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If we have extra time after everyone has checked out, sometimes we sing and dance along to a Jack Hartmann video.If students complete their activity page quickly, they can either read their library book or draw whatever they want on the back of their page.

They choose a book from a shelf or tabletop of books I’ve pre-selected, then walk it up to the check-out desk with their library card in hand.

One table at a time checks out a new library book (if they returned their book from last week).

I explain the activity page, and I explain that I will call one quiet table at a time to check out a book, while the other tables complete their activity page.

I read the picture book to the students, encouraging them to chime in when there are repeated phrases.

I introduce our read-aloud picture book, and we talk briefly about what we notice on the front cover.

Students sit at tables with paper and library card at their seat.

Here’s how our Kindergarten Library Lessons Routine went: You can add songs for brain breaks in the middle of your kindergarten library lessons, but singing the same hello and goodbye songs every single time will be reassuring and calming for your students! (By the way, if you need a bilingual version of these two songs with Spanish, check out the videos from Miss Jenny at the Burbank Public Library!) Kindergarten Library Lessons Routine We sing the Goodbye Friends song, to the same tune, when it is time to leave the library.

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The routine helped students feel comfortable and secure, it gave the signal that we were ready to begin, plus they loved learning the sign language! I used this Hello Friends song, with sign language, to start every single library lesson. I had student helpers take supply buckets to each table AFTER the read-aloud.Īs soon as most of the students were seated, I started our greeting song. If you have supplies on the table when the students walk in, they WILL pick them up and start using them while you read. This also helped them learn to read their first name. This allowed me to choose separate tables for those students who didn’t get along, or who did get along but encouraged each other in the wrong direction. Students helped each other find their own name and get seated. I always had a library card and an activity page for each kindergarten student placed at our library tables before they walked in. Most important, you need to have a plan for every minute of your kindergarten library lessons before those joyful bundles of energy enter your door! If they sense in the first minute that you don’t have a plan, they will come up with one of their own. Kindergarten Students in the School Library Your directions need to be concrete and basic, with very few choices.They will need direct, explicit instructions.

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They may not know how to use basic materials like scissors and glue.

You’ll be amazed at their growth during this year!

They can soak in information and learn skills quickly.

A welcoming, organized environment with consistent routines will help them feel comfortable.

Some of your students are still nervous about starting school.Their “me-first” attitude is a developmental stage. They are still learning how to get along with others and take turns.Abstract concepts sill go right over their heads. They thrive on encouragement, and generally want love and attention from their teachers.They can participate in read-alouds, especially if there are repeated phrases.Sometimes they interrupt, or don’t understand the difference between answering a question and telling you a great story about their dog. Their conversational skills are still developing.If you’ve been in the elementary school library for more than a minute, you’ve learned about these developmental characteristics of your five and six-year-old students: Hi, friends! What do you know about Kindergarten Library Lessons? Does the endless energy of your kindergarten students delight you or terrify you?