Kari Ann Ramadorai
My passions are books, research, and sharing hands-on lessons. I’m grumpy when I don’t use my abilities to their fullest and running all-out on my latest passion. Bringing the youngest learners my love of literature and science is one of those dearest passions. I’m a science fiction and fantasy writer and an early childhood specialist who focuses on all aspects of media curriculum. These two passions are my world. Like so many in this decade, I wear a lot of hats. Some are fancy, some exotic-looking and covered in science paraphernalia for the classroom, others have barn dust from my home-life caring for horses and other critters.
Science and science fiction
Communicating science can change the world. We’re bringing the concept of possibilities and how to evaluate experiences and content to those who have not experienced something before that interaction. Teaching critical thinking and scientific process to children will bring a new generation of thinkers into our work force. Using science fiction and popular entertainment as medium to communicate philosophical arguements without bias and key scientific concepts will better inform our population.
Library Media Specilization
Looking at the available media in the Early Childhood library from a child-centric point of view changes your organization priorities. Dewey lite classification helps children and busy teachers. Teachers need curriculum-filling information and for their librarian to have a list of go-to, inclusive stories for life-lessons, too, not to mention a fact-based sicence section with hands-on lessons for the children.
Early Childhood Education Blog
Sharing my lessons, thoughts, and experiences with the Early Childhood Education world because we build leaders, scientists, and other free thinkers early with our guidance. I work part time as the school librarian and media specialist, so look forward to resources for curriculum and social and emotional development.
Writing Blog
Updates and musings on my fictional life and work. Learn with me as I explore writing and try new courses and programs to perfect my fiction writing skills. Also the news on current projects and being a part-time indie author.
The Library
Find all the fiction, nonfiction, and recommendations I’m making on my blog in one convenient location: the library. When I suggest a book or feature it on my blog, that is a book that I’ve used and believe in. Through these affiliate links, you’re supporting me and my work in bringing more quality media content to every child – and my own writing.
Accountability and Time Management
Writing is usually done by yourself, but sometimes doing it by yourself isn't effective. There's nothing like writing with a friend to help you keep track of your time. if you're writing a blog post instead of editing a chapter, it still counts. Here's the thing:...
Writing Talk in the Library
i admit it. We mixed worlds a little in the final month of library classes. I structured our curriculum to cover the final four classes of the year, and we dug into a topic close to my heart. We did a series of library classes about the parts of fiction stories. We...
Why yes, I am procrastinating but there is an answer to that
I want to look at a week's potential energy the way we used to see a ball just before it's dropped way back in physics class: this energy can happen. I don't want to write off a day or a week before it even starts. That said, some weeks you have to write off. This...
Moving forward
Today is lovely. The sun shines, the sky offers blue instead of clouds. Roses are blooming. Today I got two rejections. Which one do you think I focused on while walking? Neither, really. It's the stories I thought about. The stories have to move forward. The people...
Winding down
Teaching these Kindergartners and primary students has been a pleasure. I've learned so much from them and we've had fun all around. The yearbook has pictures of dancing, singing, field trips to the public library, and a couple of plays we put on as part of our class....
Falling into Procrastinative Productivity Evasion
There is always something else to do. Another project or work that will take priority if I let it. It’s probably the same for everyone. We say we will carve out time for ourselves and that we will highlight, block out, mark as out of office for the time that we...
Librarian to the teachers
When we think about being a school librarian we often think of the children. That's what we got in the librarian game for if we're school librarians. We want to provide excellent content. We want to give them just the right book for their interests or to stretch their...
Hard Reading
The Hate You Give by Angie Tomas and Kekla Magoon's How It Went Down are two hard reads, but they are necessary to the current conversation around black children and where they see themselves. These are two books that help those in more physically comfortable...
Raising Readers
I'm going to write more on this later, but I firmly believe that finding the way to help a child love reading is about knowing the child. When we get to learn their internal motivations and what excites them, we'll be able to find the book that gives them access to...
Poetry Month
This poetry month we examined how the children identify poems. We also established the title, verse, and importance of the words chosen. We didn't have enough time to explore much more, but we did compare some very formal poems with a few Shel Silverstein pieces. My...
Kari Ann Ramadorai
Librarian
Kari Ann Ramadorai got her Masters of Science in Early Childhood education, and has been writing fiction since 2012. She’s looking to expand teacher content knowledge through sharing her own experiences and lesson plans and to wow you with some SFF writing.
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