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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…
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Yoga Story Time Programming Ideas
I began yoga story time about two years ago and it’s been one of the most rewarding story time experiences I’ve ever had. The kids respond really well to the movements and love copying the poses as I do them. This also allows children time to be active in between…
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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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Preschool Expo
A preschool expo works really well in a community like mine that has a number of preschool and childcare options available for parents and caregivers. This is the second time we’ve provided this program to area residents and it’s a big hit! We partner with the Mom’s Club in our…
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Sensory-Friendly Story Time Theme: Sing-a-long Books
I was finally able to get back out into the community this week and stop by four classrooms of young children with disabilities. The kids I see are 3 – 5 years old and have a variety of disabilities from autism spectrum to vision, language, intellectual, or some combination of…