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Story Time Theme: Chicks
My story time kids seem to have a little spring fever recently so getting them to sit quietly (just to read the stories) has been difficult. But they have absolutely loved singing and dancing and can’t get enough of the 5 Little Monkeys! I think next week we’ll add some…
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Story Time Theme: Bunny Rabbits
Rather than creating a strictly “Easter” story time, I went with a much broader spring theme for this week with books all about bunny rabbits. Little White Rabbit and Rhyming Dust Bunnies were both really big hits in each of the classes. I chose Rhyming Dust Bunnies for my older…
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Story Time Theme: Pennsylvania One Book, Every Young Child
Pennsylvania is trying to encourage early literacy by providing copies of the same book to libraries, child care centers, and families across the state every April with a program called Pennsylvania One Book, Every Young Child. This year’s book was Stripes of All Types by Susan Stockdale. At our library,…
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Tween Programming – Theatre
One of the best ways we have found to get tweens (grades 5 – 8) to come into the library is to provide them with an acting opportunity. At this age, the kids love being the center of attention and providing reader’s theatre plays for these kids to participate in,…
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The Most Magnificent Thing
“The great thing about life – the most magnificent thing about being these sentient human beings – is that we have been given the power of choice.” -Bryant McGill This quote works perfectly with this story that teaches kids that sometimes all you need is a little perspective. The little…
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Story Time Theme – Tools
This week’s story time featured tools! And the kids really enjoyed it! I was looking for something that would be a little more boy oriented, but tools are just as important for girls to know too! And we had a great time learning about hammers, screwdrivers, chisels, and more. Old MacDonald Had a Workshop was a great…
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Fun Friday: Windblown
Whoosh! This month’s Fun Friday was a wind theme (I’m sick of snow and winter!). We talk about wind, especially about how the wind is created and the kids had some great answers to my questions! Afterward, I gave them the Windblown activity paper and had them cut out the seven shapes…
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2014 CLEL Bell Award Winner Announcement
Yesterday, February 5, 2014 the winners of the CLEL Bell Picture Book Awards for Early Literacy were announced. If you didn’t even know this award existed, have no fear! CLEL stand for Colorado Libraries for Early Literacy and it’s mission is, “All children deserve the joy of reading and the skills in…
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Story Time Theme: Winter & Snow
I was able to get to work today!!! It probably snowed about 8 inches yesterday with more snow expected tomorrow and a Nor’easter expected to tear through our area on Sunday. I’m tired of the snow, but couldn’t help but have a snow themed story time for my kids in…
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Storytime Theme: Shapes
Identifying shapes is so important to a child’s development, it’s the beginning of understanding letters and words and an important early literacy skill. My first storytime of the session focused on shapes, but in a much more abstract way than identifying squares, circles, triangles, and more. The kids did a…
