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Happy Birthday Tera! (The Library Turtle)
On Monday evening we celebrated our library turtle’s 15th birthday! She is a staple here in our library; the kids absolutely adore her and she is very social with the children as well! Some children just stop to say “hi,” while others show off the books they plan on checking…
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Preschool Storytime – 5/12/2015
My preschool storytime went very well this week! Of course, I mentioned to my co-worker that I haven’t had more than 10 kids all session long and this week I had probably 15-18 kids. Everyone did a really great job – the kids really enjoyed all three stories, especially Round Like…
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Pennsylvania's Cruise Into Kindergarten
I’m currently serving on a committee created by the State Library of Pennsylvania to create a smooth transition into Kindergarten for all children in Pennsylvania focused on what the public library can do. We’ve been working for about a year and a half and I am so excited to see some…
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What's A Librarian To Do?
Our high school began a Literacy Night last year to promote the clubs, programs and projects that the high school students are involved in. I was asked to be a speaker last year because of my blog, (I should have known the kids know much more about social media that…
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Preschool Story Time – Themeless & Fun!
I don’t have a huge group of kids for my preschool storytime, but they thought Chengdu was so silly and loved when he fell asleep on his brother. Some were familiar with The Little Mouse and really giggled when the mouse tried to disguise the strawberry with glasses and a mustache…
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Family Storytime – Tigers
I must be on some sort of subconscious jungle adventure in my head, as last Saturday I did an elephant theme and today I did a tiger theme. I’m not going to argue as both storytimes have gone really well. Although I didn’t have a large group of kids –…
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Storytime Theme: Elephants
I had a storytime on Saturday morning, a fairly new adventure for us as we have shied away from Saturday programming for a long time. But, we’ve been testing the waters this winter/spring and have gotten great responses by offering a storytime on Saturday mornings for families that work. It…
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Preschool Storytime – PA's One Book
Like my toddler storytime yesterday morning, this week we presented Pennsylvania’s One Book, Every Young Child choice for 2015. But, unlike the toddler storytime, I also added a number of different elements to really connect with these older children. I’ve been doing a toddler storytime for the past seven years…
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Preschool Parachute Storytime
My preschool parachute storytime has 25 children registered with four on the waiting list and this is my third week in storytime… with only 5-8 kids. I have no idea where everyone else is?!?!?! The kids that did show up had a lot of fun with our construction themed storytime…
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Preschool Parachute Storytime – Week #2
We focused a lot on opposites this week, unfortunately I only had six kids join me, so the adults in the room were kind enough to help shake the parachute. Our first book was called Maria Had a Little Llama and I wanted to use something that was a little different…
