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    Mythology for Middle School

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    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…

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    Science of Superheroes ~ Super-Human Strength

    Today was the first of three “Science of Superheroes” programs we’re offering this summer with a STEM focus for children entering 2nd through 4th grades.  This program went very well for the 22 kids in attendance!  We began by brainstorming all the superheroes we could think of with super-human strength.  The…

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    Summer Camp Outreach

    We provide outreach to a couple of different summer camps in our area.  Adventure Day Camp is provided by the township’s Parks & Recreation Department whom we partner with to provide services to camp throughout the summer.  The camp actually has two sites which I visit for the six weeks…

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    Toddler Storytime – Summer Week #1

    This was my first storytime for the summer and it started with very few people.  But, by the end I had a huge, lively crowd (at least 25 kids) plus the adults and their siblings. It wasn’t a bad storytime as far as talking, crying, and not listening… there were…

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    Yoga Storytime – Summer Week #1

    My storytimes for the summer officially started yesterday and we have so many people on our waiting list, I’ll be doing my Yoga Storytime back-to-back.  The room we use for our program isn’t very large, so we decided to smaller classes would be the best way to handle the class.…