My classroom library up until this year consisted of one section of built-in shelves and a metal book rack. It was okay, but it was definitely not #classroomlibrarygoals. On top of it being quite small, it wasn’t curated at all, it was mainly just a place to put all of the books I had accumulated over the years.
If you ever check out teacher Instagram pages, you’ll find plenty of amazing classroom library set-ups. Normally, I try not to compare myself to other teachers on social media, but when that comparison can fuel your inspiration to be the best version of your teacher-self, then it can be healthy and rewarding. After the last few years of remote teaching, and a maternity leave before that, I was definitely missing my classroom and wanted to create all the spaces within it that I’ve imagined over the years but never fully executed.
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