026. And it's a El Dia de los Niños 00:30:12.430 --> 00:30:18.940 book for 2026 and a Texas 2x2 for 2026. And Regina 00:30:18.940 --> 00:30:22.059 Link is a Taiwanese -American author and illustrator, 00:30:22.359 --> 00:30:25.980 and she combines East Asian philosophy with Chinese 00:30:25.980 --> 00:30:29.079 brush painting. Although she is a professional 00:30:29.079 --> 00:30:32.259 illustrator, she never went to art school. Instead, 00:30:32.440 --> 00:30:35.700 she got marketing degrees from Washington State 00:30:35.700 --> 00:30:38.799 University in St. Louis and Cornell University. 00:30:39.180 --> 00:30:41.960 She was born and raised in Texas and she moved 00:30:41.960 --> 00:30:44.259 to Taiwan with her family when she was in her 00:30:44.259 --> 00:30:47.299 mid -30s. While she was there, that's when she 00:30:47.299 --> 00:30:49.980 learned the traditional Chinese painting that 00:30:49.980 --> 00:30:52.400 she uses in her art and began showing her work 00:30:52.400 --> 00:30:56.160 on Instagram. And when she was on Instagram, 00:30:56.680 --> 00:30:58.920 the work that she published was so popular that 00:30:58.920 --> 00:31:02.400 she ended up publishing a whole book of it called 00:31:02.400 --> 00:31:06.640 The Oxherd Boy, Parables of Love, Compassion, 00:31:06.720 --> 00:31:10.920 and Community. And that book is written for adults 00:31:10.920 --> 00:31:16.079 and that Oxford boy is the boy that we read about 00:31:16.079 --> 00:31:21.539 in this book. So that's fun. And Big Enough is 00:31:21.539 --> 00:31:24.500 her first children's book. And then she has a 00:31:24.500 --> 00:31:28.279 sequel called Little Helper coming out in May 00:31:28.279 --> 00:31:32.880 of 2026. So yeah. That's her. I thought she had 00:31:32.880 --> 00:31:35.500 a fun story. I love that she didn't actually 00:31:35.500 --> 00:31:37.440 go to art school. She might be the first one 00:31:37.440 --> 00:31:41.819 that we've done this on that didn't like officially 00:31:41.819 --> 00:31:45.980 do any of the things that she was intending to 00:31:45.980 --> 00:31:50.059 with like writing or just kind of got her start 00:31:50.059 --> 00:31:52.559 on Instagram just showing her artwork and stuff. 00:31:52.579 --> 00:31:56.059 That's really cool. I know, right? And that's 00:31:56.059 --> 00:31:58.640 one thing I have to say about this book is like 00:31:58.640 --> 00:32:03.880 the art. It's beautiful. It is incredible. It's 00:32:03.880 --> 00:32:07.200 breathtaking, really. It's amazing. And so I 00:32:07.200 --> 00:32:11.740 was enthralled just by the art on the page. Yeah. 00:32:12.259 --> 00:32:17.240 It's beautiful. Yeah. The whole story is... It's 00:32:17.240 --> 00:32:21.480 great. And the art really is what sucks you in, 00:32:21.880 --> 00:32:25.779 though. I guess I should just do the book summary 00:32:25.779 --> 00:32:27.400 now since I'm already talking about the book. 00:32:30.390 --> 00:32:34.269 So for the book summary, a young boy is charged 00:32:34.269 --> 00:32:37.490 with bringing the family's ox home from the fields. 00:32:37.930 --> 00:32:40.910 He's warned by his grandfather not to ride him 00:32:40.910 --> 00:32:44.269 because he isn't big enough just yet. On his 00:32:44.269 --> 00:32:46.789 way to go get the ox, he meets some other animals 00:32:46.789 --> 00:32:49.130 who give advice and tell him not to pull him 00:32:49.130 --> 00:32:51.670 by the horn or lead him from behind because he's 00:32:51.670 --> 00:32:53.730 not big enough to do those things yet either. 