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5 Early Literacy Practices: SING
I’ll be the first to admit that my singing voice is less than stellar. In fact, it’s downright bad, but that doesn’t stop me from singing in every storytime I offer. Singing to young children helps them learn so much about language, which is a point I try and make…
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5 Early Literacy Practices: READ
My nephew is about five months old and I am forever receiving text and photos of him from my brother and sister-in-law telling me how much he enjoys being read aloud to! Babies, toddlers, and kids of all ages will connect reading with snuggles, love, hugs and kisses when parents/caregivers make…
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5 Early Literacy Practices: PLAY
Play is vital to a child’s growth and development. It not merely a tool to keep children busy during the day. During play, children “use their creativity while developing their imagination, dexterity, and physical, cognitive, and emotional strength.” (Importance of Play) Play encourages and promotes both healthy brain development as…
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Flannel Friday Roundup (3/11/16)
This is an absolutely adorable flannelboard idea for Counting Ovejas which is a great book to incorporate a little diversity into your stortyime with a bilingual English/Spanish story! Check it out at Fun with Friends at Storytime! Wendy Gerbi at provided three great ideas! Check out amazing finger puppets of jungle…
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Toddler Storytime Theme: Dinosaurs
This was my last storytime for the session and the kids were so excited by the theme! They had an awesome time ROARING with Bob Shea’s book and anytime I asked what kind of dinosaur was pictured in Snappy Little Dinosaurs a few of my littlest’s friends would just yell “DINOSAUR!”…
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Storytime Theme: Cookies
Although I had a fairly small group this morning, it was a wonderful storytime! Everyone was very participative (including the grandmas and grandpas). Of course, how can you not love a storytime based around cookies? The kids thought a cookie-loving cow was absolutely silly and the adults could tell what…
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Flannel Friday: The Crazy Traffic Light
The Crazy Traffic Light by Rob Reid There’s a crazy traffic light On a corner in our town. It has the normal colors, You know, yellow means slow down, And green means go And red means stop. It’s all the other colors That’ll make your mouth drop. Chorus: When you…
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Toddler Storytime Theme: Cookies
This storytime made me soooo hungry! Toddler Storytime Theme: Cookies is definitely a storytime hit for just about everyone! The kids really enjoyed all of the books and were quite interested in figuring out who ate all the cookie dough in Karen Beaumont’s book Who Ate All the Cookie Dough? …
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Library Nightmares
I woke up this morning from a terrifying nightmare about storytime. I’ve had a few dreams about the library, but none that have been as scary as this one! In my dream I was working at my desk when all of these families come into the library ready for storytime…
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Storytime Theme: Winter Clothing
I am so impressed with this group of kids, I’ve chosen some longer books and they will sit through them! The kids were absolutely giggling over Froggy Gets Dessed this morning and love doing our wiggle song, “Zoom, Zoom, Zoom” and really liked jumping to Jim Gills’s “Jumping & Counting”…
