Creating The November Virtual BOOKHUB With Our Capstone eBooks!

 

Every month I put together a Virtual BOOKHUB to go along with our BOOKHUB Takeout Station that we have in our library. 

Yesterday, I put together our November BOOKHUB Takeout Station. You can find it here.

It's filled with so many wonderful new fiction and nonfiction books for our teachers to share with our readers in their classrooms. 

To go along with our monthly BOOKHUB Takeout Station, I also put together a Virtual BOOKHUB using all of the amazing Capstone eBooks we have in our library collection. 

For each month's choice board, I pick out several Capstone eBooks that tie into the different holidays, seasons, and other fun topics for the month. 

Our Capstone eBooks are in our PebbleGo, right next to PebbleGo and PebbleGo Next. I love how everything is in one spot for me, and for our students and teachers. 

Once I am in Capstone Interactive, I search the topics I want to find eBooks for such as Thanksgiving. 

Every eBook has a link that we can copy to share that specific eBook with our students.  I use the links in their SeeSaw, Google Classroom, Symbaloo, and choice boards. 

For our choice board, I use the link to hyperlink to the eBook cover. 

Once I have all of the book cover hyperlinked in the choice board, it is ready to publish and share with our readers. 

I created a template of the You've Been Virtually Book'd For November choice board that you can grab here to make your own. 

I love having both our BOOKHUB Takeout Station and Virtual BOOKHUB ready each month. It gives our teachers even more ways to discover books and share them with their students, whether they are exploring a new print book together or diving into an eBook.

I hope you'll enjoy creating your own Virtual BOOKHUB and sharing these wonderful Capstone eBooks with your readers, too! Happy reading! 

Being ScreenReady....5 Healthy Digital Habits Families Can Build Together!

 

Between school devices, homework, gaming, streaming, social media, and staying connected with friends, screens have become part of nearly every family’s daily routine.

For parents and caregivers, finding a healthy balance can feel overwhelming. How much screen time is too much? When should devices be put away? And how can we help children develop healthy technology habits that last?

The good news? Building healthy digital habits doesn’t have to mean creating more rules or eliminating screen time altogether.

Being ScreenReady is about helping children and families make thoughtful choices about when, where, why, and how they use technology.

Small changes in everyday routines can make a meaningful difference. 

In this new blog post, you will find five practical habits families, caregivers, and educators, can build together to encourage balance, connection, and more intentional technology use.

It also spotlights free resources like AT&T’s Two-Week hashtagScreen Ready Challenge (shown above) to help families get started. I am so excited to share this resource with all of you! 

Read the full post here, and let’s build healthy digital habits together. 

Our November Bookhub Is Here!

With November right around the corner, I put together our November BOOKHUB and got it all set up in the library today.  It was fun finding new fall and holiday books, and several that we already had in our library.  

This month, I decided to include several of our Novel Effect books too. 

I create our BOOKHUB menu in Canva.  You will find it here if you'd like to use it for your library too.  

I print this off for each teacher too.  They love posting them in their classrooms so they can keep track of the books they are reading throughout the month. 

I can’t wait for students and teachers to explore this month’s collection and discover all of the wonderful books.