The new games on our library site will help keep your skills sharp while you’re having fun. Most of the games are online interactive ones that can be played on most computers and on devices that support flash animation. Some of the games are simple, but there are also few challenging ones.
Warning: these games will make you smarter!
Books bring imagination to life! But the folks at Type Bookstore in Toronto, Canada have brought books to life in this creative video that uses stop-motion animation. The owners of store (and many vounteers) shelved, re-shelved and photographed hundreds of books, over a course of several nights. Their video really shows the magic of books!
Test your general knowledge and do a good deed at the same time. For each correct answer, 10 grains of rice are donated to hungry people around the globe through the United Nations World Food Programme.
The opening game is vocabulary, but other categories include math, chemistry, geography, and foreign languages, including French and Spanish.
It’s easy to play: just the click the correct answer from one of four possible choices. If you answer correctly, the next question is a little harder.
Warning: This game may make you smarter.
David Shannon’s book based on his own mischievous childhood was the clear favorite of voters at our school. Nearly 120 votes came in from students, family members and faculty at East Woods, and No, David! was the top vote-getter for favorite childhood book.
In his author’s note in the book, Shannon writes, “A few years ago, my mother sent me a book I made when I was a little boy. It was called No, David, and it was illustrated with drawings of David doing all sorts of things he wasn’t supposed to do. The text consisted entirely of the words “no” and “David.” (They were the only words I knew how to spell.) I thought it would be fun to do a remake celebrating those familiar variations of the universal “no” that we all hear while growing. Of course, “yes” is a wonderful word…but “yes” doesn’t keep crayon off the living room wall.”
Vote by posting a comment below, or come to our library and cast your vote on a paper ballot. Everyone is encouraged to vote!
What is Your Favorite Children’s Book of All Time?
_____ Goodnight Moon 
_____ No, David! 
_____ The Very Hungry 
Caterpillar
_____ Other title. Please write the name of your favorite below:
_____________________________________________________
______ I am a child in ______________________
______ I am a family member of a child at EWS
______ I am a teacher at EWS
Books get my vote!
Can’t make it to the fair? You can visit our the page for our Online Book Fair website by clicking on the icon below. The Online Fair will be open through Novemebr 11th, and all items ordered online will be shipped to the school at no cost to you.
You can still donate a book to the library or your child’s classroom. There will be raffle prizes for book donations. For every $10 you spend on a book to be donated back to EWS, you get one raffle ticket for the prize of your choice, including Color Nooks (2), Legos, Gift Certificates and more! Books and prizes are on display in the library through November 8th, Fathers Visiting Day.
Imagine that you have been chosen to design a book cover and could use any art medium at all (paint, crayons, markers, collage materials, etc).
All students in Kindergarten through Eighth Grade may participate and can pick up a piece of poster board in the library. Instructions are here: Book cover contest flyer 2011.
All entries must be returned no later than Monday morning, October 24th in order to be viewed by our panel of judges. Winners will receive gift certificates to spend at the East Woods Fall Book Fair.
Have fun being creative!
Buckle your seatbelts, we’re off on a trip across the United States of America, reading our way from coast to coast!
This year in Library, students in the ECC and Lower School will learn about the wonderful country in which we live and will read books from the seven different regions of the United States. Beginning this month, we’re off to explore the Northeast, focusing on New England, and then in November, on the Mid Atlantic States. We’ll make our way around the country, learning lots of fun facts and reading some great books along the way.
Keep up with our travels by visiting the web site for this project. The link is also at the top of this page of our blog. You’ll find online sources with facts about the 50 states and educational games, as well as themed booklists.
We’ll share some postcards and “souveneirs” from our trip as we make our way across the USA, so check back often and feel free to leave us a comment!
How do you find books on spiders in the library? 
Bob, a visitor to our planet, learns how to find non-fiction books by learning how the library is organized. Capstone Publishers created this short video, and we have a copy of this book in our library.
Pete the Cat, Rocking in My School Shoes is our new favorite here at school. This lively picture book by author-musician Eric Litwin with illustrations by James Dean is perfect for the beginning weeks of school. The text invites readers to sing along as they see Pete discover the library, the lunchroom, and the playground. Pete’s a cat who keeps his cool all day long. Even though he’s experiencing these school places for the first time–is he worried? Goodness, no!
A bonus to this great book is the free story and song that can be downloaded here. Warning: be prepared to have this catchy song in your head all day long. But as Pete says, “it’s all good!”
Be sure to check out the bulletin board outside of our library to see the great school shoes decorated by students.
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