A Home for Books

Funded Oct 17, 2019

Who knew a simple book shelf could change the functionality of my classroom so much! Our school was so fortunate to have a brand new building built for us. It is amazing! It came with so much storage space for centers, manipulatives and supplies but it was missing a functional place for my almost 2000 books to live. My kindergartners learn through books daily. Books can teach us so many things and take us on the best adventures. I felt like my students were missing too many opportunities by having all our books stored in cabinets that I couldn't even reach without a chair.

Thanks to your generosity my books are finally in the hands of my students! My students were beyond excited when they saw our new book shelf. We have daily self selected reading time and they LOVE being able to choose their own book from our new book shelf.

With this new bookshelf, I feel as though I'm more efficient in my planning time as well because it is so much easier to access and find the books I'm looking for. I was able to sort my books on the shelf by theme in the order that I teach them throughout the year. I save so much time now being able to just walk to the book shelf and pull the book I need within seconds rather than pulling stacks of books out of the cabinet and then repacking it once I finally find the books I need.

Thank you, thank you, thank you for making our book adventures possible!”

With gratitude,

Mrs. Rosario