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    Storytime Theme: Sunflowers

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    This was our first week back to storytime after a relatively long break and it was so busy! Summer is always really interesting because so many people take a vacation, a lot of families are around that I don’t see very often during the school year and I seem to…

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    Sensory-Friendly Storytime: Sneezing

    We’ve been on a pretty long break from our story times, here at the library.  Don’t get me wrong, there has been plenty of story times for the holidays and a lot of special guests will be coming to visit in the next couple of weeks, but I’ve had a…

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    Whoooo’s at Storytime?

    This week’s toddler storytime theme was owls!  We learned the sign language word for owl (the same motion is used for binoculars as well!) and we read three owl-themed stories.  The first story was called Cock-A-Doodle-HOOOOOO! by Mick Manning about an owl who walks into a henhouse on a rainy…

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    Sensory-Friendly Storytime: Monsters

    I visit the local intermediate unit in my county once a month to present story time to two different classes of toddlers and preschoolers who are on the autism spectrum and/or have other possible learning disabilities.  The classes are usually between 5 – 12 kids and are the majority are…

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    Yoga Storytime for Toddlers

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    I know what many of you are thinking… yoga AND toddlers?!?!?!  We’ve done one yoga storytime last year and it was so popular, we’re bringing it back again!  A few housekeeping things before I explain what we do: I am not a yoga instructor, but I’ve done some yoga in…