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Another storytime based on our picturebook neighborhoods – this time it’s ABC/123! Again I had mostly 2’s and one 4 year old, so I am posting what I had planned and noting what I changed. Opening Song – If You’re Happy… Continue Reading →
This session, our Preschool/Toddler storytime themes for each week are drawn from our new picture book neighborhoods. We’ve actually had 4 of our neighborhoods for a while, but we are adding 4 more and wanted to highlight them somehow. My… Continue Reading →
We started a new Craft & Play Storytime this past month (a shorter storytime with a bit more process oriented craft and then a playtime at the end) and it’s gotten a really good response so far. I knew that… Continue Reading →
I’ve been working for a while on a post about a workshop I went to on the intentional planning of Summer Reading/Learning Programs. Every time I work on it, it starts to get really ranty, so it might take me a… Continue Reading →
Last week’s storytime was all about fireflies, or lightening bugs, as we called them where I’m from. When I mentioned this, the grown-ups in my storytime all nodded and agreed that they’d called them lightening bugs when they were growing up,… Continue Reading →
I’ve been wanting to try doing spontaneous storytimes in our children’s area for a while now and I finally decided to just do it! I’ve been reading with children one-on-one or with maybe 2 or 3 siblings at a time since I… Continue Reading →
Last week’s storytime was all about the zoo! We started, as always, with our opening song – The More We Get Together and then Wave One Hand. Then I asked if anyone had ever been to the zoo before. A few… Continue Reading →
Trains and trucks and things that go are always a fun theme, so this Mother Goose Storytime (6-24 months) was all about transportation! Opening: The More We Get Together and Wave One Hand Wave one hand. Now wave the other. Wave… Continue Reading →
I’m taking over my supervisor’s Mother Goose storytime for the summer while she is out for maternity leave. I am really excited about the chance to work with the littles! My first storytime of the summer session was Tuesday and I… Continue Reading →
My last storytime for this past session had a Butterflies and Caterpillars theme. I was really excited about this one, but it turned out to be one of our unpredictable attendance days. I had only 3 children show up while I… Continue Reading →