During our lesson we learned the books on the shelf have a very special place in which they live. We talked about the spine label being the books address so when the books are going to go back home the address is what helps the adults put the books in the right place. Both of our hands have to work in order to find a book on the shelf using a shelf marker. One hand is used to hold the shelf marker and the other is used to push the books apart just enough to get the shelf marker in between the books. Once the shelf marker is between the two books then we hold the shelf marker tight as we use the other hand to gently pull the book out so we can see the cover. We learned how the shelf marker helps us to look at the cover of the book without taking the book completely off the shelf. We also learned how the shelf marker shows us where the book lives if we take it out of its home.
When we have a book in one hand and a shelf marker in the other we know we need to go put the shelf marker back in the Clifford basket and then go check out our book.
We begin using shelf markers during the second semester of the school year because our student's eye-hand coordination is more developed during the second half of the year. They are used to coming into the library to check out books and this added opportunity to check out books from the shelves is a very exciting time for all. The children learn quickly where their favorite books are located. It is always fun to see them call to a friend to show them where a certain author or type of book is located on the shelves.
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