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    Toddler Storytime – Summer Week #6

    This was my last storytime of the summer!  And I am excited to have a little bit of a break – focus my attention on finishing up all the summer programming and gearing up for the fall. This storytime went really well, the kids loved all the books, especially Hooray for…

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    Yoga Storytime – Summer Week #6

    My last yoga storytime of the summer went very well!  We had a small group in both classes, but the kids had so much fun with the “search and find” theme!  They really seemed to like Looking for Moose and couldn’t wait to find chameleon in Hide and Seek.  Our last book,…

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    Toddler Storytime – Summer Week #5

    My storytime was very busy this week – so busy in fact that when I normally sit to read the stories, I had to stand to make sure everyone could see.  Families loved Cha-Cha Chimps and helped during the repeated phrase, but I was surprised that Choo Choo Clickety Clack! didn’t go…

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    Yoga Storytime – Summer Week #5

    The kids didn’t really get The Day the Crayons Quit but they still had fun yelling out the colors and the drawings on each page.  This book is very much geared toward an older (elementary school age) audience.  They really had a lot of fun with Foxy and kept giggling when…

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    New Activities for the Early Literacy Crowd

    We’ve started planning for our fall programming and I’m looking into new ideas to share with our early literacy crowd (birth – 5 years old).  We have a variety of storytimes we offer: Infant Toddler Preschool Famiy Yoga Parachute Pajama Sensory-Friendly We’ve also begun offering our Preschool Explorers program which…

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    Toddler Storytime – Summer Week #4

    This week by far, the kids liked Now I’m Big! by Karen Katz the best.  Every time the story repeated “Now I’m Big!” we reached our hands up to the sky and the kids loved participating in this way.  My non-fiction book for the week I Drive a Dump Truck did not go…

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    Yoga Storytime – Summer Week #4

    I didn’t see as many kids in my storytime yesterday as I normally do.  I’m wondering if it’s a popular week for vacation.  Otherwise, the kids seemed to enjoy the books this week – we talked a lot about different types of animals and I was able to introduce parents/caregivers…

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    Toddler Storytime – Summer Week #3

    Although a little crazy this morning, my books went over really well!  The parents really enjoyed This Little Piggy and there were lots of kissing sounds all around while I read The Biggest Kiss and during Moo! after I had read a particularly long line of Moos, a little baby started repeating the sound… it…

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    Yoga Storytime – Summer Week #3

    Storytime was a lot of fun today!  The kids in my first group were excellent at paying attention to directions, listening to the stories and interacting.  It was a great way to come back from a long weekend.  My second group was smaller, but the kids enjoyed it just as…

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    Toddler Storytime – Summer Week #2

    It was one of those days with a HUGE crowd for storytime, most had registered while some families just popped in at the last moment.  All was going well until a child threw up on the stairs of our storytime room (we have stadium style rows).  Being that this was…