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Toddler Storytime – Summer Week #4
This week by far, the kids liked Now I’m Big! by Karen Katz the best. Every time the story repeated “Now I’m Big!” we reached our hands up to the sky and the kids loved participating in this way. My non-fiction book for the week I Drive a Dump Truck did not go…
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Yoga Storytime – Summer Week #4
I didn’t see as many kids in my storytime yesterday as I normally do. I’m wondering if it’s a popular week for vacation. Otherwise, the kids seemed to enjoy the books this week – we talked a lot about different types of animals and I was able to introduce parents/caregivers…
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Mythology for Grades K – 2 and 3 -4
Today I did a very quick program for children entering Kindergarten – 2nd grade in the fall. I read aloud “Bellerophon and the Flying Horse” and “Theseus and the Minotaur” in Usborne Greek Myths for Young Children by Heather Amery. This group of myths are written for younger children and are…
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Summer Camp Outreach – Week #2
This week as I traveled back to camp, I brought with me a few favorite books and some really fun activities to try. For the little ones (ages 5 & 6), I read The Book With No Pictures by B. J. Novak. If you haven’t used this book yet, please, please,…
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Mythology for Middle School
We hosted a mythology program on Monday night for our middle school students! And with 36 kids in attendance, it went really well! I created six different activities for the kids to rotate through. I have found stations lead to minimal boredom and problems within the groups. And I always try to…
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Toddler Storytime – Summer Week #3
Although a little crazy this morning, my books went over really well! The parents really enjoyed This Little Piggy and there were lots of kissing sounds all around while I read The Biggest Kiss and during Moo! after I had read a particularly long line of Moos, a little baby started repeating the sound… it…
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Yoga Storytime – Summer Week #3
Storytime was a lot of fun today! The kids in my first group were excellent at paying attention to directions, listening to the stories and interacting. It was a great way to come back from a long weekend. My second group was smaller, but the kids enjoyed it just as…
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PAWS for Reading
We had a great program this week that I wanted to share with everyone. We partnered with our local police force and had a K-9 officer come in with his canine companion. He talked about what he and his partner did – drug searches and patrolling the community and showed us…
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Toddler Storytime – Summer Week #2
It was one of those days with a HUGE crowd for storytime, most had registered while some families just popped in at the last moment. All was going well until a child threw up on the stairs of our storytime room (we have stadium style rows). Being that this was…
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Yoga Storytime – Week #2
The kids really loved our books this week! We had such a fun time reading and interacting. There has been such a positive response, that we actually opened a second class, so now I have two yoga classes back-to-back which can be a little hectic, but our patrons were very…
