Library centers

You can save planning time, reduce behavior challenges, increase student engagement, and teach to ALL learning abilities with library centers.

How to manage centers in the library with ease! Tips and tricks on organization and links to center ideas from a librarian herself.

It has been such a busy year that I haven't had a chance to change my centers much, but a few weekends ago I got busy and finished up a couple of new centers that I have been trying to put together since the beginning of the year. I only put them out every other week because I need the tables for 2nd-5th grade lessons every other week, so maybe it wasn't noticed as much as it might have been if I had permanent weekly centers. I was able to put out the new centers this week and the kids seem…

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When I was in the classroom, I used a variety of centers with my students. Some worked well, some I kept having to tweak, and some just eventually died a natural death! After my first year in the library, I decided to try and introduce some centers in the library as well. After students... Read more

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