00:32:54.359 --> 00:32:56.859 Once he does get to the ox, he finds that the 00:32:56.859 --> 00:32:59.299 ox is even more reluctant to find his way home 00:32:59.299 --> 00:33:03.619 than the boy. And the boy ends up riding him, 00:33:03.740 --> 00:33:05.640 pulling him by the horn and leading him from 00:33:05.640 --> 00:33:08.599 behind to get the ox safely home. And in the 00:33:08.599 --> 00:33:11.279 end, he learns that he is, in fact, big enough 00:33:11.279 --> 00:33:15.759 after all. This was just a really sweet story. 00:33:16.339 --> 00:33:19.940 It's I think this one's a five out of five as 00:33:19.940 --> 00:33:21.859 well. There's a reason it's on the two by two. 00:33:21.859 --> 00:33:27.940 These are great books. And it definitely has 00:33:27.940 --> 00:33:29.839 that element of... I don't know if this is like 00:33:29.839 --> 00:33:32.960 an actual parable or not, or if she just like 00:33:32.960 --> 00:33:37.079 created this one. I have no idea. But it feels 00:33:37.079 --> 00:33:39.980 very much like a parable. Well, I mean, it is 00:33:39.980 --> 00:33:41.660 a parable. I just don't know if it's like a traditional 00:33:41.660 --> 00:33:49.519 one or not. But I love that it's very relatable 00:33:49.519 --> 00:33:52.920 for the kids, that it's, you know... Ultimately, 00:33:53.019 --> 00:33:54.960 it's a story about, like, building confidence 00:33:54.960 --> 00:33:58.920 and, you know, perseverance and just not giving 00:33:58.920 --> 00:34:02.359 up in general. And, you know, trying to do the 00:34:02.359 --> 00:34:04.859 hard thing even though you know you may not be 00:34:04.859 --> 00:34:07.680 able to do it. Like, you're still gonna try anyway. 00:34:07.940 --> 00:34:09.940 We're still gonna, you know, this is my responsibility. 00:34:10.159 --> 00:34:12.679 I'm going to accept it. We're gonna get it done. 00:34:13.300 --> 00:34:15.400 I can't do these things yet because I'm not big 00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:17.980 enough, but we'll find a way to do it anyway. 00:34:18.730 --> 00:34:21.510 and the boy just doesn't give up and he just 00:34:21.510 --> 00:34:25.550 keeps going and that artwork really is so beautiful. 00:34:25.969 --> 00:34:30.949 I love it. It's so good. It's stunning. It truly 00:34:30.949 --> 00:34:34.429 is. I wouldn't, I'm kind of surprised it didn't 00:34:34.429 --> 00:34:37.909 end up on a Caldecott list actually. Maybe the 00:34:37.909 --> 00:34:42.269 next book will. I don't know. Yeah, this I loved 00:34:42.269 --> 00:34:45.030 the whole story and it's very relatable to the 00:34:45.030 --> 00:34:46.809 kids that they're just like I'm not big enough 00:34:46.809 --> 00:34:49.969 yet kind of you know that attitude is something 00:34:49.969 --> 00:34:53.630 that all of these kids can relate to as far as 00:34:53.630 --> 00:34:59.349 And so it was a it was a very sweet story and 00:34:59.349 --> 00:35:03.449 I love that like the big giant ox is afraid of 00:35:03.449 --> 00:35:06.489 the dark kind of you know, like doesn't want 00:35:06.489 --> 00:35:11.130 to be alone and is uncertain just because size, 00:35:11.610 --> 00:35:13.289 you know, like it's a nice way to just explain 00:35:13.289 --> 00:35:16.530 that, you know, size isn't everything and they're 00:35:16.530 --> 00:35:21.610 like, we all have some of those fears and issues 00:35:21.610 --> 00:35:25.130 that need to be dealt with and with someone taking 00:35:25.130 --> 00:35:28.829 care of us and being there for us, we can kind 00:35:28.829 --> 00:35:31.349 of make it through together. So it's a really 00:35:31.349 --> 00:35:36.650 sweet story that. The pictures just amplify so 00:35:36.650 --> 00:35:39.929 much because the artwork is just so incredible. 