Thursday, June 5, 2014

Inspiration Sources Part 2

In our final post for this class, we share the blogs that inspired our coursework and our daily work in programming for kids. We didn't include alot of our most favorite storytime blogs because storytimes were outside the scope of our course (but we love you all).  Stop by here for Part 1.
A big thanks to all the students in our spring course for the generous sharing of ideas. Without their enthusiasm and discussion work, this blog wouldn't be here. Everyone who works with kids gets to program. And we hope that this blog has inspired some new programming thoughts for you!

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Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Inspiration Sources Part 1

As we wrapped up our class, everyone shared sources that they each used for programming inspiration. And now we share them with you! Next week our own blogroll of helpful programming blogs!

Personal Connections
Co-workers
Colleagues
Stopping by libraries when traveling
Patrons

Magazines
School Library Journal
The Mailbox Magazine for Teachers (Preschool and Kindergarten Editions)
Library Sparks

Books
For Laughing Out Loud (and all other books) by Rob Reid 
Raising Boy Readers by Michael Sullivan and website 
Starting With Stories: Engaging Multiple Intelligences Through Children's Books by Pamela Byrne Schiller
Storytime Magic by Kathy MacMillan
The Ooey Gooey Handbook, (and all other books) by Lisa Murphy
Librarian’s Guide to Passive Programming by Emily Wichman

Websites
Thrive Thursday
Teachingbooks.net
Seussville and Seuss font
Image courtesy of Pixabay