We Did It! 2019 Challenge Celebration

January 24, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

Not only did the Learning Village community meet its goal to read 2,019 books in January, they surpassed it eight days early! On Wednesday, Jan. 23, Learning Village Librarian invited students to meet for a top secret meeting, which turned into a celebration full of dancing, confetti, cheering, and general excitement and pride in accomplishing […]

Insta Review: Ninth Ward, by Jewell Parker Rhodes

January 23, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram How do you prepare for a devastating hurricane when you don’t know what a hurricane looks like or feels like? Can’t evacuate – no money, no car, nowhere to go. Can’t buy extra supplies – […]

International Dorm Student Book Club

January 22, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

BOOKS 📚 BUILD 📚 BRIDGES 📚 Kenya ➡️ Vietnam ➡️ Spain ➡️ Central Virginia ➡️ beyond 🌍 Thank you to Señora Roth and our Upper School Dorm students for the incredible conversation inspired by Angie Thomas’ novel, The Hate U Give, provided by Cville OneBook. It’s amazing how characters and their stories can open the door […]

The Book Hokey Pokey

January 21, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

The parts of the book? That’s what it’s all about! 👏 These sweet kindergarten moves were brought to you by the Book Hokey Pokey, our favorite way to learn the parts of the book. 💃📚 Front and back covers, spine, pages, author, illustrator, table of contents, spine label, title page, barcode… you name it, we’ll […]

Things that Made My Brain Explode: January 18, 2019

January 18, 2019.Reading time 7 minutes.

Articles and news stories are constantly pushing me to consider something new, broaden my perspective, or change the way I look at an issue. My husband likes to joke that my brain explodes with something new on a daily basis. These articles – and the brain explosions that result from them – are so beneficial for […]

Three Cheers for Faculty and Staff Readers!

January 18, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

Three cheers for our amazing faculty and staff! 🎉🎉🎉 Children watch and learn from all of the adults around them, and we are so lucky to have a community full of caring adults that model respect, determination, and a love of reading and learning. It makes a huge difference! Ms. Stefanik, our school’s Director of […]

Insta Review: One Came Home, by Amy Timberlake

January 16, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram Sloooooooooow goooooooooing. In a throwback to last year’s inchworm of a novel The Green Glass Sea comes one of the most plodding historical mysteries I’ve ever made it through. One Came Home opens with a […]

Student Spotlight: Advice for the 2019 Reading Challenge

January 15, 2019.Reading time less than 1 minute.

We asked students: What is your best reading advice? With 1,500 books read so far in 2019, we wanted to inspire other communities taking on the same challenge. Experts from kindergarten through fourth grade shared what has worked for them in finding the right books, making time to read, persevering when things get hard, and […]

Behind the Shelves: What is a Literature Based Makerspace?

January 14, 2019.Reading time 12 minutes.

Hi! I just read your post on the Nerdy Book Club blog. You mention a “literature based makerspace.” What is that?? That sounds so cool! -Emily A literature based makerspace is, quite simply, a makerspace that’s inspired by a piece of literature! Do you remember that feeling you used to get when you were a kid, […]

Things that Made my Brain Explode: January 11, 2019

January 11, 2019.Reading time 8 minutes.