00:35:39.949 --> 00:35:45.389 Mm -hmm It really is Yeah, it was a great book 00:35:45.389 --> 00:35:48.190 and I love like it's a great kind of multicultural 00:35:48.190 --> 00:35:51.650 book to like it was just great It's a great one 00:35:51.650 --> 00:35:54.170 to show at the beginning of the year I think 00:35:54.170 --> 00:35:56.570 I would do this one at the beginning of the year 00:35:56.570 --> 00:36:00.610 when kids are still getting used to all of the 00:36:00.610 --> 00:36:05.050 routines and everything and when they're still 00:36:05.050 --> 00:36:07.429 getting used to school in general and being away 00:36:07.429 --> 00:36:11.670 from their parents and their safe spaces for 00:36:11.670 --> 00:36:13.309 longer periods of time and like learning that 00:36:13.309 --> 00:36:16.030 school is a safe space. That's definitely when 00:36:16.030 --> 00:36:17.550 I would do this book because a lot of them are 00:36:17.550 --> 00:36:18.909 probably thinking that they're not big enough 00:36:18.909 --> 00:36:20.710 for school yet either and they should probably 00:36:20.710 --> 00:36:24.389 just go home. I know not all of them are thinking 00:36:24.389 --> 00:36:27.530 that but I think the majority do like that's 00:36:27.530 --> 00:36:29.639 a big change. Going to school for the first time 00:36:29.639 --> 00:36:31.699 is a huge change. And I think this is a great 00:36:31.699 --> 00:36:33.280 one for the beginning of the year for that one. 00:36:33.360 --> 00:36:38.099 They're all feeling that change. It's even more 00:36:38.099 --> 00:36:42.320 relatable right then. And for a makerspace lesson, 00:36:44.119 --> 00:36:46.320 I kind of had a hard time thinking of exactly 00:36:46.320 --> 00:36:48.519 what I would do because I don't know, just the 00:36:48.519 --> 00:36:50.780 way the parable is written. I don't know. But 00:36:50.780 --> 00:36:52.940 I think I would do it at the beginning of the 00:36:52.940 --> 00:36:59.519 year and then have the kids draw a picture of 00:36:59.519 --> 00:37:01.280 them doing something that they think they're 00:37:01.280 --> 00:37:04.059 not big enough to do yet. And I think my the 00:37:04.059 --> 00:37:07.059 biggest examples that I would use with the kids 00:37:07.059 --> 00:37:11.119 is probably learning to read because a lot of 00:37:11.119 --> 00:37:16.199 the kids when they first start in pre -k and 00:37:16.199 --> 00:37:19.980 in kindergarten like I always have like a space 00:37:19.980 --> 00:37:22.820 in the library where like during our maker space 00:37:22.820 --> 00:37:24.760 time or whatever like reading is always a choice 00:37:24.760 --> 00:37:27.489 in the library. Always. I always have a little 00:37:27.489 --> 00:37:31.090 reading nook. They can always go and get from 00:37:31.090 --> 00:37:33.750 a selected, you know, a limited amount of books 00:37:33.750 --> 00:37:35.130 because I'm not going to let them go roam the 00:37:35.130 --> 00:37:37.349 entire library, like pulling stuff off shelves 00:37:37.349 --> 00:37:40.429 because that would be a headache. But there's 00:37:40.429 --> 00:37:43.289 always books for them to read in the library 00:37:43.289 --> 00:37:44.909 and they can always go sit down and read. But 00:37:44.909 --> 00:37:47.670 at the beginning of the year, those pre -king 00:37:47.670 --> 00:37:50.170 and kinder kids are like, I, but I don't know 00:37:50.170 --> 00:37:52.630 how you have to sit with me. And I'm like, no, 00:37:52.630 --> 00:37:55.860 no, no, no, no. You can read the pictures. You 00:37:55.860 --> 00:37:58.219 can look over here. You can tell me the things 00:37:58.219 --> 00:38:01.099 that you see happening in the