Just in Case You Haven't Heard...

Often parents assume the school is teaching their children everything they need to know about life, and educators assume parents are training their children in all those areas of life knowledge and skills that aren't covered in textbooks and coursework. But in reality, too many children are missing out in learning a number of life lessons or they learn them the hard way or wrong way.

I first created these little signs of mini-life lessons to post discreetly in the book shelves throughout the library for students to discover and read on their own. And now I've created packets of themed mini-signs and letter-size posters so anybody can use them to display anywhere. 

So far the packets include subjects about:

eating:

fashion:

 learning:

 relationships:

 & smoking:

The Shelf Mouse posters are available under my name, Donna Van Cleve, to download at www.teacherspayteachers.com for $1.25 for one page of 4 mini-signs and 4 letter-size posters and $2.00 for two pages of 8 mini-signs and 8 pages of letter-size posters. That's cheaper than a greeting card! (my standard for getting a good deal). The posters or mini-signs can be placed on bulletin boards, in bathroom stalls, in book shelves, above the water fountain-- any place students would get a chance to read them.

I'm just about finished with a set pertaining to the "Internet" and "Research," and have many more in the works. I also have research packets, library posters, and other items available on TeachersPayTeachers, and I am adding items each week. This is a great resource for inexpensive,  original ideas to supplement your teaching. Hope you'll check them out.

Donna Van Cleve                                       .

I drew this cartoon and the previous post's for several research assignments in two courses for my Master's degree in Library and Information Science. I don't think they helped my grade-- the teachers didn't even comment on them.

Early Information Storage & Retrieval

Donna Van Cleve