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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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Story Time Theme: Fruits & Veggies
I just found this blog post that somehow got lost in the shuffle! So even though this is from a few months ago, I’m going to post it so everyone can see the books I used. ____________________________________________________ Although I had a small crowd (only 7!), we had a great time in…
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Preschool Dance Party
Yesterday I blogged about my Toddler Dance Party, well today I wanted to quickly share my song list for my Preschool Dance Party I held yesterday afternoon. It was very well attended, but I did notice that many more of the preschoolers needed more direction than the toddlers – they…
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Story Time Planning
I’m not one to fish for compliments, but I really enjoy when a parent in my story time truly enjoys the 30 minutes we spend together. Because, contrary to what I feel some believe, I actually spend a considerable amount of time planning my story times “lessons.” I’m a “theme…
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Story Time Theme: Green
This was our last week of story time before summer. We tend to end rather early in May because kids get really busy and we do too! We visit a number of schools gearing up for summer reading during the month of May and having a more open schedule allows…
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Story Time Theme: Rain
It worked out perfectly! Without changing my plans, my “rain-themed” story time actually occurred on a rainy day! Normally, it’s a sunny 80 degree day when I try and do a rain theme in the spring. The kids really liked this theme with the stories that had all different activities…
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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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Sensory-Friendly Story Time Theme: Snakes
I love having the opportunity to outreach to the Early Intervention classrooms in our community. I got the chance to visit four classrooms yesterday – reaching out to 50 children and 31 adults. The classroom children have a range of disabilities from visual impairments, to developmental disabilities, to the autism…
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Rosie Revere, Engineer
Another amazing option for this year’s summer reading program – Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty and David Roberts. Rosie like to creates quiet and shy in class, but at night loves to create “gadgets and gizmos.” But when Rosie’s Uncle Zookeeper Fred laughs at one of her inventions, Rosie…