<div dir="ltr">When I had Kindergarten, I would choose several books myself and would display them out on the tables for kids to make a selection. It would make it easier to choose the books as the students can see the covers. You could have a theme for the week and read a book to go along with it. It also limited going to the shelves which makes it easier for you and them. Later in the year if you feel they are ready, you could have small groups go to the shelves. <div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div>Joni Darby<div><br><div>Shepherd Middle School</div><div>Library Information Specialist</div><div>Ottawa Elementary 141</div><div>815-434-7925 Ext. 5008</div><div><br></div><div><span style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Merriweather,Georgia,serif">“Books are the ultimate Dumpees: put them down and they’ll wait for you forever; pay attention to them and they always love you back.”</span><br style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Merriweather,Georgia,serif"><span style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Merriweather,Georgia,serif">― </span><span style="font-family:Lato,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold;color:rgb(51,51,51)">John Green, </span><span style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Merriweather,Georgia,serif"></span><span style="color:rgb(24,24,24);font-family:Merriweather,Georgia,serif"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/48658" style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Lato,"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:bold" target="_blank">An Abundance of Katherines</a></span><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Aug 31, 2021 at 8:56 AM Jaime Pirus via AISLE <<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal">This is my second year at a school library, but last year checkouts looked different. This year, our kindergarten students are able to check out books “normally.” Does anybody have any tips or tricks on how to make sure the kindergarteners
have fun choosing a book while still avoiding a tornado disaster in the library?
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have five kindergarten classes that each come to the library for 30 minutes once per week. All five classes come back-to-back with no prep time in between.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you!<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:Jaime.pirus@rc255.net" target="_blank">Jaime.pirus@rc255.net</a>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy"">Jaime Pirus</span><u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">District Librarian<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://webmail.rc255.net/owa/redir.aspx?C=6BnC75yteXmTceBBG0ZyjRDbiLtPNJ2K9rYjMXLCuRFeOFjVWfvYCA..&URL=https%3a%2f%2fwww.rc255.net%2fRCIS%2fPages%2fdefault.aspx" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext">Reed-Custer Elementary
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<p class="MsoNormal">Currently Reading: <i>When You Trap a Tiger </i>by Tae Keller<u></u><u></u></p>
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