Artifact #1: Some photos of book suggestions from Davisville Free Library librarian on “tested” Kindergarten books.
Aligned with Standard: AASL Standard 4.1 Networking with the library community
Artifact Description: These are photos of some of the book suggestions that the Davisville Free Library public librarian gave to me.
Rationale:
I have been networking with her, developed a relationship with her and after networking with her regularly, I asked her about her suggestions on Kindergarten book selections. After talking with her, I found out that she used to run a children’s story program specifically for Kindergarten because there was a half day Kindergarten in the town of North Kingstown. She showed me how she created an outline of lessons and book suggestions for various concepts, including introducing Kindergarten to libraries and on positive behavior reinforcement. She also showed me how she had tried a few books that didn’t work out and she kept a list of those with the reasons why they didn’t work out for future use. The librarian was so happy to be able to share her resources with me and to discuss some general ideas for lessons. She also helped me find the books that I needed for several days of lessons. When I saw her after that, she was always eager to help and ask if I needed her assistance. It was very helpful to have her ideas and suggestions from the public library perspective, and it will be a good resource going forward.