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Baby Yoga… or What Was I Thinking?!?!
So, if you haven’t guessed already from the programs I create, I get bored easily and am always looking for something new to try! Well, since our toddler and preschool yoga storytimes go so well, I decided, what the heck? Let’s try a baby yoga class. Never mind, I know…
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National Book Award Finalists
The National Book Award Finalists have been announced this week and the Young People’s Literature list has a number of great books. I personally haven’t gotten a chance to read them all, but I have read Benjamin Ali’s The Truth About Jellyfish and Noelle Stevenson’s Nimona. Which I think is a…
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Toddler Storytime Theme: Socks & Shoes
Storytime was a handful yesterday. I have 27 registered and with probably ten nametags not claimed at the end of storytime, I still had 29 kids (plus adults and babies) in the room! The kids did really well, especially with that many – they were attentive, engaged, and excited. The…
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Parachute Storytime Theme: Construction
I had a great sized crowd for my parachute storytime on Monday. The kids were really attentive to the stories and pointed out little details that I hadn’t even noticed. They definitely loved the construction theme and really enjoyed yelling out the colors in It’s an Orange Aardvark. And as for…
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Sunday Storytime Challenge #4
I got a chance to spend last week at two separate conferences which means I spent a lot of time sharing ideas with fellow youth services librarians. I spent Sunday – Wednesday at our state conference – PaLA. I got the chance to present an elementary school age program that…
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Sensory-Friendly Storytime Theme: Sheep
This month for outreach I focused on sheep… for no particular reason, except there are some really cute sheep books available! For this group of kids, I end up seeing eight classrooms that are combined into four storytimes with a range of ages and disabilities. And the group changes throughout…
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Lunch Lady Party
Last week I hosted a Lunch Lady Party based on the graphic novel series by Jarrett Krosoczka. I thought this would have a really well attendee program as the books are constantly checked out, but sadly I only had 14 kids registered specifically for grad 2-4 and at the program,…
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Why I Attend Conferences
I love to learn. That’s the simple answer, I love learning about what other librarians are doing in programming, about new books, and new library trends. The deeper answer is that I enjoy being around people that have the same passion I do. Librarians, and I think, specifically children’s librarians…
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It's Monday! What Are You Reading? 10/5/15
I am really slacking in the book reading department lately. But, I did get a chance to read Circus Mirandus by Cassie Beasley which is a beautiful storytime the belief in magic. It’s a truly wonderful story and I really enjoyed it. I also just finished Nathan Hale’s Hazardous Tale: Underground…
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Toddler Storytime Theme: Imagination & Pretend Play
One of my most viewed posts is my Imagination Station storytime theme, so I decided to give the people what they want and did another storytime theme this week about imagination and pretend play. These are some of my most favorite themes because the research shows (and I strongly believe)…
