Our Kindergarteners Became Authors From Their Research in PebbleGo and Creation In Book Creator! Check Out This Project, Friends.

 

This week we brought Book Creator to our youngest learners during their animal research project.  

In Shelby McIlravy's kindergarten classroom, her students were learning about...

...Polaqr Animals using PebbleGo. 

They focused on three PolarAnimals....Caribou, Penguins, and Polar Bears. I put the articles together in a simple choice board in Book Creator.  Let me show you how! 

First, start a new book in Book Creator and add images from PebbleGo and round shapes with text for buttons. I make it very simple for our kindergarten researchers.  

Next, go to each article in PebbleGo.  In the right hand corner, click on the gear drop down and Copy the link to the article. 

Go back to the choice board in Book Creator. You will click on the image and go to the i (Inspector) in the right hand corner.  That will let you edit that one image. You can also add a Hyperlink here so drop the article link here that you copied from PebbleGo. 

Once you are done, you will Publish online.  This will allow students to use the book as a choice board. 

You can leave the book on Private as just your students will be using the book.  

I love how easy it is to share the book through a link or QR code. With our kindergarteners they use iPads, so I clicked on QR code and...

...a QR code pops up that you can copy.  The name of the book is already at the bottom of the book too.

As they researched as a class and individually, Mrs. McIlravy created three charts to show the three main topics of each animals.  

When we gave them the Book Creator assignment, the first thing they did was move to the charts they created together.  This type of collaborative learning is very meaningful to our students.

It showed as they worked with success on their very first project in Book Creator.  

For thr project, I created a template in Book Creator and shared it as an Assignment in the Class the teacher and I set up. 

Every student had a copy they used to fill in pages on what they learned and researched. 

I just love how excited they were as they worked on their research in PebbleGo and book creation in Book Creator.  It was the best!  

Towards the end of the hour with our kindergarteners and Book Creator, I went up to Gentry because I knew she had completed the project. 

When I asked Gentry what she learned and created, she told me all about her book in Book Creator called Polar Bear. 

In her book, she mentioned that there were three pages she filled out with things she learned during their research in PebbleGo and conversations. 

She did such an amazing job using voice to text for the pages, and finding images for each page.  

The best was when I looked at the last few pages with Gentry. She was so proud of her author page and told me she loved being a Book Creator author.  

We also talked about why the PebbleGo logo was in the back of the book and why it is always important to share where you get the information used in your Book Creator project. 

Gentry was super proud of her book, as others...

...in the kindergarten class were too. 

This project shows the power behind using tools like Book Creator with even our youngest learners and how it makes such an impactful and exciting difference for all students.  

You can find out more about Book Creator here on their site.  

Celebrate The Release of Rachel Werner's "The Glam World Tour" With Lots Of Free Resources From Our Friends At Capstone!

 

One of my favorite NEW books from Capstone is The Glam World Tour by Rachel Werner and illustrated by Octavia Ink. 

As shared online, 

Bountiful ‘fros bop. Fresh, tight locs swing. Mehndi flashes as fingers snap. On the glam world tour, the stunning variation of beauty norms around the world are showcased and celebrated as inclusive, not divisive. Written in the spirit of spoken word, author Rachel Werner's compelling picture book reminds us that true beauty comes from accepting everyone.

To celebrate the release of The Glam World Tour, Capstone has created several free resources that compliment the book. 

There is the The Glam World Tour Educator's Guide, 

a poster, 

coloring sheets, 

and sticker sheet. 

You will find The Glam World Tour here at Capstone. 

The Kindness Booth Book, Activity Kit, and Kindness Card From Our Friends At Capstone For Kindness Day on February 17, 2025.

                   

It's Random Acts of Kindness Day on February 17, 2025. 

I have the perfect book and activities for you to share with your students and community, friends.

It's called The Kindness Booth from our friends at Capstone, by Laura K. Murray, and Illustrated by Andrea Boatta. 

I just LOVE the story and message in The Kindness Booth. As shared online, 

When Mya wakes up to a gloomy day, her grandpa asks her how she could make the day brighter. His simple question puts Mya into motion, and together with her little brother, Oliver, and neighbor Addie, she opens the Kindness Booth. Their plan is to spread some sunshine to the neighbors in her apartment complex by helping them throughout the day. But what happens when the booth gets rained out?

We have The Kindness Book, and also the Capstone Interactive eBook that all of the kids and teachers can read and share this week.  They can even read it with their families at home. 

