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Superhero Academy
Last night was our last BIG program of the summer. Don’t get me wrong, the kids can records books and hours until the 28th and we still have a number of programs happening until then, but I’m starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Our Superhero…
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Read Alouds at Camp
Today I had one of those great experiences as a librarian that makes me love my job and right now, it was definitely needed as we still have a few more weeks of book recording and a handful of programs still to go! I went to a summer camp that…
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Wacky Wednesday Book Discussion: Fortunately, the Milk
Yesterday, we had our final book discussion for our rising third and fourth grade students. The library has been really quiet this week, I think a lot of families are on vacation so I ended up with ten kids in my book discussion, nine of which had read the book!…
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Science of Superheroes ~ Flight
Last week was our second “Science of Superheroes” STEAM program focused around flight (and of course, gravity!). We started the program by reading aloud the first chapter of The Curse of the Bologna Sandwich by Greg Trine. This is the first book in the Melvin Beederman series and I love getting…
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Toddler Storytime – Summer Week #6
This was my last storytime of the summer! And I am excited to have a little bit of a break – focus my attention on finishing up all the summer programming and gearing up for the fall. This storytime went really well, the kids loved all the books, especially Hooray for…
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Yoga Storytime – Summer Week #6
My last yoga storytime of the summer went very well! We had a small group in both classes, but the kids had so much fun with the “search and find” theme! They really seemed to like Looking for Moose and couldn’t wait to find chameleon in Hide and Seek. Our last book,…
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Summer Camp Outreach – Week #3
This week and next week are my last camp outreach programs for the summer. I think overall, they’ve gone really well this year. I’ve picked out some really great read alouds that have gotten some great response from the kids and the kids and counselors have really enjoyed our projects…
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Toddler Storytime – Summer Week #5
My storytime was very busy this week – so busy in fact that when I normally sit to read the stories, I had to stand to make sure everyone could see. Families loved Cha-Cha Chimps and helped during the repeated phrase, but I was surprised that Choo Choo Clickety Clack! didn’t go…
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Yoga Storytime – Summer Week #5
The kids didn’t really get The Day the Crayons Quit but they still had fun yelling out the colors and the drawings on each page. This book is very much geared toward an older (elementary school age) audience. They really had a lot of fun with Foxy and kept giggling when…
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New Activities for the Early Literacy Crowd
We’ve started planning for our fall programming and I’m looking into new ideas to share with our early literacy crowd (birth – 5 years old). We have a variety of storytimes we offer: Infant Toddler Preschool Famiy Yoga Parachute Pajama Sensory-Friendly We’ve also begun offering our Preschool Explorers program which…
