This smore highlights enrichment reading resources provided by the EHT School district library media specialists. Everything can be accessed remotely. Please feel free to contact any of us by email to share ideas, concerns and questions. Also a reminder that we have resources listed on our individual websites to enhance your remote learning experience.

April is School Library Month, National Poetry Month, and National Autism Month

4/2 International Children's Book Day

4/2 World Autism Awareness Day

4/12 National D.E.A.R. Day

4/17 Haiku Poetry Day

4/22 Earth Day

4/24 National Library Week

4/30 Arbor Day

The 2nd and 3rd grade students at Slaybaugh Elementary were treated to an afternoon exploring different careers. Many of our community partners visited the school to share their knowledge and expose students to different opportunities nearby. Atlanticare nurses gathered in the Slaybaugh elementary library and gave an overview of their profession, while letting students explore using a stethoscope to hear the heart beat, breath sounds, and stomach sounds.

D.E.A.R. stands for "Drop Everything and Read," a national celebration of reading designed to remind families to make reading a priority activity in their lives.

Sora is an ebook and audio book platform you access with your Atlantic County Library Card. Download the app to make reading or listening to a book even easier. Click on the picture to see a video overview of Sora. For more information reach out to your School Library Media Specialist.

The Middle School libraries are book talking and displaying books to promote autism awareness this month. The #CelebrateDifferences campaign focuses on providing information and resources to be more aware of autism, promote acceptance, and be more inclusive in everyday life.

Have you discovered Blackout Poetry yet? It’s equally fun for kids and adults and you probably have all you need to do it without buying a thing!

Blackout Poetry is a form of “found poetry” where you select words that catch your interest from a newspaper, book, or other printed text – along with a few additional words to make it flow. Then you “redact” all the words you don’t want. This is often (but not always) done with a black marker, hence the name “blackout poetry”. Your chosen words will form a new message, giving the text a whole new meaning. Click the picture below for directions!

Thank you for encouraging your children to read! The book fairs were a big success - resulting in many happy readers!

Poets.org has a great selection of resources to help celebrate National Poetry Month. Click on the picture to access the site.

Check out Earth Day resources below to help celebrate:

https://www.earthday.org/education-resource-library/