Musings from the team at Story Box Library
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Box Library is an online reading room rich with Australian stories, diverse storytellers, and detailed activities for the classroom and home.
Musings from the team at Story Box Library
4y ago
We still love words, we still love books, but we’ve moved our blogging efforts across to our website! You can find our musings at storyboxlibrary.com.au/blog ..read more
Musings from the team at Story Box Library
5y ago
Story Box Library is a versatile resource that can be used by
all year levels and in various situations around the school. 1. DURING
GROUP STORYTIMEStory Box Library is an AUSTRALIAN resource. The stories
selected for our library are all created by Australian or New Zealand authors
and illustrators, which means, when viewing them, children are exposed to
language and content that relates to their own daily lives. Children are exposed to a wide range of
storytellers (beyond their parents and teachers), all with different backgrounds,
voices and storytelling techniques. Each set of Classroom Id ..read more
Musings from the team at Story Box Library
5y ago
As I sit here typing, a rivulet of sweat runs down my back, the
curtains are drawn, and the fan blows the hot air around the room. All doors
and windows are closed in a bid to block out the scorching Australian sun and fierce
wind.Today is reported to be the hottest day on record Victoria has seen
in a century. Almost 10 years have passed since 2009’s Black Saturday bushfires,
Australia’s worst natural disaster that tragically left a trail of destruction throughout
Victoria. Bushfires are synonymous with the land and as such a part of our psyche,
striking fear into our souls. The courage that ..read more
Musings from the team at Story Box Library
5y ago
It’s a new school year in Australia. Last year, I was sending both my girls off to big school for the first time. It was emotional. But they coped better than I did! I still remember my little one disappearing into the classroom, no time for goodbyes. Meanwhile, I stood outside the room, my eyes filled with tears, knowing that I’d reached the end of an era. No more kids at home. I rattled around the house for a while, wondering what to do with myself. When I picked her up that afternoon, it was all smiles and chatter. I still can’t believe it was only a year ago. How quickly you get used to a ..read more
Musings from the team at Story Box Library
5y ago
Fun Ways that Public Libraries are Spreading
the Word about their Story Box Library SubscriptionWe love it when public libraries let us know
how they’ve been engaging their communities with Story Box Library, whether it
be in-house programs, fun displays or digital promotions. Thinking you may wish
to see what some public libraries are up to in other locations, we’ve
gathered a selection of these ideas to share.StorytimeOne of our taglines is “Storytime. Anytime.” so
why not make it a part of the actual storytime programming?Gabbi
Wyllie
from City of Ryde in NSW shared
this photo of Story ..read more
Musings from the team at Story Box Library
5y ago
We were lucky
enough to record our video of Alpacas with Maracas for National Simultaneous
Storytime 2019 at Stanton Library in North Sydney. And we became even luckier when
we had the opportunity to chat with Stanton’s children’s librarian, Yasmin
Greenhalgh (plus have her read a future story for us). Here, she offers her
insights on creating a love of literature amongst children and shares her
experiences as a Story Box Library subscriber.
How do you use Story Box
Library in your libraries?For us it’s
been an excellent resource to directly promote to patrons. It’s one of our
favourites and ..read more
Musings from the team at Story Box Library
5y ago
We are always excited to add a
new Gus Gordon story to our library. As well as meeting his delightful anthropomorphic
characters, we believe his work provides such a rich resource for classrooms as
they consistently provide a variety of literary devices, language techniques
and a strong visual imagery to assist children in developing visual literacy
skills.On a recent visit to meet Gus,
the team noticed an unassuming blackboard sitting in Gus’ studio. On it was Gus’
list of ‘Must Have Ingredients’ for all his new books. It certainly explains
the success of Gus’ books. Take a look at Gus’ stu ..read more
Musings from the team at Story Box Library
5y ago
We create and publish a set of Classroom Ideas for each of
our story segments; These are available to all of our school subscribers and
help teachers to make the most of the stories in our library, linking where
relevant to the Australian Curriculum learning areas of English, Maths,
Humanities, Science, Health and Physical Education, The Arts and Technologies.To celebrate Book Week 2018, we thought we’d help teachers
‘find their treasure’ by sharing a sample of our Classroom Ideas. There are a number of CBCA Book of the Year
shortlisted titles in our library. Below you will find a small select ..read more
Musings from the team at Story Box Library
5y ago
Families all around Australia are enjoying the stories we
bring you each week. But did you know that we also create a simple play or
art-based Activity Time for each of our story segments? Family subscribers and local library card
holders have access to all of the Activity Time instructions, and they can be downloaded
and printed to help extend favourite Story Box Library stories. To celebrate Book Week 2018, we thought we’d share a sample
of our activities with ALL Australian families to help you FIND YOUR TREASURE by
‘playing’ with a selection of this year’s CBCA Book of the Year shortliste ..read more
Musings from the team at Story Box Library
5y ago
Did you know that when we launched in 2013 we
started with just 20 stories? It would have seemed unimaginable that 5 years
later, we would have a library that has grown so vast with a list of
outstanding authors, illustrators and storytellers.Of course, it’s all due to the phenomenal team
behind Story Box Library who work exceptionally
hard to give our valued subscribers such a superb range of quality Australian
children’s literature in such an engaging and accessible way.Our stories and storytellers are first rate, and
there truly is something on Story Box Library for everyone. Whether it’s A ..read more