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Toddler Storytime Theme: Cats
Opening: “Put Your Hands Up In the Air” by Hap Palmer, So Big Puppet Meet & Greet: Meet Woolly (monkey puppet) Early Literacy Tip: “Spend at least ten wildly happy minutes every single day reading aloud. From birth!” (Mem Fox’s Ten Read Aloud Commandments) Resource Share: Ranger Rick Jr. – Wild…
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Take Action Tuesday (one week late!)
Week of Tuesday, March 22 Submit the Share Your Advocacy Story webform. Every day you’re out there advocating in big ways and small for the importance of library service to children. Now it’s time to share your triumphs with other Everyday Advocates and inspire them to do the same! This…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 3/28/16
I feel like I’ve been in a reading rut, but I finally got some quality reading done this week and have a few books to hit up before PLA next week! This week I read – Zombie Baseball Beatdown by Paolo Bacigalupi, a crazy story about zombie cows, small town life,…
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Passive Programming: Clear Out the Craft Room
The kids in our school district had the whole week off for spring break so with that in mind, I knew we would need to offer a few programs to keep them busy. We had a screening of the ever-so-popular Minions with quite a large audience on Tuesday evening and on…
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Cruise Into Kindergarten Bulletin Board
Pennsylvania Public Libraries have created the Cruise Into Kindergarten model to promote early literacy programs and book lists in public libraries. Many states libraries and associations are adopting similar models to promote just how much public libraries offer their residents in terms of early literacy – in storytimes, STEAM programs,…
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Everyday Advocacy – Week of Tuesday, March 15 (a week late)
I missed last week’s Everyday Advocacy Challenge, but I don’t want to skip it completely so here it is… one week and one day late! Champion the importance of school libraries and school librarians. I loved my school library growing up, they were the ones that kept me in books…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Books I Love
Today’s Top Ten Tuesday official title is: Ten Books I Really Love But Feel Like I Haven’t Talked About Enough/In A While. I decided to head over to Young Adult (since I don’t get to talk about these books as much as I’d like!) Not If I See You First by…
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2016 Blogging A to Z: Theme Reveal
I’m participating in the Blogging From A to Z Challenge during the month of April this year! It’s something new I’m trying out for my blog and I am super excited to announce that my theme will be: Storytime Plans from A to Z I’m excited to be providing eight…
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5 Early Literacy Practices Resources
There are some amazing resources out there to help you promote or better understand the 5 Early Literacy Practices. Every Child Ready to Read Saroj Ghoting, Early Childhood Literacy Consultant Zero to Three National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Reading Rockets Get Ready to Read, National Center for…
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5 Early Literacy Practices: WRITE
Writing is the most difficult early literacy practice for me to wrap my head around, but after learning more about it, it’s not as hard as you think it would be! Writing begins with scribbling – children learn what happens when you press a crayon, marker, pencil onto paper. A…