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June is cooking with quick, no-prep June Library Lessons and activities! Curated to celebrate Social Media Day, Dinosaur Day, Photography Day, Selfie Day and National Safety Month, these activities make the library smokin’ fun! The resources included in this bundle focus on acquiring digital skills in a fun and meaningful way.  Rays of imagination and critical thinking will heat up with low-prep activities that use materials and resources you already have on hand! Whether you're preparing for th

Prepare for February with a comprehensive array of resources designed to jumpstart the month with purpose and progress. This carefully curated bundle focuses on important themes such as Black History Month, Digital Learning Day, Library Lovers Month, and Random Acts of Kindness Week. A wide range of information and activities are available to empower learners and foster digital citizenship. Let go of last-minute lesson planning, allowing you to focus on the essential topics of February. These ha

Prepare for December with a fantastic lineup of engaging activities that celebrate multiple literacies across the month. Whether you focus on The Hour of Code, Dewey Decimal Day, or Read a New Book Month, these No-Prep December Library Plans will save you planning time and stress. Immerse yourself in library fun that embraces school-wide, library, and seasonal themes adored by students! Your answer to stress-free lesson planning is here: December Library Lessons! This captivating collection prom

COMPLETE Elementary Library Curriculum for an entire school year! With a rich collection of over 100 resources, this curriculum is a treasure trove of knowledge that covers a wide spectrum of essential subjects. From research to library skills, coding, and computer science, this PreK-6 library curriculum provides a well-rounded educational journey.  Designing the perfect library curriculum demands time, patience, and testing. Tailored for PreK-6 students, this curriculum offers a meticulously cr

COMPLETE Grades 3-6 Library Curriculum for an entire school year! This Curriculum Bundle engages students in library activities that teaches coding, digital citizenship, and more. Streamline teaching with a year-long plan for library, design, and computer science skills.  Coming up with a Library Media curriculum takes time, patience, and testing. This 3rd-6th Grade Curriculum bundle includes when and what to teach students about specific library, digital citizenship, coding, library, desi

COMPLETE Sixth Grade Library Curriculum for an entire school year! This Curriculum Bundle outlines what to teach in your library media center for Sixth Grade students across multiple content areas.   Coming up with a Library Media curriculum takes time, patience, and testing. This 6th grade Curriculum bundle includes when and what to teach students about specific library, digital citizenship, coding, library, design, and computer science skills.  This 6th Grade Library curriculum support

COMPLETE Elementary Library Curriculum tailored for students in PreK through Grade 2. Designed exclusively for elementary school librarians and media specialists, this resource rich bundle includes over 80 activities and low- to no-prep activities. Whether you teach coding, library skills, digital citizenship, computer science or makerspaces, this bundle has you covered!  Seamlessly navigate an entire school year with this all-inclusive PreKindergarten to Second Grade Library Curriculum. This cu

Teach students to sequence and summarize the picture book Saturday by Oge Mora through coding. When students apply coding concepts like sequencing and algorithms, students can retell short stories. Computer science is the fastest growing employment market. Students need to learn basic coding concepts such as sequencing and writing algorithms. Algorithms are the step-by-step instructions written for technology to follow.  These activities help students recall the events in the story, in the order

Engage students in a comic con right in your library media center!Students love graphic novels, superheroes, and pop culture. These are all of the things that make up a Comic Con. Since we can’t bring students to a Comic Con, bring one to them; right in their Library Media Center! After downloading this resource you will receive resources to create a Comic Con experience for PreK - Grade 6 students to experience Graphic Novels in a new way. The options are endless for how you can use this resour

Engage students in Halloween themed read alouds and makerspace activities with no extra prep for you.Halloween isn’t just for trick or treating. Students of all ages love an engaging read aloud followed by creative makerspace activities. After downloading this resource you will receive no prep resources for elementary students to design multimedia products around Halloween. This resource includes:  Standards Based lessons for students in PreK - Grade 6. Standards are listed below. Slideshow to h

No prep sub plans so you just print and go, and substitutes will love being in your space. Simple and engaging sub plans are one of the most difficult and time consuming things to do. You don’t always know who will be subbing, you want to make sure students are engaged in meaningful work, and they continue to follow school and library expectations. Creating plans like these takes up valuable planning time that could be used to process books and create engaging lessons. It’s also difficult to kno

Engage early learners in the Library Media Center without feeling like you’re herding cats!Library Media time can be fun and productive without having to entertain young students the entire time. And it doesn’t mean you have to create more work for yourself or spend loads of time preparing projects.  After working closely with our district’s PreK coordinator, I learned tips & tricks that make Library Media class, no matter how long, a fun and successful time for our PreK students. That invalua

Engage students in Fire Safety with no prep makerspace stations that they’ll love.Fire safety and prevention week isn’t just for assemblies. Students can be thoughtfully engaged in makerspace activities while learning about fire safety and prevention. After downloading this resource you will receive resources for elementary students to design multimedia products around fire safety. This resource includes:  2 Standards Based lessons for students in PreK - Grade 6. Standards are listed below. Slid

STUDENTS LEARN THE ALPHABET, SPELL THEIR NAMES, AND LEARN CODING CONCEPTS WHILE THEY GET UP AND MOVE!These bright and fun alphabet cards help young learners learn the alphabet and spell their name through conditional coding. This activity is great for a whole group, small group, or station activity.  After downloading this resource you will receive cards that get early learners up and moving to the alphabet! These cards are easy to manipulate for small hands that are developing fine motor skills

Authentically assess primary students’ coding skills through play, purpose, and reflection. Engage students in play and problem solving while assessing their ability to write algorithms. After downloading this resource you will receive resources for primary students in PreK through Grade 2 to demonstrate and reflect upon their coding ability. This resource includes:  Standards Based lesson to guide you through setting students up for successful coding assessment. Standards listed below. Unplugge

Activities to help students critically think about the code they choose to use.Teach students coding basics through remixing. They learn how changing one piece of code impacts the outcome. Making them more thoughtful and deliberate programmers. This resource includes:  Standards Based lesson that outlines how to teach students about remixing and how to remix code. Standards listed below.Unplugged activity to concretely teach students about remixing code. Lyrics, directions and video included.12

Fun activities to teach early learners left from right so they can apply directions in coding.Young children need help learning their left from right. Especially when it comes time to write simple algorithms that will tell characters which direction to move. This activity gives you activities and materials for students to learn left from right and immediately apply that knowledge to their own algorithms. This resource includes:  Standards Based Lesson that outlines how to teach left and right, a

Guide young students to thoughtfully and deliberately write algorithms that code animations.Coding in the app Scratch Jr is a lot of fun. But young students quickly get distracted by choosing and creating sprites and backgrounds. After downloading this resource you will receive print and digital planning sheets for early elementary students to plan their code before they get to work in the app. This resource includes:  Standards Based lesson that outlines how to teach students about programming

Highly engaging lesson to teach the concept of DEBUGGING CODE to primary students. Students fear making mistakes, and are hesitant to revise code even if they make one. After downloading this resource you will receive a fun lesson with 3 different activities to teach students that making and fixing mistakes is fun; not something to be ashamed of. They will also learn that mistakes or errors in code is a bug, and that fixing those areas is debugging. This resource includes:  Standards Based less

Engage students in programming robots whether you are in person with a limited number of robots or learning remotely!Teaching young students to write code doesn’t have to be daunting. Nor do you have to worry about whether or not you have any robots on hand for your young students. Instead, they can write algorithms for robots and watch as you execute the program they wrote! After downloading this resource you will receive drag and drop & unplugged activities for primary students to write purp