library idea may 27

Library Idea of the Week

Colleagues, I am reaching the end of the year, when I grasp desperately for ideas to share with you, dazed as I am by the sunny approach of summer and the many hours I will spend lolling around in the sun reading. Here it is, literally the bottom drawer: my bulletin board ideas.

I usually set up a set of hanging file folders at the beginning of the year with about 12-15 bulletin board ideas and then add things to them as the year progresses, so there is a lot of material (including letters cut out) in advance. I just have one bulletin board, which makes it easier.

Here are the folders/bulletin boards for next year (NOT in order that I plan to use them). All displays are on a bulletin board above an empty bookcase, which I fill with books matching the theme.

Royally Good Reads--fiction and NF about kings, queens, princesses, etc.

Teen Read Week: 2003 Theme is “SLAMMIN’ @ your library^{TM,”
the theme for Teen Read Week 2003, celebrates the popularity of poetry with
teen readers. The dates for this year’s celebration are October 19-25,
2003. More information is available by visiting}^{www.ala.org/teenread,
the official Web site sponsored by the Young Adult Library Services
Association (YALSA).}

Scary Stories--Usually in October, features scary books, obviously, including my own list of the scariest books I've ever read

What Would Teacher Read?--photos of teachers with lists of their favorites books, along with color copies of the book covers--I might do this during the first of the year, with a focus on new staff members

Get Smart, Make Art--Art books, quotations about art, art posters and/or student art if available

What's Cookin'?--world foods (easy--I just have my aides cut out pictures of food)

November--What are you thankful for? -- Die cut leaves available for students to write on and post on the b.bd.

Simplify, Simplify, Simplify-features quotes from Thoreau and books about simple crafts activities as well as ideas for simple living

In January, I do a Martin Luther King Jr. bulletin bd.

In March, I do Women's History Month

In April, I do National Poetry Month

In May, I do National Physical Fitness Month

Summer Reading--I have a list of books that take place in the summer

^{On the Road Again--another one I do in May or June, focusing on
travel literature}

	Royally Good Reads--fiction and NF about kings, queens, princesses, etc.
	Teen Read Week: 2003 Theme is “SLAMMIN’ @ your library^{TM,” the theme for Teen Read Week 2003, celebrates the popularity of poetry with teen readers. The dates for this year’s celebration are October 19-25, 2003. More information is available by visiting}^{www.ala.org/teenread, the official Web site sponsored by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA).}
	Scary Stories--Usually in October, features scary books, obviously, including my own list of the scariest books I've ever read
	What Would Teacher Read?--photos of teachers with lists of their favorites books, along with color copies of the book covers--I might do this during the first of the year, with a focus on new staff members
	Get Smart, Make Art--Art books, quotations about art, art posters and/or student art if available
	What's Cookin'?--world foods (easy--I just have my aides cut out pictures of food)
	November--What are you thankful for? -- Die cut leaves available for students to write on and post on the b.bd.
	Simplify, Simplify, Simplify-features quotes from Thoreau and books about simple crafts activities as well as ideas for simple living
	In January, I do a Martin Luther King Jr. bulletin bd.
	In March, I do Women's History Month
	In April, I do National Poetry Month
	In May, I do National Physical Fitness Month
	Summer Reading--I have a list of books that take place in the summer
	^{On the Road Again--another one I do in May or June, focusing on travel literature}