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Flannel Friday Roundup (3/11/16)
This is an absolutely adorable flannelboard idea for Counting Ovejas which is a great book to incorporate a little diversity into your stortyime with a bilingual English/Spanish story! Check it out at Fun with Friends at Storytime! Wendy Gerbi at provided three great ideas! Check out amazing finger puppets of jungle…
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Storytime Theme: Cookies
Although I had a fairly small group this morning, it was a wonderful storytime! Everyone was very participative (including the grandmas and grandpas). Of course, how can you not love a storytime based around cookies? The kids thought a cookie-loving cow was absolutely silly and the adults could tell what…
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Flannel Friday: The Crazy Traffic Light
The Crazy Traffic Light by Rob Reid There’s a crazy traffic light On a corner in our town. It has the normal colors, You know, yellow means slow down, And green means go And red means stop. It’s all the other colors That’ll make your mouth drop. Chorus: When you…
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Storytime Theme: Winter Clothing
I am so impressed with this group of kids, I’ve chosen some longer books and they will sit through them! The kids were absolutely giggling over Froggy Gets Dessed this morning and love doing our wiggle song, “Zoom, Zoom, Zoom” and really liked jumping to Jim Gills’s “Jumping & Counting”…
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Top Ten Tuesday: Valentine’s Day Books
The I Love You Book by Todd Parr Penguin in Love by Salina Yoon Sweet Hearts by Jan Carr Love, Lola by Diane De Groat Won’t You Be My Kissaroo? by Joanne Ryder Mouse’s First Valentine by Lauren Thompson Hug Machine by Scott Campbell My Heart is Like a Zoo…
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Book Review: The White Book
I love picture books that change how you look at picture books! Things like Press Here, Tap the Magic Tree, or the Pigeon and Chester books where the characters break the fourth wall. Or like A Funny Little Bird by Jennifer Yerkes or The White Book by Silvia Borando, Lorenzo Clerici and Elisabetta Pica where the…
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Family Storytime Theme: Snow
My storytime went really well this morning. We’re offering a family storytime on Friday mornings at 10:30am which is something we’ve never done before and it seems to be a BIG hit already! I think I scared the parents a little because most were very attentive and participative. Hopefully, it…
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E-Tots – Digital Literacy for our Littlest Patrons
I just finished up a quick program this morning using the library iPads to highlight some fun and educational apps for toddlers and preschoolers. We called it E-Tots – Digital Literacy for our Littlest Patrons. I don’t have any of my own kids, so I know that many parents use…
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National Hug Day
These are just a few of the hundreds of picture books about sharing a hug, but I thought it most appropriate to share them with you today since it’s National Hug Day! One of my favorites is Won’t You Be My Hugaroo? by Joanne Ryder and illustrated by Melissa Sweet – great…
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Bonus! Book Review & Resource
Today you, my reader, are getting a Bonus! Book Review & Resource! I thought that I Am Yoga was done in the best possible way! The text is beautiful and the illustrations are gorgeous with washes of color and poses that kids will be able to do at home with their…
