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Not Only Storytime, Early Literacy Training
Today, I’m spending the day at a training to become an instructor to provide training for early childhood providers as well as parents. We’re focusing on the Pennsylvania Early Learning Standards for Infants – Kindergartens as well as the Pennsylvania Core Knowledge Competencies for Early Childhood & School-Age Professionals. These…
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Storytime Theme: Orange
I don’t know what’s been going on, but my story times have been absolutely crazy all season long! Last week, I had eight kids – it was absolutely nuts! This week, I probably had close to 20 kids, and even crazier. I think the biggest issue in this session is…
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Sensory-Friendly Storytime Theme: Polka-Dots
Today I have four storytimes at the Montgomery County Intermediate Unit where children with disabilities go to preschool. I see a wide range of disabilities, so the best thing for me to do is bring great tried and true storytime books that are interactive and fun! The kids really loved…
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Storytime Theme: Purple – Part 2 (Yoga)
Today’s storytime used the same books from my toddler storytime on Monday and Tuesday, but were much more successful, even with 22 kids (ages 2 – 5) doing yoga! The storytime as a whole tended toward the crazy side, but the kids did a fairly great job with the yoga poses…
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Storytime Theme: Purple
This was the first storytime of the fall session and I had far, far too much planned. Because it was the first one, I had to explain a lot of who I was, how storytime works, and our storytime rules. This took up so much time that we didn’t even…
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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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Early Literacy Enhanced Storytime
I’m lucky to be a part of another online class presented by Saroj Ghoting, an early childhood literacy consultant. I’ve been lucky enough to hear Saroj speak in public a number of times and this is my second online course I am taking with her, the first being “Early Literacy and…
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Storytime University
If you’re a children’s librarian looking for some new ways to focus on professional development, look no further than Storytime University, brought to you by the fine librarians of Storytime Underground, a group focused on supporting, promoting, and training each other (as in storytime librarians). Storytime is often not realized…
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Storytime Guerrilla of the Month
I had the distinct honor of being named the Storytime Guerrilla of the Month over at Storytime Underground. So head on over, learn a little more about me and check out their blog – they have some amazing resources available for storytellers! You can also follow them on Facebook –…
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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…
