How to Set Up Your Preschool Library Center (On a Shoestring Budget!)

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Do your kids love visiting your preschool library center?
For many pre-k teachers, getting children interested in books and reading can be very difficult. And there are various reasons why that is so...
The kids aren’t interested…
They’re mistreating the books...
And very often, we’re not given the adequate resources to create a proper classroom library!
So in this week’s episode, I’m going to provide a solution for each of these challenges and share some proven practices for creating an exceptional preschool library center your kids will adore.
By applying these techniques, you’ll teach your kids to love books and handle them properly while designing an inviting and organized classroom library.
And you can do all of it on a shoestring budget!
All that and more on this week’s episode of Elevating Early Childhood!
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Key Takeaways:
Do your kids love going to your preschool classroom’s library center? (00:00)
The most common library center challenges for pre-k teachers (00:51)
Why children mistreat books (and how to teach them not to) (02:13)
How to teach preschool children to love books and reading (06:27)
Is having too many books in your preschool library center a bad thing? (11:01)
The secret to making your preschool library center more inviting (11:53)
An excellent system for teaching kids how to put books back where they belong (13:31)
How many books should your preschool library center have? (15:19)
Best methods for creating a fantastic library center on a low budget (17:37)
Resources to help you create a top-notch library center! (blog post + book-handling skills kit + learning centers essential guide) (21:00)
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[@carlatemenak3757]

I always have a “play the story or poem” activity in the library center. It’s something to use to retell or remember a featured story or poem-small world, felt board, sequencing activity, puppet theater. The library center is a favorite then!

[@vanessalevin7467]

Absolutely! Storytelling in the library center is always a huge hit :)

[@branzfactor81]

This was great advice! I typically start off with an empty bookshelf at the beginning of the year. And then, as we read books, I will add those books to the shelf. I keep about 12 books on the shelf at a time. Three books per shelf

[@jackzolinejordaan5681]

Awesome thanks you are so helpful .thank you so much

[@misselena6208]

Some excellent ideas! Thank you so much!

[@islandgirl8914]

Excellent video. Great ideas.

[@jackzolinejordaan5681]

Excellent video

[@merlinjose1285]

hi 👋