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STEAM: Bristlebot Workshop
Even with all the snow, we carried on and still offered a Bristlebot Workshop for kids in grades 4 – 8 on Monday night. I started off the program talking about circuitry and although it probably didn’t make the most sense, I think the kids figured out the difference between…
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E-Tots – Digital Literacy for our Littlest Patrons
I just finished up a quick program this morning using the library iPads to highlight some fun and educational apps for toddlers and preschoolers. We called it E-Tots – Digital Literacy for our Littlest Patrons. I don’t have any of my own kids, so I know that many parents use…
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Sensory-Friendly Storytime Theme: Robots
I just finished my fourth storytime of the day and I am beat! Today’s Sensory Friendly Storytime Theme: Robots! These storytimes are provided at classrooms for preschool-age children who have a disability. The disabilities range from vision, language, autism spectrum, learning disabilities, mobility disabilities, and others. It can be exhausting…
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Pre-K Dance Party
We had a HUGE and very successful Pre-K Dance Party yesterday morning with 45+ toddlers and preschoolers and their parents/guardians. It has just been starting to get cold here with a very weird and warm winter. But, kids were ready to come in and move! My few ground rules involved…
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Family Storytime Theme: Say Hello
I don’t know if it’s Adele’s new song, but I decided to try out a Family Storytime Theme: Say Hello this morning and it was awesome! I really liked all the books (and so did the families) as well as all the fun activities I chose as transitions and fillers. The…
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Fun Friday: 3-D Art Sculptures
I took a lesson plan that I created for my summer camp visit and used it again for my Fun Friday groups last week. I had all the supplies left over from camp, so I just grabbed some fun picture books to read aloud and let the kids spend the…
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Zentangle at the Library
Last night I offered a Zentangle Beginner’s Class at the library as part of our de-stress December events for adults. The Zentangle class was also offered to tweens and teens and although I was a little nervous about leading an adult class, it went very well with a decent crowd.…
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DIY Spa & Game Night
We had our holiday/end-of-the-semester party for our middle school students this week and the kids have been asking for another spa and game night, so that’s what we did! We brought out a bunch of board games, card games and activities and provided a few stations for a spa night.…
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Star Wars Party
Have you ever had one of those programs that you started planning and after it was over it looked nothing like the way you planned? That was our Star Wars party. When I originally began planning the program I talked with my supervisor and we decided on reserving our large…
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e-Tots, Educational and Fun!
I have mixed feelings about using technology with little ones. I love having Skype so that I can see my baby nephew who lives on the other side of the state, but it seems as though apps have taken over as “babysitters” in many cases. But, if parents are using…
