Happy International Dot Day!! Welcome back to WOS 2022-2023!! We are another year older and ready to learn, ready to read, and ready to be creative and have courage to be yourself!! As we learn about what an AUTHOR is and what an ILLUSTRATOR is, we will learn a bit about Peter Reynolds who wrote… Read More Happy International Dot Day 2022!
This time of year is all about getting to know one another!! Ask someone what their name is and where it comes from! Ask someone where their family is from! Ask someone what they like to do – make music, do karate, play soccer, read, draw! Hispanic Heritage Month is also all about getting to… Read More Getting to Know One Another
The month of June is such a beautiful month – weather is getting nicer – so much fun to be had in the Great Outdoors!! This month is National Great Outdoors Month and one way of many to celebrate is to write poems about nature, about outdoor fun activities, about friends – you can write… Read More Happy National Outdoors Month!! Remembering Eric Carle who LOVED Nature too!
Did you know that one of the states of the United States are closer to Asia than it is to where we live? Which state do you think that might be? That’s right . . . HAWAII – Hawaii is part of the Pacific Islands, but is part of the United States! Many of the… Read More Happy Asian American Pacific Islander Month!
Happy Earth Day on April 22nd!! ❤️ ☀️ 🌎 🌈 💚 💙 Did you know that the first Earth Day was in 1970 and was created by a Wisconsin senator – by the end of that year the whole country thought it was so important to take care of our Mother Earth! After that, 20… Read More Everyday is Earth Day! Where can we learn? What can WE do?
There is SO much history in School Libraries!! It all started with CLAY Tablets and then in 1636 John Harvard donated his own books to Harvard College and that was the beginning of having public libraries! We have since gone from card catalogs to OPALS computers to find books. Let’s BACK it up!! Our SPINE… Read More Spines are Not Just to Hold Us Up!
Happy School Library Month!! Did you know that back in 1985 that was when Senator Daniel Moynihan made April the month to celebrate School Library Month!? I might be bias, but I feel libraries are some of the best places to explore! 😁 Today we have many different centers to choose from to… Read More School Libraries are Where Learning Never Ends!
Have you ever just wanted to give someone a gift because it would make them smile? We will be reading a beautiful story about a little girl and her Abuela (her grandmother) and we get to see the thoughtful gift that the little girl makes out of something that was said to be ‘worthless’ and not… Read More Give Someone A Gift of Love