Library Lovers’ Month
Posted by Sherry McGregor on 26 Feb 2010 | Posted in: Classroom Management, Inspiration and Motivation, Teachers and Teaching
I’m not sure how I missed it, but did you know that February is Library Lovers’ Month? The library—any library—is my favorite place to be! I love the feeling that settles over me the minute I walk in. The rows of bookshelves lined with books are filled with opportunity. I can walk down any row and find books that beg to be lifted off the shelf, opened, and skimmed. When I’m in a library, I believe I can learn anything; I just need to find the right book. I’m not positive which teacher or teachers instilled this belief in me when I was a student (probably Mrs. Bornstein, Mr. Holman, and Mrs. Egbert), but I am grateful for it. Every day when I taught my own students, I worked hard to create that same atmosphere—minus the rows of bookshelves—in my classroom. I hope that every child who walked into the room believed that he or she could learn anything.
Are you a library lover too? If your reply is yes, this month is a celebration of you. Happy Library Lovers’ Month!
Celebrating books with you,
Sherry
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What a shame on me. this part of the word i dont have knowledge on such issues. thanks to the blog, now i know.
I am in the interior of Africa.
I like learning new hapenings in around the globe.
My favortie place to be is at the library. If I couldn’t teach I would want to work at the library. We have the best library in Westland Michigan. Our children’s librarians do a wonderful job of exposing our local kids to the wonderful world of reading vs. movies.
I am so thankful for a great library in my home town of Williamsburg, VA. Any and every time I have wanted a certain book that the library didn’t have, they have always gone about a library loan search to find the book I was looking for or they just purchased it for the library. They also have a “Friends of the Library” section where patrons donate books, videos, and magazines that the library then resells for a small fee. I have found some great things for my classroom. Whenever I imagine doing anything other than teaching, I think how neat it would be to be around books all day working in a library.
If you love books and reading every month is “Library Lover’s Month”!!!
The library is a wonderful concept…books,free for the borrowing(just watch those sticky fingers and return it on time for others to have the opportunity to enjoy).Books can take you all over the world from the comfort of your favorite chair-no passport or packing necessary. Books can help you time travel back to different historical times and off into the wonders of the possible future. One of the greatest gifts a parent can give their child is a library card!
I love the library! It is my favorite place, so many escapes and people to be. It saddens me that libraries are now more of a video store and place to go on the computer. I wish parents would be more encouraging of balancing movies with the ultimate story- BOOKS!
I SO agree! As a third grade teacher, I am always at the library, always bringing in books for my class to read, and always making recommendations. It makes me so happy when in their journals my students will ask for my advice on what book to choose next. I think the Kindle is great, but I would miss not being able to actually see that book on the shelf, crack open that book for the first time and have that experience. Great post!