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Read! Build! Play! Lego Duplo Story Time
My library participated in the Read! Build! Play! Project back in October and we received a library toolkit from the Lego company with a box full of Duplos and 10 kits and a big book of Grow Caterpillar Grow. You can see the kit from Amazon, here. This afternoon I…
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Summer Book Discussion Group for Middle School Students (Grades 5-8)
The job of a children’s librarian is never done. Just as I’ve finally caught my breath with a number of programs and projects, the summer planning is looming ahead of me. Each year we offer our rising 5th – 8th graders two different book discussion opportunities. The first is called…
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1,000 Books Before Kindergarten
If you do a search online a number of libraries around the country have created their own version of 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program. My boss came to me sometime in early January, I believe, and thought that this would be a great program for our library to offer. After a…
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Middle School Theatre Program
I was lucky enough to begin working in a library with a strong group of middle school students that swells to about 50 kids during the summer and is usually between 25 – 35 during the school year. Each fall the kids try-out for roles in our Enchanted Library program. …
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Fun Friday Program – Urban Art
Friday’s program was a lot of fun! We ended up with 27 students from 1st – 4th grade. Our theme for the month was “Urban Art.” Because these kids live only about 20 minutes outside of Philadelphia with its largest public art program in the country, I felt that urban…
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Story Time Theme: Clap, Tap, & Drum
This was a new theme for me… Clap, Tap, and Drum and I was hesitant when I began planning this because I tried some new books and I wasn’t quite sure how they’d turn out. I had a little trouble with my younger kids and the first book. They did…
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World Read Aloud Day & Princess Party
Beside my regular Yoga Story Time each Wednesday, we also hosted a Princess Party for children in Kindergarten through 2nd Grade last night with lots of frilly fun and games! Yesterday was also “Spread the Word to End the Word” Day as well as World Read Aloud Day. A busy…
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Story Time Theme – Sniffles & Sneezes
It’s that time of year when no matter how much orange juice I drink, if I take my vitamins religiously every day, and wash my hands constantly – I still get a cold. I’ve had a sore throat (turned into a sinus infection) for a few weeks now and it…
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Heroes of Olympus Party
Tonight we’re hosting a Heroes of Olympus party based on Rick Riordan’s popular series about Greek and Roman mythology. Two years ago, we hosted a similar party focused on the Percy Jackson series and the kids loved it! We had trivia, made our own ambrosia (ice cream handmade by each…
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Story Time Theme – Penguins Everywhere!
I absolutely adore penguins – they’re cute, fun to watch and make a great story time theme! I chose to use penguins and focus on letter knowledge, after my first story time this week, I realized my error. The letter “p” can look similar to “b”, “d”, and “q”. I…