book. You know 00:38:01.099 --> 00:38:06.780 the pages turn this way. You know the book is 00:38:06.780 --> 00:38:10.780 right side up over here. You can do this. You 00:38:10.780 --> 00:38:13.679 can be independent. And I would go with it from 00:38:13.679 --> 00:38:16.360 that angle of like you are big enough to read 00:38:16.360 --> 00:38:19.719 on your own. You may not be able to read every 00:38:19.719 --> 00:38:22.340 single word on the page and you might not know 00:38:22.340 --> 00:38:25.119 all the letters yet. that's okay. You will be 00:38:25.119 --> 00:38:26.860 big enough. You're not big enough for that yet. 00:38:26.900 --> 00:38:29.559 You are big enough to turn the pages. You are 00:38:29.559 --> 00:38:31.920 big enough to orient it the right way. You are 00:38:31.920 --> 00:38:34.559 big enough to sit on your own. You're big enough 00:38:34.559 --> 00:38:37.500 to enjoy this. You can do it. So I think that 00:38:37.500 --> 00:38:40.280 would be my big example for the kids. And like, 00:38:40.280 --> 00:38:42.340 I would probably draw a picture of myself for 00:38:42.340 --> 00:38:44.679 them. Like, because I think at the beginning, 00:38:44.800 --> 00:38:46.480 they would still need a lot of modeling with 00:38:46.480 --> 00:38:48.159 things like that. So I would probably draw a 00:38:48.159 --> 00:38:51.460 picture of myself reading a book. And that would 00:38:51.460 --> 00:38:56.059 be my example. But then encouraging them as well 00:38:56.059 --> 00:38:58.400 to come up with their own examples and drawing 00:38:58.400 --> 00:39:02.719 other things that they will someday be able to 00:39:02.719 --> 00:39:06.139 do. Maybe pair it with the magical yet. We will 00:39:06.139 --> 00:39:10.360 do these things. It'll happen. Give it time, 00:39:10.360 --> 00:39:13.880 children. It's hard to wait, but you can do it. 00:39:14.219 --> 00:39:18.559 You'll do it. Yeah. I love that idea. I think 00:39:18.559 --> 00:39:21.980 that would be a lot of fun for the kids. to imagine 00:39:21.980 --> 00:39:24.099 themselves being able to do some of those things, 00:39:24.320 --> 00:39:27.260 so. Yeah, especially at the beginning when they 00:39:27.260 --> 00:39:30.179 think. When everything's been done for them. 00:39:30.340 --> 00:39:32.840 There's so many kids that come in and they're 00:39:32.840 --> 00:39:36.239 like, I can't do anything. Yes, you can. Yes, 00:39:36.300 --> 00:39:39.000 you can, child. You're big enough for a lot, 00:39:39.019 --> 00:39:43.880 don't worry. Yes. Yeah, that's the big thing 00:39:43.880 --> 00:39:45.320 is at the beginning of the year, I have so many 00:39:45.320 --> 00:39:49.300 that they've had so much done for them that... 00:39:49.369 --> 00:39:52.050 You ask them to do anything that I can't do that. 00:39:52.329 --> 00:39:56.929 Well, yes, you can. I promise, but you gotta 00:39:56.929 --> 00:40:00.670 try. Like you gotta try. Yeah. Yeah, I've had 00:40:00.670 --> 00:40:03.590 four -year -olds start a school, more than one 00:40:03.590 --> 00:40:06.010 four -year -old has started school on the first 00:40:06.010 --> 00:40:10.150 day and like have literally had their parents 00:40:10.150 --> 00:40:14.389 spoon feed them still at four years old and things 00:40:14.389 --> 00:40:18.670 like that. Like, oh, oh boy. You are big enough. 00:40:19.019 --> 00:40:29.760 You can do these things. Yes. Anyway. Well, thank 00:40:29.760 --> 00:40:31.840 you all for joining us today on this episode 00:40:31.840 --> 00:40:34.139 of Librarians of Littles, and we hope you found 00:40:34.139 --> 00:40:36.760 some fresh ideas for inspiring our young readers. 