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Storytime Theme: Playing
It’s time for storytime series! I’m going to be focusing on key areas that parents and caregivers can focus on to build their child’s early literacy skills. These are simple things that parents and caregivers are probably already doing, now you can encourage them to do these practices with purpose!…
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18 STEAM Books with Crafts & Experiments
When my library re-opened after the COVID shutdown, we looked for ways to provide programming for kids without having too many people together in the same area. We started providing Grab-and-Go kits for families – simple crafts and science experiments with most of the materials needed to complete the project.…
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9 Crafty Characters in Middle Grade Books
At our library, we’ve found that our middle school students (grades 5-8) really enjoy the opportunity to craft for fun. It’s not tied to a school project or even a specific product. We pull out a bunch of the craft supplies we have lying around and let the kids craft,…
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2023 Blogging A to Z: Creative
Creativity comes in many forms, but for today’s book list, I wanted to focus on kids that were artistic. (We’re going to focus on music later this month) But art comes in many forms and I tried to share a lot of different types of creativity in this list from…
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Writing Workshop
This year we’re hosting our 47th annual write and illustrate contest for kids. Each year kids in grades Kindergarten – 8th grade submit their own stories that they written and illustrated and the winners in each grade have their books professionally bound and added to our collection. What’s really great…
