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Creepy Crawly Bug Story Time
We had a small but enthusiastic crowd at toddler story time this morning. Our theme – creepy-crawly bugs! A couple of the girls started out with an, “ewwwww…. I don’t like bugs!” But, I think the books that I picked worked out really well and everyone had a great time! Today…
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Wooo-Wooo: Train Story Time
This week was out train-themed story time. Our story times run in six-week sessions and I try to make sure to include some sort of “boy” theme each session – whether it’s cars, trucks, construction vehicles, etc. This session I decided on trains. It’s not always easy to find books…
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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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Story Time Goes to the Beach
This week’s theme for story time was the beach. It’s a quick and easy theme to do because many of our patrons visit the shore during the summer time! We learned the sign language word for ocean, listened to My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean and we shared three beach-themed stories. All You…
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Outer Space Story Time
I’ve had so many things to post in the past couple weeks, I’ve neglected to start posting my story time agendas for the summer. I am in charge of toddler story time, which means for children ages 2 – 3 1/2 at our library. I usually have around 25 kids,…
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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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Bubble Themed Story Time
Today we had a bubble themed story time for our toddlers and we had so much fun! We read Rabbit Ears by Amber Stewart, Who’s in the Tub? by Sylvie Jones, and Bubble Trouble by Joy N. Hulme. Rabbit Ears is about a little bunny who doesn’t want to wash…
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Yoga Storytime for Toddlers
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…
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Community Outreach – Story Time at the Intermediate Unit
For the past three years, our library has provided an outreach to the county Intermediate Unit offering story time once a month for the preschool class. I visit the classroom on the first Thursday of the month seeing two different classes of children – one in the morning, the other…
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Parachute Story Time
So today marked a big occasion…. I tried parachute story time for the first time during my regular story time. Try to imagine 15 children that range in age between 2 and 3 1/2 years old, with a parachute, puppets, books, and music. I would like to think of it…
