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Resource for Parents, Teachers, & Librarians: All the Wonders
From the All The Wonders’s website, “All The Wonders is a home for readers to discover new books and to experience the stories they love in wondrous ways. It is an entertainment channel, a variety show, and a modern library all wrapped up into one digital home.” If you haven’t checked…
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Sensory-Friendly Storytime Theme: Things That Go
I was surprised that I had never done this theme for my sensory storytime as that it’s such a popular theme for storytime. So, without further ado, here’s my transportation theme for my sensory friendly storytime. This storytime is done a little differently than my toddler storytimes, geared toward a smaller…
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Middle School Crafting – Arm Knitting
Last night we hosted an arm knitting class for middle school students (grades 5 – 8). I learned how to do this from a Michael’s Craft Store Youtube video last fall and gave a few scarves out to friends and family as Christmas gifts. It definitely takes a little time…
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Toddler Storytime Theme: Fun Read Alouds
For storytime this week, I tried my hand at a little Spanish with the story, Counting Ovejas, which if you’re like me is a great story for adding a bilingual element that is not too difficult. You just need to know your numbers, colors and the word “ovejas” which is sheep…
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Parachute Storytime Theme: Interactive Books
This was our last week of storytime for the fall! And I had a pretty small group, which really worked with the books I had. The kids loved Shark in the Park, especially when they got to yell, “SHARK!” They, of course, loved Polar Bear’s Underwear as well. Which is not surprising……
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Lego Block Party – One of the Easiest Programs You Can Do
We don’t have a dedicated Lego Club, but we bust out our Legos, especially when the kids don’t have school. We’ve tried different approaches – themes, no themes, read alouds, games, etc. And I really enjoy dumping the Legos on the floor and letting the kids go to town. A…
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Toddler Storytime Theme: Fun Favorites
The kids were wired for storytime! Because it was Election Day, the kids were out of school because some of the schools in the district act as polling places, so besides the Halloween candy, older siblings came to storytime as well and made it CRAZY! But, the kids by and…
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Parachute Storytime Theme: Characters with Names that Start with the Letter "C"
I’m not really sure what’s happening but every week I have fewer and fewer kids for Parachute Storytime. It worked out well for this week as I chose extra long books (even though it probably wasn’t the best choice). All my books had the common theme that the characters’ names…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Top Ten Debut Authors Who Have Me Looking Forward To Their Sophomore Novel
Sadly, I had written a list last week and now can’t seem to find it, so I had to re-create my list again (and couldn’t remember a few of the authors), but I found a few more that I would be excited about as well! Natalie Lloyd, author of A…
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Enchanted Library – 2015 edition (superheroes)
Every year, we create an Enchanted Library program (the largest program our library offers all year around). We found the idea in a Library Sparks magazine a number of years ago and adapted the program to fit our needs. Here’s a little background – The program itself is a 20-minute tour…