In addition to the questions and resources in the back of the book, there is also....

...the wonderful The Kindness Booth Activity Kit filled with meaningful and fun activities.  

You will find it here.

And look at the Kindness Cards.  I will share these with our teachers as a special activity to do in their classrooms this week. 

You will find The Kindness Booth in all formats here on capstonepub.com.

Enjoy celebrating Kindness Day, friends. Thank you for being so kind too. 

A Special You've Been Book'd With Books About Kindness For Random Acts of Kindness Day on February 17, 2025

 

We celebrate Random Acts of Kindness day on February 17, 2025. 

You can find out more about Random Acts of Kindness Day here on the Random Acts of Kindness Foundations site. 

I love all of the resources available for us as librarians and educators. And they have lots of amazing resources for families and communities too. Check it out.

In this You've Been Book'd, I brought together 20 special books about kindness to share with our readers in the library and classrooms on this special day, and throughout the year.  

You will find the choice board here.  Each book is linked to the special list I created in Titlewave®. 

These stories are a wonderful way to celebrate kindness, friends. 

Create Your Digital Connection Card For Digital Learning Day, Friends. Find The Template and Padlet To Share Here.

                  

I am having so much fun getting ready for Digital Learning Day tomorrow on February 13, 2025. 

As we come together to celebrate Digital Learning Day (DLDay) and share the love of learning, teaching, and innovation. This year’s theme focuses on how technology connects us, transforms education, and brings “heart” into learning.

In my post this week, Join All4Ed’s Digital Learning Day 2025 on February 13! Check Out Three Ways To Participate In This Special Day, Friends, I shared the ways we can celebrate and participate.

Today in this post, I want to take a little more time explaining how to create your very own Love of Learning Digital Connection Card in Canva.

It’s simple, fun, and impactful in your community, and in our Future Ready Schools network as we all share our cards.

Here are the steps in creating your "Love of Learning" Digital Connection Card. 

• Use our Canva template here to create your organization’s customized Digital Connection Card.

• Share how you are innovating and fostering connections through digital learning.

• Post your card on social media using #DLDay and tag @OfficialDLDay.

• Share this card on our Padlet

I printed off my Digital Connection Card and hung it on our library door to celebrate and share the love of learning with my school community. I will have other teachers and administrators in our school do this too. I can't wait to see everyone's Digital Connection Card hanging up around the school. 

And I can't wait to see yours on our Digital Learning Day 2025 Padlet too. 

Find The Recording and Resources Here Of Today's Follett Content Webinar,Transform Your Library: 15 Ways To Make Reading Irresistible.

Today was our Follett Content webinar, Transform Your Library: 15 Ways To Make Reading Irresistible. 

It was such a fun hour and if you missed it, I wanted to share where to find the recording and slides. 

You will find the slide with the recording, certificate of participation, and slides here. 

You've Been Book'd For Digital Learning Day Tomorrow on February 13, 2025! I Can't Wait To Share These Books With Our Readers.

               

On February 13, 2025, we celebrate Digital Learning Day.  As shared by All4Ed on the Digital Learning Day site,  

This year's Digital Learning Day, we're forcusing on how technology connects us, transforms education, and brings "heart" into learning.  

I brought together 20 special books to add to our library and classrooms as we celebrate Digital Learning Day, and the impact technology has on teaching and learning all year long. 

You will find the choice board here.

When you click on the book covers, you can view each title in Titlewave from Follett Content. You can also find the full book list in the choice board too. 

And if you want to make a copy of this choice board to use with your students and teachers, you can make one here.

We hope you join us for Digital Learning Day, friends. You can sign up to register and learn more here.

Celebrate Read Across America With These Reading Posters, Bookmarks, Coloring Sheets and More From Our Friends At Capstone!

              

With Read Across America coming up on March 2-6, 2025, we are getting things ready in our library and school to make this celebration the best it can be for celebrating reading all week long. 

One thing I am working on today is gathering up posters, bookmarks, coloring sheets and other activities to share with our teachers, students and families to go along with our Celebrating Reading Is For Everyone theme. 

My favorite go-to spot for these fun reading resources is on the Capstone site.... 

...under Resources on the Downloads page. 

For this special week, I went down to the Posters & Bookmarks and...

...More Fun Resources! 

I grabbed the Reading is for Everyone poster, 

#ReadingIsForEveryone bookmarks, 

coloring sheets, 

I Love Reading activity sheet and more. 

You will find all of these wonderful downloads here to use for your reading celebrations too.