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Yoga Story Time Programming Ideas
I began yoga story time about two years ago and it’s been one of the most rewarding story time experiences I’ve ever had. The kids respond really well to the movements and love copying the poses as I do them. This also allows children time to be active in between…
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My Musings on Story Time
I’ve been a storyteller (I use this term lightly, because I’m more of a story time leader, than actual storyteller) for over five years now and I LOVE it! I love interacting with the kids, trying new things, and just having fun with books – it’s what I went to school…
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Story Time Theme: Mo Willems
This week was probably one of my favorites – Mo Willems Week for story time! Willems is an amazing author/illustrator in the children’s literature world and his books are geared perfectly to my crowd of 2 – 3.5 year olds. We shared Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus with…
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Story Time Theme – Amy Krouse Rosenthal
This week’s story time author/illustrator was Amy Krouse Rosenthal – another favorite author of mine whose books are funny, poignant, and can help children learn valuable life lessons. Again, I think these books may have faired better with a little older audience (I’m thinking preschool age), but they are still…
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Story Time Theme – Paul Schmid
This week our story time author/illustrator was Paul Schmid. He writes and illustrates absolutely beautiful and adorable stories for little ones. Unfortunately, these stories were a little too long for my crowd, but would most likely work for an older audience in preschool. I did blowup balloons for the kids…
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Story Time Theme: Kevin Henkes
This week I focused on books written and illustrated by Kevin Henkes. And for some reason I had a lot of interest checking out the books after story time, Henkes books, I think, might work better in a one-on-one setting as many of his books are quiet books that can…
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Story Time Theme: Karma Wilson
As I continue through my “author study” story times, this week we looked more closely at the work of Karma Wilson. I found that most families were familiar with her popular Bear series, but may not be as familiar with her other work. I chose three books that she wrote…
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Story Time Theme: Eric Carle
This fall, I’ll be presenting story time for toddlers (ages 2 – 3.5 years old) as well as our very popular Yoga Story Time for children ages 2 – 5 years old. Rather than focusing on a specific theme, this six-week session, I plan on focusing on a different author…
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Story Time Theme: Extreme Interaction
I can see the light at the end of the tunnel! This was my last story time for the spring session and I won’t have story time with these kids in the library again until the end of June. It’s always a little sad to see the kids leave, but…
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Story Time Theme: Growing a Garden
I have been very remiss in posting for the past week, but I’m back and have a great new story time theme, plus a lot of program updates from the past week. This week we talked about growing a garden during story time and read some really fun and interactive…