00:40:37.119 --> 00:40:39.619 Be sure to subscribe and connect with us on social 00:40:39.619 --> 00:40:44.579 media. Happy reading. Thank you for listening 00:40:44.579 --> 00:40:47.800 to this episode of Librarians of Littles. 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Yeah, so I spent I woke up well, I did 00:41:54.119 --> 00:41:58.619 I did wake up I It was like a Monday and I felt 00:41:58.619 --> 00:42:02.139 fine just not the best and then that night I 00:42:02.139 --> 00:42:05.880 got home and I was like something's wrong and 00:42:05.880 --> 00:42:08.179 I ended up like in the fetal position on our 00:42:08.179 --> 00:42:10.820 living room floor just like oh My god, it hurts 00:42:10.820 --> 00:42:14.039 so much And, and I knew what it was, but I was 00:42:14.039 --> 00:42:17.059 like, we need to go get this dealt with. And 00:42:17.059 --> 00:42:20.320 so we ended up in the ER at like nine, nine o 00:42:20.320 --> 00:42:26.300 'clock at night. We were there until like 12 00:42:26.300 --> 00:42:30.000 31 o 'clock because they made me like, first 00:42:30.000 --> 00:42:31.940 they were like pee in this cup and I bring it 00:42:31.940 --> 00:42:34.940 out and it's like very red. So, you know, not 00:42:34.940 --> 00:42:36.900 a good sign to start. And I knew, like I said, 00:42:36.900 --> 00:42:38.420 I knew what it was because of where it was hurting, 00:42:38.420 --> 00:42:41.889 but then they make you sit through. them doing 00:42:41.889 --> 00:42:43.869 tests and different things. And then finally 00:42:43.869 --> 00:42:45.369 they're like, yep, it's that. And they gave me 00:42:45.369 --> 00:42:47.250 some medicine, gave me a prescription, sent me 00:42:47.250 --> 00:42:49.670 home. And I texted my team and I was like, here's 00:42:49.670 --> 00:42:51.210 the deal. I'm here. I don't know how long I'm 00:42:51.210 --> 00:42:53.510 going to be here. I sent it at like nine o 'clock 00:42:53.510 --> 00:42:59.429 at night. Um, I went to work the next day and 00:42:59.429 --> 00:43:06.210 every, like the number of people that like were 00:43:06.210 --> 00:43:08.269 checking on me, like every 20 minutes. And I 00:43:08.269 --> 00:43:11.239 was finally like, guys, just leave me. although 00:43:11.239 --> 00:43:14.260 it's fine. They're like, why are you even here? 00:43:14.260 --> 00:43:17.139 And I was like, here's the two choices, either 00:43:17.139 --> 00:43:21.820 I'm here miserable, or I'm at home miserable 00:43:21.820 --> 00:43:28.519 and worrying about work. But it was fine. I probably 00:43:28.519 --> 00:43:31.980 would have gone into. Because the other thing 00:43:31.980 --> 00:43:35.659 was I wasn't getting a sub that day. There was 00:43:35.659 --> 00:43:38.320 no sub. So they were going to have to split my 00:43:38.320 --> 00:43:40.739 groups. And I was like, I'm not. Like I'd rather 00:43:40.739 --> 00:43:43.719 just be here and just work through it. Yeah. 00:43:44.380 --> 00:43:47.280 Then sit at home on the couch and be anxious 00:43:47.280 --> 00:43:53.260 about not being at work, you know? The movement 00:43:53.260 --> 00:43:55.400 and stuff hurts, but it helps to get it out. 00:43:55.420 --> 00:43:58.280 But the medicine and stuff was fine. Like it 00:43:58.280 --> 00:44:01.199 made it so it cut the edge at least. So it wasn't 00:44:01.199 --> 00:44:03.880 like unbearable. And I just worked through it 00:44:03.880 --> 00:44:08.460 and it was fine. That was right. That was the 00:44:08.460 --> 00:44:12.170 week of the ice storm. Like that was like Monday 00:44:12.170 --> 00:44:15.909 into Tuesday and Friday was when the ice storm 00:44:15.909 --> 00:44:17.610 came in that night. So, yeah.