Today, I finally begin on a new adventure... I've been long thinking and planning the beginning of my own blog through which I can share some reading adventures as a school librarian.
One of my major obstacles was naming this blog... After much thought, I landed on Our Reading Garden - Jardín (Garden in Spanish). I thought about how much reading enables us to grow in every sense of the word. My own reading growth had its beginnings in a border town in Mexico where I first learned to read in Spanish. The seeds of stories were first sown into my life by my parents. Those seeds looked very different from the reading experiences that many of my own students have now at days, but the effect is the same. Reading begun a process of growth in me that has been cultivated across cultures, languages, authors, and many connections.
Through this blog, I want to share what those growth spurts have created not only in me but also in readers around me, especially those 500+ primary students I get the privilege of working with every day. I want to share the budding experiences our students encounter as they connect with amazing book characters, authors, and other readers. I want to showcase their experiences and their growth as well as good works of literature that keep sowing the love of reading and learning.
Please join me in this adventure, and help us tend to this beautiful reading garden - our jardín.
One of my major obstacles was naming this blog... After much thought, I landed on Our Reading Garden - Jardín (Garden in Spanish). I thought about how much reading enables us to grow in every sense of the word. My own reading growth had its beginnings in a border town in Mexico where I first learned to read in Spanish. The seeds of stories were first sown into my life by my parents. Those seeds looked very different from the reading experiences that many of my own students have now at days, but the effect is the same. Reading begun a process of growth in me that has been cultivated across cultures, languages, authors, and many connections.
Through this blog, I want to share what those growth spurts have created not only in me but also in readers around me, especially those 500+ primary students I get the privilege of working with every day. I want to share the budding experiences our students encounter as they connect with amazing book characters, authors, and other readers. I want to showcase their experiences and their growth as well as good works of literature that keep sowing the love of reading and learning.
Please join me in this adventure, and help us tend to this beautiful reading garden - our jardín.
