The document provides suggestions for decorating and engaging activities in a school library. It recommends using signs, quotes, and visual displays to decorate different sections of the library and encourage reading. Various activities are proposed such as book swaps, photo contests, literacy nights, and games to motivate students to read more. Peer reading and pairing students of different reading levels is also suggested. The goal is to transform the library into an inviting space that inspires reading.

1. LIBRARY

2. Decoration
Use different arrows
and signs to identify
different sections,
places of “Top Rated”
books, etc…

4. decoration
Decorating the library is
crucial, it can play a
huge role in it’s
aesthetics and therefore
transform it into the ideal
reading and working
environment for young
children.

11. You can also
add important
dates related
to different
authors,
books day,
and many
more

17. Decorations in the hallway, too.

18. Door Decoration (entrance)

22. Quotes
It would be
better if students
can find quotes
about books in
different corners

25. Quotes (associated to a
character)

26. Book Swap
Book swaps are a fun
way to turn a stack of
old books into a whole
new set of exciting
reads!

27. You can hold a
book swap party
or just leave a
section –or a
box- for it in the
library (or at it’s
door).

28. Or a big event.

29. Come in to the library and take a
picture!
A good way to
encourage students
to read is taking a
picture for students
with the books they
want to read!
“Selfie with a Book”

30. Hang their
selfies
hang frequent
students’ pictures, or
all of them if
possible.

31. Literacy night
family engagement has a
positive impact on
children’s reading
achievement.
During this fun and
interactive program,
families have an
opportunity to explore
how learning to read and
write begins and is
supported at home – and
how families are
children’s first and most
important teachers and
role models.

33. The 5 finger rules
It helps students
choose the best book
for them.
Too easy or too hard is
always boring.

35. have couches or bean bags!
At break time,
some students
would just love to
go to the library,
grab a book, relax
and read.

36. Reading corners
You can
Sort some
books in a
catchy way

37. Books reviews
Give the students
slips (tickets) to write
the reviews on the
book they read, for
younger aged
students use stars or
smiley faces for
reviews.

38. Essential Agreement
Make library
rules obvious,
distinguished
and
noticeable!

39. Encourage more reading
Students get more
enthusiastic to borrow more
books if their names were
shown as top students, or
their reviews were available
for everyone to see.
The distinction of the
students who love to read will
be an incentive for them and
other students to read more.

40. Or putting up
their pictures
where everyone
can see them.

42. Motivate the
students and ask
them to be the one’s
who choose the top
10 books for exp., or
assign a corner
(table) for the books
they liked the most
with their
recommendations.

44. Choose the
top 5 books
each week
and post
their
pictures,
it’ll be
easier for
the
indecisive
kids to
choose.

45. Pre-selected titles

46. Book marks - Gifts
Small gift to motivate
students and encourage
them borrow books.
It would be even better to let
them do their own gifts and
color it.

47. Challenge
is the key!

48. Tickets, Titles
No gifts, give
awesome students
tickets based on the
books numbers they
read, or maybe use
titles like “Reader of
the week”, “Book
Champion” “Reading
King”, “Super Reading
Princess” …
But make sure they
have something to
show other students,
or just out their names
somewhere everyone
can see.

49. Book Buddy
Use book buddy,
it will work
perfectly for kg –
2 students,
especially if you
can have their
favorite
characters

50. Fun Games & Challenges
Games are fun,
especially if they had
more than one activity;
dress-up days, prize
drawing, daily read-ins,
a trivia contest, reading
challenges,…

52. Guess who strategy
After reading
games, can also
help the
teacher/librarian
assess students
level of
understanding,
whether he’s
choosing the
right books or not

53. Choose an author every month

54. Different subject every week
They will be
intrigued to visit the
library and know
what’s this week’s
favorite

55. What's new?
Give them
something to look
forward to and
check!

56. Reading to peers section
Peer Reading has shown
great success!
Paired reading is a
research-based fluency
strategy used
with readers who lack
fluency. In this strategy,
students read aloud to each
other. When using partners,
more fluent readers can
be paired with less
fluent readers, or children
who read at the same level
can be paired to reread a
story they have already read.
Students learn more when
they work in pairs.

58. Lego
Use Lego to
encourage young
students to visit the
library

59. Blind Date
Explore
books
(PYP/MYP)
A fun activity
to do for
each grade
level, age
level,
PYP/MYP..

60. Be a role model!
If you want
students to do
something, the
best way is to
do it before
them

61. A students might
just read a book
because his
favorite teacher
read it

62. A map with book from all around
the world!
It might be of
interest for some
students to read a
book published
from a specific
country, or talking
about the country,
it’s culture and
traditions..

63. PYP Learner Profile and
Attitudes
Make sure you
always use the
language of PYP
LP and Attitudes
with the Kids.
Exp. “You are
Knowledgeable”
“You are
responsible, you
always return
books on time”..

64. PYP Stickers
Use PYP
Stickers to
promote
good
actions.

65. Read Aloud
Every week/ month
/ .. Have someone
at break time or
early in the morning
read a story to
students, or maybe
in the waiting area
after school.
Analyze it, ask
questions, help
students become
thinkers!

66. Not only Librarians
It’s a collaborative work between
teachers and librarians !
Everyone should be involved