{"id":1686,"date":"2019-11-19T11:54:01","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T16:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mightylittlelibrarian.com\/?p=1686"},"modified":"2019-11-19T11:58:14","modified_gmt":"2019-11-19T16:58:14","slug":"just-keep-trying-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mightylittlelibrarian.com\/?p=1686","title":{"rendered":"Just keep trying things!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I’ve shared some of my struggles this year so far on previous blog entries, so I wanted to share an update highlighting some of the things I am trying to implement that I hope will help make small steps towards progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The week of Halloween, I saw several of my library friends on social media sharing their candy corn counting contests. This was something I knew I could easily do — so I grabbed a mason jar, stopped by the store on my way to school for a bag of candy corn, and set up a box for guessing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Having this set up at our circulation desk forced more students to interact with us, which was GREAT! It was quite entertaining to see how serious some of our students got about their guesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Students couldn’t pick up the jar — but there was still a lot of counting, measuring, and consulting of the Magic 8 Ball.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I also hosted a Literary Pumpkin Decorating Contest. Students were invited to bring in their own pumpkin, and I provided the paint and supplies for decorating. Although I only had two students participate (therefore they both got prizes!), it is still something I will try again next year. I hope that rallying more support from my English teachers in the future (and starting the competition sooner before pumpkins disappear from stores) will get more involvement next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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