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Toddler Dance Party
We had a lot of fun at our toddler dance party this morning. It’s so interesting to see what kids do – some come in ready to dance, others take a while to warm up, but end up dancing in the end. Our program lasted about 45 minutes with some…
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Fun Friday – Yoga
The kids were all a little wired for our Fun Friday program. We ended up with 21 kids for 45 minutes in grades 1 – 4. It’s only the second week of school, the weather was awesome, and it was Friday, so naturally the kids were bouncing off the walls. …
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Transforming Preschool Storytime
It’s been a busy week as I was at a 2-day training which means there is a ton of stuff that needs to be addressed now that I’m back in the library. But, before my Fun Friday program this afternoon and the book display for Banned Books Week gets put…
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$25 Million to Free Library
The Free Library of Philadelphia will be the recipient of $25 million from The William Penn Foundation to out towards innovations and renovations, bringing the library into the 21st century library. This is a generous gift that will go far for the 54-branch library, not only renovating the main library,…
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Kids & Listening
I came across this article, Six Ways You’re Unintentionally Telling Kids Not to Listen, from a blog I follow and I think its a great reminder at the beginning of the school year to better teach children in general, but more specifically how to listen which is an essential tool…
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Open a World of Possible
“Finding the right book at the right time can light an emotional spark within children that motivates them to read more, understand more, and read joyfully. When that happens, the world opens. Everything becomes possible.” Scholastic has created a new movement to encourage the love of reading in kids called…
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How-To Guides for Patrons
After meeting with the middle school librarians last week, I gained a few new projects that are things that definitely needed to be done and now we finally have the impetus to do them. Our middle school students (grades 5 – 8) will be receiving Apple iPads this year for…
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Early Literacy Enhanced Storytime
I’m lucky to be a part of another online class presented by Saroj Ghoting, an early childhood literacy consultant. I’ve been lucky enough to hear Saroj speak in public a number of times and this is my second online course I am taking with her, the first being “Early Literacy and…
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#SaturdayLibrarian
Let me just say, if you’re a librarian and you’ve ever worked a Saturday, you need to check out #SaturdayLibrarian on Twitter. Librarians working on Saturdays come together to commiserate, share, and boost each other up as they spend another day hard at work at the library. I don’t work…
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Flannel Friday
I use the flannel board for my story time usually for 5 Little Monkeys, and sometimes I’ll use it for other songs like Old McDonald or The Itsy Bitsy Spider, but I haven’t used it very often for storytelling. I can’t quite figure out how to hold a book, put up…