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Tween Program: DIY Spa Night
We were super busy last night in the library. Each year we ask our middle school group (Jr. Friends) to help us film a commercial to promote the summer reading club. Thankfully, our government access channel staff helps us with the filming and sound. So, while 20 kids had to…
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Story Time Theme – Love
I had to offer a Valentine’s Day themed storytime this week for my kids. Some of my favorite picture books are all about love and snuggles and the kids did really well today! This was the first time I got to see my Monday story time group (finally!) and although…
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Fun Friday: Windblown
Whoosh! This month’s Fun Friday was a wind theme (I’m sick of snow and winter!). We talk about wind, especially about how the wind is created and the kids had some great answers to my questions! Afterward, I gave them the Windblown activity paper and had them cut out the seven shapes…
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What’s Black and White and Read All Over?
I’m over at the ALSC blog today posting about a great program I did with middle school students. It’s a simple program involving old newspapers, some scissors, glue and scrap paper… and of course some imagination!
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Story Time Theme: Winter & Snow
I was able to get to work today!!! It probably snowed about 8 inches yesterday with more snow expected tomorrow and a Nor’easter expected to tear through our area on Sunday. I’m tired of the snow, but couldn’t help but have a snow themed story time for my kids in…
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Preschool Expo
A preschool expo works really well in a community like mine that has a number of preschool and childcare options available for parents and caregivers. This is the second time we’ve provided this program to area residents and it’s a big hit! We partner with the Mom’s Club in our…
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid Event
There’s not much to say about the phenomenon of The Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. Jeff Kinney has created a series of books that kids are dying to read; epseically boys and that’s awesome! We decided to host an event at this time of the year because the last…
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Storytime Theme: Shapes
Identifying shapes is so important to a child’s development, it’s the beginning of understanding letters and words and an important early literacy skill. My first storytime of the session focused on shapes, but in a much more abstract way than identifying squares, circles, triangles, and more. The kids did a…
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Sensory-Friendly Story Time Theme: Down on the Farm
Today was our first try at providing a sensory-friendly story time at the library. Unfortunately, no one showed up. I’m not giving up though, sometimes this happens – especially for a brand new program targeting a specific part of the community. Many families that have children with disabilities do not frequent…
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Sensory-Friendly Story Time Theme: Sing-a-long Books
I was finally able to get back out into the community this week and stop by four classrooms of young children with disabilities. The kids I see are 3 – 5 years old and have a variety of disabilities from autism spectrum to vision, language, intellectual, or some combination of…
