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Yoga Storytime – Week #2
The kids really loved our books this week! We had such a fun time reading and interacting. There has been such a positive response, that we actually opened a second class, so now I have two yoga classes back-to-back which can be a little hectic, but our patrons were very…
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Toddler Storytime – Summer Week #1
This was my first storytime for the summer and it started with very few people. But, by the end I had a huge, lively crowd (at least 25 kids) plus the adults and their siblings. It wasn’t a bad storytime as far as talking, crying, and not listening… there were…
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Yoga Storytime – Summer Week #1
My storytimes for the summer officially started yesterday and we have so many people on our waiting list, I’ll be doing my Yoga Storytime back-to-back. The room we use for our program isn’t very large, so we decided to smaller classes would be the best way to handle the class.…
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Early Literacy Messages In Action
As children’s librarians we all know how important early literacy is to children’s development, but how we portray the significance to the parents and ardians in our community is just as important. Jbrary.com is placing this important message in the forefront of children’s librarians this week with a round up…
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Flannel Friday 5/22/2015
Although not a flannel board activity, I absolutely love folder games and rhymes. They are so great when you have all the pieces in one spot (including the rhyme) which is perfect because you don’t have to memorize the rhyme when you have something like this. This is a farm…
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Toddler Storytime – The Color Red
My first storytime this morning went very well – the kids were very attentive to all the stories which was amazing and although the kids had trouble with they rhymes in Down By the Bay, they still really enjoyed the songs and the adults in the room helped with the…
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Preschool Storytime – 5/12/2015
My preschool storytime went very well this week! Of course, I mentioned to my co-worker that I haven’t had more than 10 kids all session long and this week I had probably 15-18 kids. Everyone did a really great job – the kids really enjoyed all three stories, especially Round Like…
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Toddler Storytime – Baby Theme
I don’t think I did it on purpose, but all my books this were were about babies! Both of my storytime groups were fairly small today – 10 kids. But for the most part, the kids really enjoyed the stories and loved the teddy bear song from the wiggles. I…
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Preschool Story Time – Themeless & Fun!
I don’t have a huge group of kids for my preschool storytime, but they thought Chengdu was so silly and loved when he fell asleep on his brother. Some were familiar with The Little Mouse and really giggled when the mouse tried to disguise the strawberry with glasses and a mustache…
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Toddler Storytime – Themeless and Fun!
I don’t know what was going on this morning, but my kids were absolutely amazing in storytime! They loved Mighty Dads (we created hand movements for each type of truck), loved saying “hello” to the pizza man and really boogied with Shake, Rattle, & Roll. Overall, the kids just did a great…