We really enjoy decorating our Library. Every year we have a certain theme. For our theme this year we chose "Mediawood" and decorated the whole library in stars, red carpets, popcorn, reels of movie tape and of course movie stars. We already thought our library looked pretty fun but was it as inviting as it could be?
We decided to put many books on display, just on the shelves themselves. Nothing extremely fancy, but we also looked for books which had not been checked out too often and also had an inviting cover that could peek the interest level of each student.
It was amazing to see the results. We would no longer put the book out for display and a student would bring that particular book up to us during the same hour and explain to us how excited they were to read that very book, a book they have never seen before. Suddenly the 700 section and the Magic Tree House Section were no longer the same old standbys, but the kids were searching through books for exciting new finds because if that fun book was on display, there must be more where that came from.
It made us realize that we really are creatures of habit. We tend to do that same thing over and over again and seem to expect a different result. If only we take the time to look around a little, maybe even search and look at things a little different, we can find a wonderful experience may be waiting for us RIGHT BEFORE OUR EYES!
