My classroom is the same. I adore sticky labels, so I don't have to draw on folders or containers and ruin them. Everything is as colour co-ordinated as possible, and I have been known to rip down entire display walls when I realise I've hung up the kidlets work crooked.
I was asked to help out with BookClub at school last week, which I straight away got WAY too excited about. I remember BookClub from my own primary years, where I'd take it home and promptly circle practically every item in the catalogue. (Mum had the fun job of telling me I could choose one or two things from it. "But I want them alllllll.") The kidlets take the catalogues home and the parents pay for which books they want.
Anyway, I skipped out of school today with my little project tucked under my arm. It's all very modern these days, you place all the orders online, pay the invoices and boom! A box of books appears a couple of weeks later. A plastic display folder, a handful of order forms, a batch of Excel spreadsheets and a whole bundle of sticky labels later, I am up to my ears in BookClub.. and still loving it!
Yes, we all know I am a dork. And that might explain the reasoning behind me buying this t-shirt from Threadless a couple of days ago. Say it with me now - dork!
I hear you Aly!!! That is one of the reasons why I love being a teacher librarian!
ReplyDeleteHahhaha. You're so adorkable ;)
ReplyDeleteI remember those catalogues too... aww theyve gone all digital. Is it wrong that before I've even started working with kids, I have my eye on lots of childrens books that I want to start collecting? I wanted them anyway, but now I have an excuse!!! :D haha. I so need a job to support my filthy book & dvd habit.
You say "dork" like it's a bad thing...which I certainly hope it isn't as I'm one too.
ReplyDeleteI love love love the book club! It was like making a Christmas list every month. And then sometimes they had a book fair at school, which was like a traveling bookstore to me.
ReplyDeleteExcel is my favorite MS application and I'm not ashamed! I love making things just WORK. Now, a job organizing books using Excel would be perfect for me...as long as I could read some of them along the way...
I loved the book club, too!! Books were always something my parents were willing to splurge on, so it was like a shopping spree every time.
ReplyDeleteOh man, I love me some threadless t-shirts. I have a whole bunch... it makes me sad it's winter and I can't wear them. I also love BookClub. Yay, books!
ReplyDeleteThreadless is my favorite place for t-shirts! I really want a science shirt (not from Threadless, but still cool. http://xkcd.com/store/), but it really isn't school appropriate. Of course, there are always weekends...
ReplyDeleteUmm... subtract the ), to get the real url :/
ReplyDeleteMy kids love those book clubs. Unfortunatly, they always want to buy the cheap crappy toys, and I have a hard time convincing them to choose a book. They're cheaper than the book stores, so I'm okay with just about anything they pick.
ReplyDeleteNice t-shirt! Dorks are now comfortable enough with themselves to advertise publicly, I see. :)
ReplyDeleteI seriously pondered buying that shirt too. I love it, you crazy noun.
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