Beaumont Library Media Center

It is bittersweet that I announce that I have accepted a job as a library/media instructional technology specialist in the West De Pere School District. I will greatly miss all the students, families, and staff at Beaumont, but I am looking forward to working close to home at the same school my daughters will go to.

Check out this website for awesome summer reading lists for kids to keep them reading all summer long! http://imaginationsoup.net/2015/05/summer-reading-list-for-kids/

Summer Reading Lists For Kids Ages 6 - 14 - Imagination Soup Happy summer vacation 2015! I've read a ton of books and am excited to bring you summer reading lists for kids from elementary to middle school!!

The Battle of the Books list for next year is out! Any interested student who will be in 4th or 5th grade next year could get a head start on reading the books for next year. This list of books can be found here https://docs.google.com/document/d/1efnBPTPA4JB95jonIp4wrBXmKMbaqTXnqTA4KAC3Tvg/edit

Elementary Division.doc Elementary Division State Battle of the Books 2015-2016  Golden Archer Nominees (Primary) The Adventures of Beekle by Dan SantatThe Book with No Pictures by B. J. NovakIvan: the Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla by Katherine ApplegateThe Nuts: Bedtime at the Nut House by Eric L

1st graders using the Osmos.

We have three of these at Beaumont and they are awesome!

Osmo | Buy One, Give One Osmo wants to empower parents to support local schools. This is why for every purchase of an Osmo, we give one to a U.S. classroom of your choice.

Just a reminder that all library books are due on Friday, 22nd! Thanks for helping get all the books back for summer!

1st graders tried a makerspace with zoob pieces. They built some creative designs!

What is a makerspace? A gathering site that inspires innovation, creativity, collaboration, and entrepreneurship. Makerspaces provide hands-on, creative ways to encourage students to design, experiment, build and invent as they engage in science, engineering and tinkering. Libraries have become a place where makerspaces are happening in schools.

To celebrate National Library Month and National Poetry Month the kids were invited to write an "under the sea" poem during their library check out this week.

1st graders are creating All About Me slideshows by using the Pixie app on the iPads. They made a slide for their favorite things and a slide for their family.

To celebrate Read Across America we had a bookmark contest. We chose three primary students and three intermediate students as winners. These were our winning entries!

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

I just ordered awesome new iPad learning games for Beaumont! We are going to pilot Osmo for the school district. We were able to order this with the money made from the Usborne book fundraiser.
Check out this website to see how Osmo works. If you decide you want one for your kids at home you can use this referral below and Beaumont will be refunded $10 for each person who orders. http://goo.gl/Nihomi

Osmo Play on iPad with Real People and Real Objects. Osmo promotes social intelligence and creative thinking in kids. Order Osmo and shape the future of play.