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Toddler Storytime Theme: Imagination & Pretend Play
One of my most viewed posts is my Imagination Station storytime theme, so I decided to give the people what they want and did another storytime theme this week about imagination and pretend play. These are some of my most favorite themes because the research shows (and I strongly believe)…
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Parachute Storytime – Alligators and Crocodiles
Storytime is back! This session, I’ll have a parachute storytime for ages 2 – 5 as well as a toddler storytime for ages 2 – 3.5. For my parachute storytime, we use the paracture at every transition between books as well as the opening and closing. The kids do a…
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Art and Sensory Activities for Little Ones
Monday morning had me scrambling to set up out Petite Picasso program for children ages 2 – 5. We set up five stations for the children and their parents/caregivers to explore. I really love these types of programs because I’ve heard so many parents say, “We don’t do activities like…
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Sunday Storytime Challenge #1
I love sensory-based activities and I try to offer different types of activities for the little ones in our library, so that everyone can get a chance to try something new and different! I think my favorite so far has been the stained glass windows we did in our Petite…
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Storytime Planning, so much more than just books!
Our fall session for storytime begins at the end of September, but with Labor Day weekend coming up and fall programming beginning soon after, I know I have to get in gear and started planning for my storytimes. This fall I’ll be offering a toddler storytime for children ages 2…
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1,000 Books Before Kindergarten Update
We’ve had a 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten program for about two years now. I created most of our information with great tips and tricks for parents/caregivers to use in their daily lives to encourage early literacy skills. Our original log had 10 different log-in papers (one for each 100 books)…
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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…