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storytime
My storytime crowd has been changing lately and getting younger each week it seems. So I’ve been planning for the usual 3’s and 4’s, but trying to make sure I bring books that are good for the toddlers, too. Today… Continue Reading →
Storytime this week was all about owls! I love owls, so I was pretty excited about this! We started with our usual opening song, The More We Get Together with ASL signs and then sang We Clap and Sing Hello, too…. Continue Reading →
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 →