Hello O'Bryant Primary Families! 

Thank you for stopping by! If you can't find what you are looking for here, please feel free to reach out to me via email at shuffman@bellvillebrahmas.org during regular school hours. 

Our library program promotes the very best of children's literature and information resources, peppered with fun and engaging activities designed to help students engage with books. As reading is one of the most critical skills students will develop in school, I will be doing my best to get (and keep) my students "hooked on books". 

OBP classes visit the library once or twice a week to listen to stories, discuss ideas and content, practice library and literacy skills and check out materials. Our beginning of the year library lessons will emphasize the idea of shared ownership of the library. We will also focus on Social and Emotional Learning, as well as proper book care, and independent navigation of the library and its resources. As the year progresses, we explore different themes, character traits, settings, illustrator styles, authors and more as I do my best to expose and engage students with a variety of books and stories.

The OBP Library is open every morning before school for your student to checkout, return and trade books, in case weekly just doesn't cut it for your reader!

Are you interested in raising a life-long reader? Start by reading WITH your child! One of the best ways families can support a child's literacy is by making reading something that families do together, and then TALKING about the words, situations and ideas found in the books you share. Even if you don't have a book to share or read together, just talking with your child about the world around you will expand the mind and inspire curiosity!